Heat pipes and use of heat pipes in furnace exhaust
AssigneePPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
InventorAdam D. Polcyn
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Abstract
An array of a plurality of heat pipe are mounted in spaced relationship to one another with the hot end of the heat pipes in a heated environment, e.g. the exhaust flue of a furnace, and the cold end outside the furnace. Heat conversion equipment is connected to the cold end of the heat pipes.
Claims20
An arrangement for transferring heat from a first position located in a passageway defined by inner surface of a wall to a second position located adjacent outer surface of the wall, the arrangement comprising;
- an array of a plurality of elongated heat pipes mounted in the wall, each of the heat pipes having a first end in the first position and an opposite second end in the second position.
A heat transfer device, comprising;
- a heat pipe;
- a plurality of spaced elongated heat absorbing members having one end mounted to outer surface of the heat pipe and extending outwardly from the outer surface of the heat pipe.
A method of transferring heat from exhaust system of a furnace to a position outside of the exhaust system, comprising:
- mounting an array of a plurality of heat pipes in a furnace wall with
- one end of the array in the exhaust system and the opposite second end of the array outside the exhaust system;
- moving exhaust gases through the exhaust system and over the array to heat the second end of the array, and
- removing heat from the second end of the array.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.