Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A chamber or cylinder in which a substance is heated before being used or operated upon.

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  • noun An engineering device that preheats a material prior to some other process.

Etymologies

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preheat +‎ -er

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Examples

  • The absorber surface on the bottom of the preheater should be a dark color, and preferrably made of metal.

    Chapter 7 1984

  • All you need is a good filter and a preheater to keep the oil from solidifying.

    Some Incidental Information 2008

  • The remaining coke is dropped into the preheater for recycling with feedstock.

    Cracking 2008

  • The preheater-kiln system consumes 5 to 5.4 GJ/t of clinker (4).

    2. Energy efficiency in the production of high-energy content building materials 1995

  • Blended and homogenized raw meal is then fed to a suspension preheater of the counter type, where it is preheated and partially calcined by the hot gases from the kiln passing in counter current.

    2.1 Fluidized-bed process 1993

  • The exit gases from the preheater are then passed through the dust-collection system and discharged into the atmosphere.

    2.1 Fluidized-bed process 1993

  • Fig. 17: This dryer has a fairly small solar collector/preheater for the number of trays inside, out the clear sides would act to collect solar energy also, thus improving performance.

    Chapter 8 1984

  • Fig. 17: This dryer has a fairly small solar collector/preheater for the number of trays inside, but the clear sides would act to collect solar energy also, thus improving performance.

    Chapter 7 1982

  • Solar preheater - the solar preheater can be connected to an existing hot water storage tank to which it is impractical or inconvenient to attach collectors directly.

    1. PRINCIPLES 1979

  • The twins fiddled around, doing a little prelimiharv work on the preheater.

    The Rolling Stones Heinlein, Robert A. 1952

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