An analysis of the feasibility and characteristics of photoelectric technique applied in defrost-control

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1350-1357

  Xiao, J ^a   Wang, W ^a   Zhao, Y H ^a   Zhang, F R ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Defrost; Domestic refrigerator; Experiment; Freezer; Process

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DEFROST; DOMESTIC REFRIGERATOR; ENVIRONMENT TEMPERATURE; FREEZER; LABORATORY TEST; LIGHT INTENSITY; METAL SURFACES; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; PROCESS; SENSOR LOCATION;

EXPERIMENTS; FREEZING; PHOTOELECTRICITY; SENSORS;

REFRIGERATORS;

EID: 67949121866     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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