Household uses for heat exchangers. A heat exchanger is used to transfer energy to the potable water from the fluid being heated in the solar collector.

A heat exchanger is a device built for efficient heat transfer from one medium to another. The media may be separated by a solid wall, so that they never mix, or they may be in direct contact.[1] They are widely used in space heating, refrigeration, air conditioning, power plants, chemical plants, petrochemical plants, petroleum refineries, natural gas processing, and sewage treatment. One common example of a heat exchanger is the radiator in a car, in which the heat source, being a hot engine-cooling fluid, water, transfers heat to air flowing through the radiator (i.e. the heat transfer medium).

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  • The Open source engineering software page has many links to various open source software programs used in engineering.
  • Thingiverse is a website where people can share digital designs. It also provides a way to upload non-compliant files to be shared on Appropedia pages.
  • RepRap is an open source rapid prototyping system that is capable of producing its own parts and may be able to manufacture low cost heat exchangers

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  1. Kakaç S., Liu H., (2002). Heat Exchangers: Selection, Rating and Thermal Design (2nd ed.) CRC Press. ISBN 0849309026. 311-317.
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Keywords appropriate technology, engineering, heat exchangers, energy conservation, energy efficiency
SDG SDG07 Affordable and clean energy
Authors Howard Swartz
License CC-BY-SA-3.0
Language English (en)
Translations Polish
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Aliases Heat Exchanger, Heat exchanger, Portal:Heat exchangers
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Created January 18, 2011 by Howard Swartz
Last modified May 23, 2024 by Kathy Nativi
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