thermosiphon
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- noun
- /ˈθɜrməˌsaɪfən/
- Specialized
- Using a thermosiphon, the warm air rises naturally, creating a comfortable environment in the room.
- thermosiphon ventilation
Examples
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What if a dual setup was used instead, where a passive thermosiphon solar water heater was used whenever temperatures were above freezing, but then yet another passive thermosiphon system, this one running through the wood stove, heated water in the winter.
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The thermosiphon moved hot water from the solar panel to the storage tank without needing a pump.
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For one thing, thermosiphon ventilation requires that the mound have a rather specific architecture.
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Thermosiphon ventilation supposedly provided a termite colony with the capacity for achieving homeostasis.
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Lscher's scheme (a version of what is known as thermosiphon ventilation) seemed to provide a model for the environmental regulation of termite colonies.
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What if a dual setup was used instead, where a passive thermosiphon solar water heater was used whenever temperatures were above freezing, but then yet another passive thermosiphon system, this one running through the wood stove, heated water in the winter.
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We designed our heating system with a thermosiphon to efficiently circulate warm air through the house.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Thermosiphon joins thermo- 'heat' and siphon 'tube' or 'to draw', and you can see thermo- in the familiar word thermometer. So a thermosiphon is a device that uses heat to draw and move water or air without a pump, which explains how it circulates liquid by natural convection.