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Condensation frosting and passive anti-frosting

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Yang, Siyan, Wu, Chenyang, Zhao, Guanlei, Sun, Jing, Yao, Xi, Ma, Xuehu, Wang, Zuankai·2021·Cell Reports Physical Science

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As exemplified by the extreme cold weather hitting central China and causing great economic losses in 2018, as well as the 2021 Texas power crisis involving more than 4.5 million homes and businesses in the United States owing to frosting/icing, anti-frosting/anti-icing has been a long-standing challenge in modern society. Over the past decade, various approaches have been used to achieve anti-frosting, including active approaches and passive approaches. Given that active anti-frosting strategies are inefficient, energy consuming, and ponderous, tremendous progress has been made for passive anti-frosting strategies, owing to the booming of material engineering and the advanced measuring approaches. This review focuses on the process of condensation frosting, progress on passive anti-frosting, and prospects for this field. We aim to bring a comprehensive framework on passive anti-frosting in the broad sense: from inhibition of ice nucleation to reduction of frost/ice adhesion, from nanoscale to millimeter scale, and from surface design to material selection.

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  • Louver fins have many edges and corners that can serve as frost nucleation points during frosting.

    “This is because the louver fins have many edges and corners, which can serve as frost nucleation points in the frosting process [11,12].”

    From Performance Improvement of Microchannel Heat Exchangers with Modified Louver Fins under Frosting Conditions (2023) · cites this paper as [11]

    In “Mitigation of frost accumulation” (page not provided), the review says convex tips can be preferred condensation and frosting sites. “Inhibition of ice nucleation” (page not provided) also describes how convex and concave geometries differ in their effect on ice nucleation. The passages do not identify louver fins or establish that their particular edges and corners serve as nucleation points. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  1. Padki, M.M., Sherif, S.A., and Nelson, R.M. (1989). A simple method for modeling the frost formation phenomenon in different geometries. ASHRAE Trans. 95, 1127-1137.
  2. Sanders, C.T. (1974). The influence of frost formation and defrosting on the performance of air coolers. PhD thesis (Delft University of Technology).

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Authors
Yang, S., Wu, C., Zhao, G., Sun, J., Yao, X., Ma, X., & Wang, Z.
Affiliations
  • City University of Hong Kong (HK)
  • Tsinghua University (CN)
  • Dalian University of Technology (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Ma, Xuehu
  • Wang, Zuankai
Venue
Cell Reports Physical Science
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2021-07
Volume
2
Issue
7
Pages
100474
ISSN
2666-3864 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3175794266
Cited by
92
References
202
Citations by year
2026: 11 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 31 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 2
FWCI
8.39
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell Reports Physical Science (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • CityU Scholars (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
  • City University of Hong Kong
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (21621001, 51836002, 51975502)
  • Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (11213320)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Icing and De-icing Technologies
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Surfaces, Coatings and Films › Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions
Keywords
ice nucleation inhibition, ice adhesion, surface design, material selection, icing

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