Evaporator

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Any apparatus used to facilitate the evaporation of the water contained in fruit, vegetable juices, saline liquids, glue, syrups, etc.; a furnace or pan used in condensing vegetable and other juices.
  • noun. A device for evaporating water into steam.
  • noun. A device, used in connection with gasolene-engines, to transform the liquid hydrocarbon into a gas or vapor by heat or by fine subdivision in a current of air.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An apparatus for condensing vegetable juices, or for drying fruit by heat.
  • noun. Any device designed to evaporate a fluid.
  • noun. The portion of a refrigeration system in which the refrigerant evaporates and thus absorbs heat.
  • noun. a device used in laboratories in which a liquid is evaporated by reducing the pressure and applying heat, while rotating the liquid in a vessel such as a round-bottomed flask. The reduced pressure speeds the evaporation process and allows the evaporation to be conducted at temperatures lower than would otgherwise be possible, thus reducing decomposition of unstable substances. The rotation also serves to increase the surface area from which evaporation takes place and to reduce the effect of "bumping", the sudden burst of vaporization that can scatter liquid exposed to reduced pressure.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A piece of equipment used to evaporate the solvent from a solution
  • noun. The part of a refrigerator that absorbs heat by evaporating a refrigerant
  • Word Usage
    "The Kold-Draft ice machine—which freezes clear, 1¼-inch square cubes by pumping water up into a refrigerated copper tray called an evaporator—has become the industry standard."
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