Heat pipe device and heat pipe fabricating process

Patent · Tue Aug 10 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6773825

Busch, C H

An energy saving liquid to liquid heat exchanger for a dishwasher or like device discharging hot waste water comprising a hot water tank for holding the waste water from the dishwasher and having inlet and outlet pipes, a cold water tank for holding the fresh water going to a water heater and having inlet and outlet pipes, the cold water tank disposed on top of the hot water tank, a bundle of heat pipes containing low boiling refrigerant disposed inside of the two tanks so as to extract heat from the hot water tank and give it up to the cold water tank, whereby the temperature of the fresh water leaving the heat exchanger is higher than its entering temperature.

• Assignee: EDB-83-050235
• Patent Number(s): US 4343349
• OSTI ID: 6773825
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 30 Sep 1980; Other Information: PAT-APPL-192366
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
HEAT EXCHANGERS
DESIGN
HEAT PIPES
HEAT TRANSFER
BAFFLES
DISHWASHERS
ENERGY CONSERVATION
EVAPORATION
REFRIGERANTS
VAPOR CONDENSATION
WASTE WATER
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
ENERGY TRANSFER
EQUIPMENT
FLOW REGULATORS
FLUIDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LIQUID WASTES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
WASTES
WATER
WORKING FLUIDS
320100* - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Buildings