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AIR-COOLED REFRIGERANT CONDENSER [1 record]

Record 1 2015-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Steam-Powered Machines and Condensers
  • Heat Exchangers
DEF

A refrigerant condenser in which heat rejection is accomplished entirely by raising the temperature of the air used as a cooling medium.

OBS

Refrigerant condenser: a heat exchanger in which the refrigerant, compressed to a suitable pressure, is condensed by rejection of heat to an appropriate external cooling medium.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines à vapeur et condenseurs
  • Échangeurs de chaleur
CONT

Le condenseur est essentiellement un échangeur de chaleur dont le rôle est d'assurer l'évacuation de la chaleur (flux calorifique), contenue dans les vapeurs comprimées et surchauffées, du fluide frigorigène quittant le compresseur, vers le milieu ambiant extérieur [...] Dans un condenseur à air, c'est à l'air ambiant extérieur qu'incombe le rôle d'assurer la condensation des vapeurs de fluide frigorigène.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Máquinas de vapor y condensadores
  • Intercambiadores de calor
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