Popping noise in household refrigerators: Fundamentals and practical solutions

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 40-47

  Hartmann, Daniel ^a   Melo, Cláudio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Capillary tube; Domestic refrigerator; Expansion device; Noise; Shock waves

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC REFRIGERATORS; EXPANSION DEVICES; FILTER-DRYERS; INTERMITTENT NOISE; INTERNAL HEAT EXCHANGER; NOISE; PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS; PRODUCT PERFORMANCE; START-UPS;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; CAPILLARY TUBES; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEATING; SHOCK WAVES; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

REFRIGERATORS;

EID: 84867464217     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.08.054     Document Type: Article

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