Project "CerHeatPipe"

ECEMP (European Centre for Emerging Materials and Processes Dresden)
Subproject E3:
CerHeatPipe - Development and testing of ceramic heat pipe-Heat exchangers for high temperature processes

Editor:	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Beckmann  Dipl.-Ing. Simon Unz Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Rudolf
Duration:	04/2012 to 03/2014
Funding Institution:	Sächsische Aufbaubank
Cooperation partner:	Chair of Hydrogen and Nuclear Energy Technology (WKET) Chair of Thermal Energy Machines and Systems (TEA)

Brief description

• Optimisation and validation of mathematical models for the design of heat pipe heat exchangers
• Plumb line development and joint analysis
• Adaptation of the filling and joining processes for the production of all-ceramic high-temperature heat pipes
• Production and testing of a heat pipe heat exchanger on a demonstrator scale
• Performance of service life analyses of joined and unjoined ceramic components

Experimental equipment/special purchases

• Thermo-chemical and mechanical material investigations on ceramic test pieces
• Proof of suitability of the ceramic heat pipes for various atmospheres and temperature ranges up to 1250 °C:
  • Hot gas test bench
  • Heat pipe test stand
  • Circulating fluidised bed combustion
• Design and construction of a heat pipe heat exchanger to investigate the operating behaviour of ceramic heat pipes at high temperatures in a realistic exhaust