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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2018.19.5.593

A Study on the Development of Heat-Recovery Ventilator for Preventing Freezing in a Cold Weather  

Park, Woo-Cheul (Dept. of Mechanical Design Eng., Kangwon National University)
Kim, Il-Gyoum (Dept. of Mechanical Design Eng., Kangwon National University)
Tae, Kyung-Eung (Research Institute, Eunsung Chemical Co., LTD)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.19, no.5, 2018 , pp. 593-598 More about this Journal
Abstract
Computational fluid dynamics was used to develop a heat-recovery ventilator for preventing freezing in cold weather. An optimal internal return damper was applied, and a prototype was made for frost and freezing experiments. A total of 16 models were used to design the optimal internal return damper with the maximum exhaust recirculation ratio. The exhaust recirculation ratio of the exhaust air to the outdoor air was 59.9-62.3%. The tests showed that frost and freezing did not occur at outdoor air temperatures of $-15^{\circ}C$ or higher in both exhaust recirculation operation and normal operation. However, at an outdoor air temperature of $-20^{\circ}C$, no freezing occurred in the outdoor air area when the internal return damper was opened by 45 degrees. Heat recovery ventilators for preventing cold weather frost and freezing should be operated in two operation modes: normal and exhaust recirculation mode. An operating algorithm was developed for the heat-recovery ventilator operating in normal mode when the outdoor temperature is higher than $-15^{\circ}C$ and recirculation mode when the temperature is lower.
Keywords
Heat-recovery ventilators; Frost; Freezing; Recirculation; Return damper;
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