heat exchangers
Temperature swap devices
Heat exchangers are devices that transfer thermal energy between fluids without mixing them.
The fluids flow through separate channels, with heat passing through the walls between them.
Radiators, air conditioners, and refrigerators all rely on heat exchangers.
Industrial applications range from power plants to chemical processing: The plant's heat exchangers recover waste energy from exhaust gases.
Indoor climate management
- refrigerationHeat removal for preservation
- refineriesFacilities that purify raw materials
- petrochemicalProduct from crude processing
- desalinationExtracting salt from seawater
pharmaceuticals · boilers · condensers · evaporators · chillers · intercoolers · economizers · preheaters
Chilled by circulation
- compactTightly packed together
- regenerativeAble to renew itself
- counterflowCurrent opposing another
- crossflowCurrent perpendicular to main direction
spiral · gasketed · microchannel · U-tube
Making something unclean
Hollow cylindrical containers
- shellHard outer covering
- bafflesPerplexes or confuses deeply
- platesFlat eating dishes
- finsSwimming appendages
headers · gaskets · core · coils · channels · nozzles · seals · corrugations
Heat transfer through contact
- convectionHeat transfer via motion
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- thermodynamicsScience of heat-energy relationships
- enthalpyThermodynamic total heat quantity
Productive without waste
- effectivenessSuccess in producing results
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- dutyRequired moral task
HVAC
Indoor climate management
- refrigerationHeat removal for preservation
- refineriesFacilities that purify raw materials
- petrochemicalProduct from crude processing
desalination · pharmaceuticals · boilers · condensers · evaporators · chillers · intercoolers · economizers · preheaters · pasteurization
air-cooled
Chilled by circulation
- compactTightly packed together
- regenerativeAble to renew itself
- counterflowCurrent opposing another
crossflow · spiral · gasketed · microchannel · U-tube
fouling
Making something unclean
descaling · inspection · biofouling · erosion
tubes
Hollow cylindrical containers
fins · headers · gaskets · core · coils · channels · nozzles · seals · corrugations · manifolds
conduction
Heat transfer through contact
- convectionHeat transfer via motion
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- thermodynamicsScience of heat-energy relationships
efficiency
Productive without waste
- effectivenessSuccess in producing results
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- dutyRequired moral task
- machineryengine, machinery, industrial machinery, motors, engines
- coolingair conditioning, refrigeration, air cooler, evaporator, radiator
- heatthermal energy, heatwave, radiation, convection, insulators
- fluid systemspumps, valves, pipes, hydraulic systems, fluid flow
- Mechanical Engineeringmechanical engineer, design engineer, valves, motors, aerospace engineer
- building systemsHVAC, plumbing, electrical systems, cooling, ventilation
heat exchangersinsulation
Thermal transfer prevention
thermal barriers · insulating materials · heat shields · thermal insulation · insulators
change, heat, heated, exchange, heating, heater, reheat, heats, preheat