DefinitionA <VAPOUR CONDENSER> is an <ARTEFACT> and a <CONDENSER> that extracts the latent heat of vaporization from the vapour, as a higher-temperature heat source, by absorption in a heat-receiving fluid of lower temperature
The heat receiver is usually water but may be a fluid such as air, a process liquid, or a gas.|The vapor to be condensed may be wet, saturated, or superheated.|http://www.answers.com/topic/vapor-condenser