I am curious if the use of heat pipes are used to thermally heat a solar hot water tank, if so what material, wick type and working fluid are used?
When, I say heat pipes, I'm refering to specifically the near superconducting passive heat transport systems found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_pipe The reason I ask is that I'm trying to model the head transfer between the working fluid and water in the tank.
Use a heat exchanger and a 2000 gallon water tank.
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