Frost formation on a super-hydrophobic surface under natural convection conditions

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 25-26, 2008, Pages 5975-5982

  Liu, Zhongliang ^a   Gou, Yunjun ^a   Wang, Jieteng ^a   Cheng, Shuiyuan ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Frost deposition; Lotus effect; Super hydrophobic surface

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; COPPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DROP FORMATION; FREEZING; HYDROPHOBICITY; REFRIGERATION; SOLIDS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

COPPER SURFACES; FREEZING PROCESSES; FROST CRYSTALS; FROST DEPOSITION; FROST DEPOSITIONS; FROST FORMATIONS; FROST GROWTHS; FROST LAYERS; HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; LOTUS EFFECT; SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC SURFACE; WATER DROPLETS;

SURFACE STRUCTURE;

EID: 55549128214     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.03.026     Document Type: Article

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