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surface condenser

noun

  1. a device condensing steam or vapor by passing it over a cool surface.


surface condenser

noun

  1. a steam condenser usually associated with a steam turbine in which the steam is condensed on the surface of tubes through which water is passed Compare jet condenser
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of surface condenser1

First recorded in 1860–65
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Example Sentences

This, in practical words, is the surface condenser by which the used steam is returned to the boiler in the form of water.

Surely therefore to him belongs the credit of having invented and perfected the tubular boiler and surface condenser.

The surface condenser remains as it was ten years ago, with scarcely a detail altered.

The surface-condenser is cleared by a single-acting air-pump, inside the frame, at T.

The surface condenser was used by Hall in 1838 on the steamship “Wilberforce,” and Sickels in 1841 invented the drop cut-off.

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