Steven Holl

Princeton University's campus environment presents unique challenges and opportunities for architecture to act as a social condenser.

American Architect

A condenser in general use often refers to heat exchange, reducing a gas or vapor to liquid.

Heat Transfer

In household appliances, a condenser refers to the part that turns refrigerant vapor into liquid.

Refrigeration Component

The condenser in a device may not be easily seen, as it's often part of the internal mechanics.

Not Always Visible

In electronics, a condenser, or capacitor, temporarily stores and releases electrical energy.

Energy Storage

Condensers are vital to stabilize electrical currents in all sorts of electronic circuits.

Critical for Circuits

Condensers can be found in small gadgets like radios to large systems like computers.

Varied Electronics Use

In optics, a condenser lens is used to focus light on a specific area, enhancing clarity.

Focuses Light

A condenser is crucial for laboratory microscopes to observe tiny specimen details.

Microscopy Essential

Condensers are also important in projectors and enlargers for directing light in photography.

Photography Use

 To do this, we've built fluid cooling panels, like the ones shown right here. These panels have a similar shape to solar water heaters, except they do the opposite -- they cool the water, passively, using our specialized material. These panels can then be integrated with a component almost every cooling system has, called a condenser,

How we can turn the cold...

 into vapor at a lower temperature than water the alcohol vapor separates and rises to the top of the still the vapor then flows into a device called a condenser where it cools and turns back into a liquid which flows out of the bottom of the system