Frosting and Icing for Efficient Energy Use in Engineering Applications provides a compendium of innovative case studies for mitigating impacts from frosting and icing on energy. This book first clarifies the mechanisms of frosting and icing, outlining modeling options, and control techniques. Next, a series of experimental examples show the effects of frosting at different scales of energy production, from ambient air vaporizers to wind turbines, and demonstrate how to control these for maximum efficiency. Finally, the mechanisms and mitigation of frosting are examined in a variety of infrastructure scenarios, including sustainable food storage and efficient high-speed railways.
Combining the theoretical fundamentals of frosting and icing with a huge range of real-world case studies, this resource shows how to limit energy loss to these effects in key areas of engineering.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction of frosting and icing - p. 1 2. Chapter 2. A general model for the icing characteristics of water droplets on cold surfaces - p. 9 3. Chapter 3. Lattice Boltzmann simulation of droplet icing process with dynamical interface capturing - p. 39 4. Chapter 4. Freezing of a multicomponent drop: characteristics and mechanism - p. 63 5. Chapter 5. Droplet impact and icing behaviors on flat surfaces - p. 88 6. Chapter 6. Simulation of the impact and icing processes of water droplets on spheres - p. 109 7. Abstract - p. 109 8. Nomenclatures - p. 109 9. 6.1 Introduction - p. 110 10. 6.2 Droplet impact process on convex spheres - p. 111 11. 6.3 Droplet impact process on concave spheres - p. 120 12. 6.4 Droplet impact and icing processes on cold convex spheres - p. 124 13. 6.5 Summary - p. 133 14. 6.6 Acknowledgments - p. 133 15. References - p. 133 16. Chapter 7. Growth distribution characteristics of micro-scale trapped air bubbles in ice and their impact on the freezing process - p. 138 17. Chapter 8. Research on mechanism and measurement technology of frost formation of micro water frosting - p. 163 18. Chapter 9. Frost formation and growth on cold surfaces: a review on experimental studies - p. 191 19. Chapter 10. A sustainable defrosting technology for air source heat pump systems - p. 225 20. Chapter 11. High-efficiency frost-free air source heat pumps - p. 252 21. Chapter 12. Atomization equipment for simulating icing environment - p. 277 22. Chapter 13. The thermodynamic evolution of landfast ice in the polar regions - p. 299 23. Chapter 14. Ice prediction technology and applications for typical stationary and moving surfaces - p. 328 24. Chapter 15. Ultrasonic application on ice detection and removal - p. 352 25. Chapter 16. Experimental investigation of thermal deicing characteristics and energy efficiency - p. 377 26. Chapter 17. Dynamic ice-melting characteristics of carbon dioxide laser irradiation under natural convection - p. 403 27. Chapter 18. Conclusions and future work - p. 425 28. Index - p. 429
Frosting and Icing for Efficient Energy Use in Engineering Applications provides a compendium of innovative case studies for mitigating impacts from frosting and icing on energy. This book first clarifies the mechanisms of frosting and icing, outlining modeling options, and control techniques. Next, a series of experimental examples show the effects of frosting at different scales of energy production, from ambient air vaporizers to wind turbines, and demonstrate how to control these for maximum efficiency. Finally, the mechanisms and mitigation of frosting are examined in a variety of infrastructure scenarios, including sustainable food storage and efficient high-speed railways.
Combining the theoretical fundamentals of frosting and icing with a huge range of real-world case studies, this resource shows how to limit energy loss to these effects in key areas of engineering.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction of frosting and icing - p. 1 2. Chapter 2. A general model for the icing characteristics of water droplets on cold surfaces - p. 9 3. Chapter 3. Lattice Boltzmann simulation of droplet icing process with dynamical interface capturing - p. 39 4. Chapter 4. Freezing of a multicomponent drop: characteristics and mechanism - p. 63 5. Chapter 5. Droplet impact and icing behaviors on flat surfaces - p. 88 6. Chapter 6. Simulation of the impact and icing processes of water droplets on spheres - p. 109 7. Abstract - p. 109 8. Nomenclatures - p. 109 9. 6.1 Introduction - p. 110 10. 6.2 Droplet impact process on convex spheres - p. 111 11. 6.3 Droplet impact process on concave spheres - p. 120 12. 6.4 Droplet impact and icing processes on cold convex spheres - p. 124 13. 6.5 Summary - p. 133 14. 6.6 Acknowledgments - p. 133 15. References - p. 133 16. Chapter 7. Growth distribution characteristics of micro-scale trapped air bubbles in ice and their impact on the freezing process - p. 138 17. Chapter 8. Research on mechanism and measurement technology of frost formation of micro water frosting - p. 163 18. Chapter 9. Frost formation and growth on cold surfaces: a review on experimental studies - p. 191 19. Chapter 10. A sustainable defrosting technology for air source heat pump systems - p. 225 20. Chapter 11. High-efficiency frost-free air source heat pumps - p. 252 21. Chapter 12. Atomization equipment for simulating icing environment - p. 277 22. Chapter 13. The thermodynamic evolution of landfast ice in the polar regions - p. 299 23. Chapter 14. Ice prediction technology and applications for typical stationary and moving surfaces - p. 328 24. Chapter 15. Ultrasonic application on ice detection and removal - p. 352 25. Chapter 16. Experimental investigation of thermal deicing characteristics and energy efficiency - p. 377 26. Chapter 17. Dynamic ice-melting characteristics of carbon dioxide laser irradiation under natural convection - p. 403 27. Chapter 18. Conclusions and future work - p. 425 28. Index - p. 429
