First-principles modeling of frost accumulation on fan-supplied tube-fin evaporators
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In real applications, frost is more likely to form at the first rows due to a higher mass transfer coefficient and a higher humidity gradient.
“which is not observed in real applications where the frost is more likely to form at the first rows due to a higher mass transfer coefficient and also a higher humidity gradient [16].”
From Optimal design of fan-supplied tube-fin evaporators subjected to frosting conditions aiming at minimum energy consumption (2018) · cites this paper as [16]
Under certain outdoor winter conditions, frost forms on the outdoor finned-tube heat exchanger and decreases its thermal performance due to the combined effects of increased thermal resistance and decreased airflow rate caused by frost blocking.
“Under certain outdoor winter conditions, frost forms on the outdoor finned-tube heat exchanger and decreases its thermal performance due to the combined effects of the increased thermal resistance and the decreased airflow rate caused by frost blocking.”
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- Authors
- da Silva, D. L., Hermes, C. J. L., & Melo, C.
- Affiliations
- Universidade Federal do Paraná (BR)
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (BR)
- Corresponding author
- Hermes, Christian J.L.
- ORCID
- Melo, Claudio
- Venue
- Applied Thermal Engineering
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2011-10
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 14-15
- Pages
- 2616-2621
- ISSN
- 1359-4311 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2169441788
- Cited by
- 70
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 7 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 5.10
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Applied Thermal Engineering (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
- Embraco
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Heat Transfer and Optimization
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Adsorption and Cooling Systems
- Keywords
- frost accumulation, first-principles modeling, air-side pressure drop, air flow rate, cooling capacity, thermal resistance, thermal-hydraulic performance
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