The invention provides an efficient air preheating method and belongs to the field of the energy saving technology. By means of the efficient air preheating method, the problems that an
air preheater is not compact, gas interference and gas leakage happen, and dust is likely to be accumulated and difficult to remove are solved. The preheater comprises high-temperature
smoke inlet and low-temperature
smoke outlet channels and low-temperature air inlet and high-temperature air outlet channels. The efficient air preheating method and the preheater are characterized in that the
smoke channels and the air channels are designed independently and are adjacent alternately in a flat mode; and large fins are longitudinally arranged on each channel in the air flow direction. The
heat transfer area is enlarged, the equipment efficiency is improved, smoke and air flow smoothly, the resistance is reduced, the lee side is omitted, and the dust accumulation degree is substantially reduced. The invention further provides vertical flat tubes and inner-outer longitudinal large fin equipment which are used for implementing the efficient air preheating method. By the adoption of the efficient air preheating method, the
heat transfer area is large, the pressure drop is small, the efficiency is high, dust accumulation is unlikely to happen, gas interference and gas leakage are avoided, cleaning is easy, and the
thermal efficiency of a
heating furnace can be remarkably improved.