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defrosting

The removal of accumulated ice from a cooling element.
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The cost is [yen] 250,000 for extracting and freezing the ova, [yen] 20,000 for annual preservation and [yen] 150,000 for the eventual defrosting. He has reportedly already completed a facility that can preserve tens of thousands of eggs at his clinic.
The product, a defrosting tray that thaws frozen food on contact without electricity or batteries, is a made of a superconductive aluminum alloy.
The car had been left with the engine running and the windows defrosting while the owner was inside.
Intermediate defrosting can extend production time without shutting down for defrosting from eight to 72 hours.
"Off Cycle" defrosting has the advantage of allowing some cooling effect during the defrost period since the circulated air is flowing around melting ice.
VULNERABLE: Police are warning motorists not to leave their cars running unattended while defrosting
POLICE are warning motorists not to leave cars unlocked while defrosting them, to reduce the risk of theft.
As a freeze/thaw stable product, it can be refrigerated for a further three days after defrosting.
It was included to offer freezing and power defrosting in a larger-capacity unit.
READ THE LABEL Follow the retailer's defrosting time
(1991) investigated the effect of short-tube orifice size on an air-source heat pump during the reverse-cycle defrosting. They compared five open-tube orifice sizes and reported that increasing the orifice size can result in a shorter defrosting period and, thus, higher integrated COP.