• The Magazine of the Society of Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Engineers of Korea
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• v.31 no.7
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• pp.45-52
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• 2002

1991년에 Maryland 대학에 Dr. Reinhard Rader-macher에 의해 환경에너지공학연구소(CEEE)가 설립되었다. 이 연구소는 환경 및 경제적인 관점에서 에너지 변환 시스템을 개발하는데 선두적인 역할들 수행해왔다. 환경 에너지 공학 연구소는 산업체, 정부,및 연구소에서 지원 받는 컨소시엄 형태의 연구 센터이다. 대체 냉매, $CO_2$초월임계 사이클에 관한 연구를 1993년에 시작한 이래, 현재 세계적으로 40여 개의 회사가 지원을 하고 있다. 2단 압축 $CO_2$ 사이클 최적화, 초월 임계 사이클에서의 오일에 따른 열전달 영향, 초월$CO_2$임계 시스템에서의 오일 정체, $CO_2$압축기 모델링, 자동차에서의 $CO_2$기후 조절 시스템, $CO_2$냉매를 이용한 에어컨, $CO_2$저온 냉동 시스템 등에 관한 연구를 수행하고 있다. CEEE는 향후 연구로 구성요소 및 시스템 최적화, 효율향상, 시스템 적용확대에 관한 연구를 할 예정이다. 센터는 보고서, 컨소시엄 미팅. 워크샵, 교과목 개설, 당문 연구자 초청들을 통해 산업계 및 기술을 전달하고 있다. 본 고에서는 환경에너지 공학 연구소에서 $CO_2$ 초월임계 사이클에 초점을 맞추어 연구소의 연구활동을 기술한다.

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.107-115
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• 2018

A design combining the use of a compressor and expander was introduced in order to improve the cycle performance of a $CO_2$ automotive air conditioning system. Both the compressor and expander used were of rotary vane type and were designed to share a common shaft in a housing. Numerical simulation was carried out to evaluate the merit of the combined unit. In a typical automotive air conditioning operating conditions, the COP of the system was improved by 8.7% by the application of the combined unit. The compressor input was reduced by 5.2% through use of the expander output. In addition, about 3.06% increase in the cooling capacity was obtained through isentropic expansion in the expander. Our study noted that, as the pressure difference between the gas cooler and the evaporator becomes larger, the COP of the system improved increases unless the mass flow rate in the expander exceeds that in the compressor.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.159-165
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• 2008

This paper deals with the optimum high pressure control algorithm for a transcritical $CO_2$ mobile air-conditioning system with belt-driven compressor to achieve the maximum COP. The experiments were performed to find out the maximum COP conditions with various operating conditions. The experimental results showed that the COP was increased and then decreased with increase of the refrigerant high pressure for the system. Therefore the value of high pressure which has maximum COP could be selected. Furthermore, the strong (linear) relation between the optimum high pressure and the gas cooler outlet temperature was revealed, which suggests the use of a simple controller with only one parameter for the transcritical $CO_2$ cycle.

• The Magazine of the Society of Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Engineers of Korea
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• v.31 no.7
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• pp.32-44
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• 2002

1989년 프레온계 냉매의 대체 가능한 물질로서 $CO_2$재 출연하게 되었고, 그 이후 관련 연구는 점차 증가하였다. 1996년 북미 지역에서 $CO_2$의 연구는 일리노이 대학내 ACRC (Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center)에서 최대로 시작되었다. 연구비의 90%는 산업체에 의해 지원되었고, 나머지는 미국 정부에 의해 지원되었다. 본 고는 자동차 및 가정용 에어컨 및 열펌프 시스템 및 구성부품 개선에 대한 전반적인 연구활동에 관해 기술하였다. 또한 시스템 성능 비교 결과는 열전달, 압력강하, 사이를 변환,냉매 분해에 대한 연구 지침을 제시하였고, 지속적인 연구 노력을 통하여 천연냉매를 이용하여 간접적인 지구온난화 가스 방출을 최소화하기 위한 시스템 효율을 증가시키고 빈다. $CO_2$의 고유 특징인 초임계 $CO_2$사이클, $CO_2$의 열역학 및 전달 물성치를 통한 효율 개선, 내부 열교환을 통한 사이클 성능 개선방안도 기술되었다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.67-75
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• 2007

This paper deals with the research for the effects of the operating parameters that could be used for a transcritical $CO_2$ mobile air-conditioning system on the cooling performance. The experimental conditions of the performance tests for a system and components such as a gas cooler and an evaporator were suggested to compare the performance of each with the standardized test conditions. And this research presents experimental results for the performance characteristics of a $CO_2$ mobile air conditioning system with various operating conditions such as different gas cooler inlet pressures and frontal air velocities/temperatures passing through an evaporator and a gas cooler. Experimental results show that the cooling capacity was more than 5kW and coefficient of performance (COP) was more than 2.1, also. Therefore, we checked that the mobile air-conditioning system using $CO_2$ has good performance compared to that using HFC-134a.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.18-24
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• 2015

In this study, a $CO_2$ air-conditioning system was investigated with different types of electrically driven compressors, parallel flow type gas cooler, four-pass type evaporator, internal heat exchanger integrated with accumulator, and electric expansion valve. The experimental study was conducted under various operating conditions (ie., different rotational compressor speeds, air inlet temperatures and air velocity coming into heat exchangers). The experimental results showed the cooling capacity was 3.5kW at $35^{\circ}C$ ambient temperature when the vehicle was idle (ie., the worst condition for cooling off the gas cooler). In terms of performance effect of the compressor, the e-RP model had a slightly better cooling capacity and coefficient of performance than the e-GR model under the same test conditions. An experimental equation for optimum cooling-performance control was also suggested based on the results. A high-pressure control algorithm for the super critical cycle was determined to achieve both maximum cooling performance and efficient energy consumption. The results from the experimental equation coincided with those of previous experimental studies.