heat exchanger
Temperature swap device
A heat exchanger is a device that transfers thermal energy between two fluids without mixing them—one fluid heats up while the other cools down.
Radiators, air conditioners, and refrigerators all use heat exchangers.
Industrial processes rely on them for efficiency: The plant's heat exchanger recovers waste heat to preheat incoming water.
Heat transfer device
- condenserDevice that liquefies gases
- evaporatorLiquid-to-gas conversion device
- boilerWater-heating vessel
- regeneratorDevice that renews
intercooler · plate · compact · brazed · gasketed · coil · core · air-cooled
Heat transfer through contact
- convectionHeat transfer via motion
- counterflowCurrent opposing another
- crossflowCurrent perpendicular to main direction
- pinch pointNarrowing hazard area
duty · load · effectiveness · boundary layer
Heat-transfer medium
- coolantTemperature-regulating fluid
- brineWater saturated with sodium
- glycolTwo-hydroxyl alcohol compound
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
condensate · hot water · chilled water · air · two-phase · phase change · turbulent flow · laminar flow
Industrial purification facility
- petrochemicalProduct from crude processing
- chemical plantFactory producing synthetic substances
- distillationPurification via vaporization
- HVACIndoor climate management
power plant · pharmaceutical · pulp and paper · steel mill · food processing · dairy · brewery · desalination
Hollow cylindrical containers
- platesFlat eating dishes
- finsSwimming appendages
- bafflesPerplexes or confuses deeply
- manifoldMany and various
headers · gaskets · shell · channels · corrugations · ports · frame · tie rods
Carrying out a task
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- energy savingsReduced power consumption
- entropyQuantified chaos in systems
- second lawEntropy inevitably rises
BTU · kilowatts · joules · enthalpy · flow rate · pressure drop · payback period
radiator
Heat transfer device
- condenserDevice that liquefies gases
- evaporatorLiquid-to-gas conversion device
- boilerWater-heating vessel
regenerator · intercooler · plate · compact · brazed · gasketed · coil · core · air-cooled · water-cooled
conduction
Heat transfer through contact
- convectionHeat transfer via motion
- counterflowCurrent opposing another
- crossflowCurrent perpendicular to main direction
pinch point · duty · load · effectiveness · boundary layer
refrigerant
Heat-transfer medium
- coolantTemperature-regulating fluid
- brineWater saturated with sodium
- glycolTwo-hydroxyl alcohol compound
steam · condensate · hot water · chilled water · air · two-phase · phase change · turbulent flow · laminar flow
refinery
Industrial purification facility
- petrochemicalProduct from crude processing
- chemical plantFactory producing synthetic substances
- distillationPurification via vaporization
HVAC · power plant · pharmaceutical · pulp and paper · steel mill · food processing · dairy · brewery · desalination · waste treatment
tubes
Hollow cylindrical containers
manifold · headers · gaskets · shell · channels · corrugations · ports · frame · tie rods · nozzles
performance
Carrying out a task
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- energy savingsReduced power consumption
- entropyQuantified chaos in systems
second law · BTU · kilowatts · joules · enthalpy · flow rate · pressure drop · payback period
- absorption coolingabsorber, evaporator, condenser, rectifier, refrigerant
- pipelinespipeline, gas pipeline, oil pipeline, pipelines, natural gas line
- green energywind power, solar power, renewables, solar farm, solar panel
- coolingair conditioning, refrigeration, air cooler, evaporator, radiator
- heatthermal energy, heatwave, radiation, convection, insulators
- heating and coolingfurnace, boiler, radiator, air conditioner, cooling system
heat exchangerinsulation
Thermal transfer prevention
insulating material · thermal barrier · heat shield · vacuum flask · Dewar flask
heat, heated, exchange, heating, heater, reheat, preheat, exchanges, heaters