Measurements of frost growth on louvered folded fins of microchannel heat exchangers, Part 1: Experimental methodology

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 118, Issue PART 1, 2012, Pages 1101-1114

  Hong, Tommy ^a   Moallem, Ehsan ^a   Cremaschi, Lorenzo ^a   Fisher, Daniel E ^a  

^a Oklahoma State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CONFINED FLOW; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT TRANSFER; MICROCHANNELS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; MEASUREMENTS OF; MICRO-CHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGERS; OPERATING CONDITION; TRANSFER CAPACITIES;

AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS;

EID: 84864990979     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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