HEAT PIPE AND MAINFOLD INSTALLATION

Heat pipe

Inside the heat pipe is a thimble full of alcohol and water under vacuum so at 70F turns from a liquid to a gas it then rises up the heat pipe and transfers the energy to the heat transfer coupling or diode it then turns back to liquid and drops to the bottom of the heat pie and starts the process over. This happens thousands of times per minute. That is how the heat pipe transfers heat to the manifold.

Manifold

The manifold is made as follows. The heat transfer couplings or diodes do not come into contact with the water or glycol it is called a dry connect this is achieved by a port brazed in the manifold. This ports ID (interior diameter) is only a fraction larger than the size of the heat transfer coupling and with a light coating of the high temp grease it creates a very good transfer of heat. These ports are sandwiched between two pipes in other manufacturers manifolds but in ours the ports are directly in the center of one pipe that is why our collectors are better it keeps 360 degrees of the port in contact with the glycol thus more surface area to transfer heat. It also creates some turbulence which is better for heat transfer. As the glycol flows over the ports it picks up the heat from the ports and transfers the heat to the glycol which is circulated to the pump station then to either a flat plate heat exchanger or to a coil in your solar storage tank.