Project Name: Amalie Arena Tower Air Handling Unit Replacement Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Project type, building type: Sports Complex Equipment: Wrap Around dehumidification heat Pipes Manufacturer: Heat Pipe Technology Engineering challenges Before Heat Pipe Technology’s involvement, the arena’s ice quality was ranked near the bottom among NHL arenas. This was largely due to the Tampa… Read more »
Hospital Recovers Energy Without Risk of Supply Air Contamination The Challenge Hospitals provide an enormous opportunity for energy recovery due to their 24/7/365 operations. Energy from the exhaust air stream can be recovered in the winter and summer to precool or preheat supply air to the hospital and save a lot of energy dollars in the… Read more »
Q. I am working on the design of a Dedicated Outdoor Air System ( DOAS ) unit. I am leaning towards using double wheel units (latent and sensible wheels). What is your opinion on this approach vs. using a wraparound heat pipe. Rick… From my viewpoint the dual wheel design is a much less efficient… Read more »
Puerto Rican-Based Pharmaceutical Facilities See Dramatic Energy Cost Savings with Passive Dehumidifier Heat Pipes Pharmaceutical production is popular in many tropical locations because of regulatory, tax, and labor-cost benefits. Yet many of the benefits can be easily negated if a production facility doesn’t properly mitigate high humidity, an environmental feature that comes part and parcel… Read more »
The wrap around heat pipe is a heat pipe wrapped around a cooling coil. It consists of two sections, the pre-cool section placed before the cooling coil and the reheat section placed after the reheat coil. The wrap around heat pipe eliminates the need for reheat and increases the dehumidifying capacity of an air conditioner… Read more »
Q. What do you see as typical paybacks for Wrap Around Heat Pipes? How much does it change with geographical location? Paybacks that we are seeing with typical Wrap Around Heat Pipe applications are ranging from 2 to 4 years. Paybacks are most influenced by: percentage of cooling coil use – more use equals more… Read more »
We have choices in equipment that we can select for air to air energy recovery applications, we even have the best options for Geothermal Heating and Air systems. Here are 5 advantages that Heat Pipes offer; Energy Recovery Heat Pipes Features 1. Passive Operation No energy input is required to operate the Heat Pipes. There… Read more »
Ask Rick Question: I am considering putting in a wrap around heat pipe to reduce cooling tonnage and provide reheat. Is there a way that I can control the heat pipe to reduce reheat? The Wrap Around Heat Pipe (or Dehumidification Heat Pipe) is used in lots of applications where reheat is typically used. … Read more »
Project Name: East Boston Stadium HVAC Improvements Engineer: Engineered Systems, Inc. Contractor: P.J. Kennedy and Sons Equipment: Passive Heat Pipe Energy Recovery Module Manufacturer: Heat Pipe Technology DAC Sales Engineer: David Goodman Project Highlights: Existing Conditions: Football is a proud tradition in East Boston and funding was raised to replace original and antiquated HVAC equipment… Read more »
Heat Pipe for HVAC Systems | Heat Pipe Theory This is a quick overview of how a Heat Pipe works in an HVAC system. More specific information can be found in free webinars from Heat Pipe Technology. Further questions on Heat Pipes feel free to askRick? See related Heat Pipe Blog Posts:Energy Recovery Heat Pipes… Read more »