Recuperator


noun
1.
a person or thing that recuperates.
2.
(in a recuperative furnace) a system of thin-walled ducts through which incoming air and exhausted gases pass separately so that the air is heated by the gases.
noun
1.
a person that recuperates
2.
a device employing springs or pneumatic power to return a gun to the firing position after the recoil
3.
(chemical engineering) a system of flues that transfers heat from the hot gases leaving a furnace to the incoming air

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