heat exchanger
noun
: a device (such as an automobile radiator) for transferring heat from one fluid to another without allowing them to mix
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Water heater drain kit: $155 Flushing your tankless water heater helps keep heat exchangers free of scale buildup.
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Nora Colomer, Fox News, 4 Nov. 2024
Components that need to be replaced include chillers, condensing water pumps, central plant piping, heat exchangers and cooling towers.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2024
The outdoor air passes over a heat exchanger containing a fluid, or refrigerant, that has a very low boiling point.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2024
The company’s key products for data centers are thermal connectors and heat exchangers.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2024
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Nora Colomer, Fox News, 4 Nov. 2024
Components that need to be replaced include chillers, condensing water pumps, central plant piping, heat exchangers and cooling towers.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2024
The outdoor air passes over a heat exchanger containing a fluid, or refrigerant, that has a very low boiling point.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2024
The company’s key products for data centers are thermal connectors and heat exchangers.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2024
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heat exchanger
noun
heat ex·chang·er
-iks-ˌchānj-ər 
: a device (as in an apparatus for extracorporeal blood circulation) for transferring heat from one fluid to another without allowing them to mix
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