Sublimation Behavior of Annular Frost Layer by Impinging Jet Flow (2007)
Inaba, Hideo, Horibe, Akihiko, Takamoto, Naoki, Kawakami, Yoshiaki, Imai, Seishi
The present paper deals with a new method of defrosting using the frost sublimation phenomenon, which occurs below the triple point of water (273.16K, 610.5Pa). The present experimental study...
Sorption Characteristics of Honeycomb-Type Sorption Element Composed of Organic Sorbent (2007)
Inaba, Hideo, Kida, Takahisa, Horibe, Akihiko, Kaneda, Makoto
This study deals with the sorption characteristics of a honeycomb-type sorption element composed of a new organic sorbent that was composed of the cross-linked polymer of sodium acrylate. Transient...
Inaba, Hideo, Horibe, Akihiko, Kim, Myoung-Jun, Hirofumi, Tsukamoto
This study deals with the heat storage characteristics of latent-heat microcapsule slurry consisting of a mixture of fine microcapsules packed with latent-heat storage material and water. The heat...
The Convective Instability in a Microemulsion Phase-Change-Material Slurry Layer (2007)
Inaba, Hideo, Dai, Chuanshan, Horibe, Akihiko
In the present experimental study, the stability of Rayleigh-Benard convection has been investigated in rectangular enclosures filled with microemulsion Phase-Change-Material (PCM) slurry. The PCM...