单词 | aftercool |
释义 | aftercoolv. transitive. To cool (air, gas, or liquid) after its passage through a compressor or supercharger (which tends to heat it), esp. if there is no further compression of it; to cause to pass through an aftercooler.If a further stage of compression follows, intercool is a more precise term than aftercool. ΚΠ 1900 Sibley Jrnl. Engin. 14 56 A compressor using a compound Corliss engine running condensing, with compound air cylinders (the air being intercooled and also aftercooled), will be found to transfer the mechanical power to available air power most economically. 1933 Brit. Patent 399,405 1/2 The 3 cbm. of high-pressure air are led out of the pre-cooler..and after-cooled to −190 degrees. 1990 J. J. McKetta Encycl. Chem. Processing & Design XXXV. 179 Stabilizer vapors are compressed, aftercooled, and blended with the inlet stream to the staging separator. 2003 J. H. Horlock Adv. Gas Turbine Cycles viii. 136 Gaseous CO2 leaves the top of the separator to enter an intercooled compressor; the compressed CO2 is also aftercooled, and liquid carbon dioxide is discharged ready for disposal. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1900 |
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