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waste heat recovery

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noun

  1. the use of heat that is produced in a thermodynamic cycle, as in a furnace, combustion engine, etc, in another process, such as heating feedwater or air

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Yang said that the multielement ink has a number of potential applications, particularly as a color-tunable LED or other solid-state lighting device, or as a thermoelectric for waste heat recovery.

From Science Daily • Sep. 28, 2023

The power generated by the waste heat recovery system is fed back to the propeller shaft.

From BusinessWeek • Sep. 5, 2013

A $40 million chunk of TVA's funds will also go toward reducing greenhouse gases and other pollutants through waste heat recovery, hybrid electric charging stations, solar installations and waste treatment methane gas capture projects.

From Scientific American • Apr. 15, 2011

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