surface condenser

noun

1. a device condensing steam or vapor by passing it over a cool surface.

surface condenser

noun

1. a steam condenser usually associated with a steam turbine in which the steam is condensed on the surface of tubes through which water is passed Compare jet condenser

Word History and Origins

Origin of surface condenser¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

This, in practical words, is the surface condenser by which the used steam is returned to the boiler in the form of water.

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Surely therefore to him belongs the credit of having invented and perfected the tubular boiler and surface condenser.

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The surface condenser remains as it was ten years ago, with scarcely a detail altered.

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The surface-condenser is cleared by a single-acting air-pump, inside the frame, at T.

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The surface condenser was used by Hall in 1838 on the steamship “Wilberforce,” and Sickels in 1841 invented the drop cut-off.

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