How to Use heat exchanger in a Sentence

heat exchanger

noun
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  • All the pipes and heat exchangers are in place but not hooked up.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 23 May 2018
  • The liquid cools the GPUs and carries the heat over the heat exchanger, and then fans move the heat out of the server.
    — Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
  • The heat exchanger and the orifice, which controls the flow of gas, may also need cleaning.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2020
  • But the bulk of the carbon dioxide is reheated in the heat exchanger and used again in the combustor.
    — David Roberts, Vox, 1 June 2018
  • Two giant air scoops direct air from the rear window area down into heat exchangers in what used to be the trunk to help cool the transaxle.
    — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2023
  • There is a heat exchanger inside of the server chassis.
    — Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
  • That is piped during the day into the stadium, which extracts the cold through heat exchangers.
    — Steven Mufson, The Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2019
  • Each heat exchanger can then be used either to provide heat or to absorb heat.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Oct. 2023
  • An outdoor heat exchanger, or coil, absorbs the heat into the heat pump system.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2024
  • This fluid is then pumped to a heat exchanger that transfers the fluid’s heat to water, which creates steam.
    — Jackie Snow, WSJ, 24 Apr. 2022
  • The Ultium motors are oil cooled and that oil flows through an oil-to-refrigerant heat exchanger.
    — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
  • When the heat exchanger becomes too hot, your limit switch acts as a safety mechanism and turns off the burner.
    — Dallas News, 26 Jan. 2021
  • Adding a couple of heat exchangers yields a cooling chamber.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Some of it is converted into waste heat, which the team extracts using a heat exchanger.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Repair: Find and repair the leak or obstruction; replace the heat exchanger and filter drier; and drain and recharge the system.
    — Brett Martin, Popular Mechanics, 14 Feb. 2017
  • Some sharks rely on a similar heat exchanger; perhaps plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs did the same.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2010
  • In fact, the motors work hard enough in daily driving to require their own heat exchanger and cooling circuit.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 7 Mar. 2023
  • An additional heat exchanger in the Corvette’s nose keeps that motor cool.
    — David Beard, Car and Driver, 27 Feb. 2023
  • One option is to use a heat exchanger to heat isopentane, which boils just above room temperature.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 11 Oct. 2017
  • The cooled transfer liquid then returns to the internal heat exchangers to repeat the cycle.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 21 Feb. 2017
  • The heater is made with a cupronickel heat exchanger that can withstand low pH, high-flow, or heavy use, plus it's certified for low NOx emissions.
    — Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics, 19 May 2022
  • The big difference between the two is that a condensing furnace has a second heat exchanger that takes some of the heat that otherwise would have ...
    — Ben Lieberman, National Review, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Akiyama is concerned the heat exchangers are situated too close to the compressors that intake air to start the chilling process.
    — Author: Elwood Brehmer, Anchorage Daily News, 6 July 2018
  • The vertical pipes at left are part of the heat exchanger, while the resistive heater elements are wrapped in white insulation at right.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Hot neutrons escape the plasma and are captured in the liquid metal, and their energy powers a heat exchanger to make power.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 25 Jan. 2021
  • When a hot water faucet is turned on, cold water flows through a heat exchanger in the unit, and either a natural gas burner or an electric element heats the water.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2022
  • When a hot water faucet is turned on, cold water flows through a heat exchanger in the unit, and either a natural gas burner or an electric element heats the water.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The arrangement functions as a countercurrent heat exchanger, warming blood in the veins and cooling blood in the arteries.
    — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
  • The Journal says the cause for delay involves a temperature-regulating part called a heat exchanger.
    — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 3 May 2024
  • With the power out, the pumps were no longer channeling water from unit 1’s pressure vessel through the cooling system’s heat exchangers, and the ferociously hot fuel rods were boiling the water into steam.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Oct. 2011

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