A semi-empirical model for electric defrosting of a cylindrical coil cooler

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-92

  Sherif, S A ^a   Hertz, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coil cooler; Defrosting; Electric defrosting; Frosting defrosting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003077715     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-114X(199801)22:1<85::AID-ER363>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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