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noun

a device for transferring the heat of one substance to another, as from the exhaust gases to the incoming air in a regenerative furnace.

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Origin of heat exchanger

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby heat exchanger

heat dome, heated, heat engine, heat equation, heater, heat exchanger, heat exhaustion, heat gun, heath, heathberry, heath cock

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How to use heat exchanger in a sentence

Another way the Toronto system saves is by using largely passive heat exchangers, rather than energy-intensive air conditioners and chillers.
Toronto is home to the world’s largest lake-powered cooling system. Here’s how it works.|Tik Root|November 5, 2021|Washington Post
The latter heat exchanger uses the coolness of the lake water to dissipate heat from the downtown buildings.
Toronto is home to the world’s largest lake-powered cooling system. Here’s how it works.|Tik Root|November 5, 2021|Washington Post
When energy is needed, the sand goes through a heat exchanger that then pressurizes gas to power turbomachinery and spin generators that create the electricity.
Super hot sand could help us store renewable energy|Angely Mercado|September 9, 2021|Popular-Science
I removed it and everything was fine, but in a few days I’d have run the pump dry and also destroyed the heat exchanger.
So You Want to Roboticize Your House?|Eugene Robinson|December 2, 2020|Ozy

But while he was up there riffing about Steiger, he looked like he did in the Big Heat.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The movie we went to that Friday night in 1953 was The Big Heat.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Preheat oven to 375°F. Heat the vegetable oil in a large, high-sided cast iron skillet.
Make Carla Hall’s Crispy Shallot Green Bean Casserole|Carla Hall|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
While the beans are cooling and drying, melt the butter in a saute pan over medium heat.
Make Carla Hall’s Crispy Shallot Green Bean Casserole|Carla Hall|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Remove from heat and stir in the walnuts, rum, powdered sugar, and salt until fully incorporated.
Carla Hall’s Christmas Day Treat: Rum Balls|Carla Hall|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The heat of drunkenness is the stumblingblock of the fool, lessening strength and causing wounds.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
It was very warm, and for a while they did nothing but exchange remarks about the heat, the sun, the glare.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Tobacco is a strong growing plant resisting heat and drought to a far (p. 018) greater extent than most plants.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
A present remedy of all is the speedy coming of a cloud, and a dew that meeteth it, by the heat that cometh, shall overpower it.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Captain Vane came from the observatory, his face blazing with excitement and oily with heat, to announce the fact.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne

British Dictionary definitions for heat exchanger

heat exchanger

noun

a device for transferring heat from one fluid to another without allowing them to mix

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Scientific definitions for heat exchanger

heat exchanger

A device used to transfer heat from one fluid to another without direct contact of the fluids. Heat exchangers usually maximize the transfer of heat by maximizing the contact surface area between fluids, as when the warmer fluid is passed through a series of coils or thin plates. A car radiator is a heat exchanger, transferring the heat in a liquid that has circulated through the engine to the air.