Numerical study of heat transfer performance on the air side of evaporator for a domestic refrigerator

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 851-870

  Shih, Y C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; HEAT TRANSFER; REFRIGERANTS; REFRIGERATORS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

FROZEN STORAGE ROOMS; LOGARITHMIC MEAN TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE (LMTD);

EVAPORATORS;

EID: 0344826769     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/716100526     Document Type: Article

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