Ceramic recuperator module verification tests

The project objective is to develop a ceramic recuperator suitable for high temperature, corrosive industrial process stack environments. This topical report covers the performance and thermal cycling tests of the prototype ceramic recuperator module. A full-size, self-contained ceramic recuperator module was constructed and subjected to 150 hours of testing which included 30 start-stop cycles and 500 thermal exclusions in a 2100 F simulated furnace exhaust gas stream. No degradation of the module was observed.