Condenser

Template:Sister project Condenser may refer to:

Heat transfer

• Condenser (heat transfer), a device or unit used to condense vapor into liquid. Specific types include:
  • HVAC air coils
  • Condenser (laboratory), a range of laboratory glassware used to remove heat from fluids
  • Surface condenser, a heat exchange installed in steam-electric power stations to condense turbine exhaust steam into water
  • Isolation condenser, an emergency passive system for cooling in some reactors (BWR/2, BWR/3 and SBWR series) in nuclear energy production

Steam engines

• Condensing steam locomotive
• Jet condenser
• Surface condenser

Other uses

• Condensers for collecting atmospheric moisture:
  • Air well (condenser)
  • Atmospheric water generator
• Condenser (optics), a lens which gathers visible light and directs it onto a projection lens to concentrate it
• Capacitor, formerly called a condenser, an electrical device that stores energy
• Condenser microphone, a capacitor-based microphone that converts sound waves into an electrical signal
• Synchronous condenser, a rotating machine similar to a motor, used to control AC power flow in electric power transmission

See also

• Enlarger
• Köhler illumination
• Projector (disambiguation)
• Telescope