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international journal of refrigeration 31 (2008) 98–106
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Experimental investigation of the performance of industrial
evaporator coils operating under frosting conditions
. Aljuwayhel, . Reindl*, . Klein, . Nellis
University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1500 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
article info abstract
Article history: This paper describes a field experimental investigation of the effects of frost formation on
Received 10 March 2006 the performance of a low-temperature large-scale evaporator coil used in industrial refrig-
Received in revised form eration systems. A series of experiments were conducted to determine the in situ coil cool-
19 May 2007 ing capacity of the evaporator over time as frost builds on its surfaces. Field-measured
Accepted 21 May 2007 quantities include inlet and outlet air temperatures, inlet and outlet air relative humidity,
Published online 10 July 2007 and air volume flow rate. These measurements provide a baseline set of experimental data
that can be used to validate numerical models of industrial evaporators operating under
Keywords: frosting conditions.
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Industrial application
Evaporator
Finned tube
Experiment
Temperature
Relative humidity
Air
Frosting
Etude expe´rime