Analysis of early-stage frost formation in natural convection over a horizontal cylinder

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1343-1349

  Tahavvor, Ali R ^a   Yaghoubi, Mahmood ^a,b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Academy of Sciences of Islamic Republic of Iran   (Iran)

Author keywords

Formation; Frost; Heat exchanger; Horizontal cylinder; Modelling; Natural convection; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DROP FORMATION; FROST RESISTANCE; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIMULATORS;

FORMATION; FROST; HORIZONTAL CYLINDER; MODELLING; SIMULATION;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 84940363555     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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