Experimental study on frosting control of mobile air conditioning system with microchannel evaporator

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 14-15, 2011, Pages 2778-2786

  Qu, Xiaohua ^a   Shi, Junye ^a   Qi, Zhaogang ^a   Chen, Jiangping ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Experiment; Frosting; Microchannel evaporator; Mobile air conditioning (MAC) system

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEMS; BENCH TESTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FROSTING; INSTALLATION POSITION; LAMINATED EVAPORATOR; MOBILE AIR CONDITIONING; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TEMPERATURE SWINGS; TEST RESULTS; VEHICLE TESTS;

AIR CONDITIONING; MICROCHANNELS; WIND TUNNELS;

EVAPORATORS;

EID: 79960905275     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.04.051     Document Type: Article

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