Heat Pipes (water and refrigerant)

Heat Pipes (water and refrigerant) rapidly transfer heat several thousand times faster than a copper rod. They are an energy-efficient thermal superconductor with no moving parts, transferring high rates of heat energy across extremely small temperature gradients.

Heat Pipes (water and refrigerant) are the most effective passive method of transferring heat available today. In their simplest form, a sealed tube (usually copper) is evacuated and charged with a working fluid. In the case of Heat Pipes for HVAC purposes, refrigerants such as R134A are currently used, though water is now available as an alternative from SPC.

Apart from air conditioning, heat pipes have been used in many applications, including the cooling of casting dies, electronic circuitry, nuclear powered generators, energy conservation, defrosting applications and in the food industry. Heat pipes are increasingly being specified for high density cooling applications such as data centres and other areas of IT.

SPC have been supplying heat pipe based heat recovery systems to the HVAC industry for over 30 years and our broad knowledge allows us to provide the very best solutions for our customers.