Descriptions of heat pipe solar collector
1. evacuated tube collector, a part of solar hot water heater, is usually mounted on a roof and has a row of glass tubes.
2. a copper heat pipe, which is hollow with the space inside evacuated, is installed within the tube.
3. the pipe can transmit heat to its tip which is plugged into the collector's heat transfer manifold. then heat is transferred from the copper heat pipe to the water when water runs through the manifold.