Prediction of the frost formation on a cold flat surface

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 46, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 3789-3796

  Lee, Kwan Soo ^a   Jhee, Sung ^b   Yang, Dong Keun ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b LG Electronics Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER;

FROST FORMATION;

FROST EFFECTS;

COATING; COOLING; FREEZING; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS;

EID: 0041840308     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(03)00195-9     Document Type: Article

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