A recuperator is a special purpose counter-flow energy recovery heat exchanger positioned within the supply and exhaust air streams of an air handling system, or in the exhaust gases of an industrial process, in order to recover the waste heat . The image, right, shows the three major configurations. In many types of processes, combustion is used ...
• (n.) Same as Regenerator.
A heat exchanger in which heat is recovered from the products of combustion.
A heat exchanger in which heat is recovered from the products of combustion.
Re·cu'per·a`tor noun [ Confer Latin recuperator a recoverer.] (Steel Manuf.) Same as Regenerator . 
A heat exchanger in which heat is recovered from the products of combustion.