The condensation frosting phenomenon commonly exists in engineering applications, and the relevant studies on flat plates with fixed surface temperatures are the most concerned in related fields. The existing studies usually focus on droplet condensation and frozen characteristics in the center region of cold plates and cannot reveal those near the plate edge. Therefore, a systematic study from droplet condensation to frost layer growth stages in the edge region of a cold plate was conducted in this paper. The experimental results showed that the frozen stage period of the edge-affected zone was significantly smaller than that of the unaffected zone. The ratio of average freezing wave propagation velocity in the edge-affected zone to that in the unaffected zone at plate temperatures of -9.0, -14.0, and -19.0 o C were 7. 70, 5.56, and 5.11, respectively. Besides, the area-average equivalent diameter and coverage area ratio of droplets decreased with a decrease in plate temperature at the end of their respective droplet frozen stages. This study may help to better understand temporal and spatial condensation frosting characteristics on a horizontal cold plate with right-angle edges, and guide the establishment of a staged and divisional frosting model on cold plates.
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