Meaning & use
Cocurrent
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Flowing or moving in the same direction, especially describing two fluids in a process such as heat exchange, as opposed to countercurrent flow.
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The reactor uses a cocurrent flow design so both streams enter and exit at the same end.
Engineers compared cocurrent and countercurrent heat exchangers for efficiency.
A note on using this word
Often written with a hyphen as 'co-current'; the term is standard in chemical and mechanical engineering.
Words with a similar meaning
parallel-flow
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Words with an opposite meaning
countercurrent
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