aftercoolern.
/ˈɑːftəkuːlə/, /ˈaftəkuːlə/, U.S. /ˈæftərˌkulər/ An apparatus for cooling air discharged from a compressor or supercharger, esp. from a final stage of compression.If a further stage of compression follows, intercooler is a more precise term than aftercooler.In quot. 1888 apparently: a cooler used at a later stage.
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aftercooler1897
pre-cooler1904
1888 F. Faulkner Theory & Pract. Mod. Brewing (ed. 2) 313 A Continental brewer is in the habit of either boiling wort for a very prolonged period under slight pressure, or even in certain cases double-boiling it, the after cooler process being also very lengthy.]
1897 Jrnl. Western Soc. Engineers 2 580 The temperature of the air on leaving the high pressure cylinder..stood but 214 degrees, which was reduced to 79 in the aftercooler.
1944 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 48 (Abstr.) 673 Inter-coolers may be either of the air to air or liquid to air type and can be positioned either between the two stages of the supercharger (intercooler proper) or between the second stage of the engine (so-called aftercoolers).
1998 Manufacturing Managem. July–Aug. 15/2 (advt.) Built-in intercoolers and aftercooler of water in tube design are easily removed for mechanical cleaning.
2007 A. K. Gupta & S. K. Arora Industr. Automation & Robotics v. 59 In some systems, aftercoolers are an integral part of the compressor package, while in other systems the aftercooler is a separate piece of equipment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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