Experimental and numerical study of frost formation by natural convection over a cold horizontal circular cylinder

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1444-1458

  Tahavvor, Ali R ^a   Yaghoubi, Mahmood ^a,b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Academy of Sciences of Islamic Republic of Iran   (Iran)

Author keywords

Frosting; Horizontal cylinder; Mass transfer; Modelling; Natural convection; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; COLD SURFACE; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FROST FORMATION; FROST GROWTH; FROST PROPERTIES; FROSTING; HORIZONTAL CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; HORIZONTAL CYLINDERS; MODELLING; NEW CORRELATIONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; DROP FORMATION; FROST RESISTANCE; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 77957163416     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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