Overview
- Presents a new look at the defrost process wherein surface wettability is explicitly included in the mathematical analysis
- Advances the modeling paradigm beyond strictly diffusion-controlled prior models
- Adds new data to the field from experiments on carefully prepared surface with quantified properties
- Corroborates the major findings of the analysis through visualization of melting
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)
Part of the book sub series: SpringerBriefs in Thermal Engineering and Applied Science (BRIEFSTHERMAL)
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Book Title: The Effect of Surface Wettability on the Defrost Process
Authors: Yang Liu, Francis A. Kulacki
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02616-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-02615-8Published: 12 November 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-02616-5Published: 26 October 2018
Series ISSN: 2191-530X
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5318
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 116
Number of Illustrations: 65 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour
Topics: Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films, Thermodynamics