Ways to improve thermal uniformity inside a refrigerator

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1827-1840

  Ding, Guo Liang ^a   Qiao, Hong Tao ^a   Lu, Zhi Li ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Directly cooled; Refrigerator; Temperature field

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FLUID DYNAMICS; PRODUCT DESIGN; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

AIR DUCTS; AXIAL FANS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD); DIRECTLY COOLED; TEMPERATURE FIELD; THERMAL UNIFORMITY;

REFRIGERATORS;

EID: 3042855681     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2004.01.011     Document Type: Article

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