A review of frosting in air-to-air energy exchangers

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue , 2014, Pages 538-554

  Rafati Nasr, Mohammad ^a   Fauchoux, Melanie ^a   Besant, Robert W ^a   Simonson, Carey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air to air; Defrost; Energy exchanger; Energy wheel; Frost; Heat exchanger

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; DEFROSTING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; TEMPERATURE; ENERGY CONSERVATION;

COLD REGIONS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; ENERGY EXCHANGERS; ENERGY WHEEL; FROST; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84888183810     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.10.038     Document Type: Review

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