Dynamic behavior of a direct expansion evaporator under frosting condition. Part I. Distributed model

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 611-623

  Tso, C P ^a   Cheng, Y C ^b,c   Lai, A C K ^b  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c Institute of Technical Education College East   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Evaporator; Finned tube; Frost formation; Heat transfer; Modelling; Refrigeration; Temperature; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ENERGY TRANSFER; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFRIGERANTS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR; FINNED TUBE; FROST FORMATION; MODELLING;

EVAPORATORS;

EID: 33646515278     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2005.09.018     Document Type: Article

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