Effects of surface characteristic on frosting and defrosting behaviors of fin-tube heat exchangers

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 1126-1132

  Wang, Feng ^a   Liang, Caihua ^a   Yang, Mingtao ^a   Fan, Chen ^a   Zhang, Xiaosong ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Defrosting; Fin tube heat exchanger; Frosting; Molten water retention; Surface characteristic

Indexed keywords

AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS; DEFROSTING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FROST EFFECTS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROPHOBICITY; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

FIN-TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS; FROST THICKNESS; FROSTING; SPHERICAL DROPLETS; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; THIN WATER FILMS; WATER RETENTION;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 84921469292     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.10.090     Document Type: Article

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