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Fireside Corrosion on Heat Exchanger Surfaces and Its Effect on the Performance of Gas-Fired Instantaneous Water Heaters

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  • Xiaomei Huang

    (School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China
    Joint International Laboratory of Green Building and Built Environments, Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400045, China
    Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Reservoir Region’s Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400045, China)

  • Mengxiao Sun

    (School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China)

  • Yinhu Kang

    (Joint International Laboratory of Green Building and Built Environments, Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400045, China)

Abstract

The heat exchanger in a gas instantaneous water heater is a thermal device used for heat transfer from the high-temperature flue gas to the low-temperature water. The fireside corrosion, due to the reaction of acidic condensate formed on the heat exchanger surfaces and its metallic material, is one of the major hazards for gas instantaneous water heaters. This paper focuses on identifying and quantifying the fireside corrosion on the surface of heat exchangers in gas-fired instantaneous water heaters. Durability tests lasting for 2000 cycles were undertaken for five gas-fired instantaneous water heaters, which were different in terms of the heat input and coating of heat exchangers. The corrosion deposits on the surface of the heat exchangers were surveyed by several methods. The results show that the corrosion deposit grew as the test duration increased. The fins of the heat exchanger with a lead coating had been corroded and copper was exposed. Cu 4 (OH) 6 SO 4 was the main corrosion product of heat exchangers without a lead coating, whereas PbSO 4 was the main corrosion product of heat exchangers with a lead coating. The experiments demonstrate that the corrosion rate decreased with the increase of the heat input. The experiments also show that the thermal efficiency of gas instantaneous water heaters decreased by 2.4% to 6% at the end of the test duration.

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  • Xiaomei Huang & Mengxiao Sun & Yinhu Kang, 2019. "Fireside Corrosion on Heat Exchanger Surfaces and Its Effect on the Performance of Gas-Fired Instantaneous Water Heaters," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(13), pages 1-21, July.
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