Application of Heat Exchanger
Heat exchangers are absolutely everywhere in industry and daily life:
- Power Generation: Boilers, condensers, and cooling towers in power plants.
- HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning):
- Air Conditioners: The evaporator and condenser are heat exchangers.
- Furnaces: The heat exchanger transfers heat from combustion gases to the household air.
- Automotive:
- Radiator: Cools the engine.
- Heater Core: Uses hot engine coolant to warm the car’s interior.
- Oil Refineries and Chemical Plants: For heating and cooling process fluids.
- Food and Beverage Industry: Pasteurization, sterilization, and cooling processes (e.g., milk, juice).
- Marine Industry: Cool the engine using seawater.
- Electronics: Cooling computer CPUs (a heat sink is a simple air-to-solid heat exchanger).
- Refrigeration: The evaporator and condenser in your refrigerator are heat exchangers.