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A Study on the Heat Loss Effect of Steel Structure in a Refrigerator Mullion

냉장고 멀리언부 구조보강용 철구조물의 열손실 영향 연구

  • Ha, Ji Soo (Department of Environment Science, Keimyung University)
  • Received : 2013.02.17
  • Accepted : 2014.05.23
  • Published : 2014.06.30

Abstract

The present study has been carried out to reduce the heat loss from a refrigerator by numerical heat transfer analysis and temperature measurement experiment for the verification of heat transfer analysis result. To perform this purpose, two dimensional heat transfer analysis and measurement of temperature on the surface of freezer for the horizontal cross sectional plane of a refrigerator has been accomplished. From the present study, it could be seen that the steel support in the mullion near gasket region has a heat transfer characteristics which transfer outside heat well from the high temperature hotline and outside air to the inner refrigerator. The effect of removing steel support on the reducing heat loss of a refrigerator was 24.8% and removing steel support might introduce significant improvement of refrigerator heat loss.

본 연구는 냉장고의 냉장실과 냉동실 사이에 있는 멀리언부의 가스켓 주위의 열전달 해석을 수행하여 이 부분에서 열손실을 크게 하는 구조물인 구조보강용 철구조물 유무에 따른 전산해석을 통한 열전달 해석과 이의 결과에 대한 검증을 위해 냉장고 내부 벽면의 온도를 측정하여 열손실 분석을 통한 냉장고 열손실을 개선하는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 본 연구를 통해 철구조물이 있는 경우에 이를 통하여 고온의 Hotline과 외부 공기의 열이 잘 전달되어서 냉장고의 열손실에 크게 영향을 미치는 것을 알 수 있었으며 이를 제거하면 냉장고 열손실이 24.8% 감소하여 철구조물을 제거하는 것이 냉장고 열손실 설계 개선을 크게 향상시킴을 알 수 있었다.

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