If you have a house that isn’t used in the winter or a home that has pipes running through an unheated area, such as a crawl space or attic, and the temperatures drop below freezing, you may want to ...

A tubular device that is very efficient in transferring heat. Using a metal container (aluminum, copper, etc.) that holds a liquid (water, acetone, etc.) under pressure, the inner surface of the tube ...

You would think that the more sunlight that hits a solar panel, the better. When it comes to efficiency though, that's not the case – as photovoltaic cells heat up their efficiency decreases. To ...

A heat pipe is a two-phase device that has excellent heat transfer capabilities. It can transfer heat over long distances with minimum temperature drops and no need for external power. In our ...

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have found that graphene-based heat pipes can help solve the problems of cooling electronics and power systems used in avionics, data centers ...

Which can move heat faster: a few heat pipes (say six 6mm pipes) or water running through a tube? Careful: I'm trying to zero in not on whether a heat pipe setup or a water cooling setup is better for ...

You’ve probably noticed pipes running inside exterior walls and wondered why builders accept the winter risk. They often ...

So, I live in an old brownstone in Brooklyn, and it has steam heat and one thermostat for all 8 apartments. The building is four stories - 2 apartments per floor - long skinny apartments reaching ...

Researchers have found that graphene-based heat pipes can help solve the problems of cooling electronics and power systems used in avionics, data centres, and other power electronics. Researchers at ...