Determining parameters of heat exchangers for heat recovery in a Cu–Cl thermochemical hydrogen production cycle

A heat exchanger is a device built for efficient heat transfer from one medium to another. Shell and tube heat exchangers are separated wall heat exchangers and are commonly used in the nuclear and process industry. The CuCl cycle is used to thermally crack water in to H2 and O2. The present study presents the heat exchanger thermal design using analysis of variance for heat recovery from oxygen at 500 °C, coming from the molten salt reactor. Polynomial regressions in terms of the amount of chlorine in the oxygen, the mass flow rate on the tube side, and the shell's outlet temperature are estimated for various exchanger parameters and the results are compared with the bell Delaware method. Based on energy and exergy analysis, this study also discusses the best possible path for the recovered heat from oxygen. Optimal heat exchanger parameters are estimated by Design-Expert® Stat-Ease for most effective heat recovery.

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