热管是1942年由一位汽车工程师发明的，直到20世纪70年代初，它才作为一种被动式空气对空气热回收装置在供暖、通风和空调行业得到应用。在过去的几年里，热管作为一种干式或间接蒸发冷却部件，在干旱气候条件下的大型cfm组合式空调系统中得到了新的应用。在热管的“湿”侧采用喷淋盘管技术，以在补风侧产生干燥冷却效果。将检查该系统技术在定容多区和变风量系统中的使用。将分析用于夏季间接蒸发冷却和冬季热回收的热管的性能。 将讨论热管在经济循环位置的位置，以增加VAV系统的室外空气量。将开发系统成本和夏季和冬季节能潜力。单位:I-PCITION:研讨会，ASHRAE交易，1986年，第92卷，pt。1B，旧金山

The heat pipe, which was invented in 1942 by an automotive engineer, did not find application in the heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning industry as a passive air-to-air heat recovery device until the early 1970s. Over the last several years, the heat pipe has found new application as a dry type or indirect evaporative cooling component in large cfm built-up and packaged air-conditioning systems for arid climates. A spray coil technique is employed on the "wet" side of the heat pipe to produce a dry cooling effect on the makeup air side. The use of this system technique for constant-volume multizone as well as variable-air-volume systems will be examined. The performance of the heat pipe for indirect evaporative cooling in the summer as well as heat recovery in the winter will be analyzed. The location of the heat pipe in an economy cycle position in order to increase outdoor air quantities for VAV systems will be discussed. System costs and potential summer and winter energy savings will be developed.Units: I-P