Air-side performance evaluation of three types of heat exchangers in dry, wet and periodic frosting conditions
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MCHX are more sensitive to frost than RTHX.
“Zhang and Hrnjak (2009) also showed that MCHX are more sensitive to frost than RTHX.”
From Modeling of a fan-supplied flat-tube heat exchanger exposed to non-uniform frost growth (2017) · cites this paper as Zhang and Hrnjak (2009)
The pressure drop of the PF2 heat exchanger decreased slowly during frosting, and the frosting time was longer than that of a conventional MCHX.
“Results revealed that the pressure drop of the PF 2 heat exchanger decreased slowly during frosting, and the frosting time was longer than that of a conventional MCHX.”
PF2 heat exchangers have better drainage performance than conventional MCHX due to a special plat-fin design that allows water to drip on its trailing edge.
“The PF 2 heat exchangers have better drainage performance as compared to conventional MCHX due to the special plat-fin design that allows water to drip on its trailing edge.”
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- Authors
- Zhang, P., & Hrnjak, P. S.
- Affiliations
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hrnjak, P.S.
- Venue
- International Journal of Refrigeration
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-08
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 911-921
- ISSN
- 0140-7007 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2009835347
- Cited by
- 75
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 6.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Refrigeration (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Heat Transfer and Optimization
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Adsorption and Cooling Systems
- Keywords
- heat exchangers, frost formation, louver fins, parallel flow heat exchanger, air-side pressure drop, water retention, condensate drainage, air humidity, air velocity, heat transfer coefficient
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