Heat exchanger — An interchangeable plate heat exchanger Tubular heat exchan … Wikipedia
heat exchanger — a device for transferring the heat of one substance to another, as from the exhaust gases to the incoming air in a regenerative furnace. [1900 05] * * * Any of several devices that transfer heat from a hot to a cold fluid. In many engineering… … Universalium
Ground-coupled heat exchanger — Earth cooling tubes or earth warming tubes (also known as ground coupled heat exchangers) utilize the earth s near constant subterranean temperature to warm or cool air for residential, agricultural or industrial uses. They are often a viable and … Wikipedia
Regenerative heat exchanger — A regenerative heat exchanger, or more commonly a regenerator, is a type of heat exchanger where the flow through the heat exchanger is cyclical and periodically changes direction. It is similar to a countercurrent heat exchanger. However, a… … Wikipedia
Downhole heat exchanger — Bottom end of a Downhole heat exchanger … Wikipedia
Moving bed heat exchanger — Moving bed heat exchangers (also moving bed coolers) are stationary heat exchangers for bulk materials for continuous processes in chemical engineering. Contents 1 Construction 2 Function 3 Applications 4 Technical specifi … Wikipedia
Double Wall Heat Exchanger — A heat exchanger in a solar water heating system that has two distinct walls between the heat transfer fluid and the domestic water, to ensure that there is no mixing of the two … Energy terms
Heat recovery ventilation — (also known as a heat exchanger, air exchanger or air to air exchanger) is a ventilation system that employs a counter flow heat exchanger between the inbound and outbound air flow. HRV provide fresh air and improved climate control, while also… … Wikipedia
Heat transfer — is a discipline of thermal engineering that concerns the exchange of thermal energy from one physical system to another. Heat transfer is classified into various mechanisms, such as heat conduction, convection, thermal radiation, and phase change … Wikipedia
Heat capacity rate — The heat capacity rate is heat transfer terminology used in thermodynamics and different forms of engineering denoting the ability of a fluid to resist change in temperature as heat transfer occurs. It is typically denoted as C, listed from… … Wikipedia
Heat spreader — A heat spreader is most often simply a copper plate, having high thermal conductivity. Functionally, it is a primary heat exchanger that moves heat between a heat source and a secondary heat exchanger. The secondary heat exchanger is always… … Wikipedia