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Consumer device for making ice, found inside a freezer
An icemaker or ice machine may refer to either a consumer device for making ice, found inside a home freezer, a stand-alone appliance for making ice, or an industrial machine for making ice on a large scale. The term "ice machine" usually refers to the stand-alone appliance. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: IcemakerA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: "Structured Procedures to Increase the Life of Mechanical Product Such as Icemaker Based on Quantum-Transported Life Model and Sample Size"Influential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Refrigeration cold storage and ice-makingThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Evaluation of the cooling performance of a consolidated expanded graphite–calcium chloride reactive bed for chemisorption icemakerCited 54 times
- Go sideways: Vapor-compression refrigerationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: RefrigeratorA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Noun A device found in a freezer that is used to make ice.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Evaluation of the cooling performance of a consolidated expanded graphite–calcium chloride reactive bed for chemisorption icemaker
Experimental investigation of a novel multifunction heat pipe solid sorption icemaker for fishing boats using CaCl2/activated carbon compound–ammonia
Experimental study on an adsorption icemaker driven by parabolic trough solar collector
Experimental thermodynamic cycles and performance analysis of a solar-powered adsorptive icemaker in hot humid climate
Thermal analysis and modeling study of an activated carbon solar adsorption icemaker: Dhahran case study
Rural milk preservation with the ISAAC solar icemaker
Dimensioning, thermal analysis and experimental heat loss coefficients of an adsorptive solar icemaker
Numerical Simulation and Optimization of a Solar Adsorption Icemaker
🆕 Influential since 2022
đź“š Books worth reading
Refrigeration cold storage and ice-makingAlexander James Wallis-Tayler · 1902
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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