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Ice slurry – History, current technologies and future developments.

Author(s) : KAUFFELD M., GUND S.

Type of article: Article, IJR article, Review

Summary

Ice slurry is an exciting fluid. It is often called a secondary refrigerant or a heat transfer fluid, because it does not evaporate inside the heat exchanger like refrigerants do. But looking at the energy density and the heat transfer characteristics, ice slurry is on eye level with many HFC refrigerants. Ice slurry can be used inside heat exchangers and in direct contact cooling, offering many interesting areas such as fish or produce chilling. In addition, it can be used for pipe cleaning or for pushing (pigging) precious products out of pipes without significant product loss.

Ice slurry has evolved from a niche product into a technology applied in many fields. Nonetheless, developing efficient ice slurry production, effective ice slurry storage and reliable ice and additive concentration measurements as well as crystal growth issues remain challenging tasks for engineers. The paper suggests future research.

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Pages: 264-271

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  • Original title: Ice slurry – History, current technologies and future developments.
  • Record ID : 30025509
  • Languages: English
  • Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 99
  • Publication date: 2019/03
  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2019.01.010

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