Recovery of Waste Heat from Propellant Forced-Air Dry House

Abstract

This report describes the design, installation, and test evaluation of a heat pipe heat exchanger for a multi-base propellant forced-air dry house for the purpose of recovering heat from the hot air exhausted to the atmosphere during a typical drying operation. Detailed descriptions of the special safety and operating features of the recovery unit are also presented. Evaluation of the unit showed that approximately 62% of the energy used to dry multi-base propellants can be saved by the heat recovery technique employed. Energy/cost saving projections are based upon the installation of similar recovery units at a major Army propellant manufacturing facility such Radford Army Ammunition Plant.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA064108

Entities

People

  • Eugene F. Bozza
  • Joseph Alario
  • Peter Mullaney

Organizations

  • Grumman

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alcohols
  • Control Systems
  • Dew Point
  • Energy
  • Energy Consumption
  • Energy Transfer
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Recovery
  • Heat Transfer
  • Latent Heat
  • Low Temperature
  • Measurement
  • Petroleum
  • Phase Transformations
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Static Pressure
  • Test Equipment

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