An experimental study on frosting of laminar air flow on a cold surface with local cooling

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 754-760

  Kwon, Jeong Tae ^a   Lim, Hyo Jae ^a   Kwon, Young Chul ^b   Koyama, Shigeru ^c   Kim, Dong Hwi ^c   Kondou, Chieko ^d  

^a Hoseo University   (South Korea)

^b SunMoon University   (South Korea)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Cooler; Experiment; Finned tube; Frost; Heat transfer; Mass transfer

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR CONDITIONING; ALGORITHMS; FROST EFFECTS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER;

COOLER; FINNED TUBES; FROST; LATENT HEAT FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS;

LAMINAR FLOW;

EID: 33745083481     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2005.12.009     Document Type: Article

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