Theoretical study on melting time of tiny ice crystals in turbulent water

Qu Kaiyang,Yu Zhen and Jiang Yi

2015.05.08

To eliminate the tiny ice crystals in the dynamic supercooled water ice-making systems, developing a model, analyses the melting process of the tiny ice crystals in turbulent water, presents a method calculating the melting time and analyses the relation between the melting time and minimum eddy scale and water temperature. Points out that enhancing turbulent degree makes the minimum eddy scale less than a certain value, which is related to water temperature and can be determined by calculation, thereby the tiny ice crystals in water could be melted at lower water temperature in shorter time.