Frost formation on fin-and-tube heat exchangers. Part I - Modeling of frost formation on fin-and-tube heat exchangers

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 367-374

  Seker, Deniz ^a   Karatas, Hakan ^a   Egrican, Nilufer ^b  

^a Arcelik AS   (Turkey)

^b YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Finned tube; Frost formation; Heat transfer; Mass transfer; Modelling; Parameter

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CRYSTAL GROWTH; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FROST EFFECTS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFRIGERANTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FINNED TUBE; FROST FORMATION;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 1642603364     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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