The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.
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).

Types of Heat Exchangers

See also

External links

Funding Opportunities for Engineers

Journals

Books

Education for Engineering for Sustainable Development

Tools and Software

  • 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

Heat Exchanger Development

Job Opportunities

Videos

mqdefault.jpgYouTube_icon.svg
mqdefault.jpgYouTube_icon.svg

Work to be done

Stubs that need to be expanded:

There are lots of missing pages in Appropedia for heat exchangers, so feel free to pick one and share your knowledge!

Footnotes

  1. Kakaç S., Liu H., (2002). Heat Exchangers: Selection, Rating and Thermal Design (2nd ed.) CRC Press. ISBN 0849309026. 311-317.
FA info icon.svg Angle down icon.svg Page data
Part of CMAS801
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
Related 1 subpages, 7 pages link here
Aliases Heat Exchanger, Heat exchanger, Portal:Heat exchangers
Impact 1,666 page views
Created January 18, 2011 by Howard Swartz
Modified October 23, 2023 by StandardWikitext bot
Cookies help us deliver our services. By using our services, you agree to our use of cookies.