Effect of frost morphology on the thermal-hydraulic performance of fan-supplied tube-fin evaporators
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In fan-supplied tube-fin evaporators, the air flow rate varies as frost accumulates over the coil, blocking the air passage.
“although in fan-supplied tube-fin evaporators the air flow rate varies as frost accumulates over the coil, blocking the air passage [10, 11].”
From Optimal design of fan-supplied tube-fin evaporators subjected to frosting conditions aiming at minimum energy consumption (2018) · cites this paper as [11]
Airflow reduction due to a fan constraint is the main cause of evaporator capacity depletion, while the additional thermal resistance related to the frost layer plays a minor role.
“recent studies have pointed out that the airflow reduction due to a fan constraint is the main cause of the evaporator capacity depletion, while the additional thermal resistance related to the frost layer plays a minor role ( Padhmanabhan et al., 2011; Da Silva et al., 2011a ; Da Silva et al., 2017 ).”
From Optimal defrost cycle for air coolers revisited: A study of fan-supplied tube-fin evaporators (2018) · cites this paper as Da Silva et al., 2017
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- Authors
- da Silva, D. L., Melo, C., & Hermes, C. J. L.
- Affiliations
- Universidade Federal do Paraná (BR)
- Venue
- Applied Thermal Engineering
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-01
- Volume
- 111
- Pages
- 1060-1068
- ISSN
- 1359-4311 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2528061945
- Cited by
- 58
- References
- 26
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 6.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Applied Thermal Engineering (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- POLO Labs (573581/2008-8)
- Brazilian Government Agency CNPq
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Heat Transfer and Optimization
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Icing and De-icing Technologies
- Keywords
- thermal-hydraulic performance, frost density, cooling capacity, pressure drop, thawing, heat exchanger design, refrigeration
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