condenser cooling water
1Condenser cooling water — A source of water external to a boiler s feed system is passed through the steam leaving the turbine in order to cool and condense the steam. This reduces the steam s exit pressure and recaptures its heat, which is then used to preheat fluid… …
2Condenser (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… …
3Condenser (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… …
4Cooling tower — Natural draft wet cooling hyperboloid towers at Didcot Power Station, UK …
5Cooling 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… …
6Surface 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 …
7Condenser — 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… …
8condenser — /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… …
9Water 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… …
10cooling 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 …
