Heat exchanger with heat-pipe amplifier
First Claim
1. Heat transfer coil means for cooling or heating a secondary fluid contacting its exterior, the coil having a matrix of substantially parallel primary tubes through the interior of which a primary heat transfer fluid is circulated, a heat pipe comprising a sealed tube containing a volatile liquid, the sealed tube having a length, a first portion of the length of said heat pipe being positioned within a length of the primary tube and a second portion of that heat pipe length being positioned outside the primary tube and substantially parallel with it, whereby the secondary fluid exchanges heat both with the primary tube and with the second portion of the heat pipe thereby also exhanging heat with the primary fluid.
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Abstract
A heat transfer coil for exchanging heat between a primary fluid and a secondary fluid. The coil has a series of substantially parallel tubing runs. The primary fluid flows within the primary tubing. The secondary fluid flows outside the primary tubing and in contact with it. A heat pipe having a length has a first portion residing within a primary tube and a second portion residing outside the primary tube but adjacent and parallel to it. The secondary fluid thereby exchanges heat with the primary fluid both through the primary tube and through the heat pipe.
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- 1. Heat transfer coil means for cooling or heating a secondary fluid contacting its exterior, the coil having a matrix of substantially parallel primary tubes through the interior of which a primary heat transfer fluid is circulated, a heat pipe comprising a sealed tube containing a volatile liquid, the sealed tube having a length, a first portion of the length of said heat pipe being positioned within a length of the primary tube and a second portion of that heat pipe length being positioned outside the primary tube and substantially parallel with it, whereby the secondary fluid exchanges heat both with the primary tube and with the second portion of the heat pipe thereby also exhanging heat with the primary fluid.
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