How to Use heat exchanger in a Sentence

heat exchanger

noun
  • All the pipes and heat exchangers are in place but not hooked up.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 23 May 2018
  • Each heat exchanger can then be used either to provide heat or to absorb heat.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Water from a local source is tapped via heat exchangers as part of the cooling process.
    — Francois De Beaupuy, Fortune, 28 June 2026
  • Dover makes heat exchangers used to cool servers inside data centers.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The heat exchanger and the orifice, which controls the flow of gas, may also need cleaning.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2020
  • An outdoor heat exchanger, or coil, absorbs the heat into the heat pump system.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Cooling towers are heat exchangers that use fans and water to cool down buildings.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
  • An outdoor heat exchanger, or coil, absorbs the heat into the heat-pump system.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Some of it is converted into waste heat, which the team extracts using a heat exchanger.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 10 Apr. 2023
  • One option is to use a heat exchanger to heat isopentane, which boils just above room temperature.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Two giant air scoops direct air from the rear window area down into heat exchangers in what used to be the trunk to help cool the transaxle.
    — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2023
  • That is piped during the day into the stadium, which extracts the cold through heat exchangers.
    — Steven Mufson, The Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2019
  • This fluid is then pumped to a heat exchanger that transfers the fluid’s heat to water, which creates steam.
    — Jackie Snow, WSJ, 24 Apr. 2022
  • Some sharks rely on a similar heat exchanger; perhaps plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs did the same.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2010
  • But the bulk of the carbon dioxide is reheated in the heat exchanger and used again in the combustor.
    — David Roberts, Vox, 1 June 2018
  • When the heat exchanger becomes too hot, your limit switch acts as a safety mechanism and turns off the burner.
    — Dallas News, 26 Jan. 2021
  • Any heat-capture system (pipe loops, heat exchangers, or heat pumps) adds complexity and cost.
    — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 2025
  • In fact, the motors work hard enough in daily driving to require their own heat exchanger and cooling circuit.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 7 Mar. 2023
  • An additional heat exchanger in the Corvette’s nose keeps that motor cool.
    — David Beard, Car and Driver, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The Ultium motors are oil cooled and that oil flows through an oil-to-refrigerant heat exchanger.
    — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Bespoke heat exchangers make the reactor lightweight and move the heat to where it can be turned into useful power.
    — David Szondy, New Atlas, 23 July 2024
  • Heat is sourced from the surrounding air or the ground and then passes through a heat exchanger and eventually, into the home.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Heat is sourced from the surrounding air or the ground and then passes through a heat exchanger and eventually, into the home.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2025
  • The city health department said the outbreak is linked to cooling towers, heat exchangers that use fans and water to cool down buildings.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The city health department said the outbreak is linked to cooling towers, heat exchangers that use fans and water to cool down buildings.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The cooled transfer liquid then returns to the internal heat exchangers to repeat the cycle.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 21 Feb. 2017
  • The liquid cools the GPUs and carries the heat over the heat exchanger, and then fans move the heat out of the server.
    — Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
  • This is typically due to a buildup of dust on the burners, heat exchanger, air ducts, and other heating unit components.
    — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The city hopes to siphon off some of that heat for the loop, using a technology called a heat exchanger placed directly inside a major sewage line.
    — Ishan Thakore, NPR, 20 May 2026
  • The unit’s heat exchanger is made from durable stainless steel, and there’s thermal auto reset technology for safety.
    — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 May 2023

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