Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An arrangement of siphon-tubes serving to induce circulation of water in a heating apparatus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An arrangement of siphon tubes for assisting circulation in a liquid.
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Examples
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Passive solar heaters can be subdivided into two classes: units in which the functions of heat collection and storage are separate, known as thermosiphon flat-plate systems, and arrangements that combine collection and storage into one integrated unit, namely, integral passive solar water heaters.
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Circulation between the collector and the oil storage tank requires no pump, since it is based on natural circulation, i.e. the thermosiphon effect.
Chapter 8 1990
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The ISE heat-accumulating solar cooker uses a highly efficient oil-filled flat plate collector that operates on the thermosiphon circulation principle to carry heat to an elevated hot-oil storage tank.
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The water is transported to a barrel-shaped, water + steam-filled heat store by natural (thermosiphon) circulation; as more water evaporates, the pressure increases steadily.
Chapter 8 1990
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Circulation to work with thermosiphon system can also be connected to a wood stove heat exchanger
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These systems, which have collecting surfaces connected to a separate hot water storage, tank, circulate water by thermosiphon (convection) effect.
Chapter 3 1979
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During the last round of the Geothermal Stimulus funding in USA, four projects received federal funding to pursue different aspects of supercritical CO2 thermosiphon with a total project funding of $15 million.
UQ News Online UQ News 2010
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The Centre is working with American and Japanese colleagues towards a new geothermal technology called 'the supercritical CO2 thermosiphon'.
UQ News Online UQ News 2010
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During the last round of the Geothermal Stimulus funding in USA, four projects received federal funding to pursue different aspects of supercritical CO2 thermosiphon with a total project funding of $15 million.
UQ News Online UQ News 2010
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The Centre is working with American and Japanese colleagues towards a new geothermal technology called 'the supercritical CO2 thermosiphon'.
UQ News Online UQ News 2010
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