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Heat exchangers are used to transfer heat from a hot liquid or gas source to a cooler liquid or gas sink. This principle is applied to boil water and to freeze ice, to moderate the temperature in our homes and to desalinate water (Green and Perry 2007). Under certain conditions, energy from the sun can be used instead of combustion to accomplish the same objective.
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Heckel, P. (2015). Heat Exchangers. In: The Ethics of Energy Sustainability. SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9701-6_3
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