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Condenser (laboratory) — Two different condensers are seen here: an air cooled fractionating column on left, and a Liebig condenser on the right In a laboratory a condenser is a piece of laboratory glassware used to cool hot vapors or liquids. [1] A condenser usually… … Wikipedia
Condenser (heat transfer) — For other Condensers not involving heat transfer, see Condenser (disambiguation). In systems involving heat transfer, a condenser is a device or unit used to condense a substance from its gaseous to its liquid state, typically by cooling it. In… … Wikipedia
Cooling tower — Natural draft wet cooling hyperboloid towers at Didcot Power Station, UK … Wikipedia
Cooling pond — Not to be confused with Spent fuel pool. Mount Storm Lake is a 1,200 acres (4.9 km2) cooling pond for a power plant in Grant County, West Virginia. A cooling pond is a man made body of water primarily formed for the purpose of supplying… … Wikipedia
Surface condenser — A surface condenser is a commonly used term for a water cooled shell and tube heat exchanger installed on the exhaust steam from a steam turbine in thermal power stations.[1][2][3] These condensers are heat exchangers which convert steam from its … Wikipedia
Condenser — Con*dens er, n. 1. One who, or that which, condenses. [1913 Webster] 2. (Physic) (a) An instrument for condensing air or other elastic fluids, consisting of a cylinder having a movable piston to force the air into a receiver, and a valve to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
condenser — /keuhn den seuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that condenses. 2. an apparatus for condensing. 3. any device for reducing gases or vapors to liquid or solid form. 4. Optics. a lens or combination of lenses that gathers and concentrates light in a… … Universalium
Water jacket — A water jacket is a water filled void surrounding a device, typically a metal sheath having intake and outlet vents to allow water to be pumped through the void. The flow of water to an external heating or cooling device allows precise… … Wikipedia
cooling tower — /ˈkulɪŋ taʊə/ (say koohling towuh) noun a concrete or wooden structure used in industrial processes to cool water after it has passed through a condenser; so arranged that the maximum surface area of water is exposed to the atmosphere …
condenser — /kənˈdɛnsə/ (say kuhn densuh) noun 1. someone or something that condenses. 2. an apparatus for condensing. 3. an apparatus by which water is made fit for drinking by vaporising and recondensing it. 4. Chemistry a cooling device for converting… …
