最近总遇到这个词，查阅了一下，中文意思是回流换热器，同流换热器，蓄热器等。维基百科上这么说：
A recuperator is a special purpose counter-flow used to recover waste heat from exhaust gases. In many types of processes, is used to generate heat, and the recuperator serves to recuperate, or reclaim this heat, in order to reuse or recycle it. The term recuperator refers as well to liquid-liquid counterflow heat exchangers used for heat recovery in the chemical and refinery industries and in closed processes such as ammonia-water or LiBr-water absorption refrigeration cycles.
我查阅了文献说同流换热器就是并流换热器。如此则上面两种说法似乎有矛盾，不知道如何解释
请有经验的同志解释下，Recuperator是什么样的换热器，是一种换热器结构类型吗，还是按照应用区分的一种称呼而已，另外到底是逆流还是并流？
[ 本帖{zh1}由 imeagor 于 2010-3-17 09:12 编辑 ]
