Evidence of a convective instability allowing warm water to freeze in less time than cold water

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-72

  Maciejewski, P K ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow instability; Natural convection; Phase Change Phenomena

Indexed keywords

COOLING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FREEZING; WATER;

CONVECTIVE INSTABILITY; FLOW FIELD INVERSION; WARM WATER;

HEAT CONVECTION;

COOLING; FREEZING; WATER;

EID: 0029674211     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2824069     Document Type: Article

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