Condenser

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Condenser may refer to:

• Condenser (steam turbine), a shell and tube heat exchanger installed in thermal power stations
• condenser microphone, a device to record air waves into an electrical signal
• synchronous condenser, a rotating machine similar to a motor, used to control AC power flow on an electric power transmission
• Liebig condenser, a glass tube surrounded by a water jacket used to cool hot vapors
• Allihn condenser, similar to a Liebig condenser but a series of large and small constrictions on the inside tube
• Graham condenser, a large glass tube containing a hollow glass coil running its entire length used to cool hot vapors
• Dimroth condenser, a Graham condenser where the coil doubles up, returning to where it started