preheater
Preliminary warming device
A preheater is a device that warms something before it enters the main heating process.
In industrial settings, preheaters raise the temperature of air, water, or fuel before combustion, improving efficiency: The boiler's preheater recovers heat from exhaust gases.
Home espresso machines may include preheaters to warm cups before brewing.
Enclosed heat-producing structure
- kilnOven for hardening clay
- boilerWater-heating vessel
- reactorControlled fission apparatus
- refineryIndustrial purification facility
smelting · foundry · metallurgy · incinerator · economizer · regenerator · HVAC
Measured heat intensity
- conductionHeat transfer through contact
- convectionHeat transfer via motion
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- thermodynamicsScience of heat-energy relationships
enthalpy · BTU · thermostat · insulation · combustion · setpoint
New business enterprise
- primingMaking ready beforehand
- ignitionStarting combustion process
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- preparationArranging things in advance
activation · initialization · stabilization · tempering · preconditioning · idle · ramp-up · standby
Enclosed cooking chamber
- toasterBread-crisping appliance
- kettleSpouted vessel for heating water
- stoveKitchen heating appliance
- microwaveRadiation-based kitchen heater
coffeemaker · furnace · slowcooker · airfryer · hotplate · range · cooktop · steamer
Maximizing efficiency or performance
- cost-effectiveGiving good return cheaply
- consumptionUsing up of resources
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- eco-friendlyNot harming the environment
furnace
Enclosed heat-producing structure
refinery · smelting · foundry · metallurgy · incinerator · economizer · regenerator · HVAC
temperature
Measured heat intensity
- conductionHeat transfer through contact
- convectionHeat transfer via motion
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
thermodynamics · enthalpy · BTU · thermostat · insulation · combustion · setpoint
startup
New business enterprise
- primingMaking ready beforehand
- ignitionStarting combustion process
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
preparation · activation · initialization · stabilization · tempering · preconditioning · idle · ramp-up · standby
oven
Enclosed cooking chamber
microwave · coffeemaker · furnace · slowcooker · airfryer · hotplate · range · cooktop · steamer · broiler
optimization
Maximizing efficiency or performance
- cost-effectiveGiving good return cheaply
- consumptionUsing up of resources
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
eco-friendly · output · coefficient · minimization · performance
- heat exchangersfloating head, hairpin, printed circuit, microchannel, multi-pass
- industrial heatingfurnace, kiln, blast furnace, electric furnace, gas furnace
- solderingsolder, soldering iron, soldering station, flux, solder wick
- heat recoveryregenerator
- boilersboiler, boilers, steam boiler, gas boiler, feedwater
- metalworkssteel mill, foundry, smelter, blast furnace, iron works
preheaterprecooler
Upstream temperature reducer
cooler · chiller · condenser · intercooler