The Effect of Surface Wettability on the Defrost Process

• Main Authors: Liu, Yang (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Kulacki, Francis A. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Thermal Engineering and Applied Science,
• Subjects: Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Materials-Surfaces.; Thin films.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.

This SpringerBrief presents a recent advancement in modeling and measurement of the effect of surface wettability on the defrost process. Carefully controlled laboratory measurements of the defrosting of cooled surfaces are used to reveal the effect of surface wetting properties on the extent and sp...