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The terms and definitions included in this glossary were taken from "ASHRAE Terminology of Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration".
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absorber

 

1. device contain­ing fluid, or other material, for ab­sorb­ing refri­gerant vapor or other vapors.

2. chill factor part of the solar collector receiving the inci­dent radiation energy and transform­ing it into thermal energy. It may possess a surface through which energy is transmitted to the transfer fluid; howev­er, the transfer fluid itself can be the absorbe.
 




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