About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 128. Not illustrated. Chapters: Economizer, Isentropic Process, Specific Energy, Pressure Volume Diagram, Brownian Motor, Theorem of Corresponding States, Departure Function, West Number, Heat Flux, Recuperator, Volume Fraction, Vapor Quality, Material Properties, Leslie Cube, Kalina Cycle, Pulsometer Steam Pump, Isenthalpic Process, Fluidyne Engine, Acentric Factor, Bejan Number, Sulfide Stress Cracking, Gibbs thomson Effect, Pseudo Stirling Cycle, Stoddard Engine, Boltzmann Entropy, Absolute Hot, Heat Death Paradox, Beale Number, Duhring's Rule, Doppler Cooling Limit, Cryoscopic Constant, High-Efficiency Hybrid Cycle, Fire Point, Ebullioscopic Constant, Latent Internal Energy, Helium-3 Refrigerator, Ettingshausen Effect, Mixed/dual Cycle, Adiabatic, Free Expansion, Saturation Vapor Curve, Gross Generation, Net Generation, Process Function, Thermal Hydraulics, Reduced Pressure, Statistical Weight, Inverse Temperature, State Postulate, Reduced Temperature, Retrogression Heat Treatment, Thermal Bath, Adiabatic Conductivity. Excerpt: Economizers, or in British English economisers, are mechanical devices intended to reduce energy consumption, or to perform another useful function like preheating a fluid. The term economizer is used for other purposes as well. Boiler, powerplant, and heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) uses are discussed in this article. In simple terms, an economizer is a heat exchanger. Robert Stirling's innovative contribution to the design of hot air engines of 1816 was what he called the 'Economiser'. Now known as the regenerator, it stored heat from the hot portion of the engine as the air passed to the cold side, and released heat to the cooled air as it returned to the hot side. This innovation improved the efficiency of Stirling's engine enough to make it commercially successful in particular a...
