The applied effect analysis of heat exchanger installed in a typical communication base station in Beijing of China

The high electric power consumption of air conditioning in communication base station needs to be solved urgently. This paper presents a new technology to discharge excess heat from a communication plant by utilizing the heat exchanger when the outdoor temperature is low enough. Then it compares the applied effects between two types of heat exchanger in a typical base station located in Beijing of China. It is found that this technology is feasible in Beijing of China. The plate heat exchanger can cool the station instead of air conditioning for about 5014 hours each year, and the corresponding electronic power saving rate reaches up to 29%. The plate heat exchanger applied effects are superior to the heat pipe heat exchanger.