Observations of early-stage frost formation on a cold plate in atmospheric air flow

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-102

  Cheng, Chin Hsiang ^a   Wu, Keng Hsien ^a  

^a TATUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Mass transfer; Melting; Phase change; Refrigeration

Indexed keywords

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CRYSTALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FROST FORMATION;

HEAT TRANSFER;

AIRFLOW; FREEZING; HEAT TRANSFER; PHASE CHANGE;

EID: 0037564352     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1513576     Document Type: Article

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