biflux

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noun

A device for controlling heat exchange in air that is flowing between two environments.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounbiflux (plural bifluxes)

plural bifluxes

  1. attributiveoftenA device for controlling heat exchange in air that is flowing between two environments.

    Of further interest is the use of heat exchange between the high-pressure and reheat steam outside the flue gas flow (bifluxes) to avoid permanent reheat spray water flow and to increase the efficiency […]

    1991, Sadik Kakaç, Boilers, Evaporators, and Condensers, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 339
    1 more example

    A biflux heat-exchanger has been series-connected before the reheaters on side of the "cold steam" ( 603 – 623 K ) which […] Due to a suitable heat convection coefficient and temperature gradient, the biflux heat-exchanger ensures a highly […]

    1975, Czechoslovak heavy industry, page 11

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