Drainage of frost melt water from vertical brass surfaces with parallel microgrooves

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 1596-1605

  Rahman, Md Ashiqur ^a   Jacobi, Anthony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Defrosting; Drainage enhancement; Frost melt water retention; Frosting; Microgrooved surface

Indexed keywords

COLD AIR; ENERGY INPUTS; FROST MELT WATER RETENTION; FROSTING; GROOVE DEPTH; GROOVED SURFACES; MELT WATER; MICRO-END-MILLING; MICROGROOVED SURFACE; PER UNIT; PLATE TEMPERATURE; SAMPLE SURFACE; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WATER RETENTION;

BRASS; CUTTING; DEFROSTING; MILLING (MACHINING);

FROST EFFECTS;

EID: 84355162732     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.11.015     Document Type: Article

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