The effect of radiation shields around the air condenser and compressor of a refrigerator on the temperature distribution inside it

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1144-1151

  Afonso, Clito ^a   Matos, Joaquim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Design; Domestic refrigerator; Experiment; Heat transfer; Process; Radiation; Reduction

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT RADIATION; RADIATION SHIELDING; REDUCTION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOCOUPLES; THERMODYNAMICS;

AIR CONDENSER; AIR CONVECTION; ALUMINIUM FOIL; DOMESTIC REFRIGERATOR;

REFRIGERATORS;

EID: 33748076487     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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