recuperator
- noun
- /rɪˈkuːpəreɪtər/
- Specialized
:
recuperador
- The factory installed a new recuperator to recover heat from exhaust gases, enhancing energy efficiency.
- temperature recuperator
Examples
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In fact, most recuperators precool their exhaust stream before it enters the heat exchanger to prolong the unit's operating life.
Academic text (2006) -
This low-temperature recuperator, one of two in the loop, is designed to transfer 1.6 MW of heat.
Academic text (2012) -
RIT combined cycle, the surface recuperator itself has been tried and proven.
Academic text (1995) -
For a larger temperature span, a recuperator or regenerator must be incorporated into the system.
Academic text (1994) -
The high-temperature recuperator and gas chiller also use this technology.
Academic text (2012) -
The temperature drops, and pressure losses in the piping leading from the combustor shell to and from the recuperator must be added to the estimated core performance to assess the full impact on the cycle efficiency.
Academic text (1995) -
Part of the flow is sent to a re-compressor that increases the temperature rise in the high-pressure leg of the recuperators to ensure that the temperature rise there nearly equals the temperature drop in the low-pressure leg.
Academic text (2012) -
It also reduces the likelihood of a pinch point, which occurs when there is little or no temperature difference between the hot and low-temperature legs in the recuperator, so no heat flows from one to the other.
Academic text (2012) -
The recompression cycle has large amounts of recuperation (note that the recuperators transfer 2.8 MW while the heater only supplies 0.78 MW).
Academic text (2012) -
By using a recuperator, industries can significantly reduce energy waste during production processes.
Synonyms
A device that helps a heating or cooling system use less energy
How Efficient
- Specialized
- Specialized
- Specialized
1
6.8
- Specialized
2
4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
recuperator = recuperate (semi-transparent) = recuperate + or
Formally an agentive formation from 'recuperate', but the 'device' sense is a technical extension and may be unfamiliar to an average learner.
Etymology
Recuperator comes from recuperate, which means 'to get back' or 'recover', and shares the same root as the common word recover, with re- meaning 'again'. That's why a recuperator is a machine that 'gets back' heat from exhaust and uses it again to save energy.