Thermosyphon heat pipe hot water appliance
US4421100A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 22, 1981 |
| Grant date | Dec 20, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 22, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E10/44
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A thermosyphon heat pipe hot water appliance combines a solar collector with a heat reservoir wherein fluid vaporized in the collector transfers latent heat to reservoir fluid, for re-transfer to fluid such as water supplied by city reservoirs, or from municipal mains.
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