Influences of surface hydrophilicity on frost formation on a vertical cold plate under natural convection conditions

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 789-794

  Liu, Zhongliang ^a   Zhang, Xinghua ^a   Wang, Hongyan ^a   Meng, Sheng ^a   Cheng, Shuiyuan ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Experimental; Frost formation; Hydrophilicity; Natural convection; Vertical cold plate

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; HYDROPHILICITY; NUCLEATION; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

FROST FORMATION; VERTICAL COLD PLATE; WATER DROPS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; HYDROPHILICITY; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUCLEATION; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

EID: 34247336432     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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