Frosting mechanism and behaviors on surfaces with simple geometries: A state-of-the-art literature review

L Zhang, M Song, S Deng, J Shen, C Dang - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Frosting causes negative impacts in many technical and engineering fields, such as
refrigeration, air source heat pump, aircraft, wind power generation, and power grids. To …

An experimental study on the effect of horizontal cold plate surface temperature on frosting characteristics under natural convection

S Mengjie, L Shangwen, SH Hosseini… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Frosting is widely seen in nature and many industry fields, and always plays negative effect.
To accurately predict and control frosting process on cold plate surface, an experimental …

Impacts of initial cooling rate on local frosting characteristics of horizontal cold plate surface with edge effect considered

L Zhang, S Mengjie, S Jun, X Zhang, XU Yingjie… - … Communications in Heat …, 2023 - Elsevier
Considering frosting process in applications usually starts along with cooling stage of the
corresponding frosting components, a systematic study on the impacts of the initial cooling …

Evaporator frosting in refrigerating appliances: Fundamentals and applications

CJL Hermes, J Boeng, DL da Silva, FT Knabben… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Modern refrigerators are equipped with fan-supplied evaporators often tailor-made to
mitigate the impacts of frost accretion, not only in terms of frost blocking, which depletes the …

Experimental study on the effect of surface temperature on the frost characteristics of an inverted cold plate under natural convection

L Shangwen, S Mengjie, D Chaobin, X Yingjie… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Frosting is frequently seen in nature and engineering fields. To avoid the drawbacks and
take advantage of frost, analyzing the frost characteristics is meaningful. Frosting …

Frost propagation and distribution on cold plate surface under forced convection

D Zhang, Y Wang, X Yuan, X Yue, J Liu… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The characteristics of frost propagation and distribution on cold plate surfaces under forced
convection conditions were studied experimentally. The influence of forced convection on …

An experimental study on edge-affected frosting characteristics on a vertical cold plate at different surface temperatures

L Huang, Y Tian, M Song, J Shen, X Zhang… - Applied Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Frosting has received significant attention in various fields due to its potential threat. To
accurately predict and control the frosting process on vertical cold plate surface considering …

Experimental study of relative humidity effect on the edge effect of frosting characteristics on a vertical cold plate surface

L Huang, Y Tian, M Song, L Zhang… - Applied Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
As a common phenomenon, frosting often brings negative impacts in various fields. To gain
more insight into the frosting process on a vertical cold plate considering the edge effect, a …

Edge-affected droplet dynamic and subsequent frost growth characteristics for horizontal cold plate under different humidity levels

L Zhang, L Wu, B Zhan, Z Xu, X Zhang, Z Wang… - … Communications in Heat …, 2024 - Elsevier
Frosting widely exists in engineering applications and mostly has negative impacts. To
better avoid or utilize frosting, more micro and systematic investigations into the frosting …

An experimental study on achieving even-frosting for an air source heat pump using a novel dual-fan outdoor coil

X Bai, S Liu, S Deng, L Zhang, M Wei - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
Many related studies suggested that a fixed airflow direction usually led to that the most frost
would only deposit on the windward side of finned tube heat exchangers (FTHXs) of the …