heat exchanger
noun
: a device (such as an automobile radiator) for transferring heat from one fluid to another without allowing them to mix
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The company’s key products for data centers are thermal connectors and heat exchangers.
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
Pumps circulate the coolant within the main component fluid chamber and pass it to a heat exchanger around the back for cooling down before pumping it back in.
—John Burek, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
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
Water heater drain kit: $155 Flushing your tankless water heater helps keep heat exchangers free of scale buildup.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
Pumps circulate the coolant within the main component fluid chamber and pass it to a heat exchanger around the back for cooling down before pumping it back in.
—John Burek, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
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
Water heater drain kit: $155 Flushing your tankless water heater helps keep heat exchangers free of scale buildup.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 4 Nov. 2024
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heat exchanger
noun
heat ex·chang·er
-iks-ˌchānj-ər 
: a device (as in an apparatus for extracorporeal blood circulation) for transferring heat from one fluid to another without allowing them to mix
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