Refrigerant flow instability as a means to predict the need for defrosting the evaporator in a retail display freezer cabinet

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-112

  Lawrence, J M W ^a   Evans, J A ^b  

^a JTL Systems Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defrosting; Display cabinet; Energy consumption; Experiment; Software; Survey

Indexed keywords

DEFROSTING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EVAPORATORS; REFRIGERANTS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

AMBIENT AIR; DISPLAY CABINETS; RETAIL DISPLAY FREEZER CABINETS;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 36849071932     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2007.05.015     Document Type: Article

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