1) Engine cooling system 2) Gas technology
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An intercooler is any mechanical device used to cool a fluid, including liquids or gases, between stages of a multi-stage heating process, typically a heat exchanger that removes waste heat in a gas compressor. They are used in many applications, including air compressors, air conditioners, refrigerators, and gas turbines, and are widely known in ...
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(from the article `gas-turbine engine`) In aircraft gas-turbine engines attention must be paid to weight and diameter size. This does not permit the addition of more equipment to improve ... ...can be introduced into the engine is less than that which would be possible if the compressed air were at ambient temperature. Consequently, ......
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A heat exchanger that cools the air (or, in some installations, the intake charge) that has been heated by compression in any type of supercharger. An intercooler resembles a radiator; it houses large passages for the intake flow, and uses either outside air or water directed over it to lower the temperature of the intake flow inside.
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A device which cools a gas between the compressive steps of a multiple stage compressor.
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A device installed on the delivery side of a supercharger to cool either the compressed air or the fuel mixture as it passes to the cylinders.
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Device that cools air as it leaves a turbocharger or supercharger before the air is blown into the engine air intake. Cooling makes the air denser and richer in oxygen, which lets the engine produce more power.
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any device for cooling a fluid between successive heating processes, esp. for cooling a gas between successive compressions.
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[Ammonia Refrigeration] an intercooler is the intermediate vessel between the high stage and low stage in a multistage system.
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