Heat pipe anchor tubes for high side heat exchangers

A high side heat exchanger, comprising:

• a frame;
• one or more refrigerant tubes extending through the frame, wherein:
• each refrigerant tube of the one or more refrigerant tubes comprises at least one cavity configured to allow a refrigerant to flow through the refrigerant tube;
• and
• the high side heat exchanger is configured to remove heat from the refrigerant as the refrigerant flows through the one or more refrigerant tubes;
• one or more heat pipes contacting the frame, wherein:
• the one or more heat pipes, collectively, bear at least 25% of a weight of the one or more refrigerant tubes;
• each heat pipe of the one or more heat pipes is coupled directly to the frame;
• and
• each heat pipe of the one or more heat pipes is configured to transfer heat from a refrigerant tube of the one or more refrigerant tubes to the frame as the refrigerant flows through the one or more refrigerant tubes.

A method comprising:

• passing a refrigerant through one or more refrigerant tubes extending through a frame of a high side heat exchanger, each refrigerant tube of the one or more refrigerant tubes comprises at least one cavity configured to allow the refrigerant to flow through the refrigerant tube;
• removing heat from the refrigerant as the refrigerant flows through the one or more refrigerant tubes;
• bearing, by one or more heat pipes, at least 25% of a weight of the one or more refrigerant tubes, each heat pipe of the one or more heat pipes is coupled directly to the frame;
• and
• transferring, by the one or more heat pipes, heat from the refrigerant as the refrigerant flows through the one or more refrigerant tubes to the frame.