Electric defrosting analysis of a finned-tube evaporator coil using the enthalpy method

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 216, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 655-673

  Alebrahim, A M ^a   Sherif, S A ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric defrosting; Enthalpy method; Finned tube evaporation coil

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC COILS; ENTHALPY; EVAPORATORS; INSULATION; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; VAPORS;

FROST FORMATION PROCESS;

DEFROSTING;

DEFROSTING; ENTHALPY; EVAPORATOR; FIN; MELTING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036340019     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440602320192300     Document Type: Article

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