Frost/defrost performance of a three-row fin staged heat pump evaporator

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 108 PART 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 318-329

  Watters, Richard J ^a   O'Neal, Dennis L ^b   Yang, Jianxin ^b  

^a Encompass Mechanical   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COOLING SYSTEMS; DEFROSTING; EVAPORATION; REFRIGERANTS;

AIRFLOW RATES;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036455361     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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7. Watters, R.J., D.L. O'Neal, and J. Yang. 2001b. Effect of fin staging on frost/defrost performance of a two-row heat pump evaporator under heavy frosting conditions. ASHRAE Transactions 107(2). Atlanta: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.