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Study of Compressor-Performance Improvement in Automotive Air-Conditioning System

자동차용 에어컨 압축기의 성능 향상에 대한 연구

  • 김영신 (한라비스테온공조 기술연구소) ;
  • 유성연 (충남대학교 기계설계공학과) ;
  • 나승규 (한라비스테온공조 기술연구소)
  • Received : 2015.01.28
  • Accepted : 2015.07.08
  • Published : 2015.09.01

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to realize compressor-performance improvements in the fuel economy of an automotive air-conditioning system. We conduct cooling performance tests in a compressor calorimeter test stand. To improve the cooling performance, we investigate the increase in the suction flow rate and the decrease in the discharge dead volume. Based on the results of the test, we found that the cooling capacity and the coefficient of performance (COP) of the compressors were improved as follows. The cooling performance improved greater at high speeds than low speeds in the case of an increase in the suction flow rate increase, and it improved more at low speeds than at high speed when there was a decrease in the discharge dead volume. When both of the above factors were included, we observed that the improvement effects were generally balanced for both high- and low-speed modes, and there was a significant improvement in the discharge temperature. The improvement was found to be about 3.2% at low speed, 8.3% at high speed during in cooling performance improvement, about 5.8% at low speed and about 6.2% at high speed in COP improvement, and there was a decrease of about $3^{\circ}C$ at low speed and a $5^{\circ}C$ decrease at high speed in discharge temperature.

본 연구의 목적은 자동차용 에어컨 시스템의 연비 개선을 위하여 압축기의 성능 향상을 도모하고자 하는데 있다. 압축기 성능은 자동차용 에어컨 압축기 전용 열량계를 이용하여 평가를 수행하였다. 압축기의 성능을 향상시키기 위하여 흡입 유량의 증대와 토출 사체적 축소를 검토하였으며, 각 개선 항목에 대한 평가를 진행하여 성능과 COP 의 개선을 확인하였다. 흡입 유량을 증대했을 경우 저속 구간보다 고속구간에서의 성능 효과가 컸으며, 토출 사체적을 축소했을 경우 상대적으로 저속 구간의 성능 개선효과가 컸다. 조합품의 경우 저속과 고속에서 전반적으로 균형 있게 개선되었으며, 토출측 온도가 가장 크게 개선되었다. 성능의 경우 저속에서 약 3.2%, 고속에서 약 8.3% 개선되었으며, COP 는 저속에서 약 5.8%, 고속에서 약 6.2% 개선되었고, 토출 온도는 저속에서 $3^{\circ}C$, 고속에서 $5^{\circ}C$ 개선되었다.

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