Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering (설비공학논문집)

The Society of Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Engineers of Korea (대한설비공학회)
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Analysis on the Drying Performance with the Flow Rate of Circulation Air in a Heat Pump Dryer

순환 공기 유량의 변화를 고려한 열펌프 건조기의 성능 해석

  • 이공훈 (한국기계연구원 에너지플랜트연구본부) ;
  • 김욱중 (한국기계연구원 에너지플랜트연구본부) ;
  • 이상열 ((주)리우스)
  • Published : 2009.01.10
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Abstract

The simulation of a heat pump dryer has been carried out to figure out the effect of air flow rate on the drying performance represented by MER, SMER, and so on. The simulation includes the analyses of one-stage heat pump cycle and simple drying process using the drying efficiency. The heat pump cycle with Refrigerant 134a has been considered. In the dryer, some of drying air from the drying chamber flows through the heat pump system, the rest of air bypasses the heat pump system. The two air flows joins before the drying chamber inlet. The performance parameters considered in the present study are MER, SMER, the temperature and humidity of drying air. Those parameters are compared for different total air flow rate or bypass air flow rate.

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