Behavior of Ice Melting in Natural Convention

In this paper, the ice melting in rectangular, cylindrical and conical forms, which are erected vertically against air flow, are experimentally studied in the free convection regime.The results obtained are: Nusslet Number, heat transfer coefficient andGrashof Number, and the variations of the said numbers in relation to the time. The variations of ice slab area and volume are measured, too.

Authors:

• N. Dizadji
• P. Entezar

Keywords:

• Nusselt Number
• Heat Transfer
• Grashof Number
• Heat Transfer Coefficient.

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