heat exchanger

American  

noun

1. 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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heat exchanger British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of heat exchanger

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Binary power plants create energy through a heat exchanger “with no emissions whatsoever of geothermal fluid or gases,” he said.

From New York Times

Lepido's heat exchanger has already been installed in an industrial laundry in the Netherlands, and at Europe's largest pancake factory in Laholm in southern Sweden.

From BBC

The concept, developed over five years, is relatively straight forward - the hot oil is pumped into a heat exchanger to warm the water in the pool.

From BBC

“Lucid is redefining what the family sedan can do” Lucid says that the twin rear-drive unit also gets new heat exchanger technology and an increased coolant flow rate.

From The Verge

The Coal Authority's Gareth Farr said water would be extracted from the disused mines and put through a heat exchanger, where some heat is recovered, before it is amplified by a heat pump.

From BBC