Heat pipes and use of heat pipes in furnace exhaust

Patent · Tue Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 2010

OSTI ID:1009251

Polcyn, Adam D ^[1]

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1. Pittsburgh, PA

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.

• Research Organization: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc. (Cleveland, OH)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FC36-04GO14044
• Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc. (Cleveland, OH)
• Patent Number(s): 7,856,949
• Application Number: 11/958,574
• OSTI ID: 1009251
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English