The safety and stability of the refrigerating systems onboard have a great effect on the application of refrigerator driven by waste heat from fishing vessels and the natural cooling system used in nuclear powered vessels

which infers the importance of studying the performance of heat transfer and flow at ocean conditions. This study gives a brief review of the influence of ship vibration and rolling motions at sea on the performance of heat and mass transfer in fluid-filled tanks and refrigerating systems. Investigations on great amount researches indicate that effect of vibration and rolling motions on heat and mass transfer and flow characteristics depends on the level of vibration and rolling. The absorption refrigeration system can be easily affected at ocean conditions except during mild vibrations while researchers also found that by adding baffles or porous medium to the liquid tank can effectively improve the stability of fluid-filled tanks.