Temperature prediction in domestic refrigerators: Deterministic and stochastic approaches

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-51

  Laguerre, O ^a   Flick, D ^a  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Convection naturelle; Domestic refrigerator; Heat transfer; Mod lisation; Modelling simulation; Natural convection; R frig rateur domestique; Simulation; Temp rature; Temperature; Transfert de chaleur

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; COLD WALL; CONVECTION NATURELLE; DOMESTIC REFRIGERATOR; DOMESTIC REFRIGERATORS; HEAT EXCHANGE; MEAN VALUES; RANDOM PARAMETERS; RISK EVALUATION; STANDARD DEVIATION; STEADY-STATE HEAT TRANSFER; STOCHASTIC APPROACH; SURVEY DATA; TEMPERATURE PREDICTION; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION; REFRIGERATORS;

SIMULATORS;

EID: 70449726488     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

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