Fan supplied heat exchanger fin performance under frosting conditions

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 140-149

  Chen, Hong ^a   Thomas, Leena ^b   Besant, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Corning Cable Systems ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Air cooler; Fin; Finned array; Finned tube; Forced convection; Frost; Performance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; PRESSURE DROP; REFRIGERATION;

FINNED ARRAYS;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 18744380333     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-7007(02)00011-7     Document Type: Article

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