• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.10
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• pp.725-731
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• 2016

This study numerically investigates the thermal performance of a 2.0-kW butane-based combustion heating system for an electric vehicle under cold conditions. The system is used for cabin space heating and coolant-based battery thermal management. ANSYS CFX 17 software was used for parametric analysis. The mass flow rates of cold air and coolant were varied, and their effects were compared. The numerical results were validated with theoretical studies, which showed an error of 0.15%. As the outside air mass flow rates were increased to 0.005, 0.01, and 0.015 kg/s, the cabin supply air temperature decreased continuously while the coolant outlet temperature increased. When the coolant mass flow rates were increased to 0.005, 0.01 and 0.015 kg/s, the air temperature increased while the coolant outlet temperatures decreased. The optimal mass flow rates are discussed in a consideration of the requirements for high cabin heating capacity and efficient battery thermal management.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.305-306
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• 2006

자동차의 난방 열원은 HVAC(Heating, Ventilating & Air Conditioning)에 내장되어 있는 히터코어 (Heater Core) 에서 공급하게 되며, 이 히터코어는 엔진에서 가열된 냉각수 열원을 이용하게 된다. 그러나 최근 디젤 엔진의 경우 연소효율의 개선과 CEGR(Cooled Exhaust Gas Recirculation) 시스템의 적용으로 냉각부하가 증가하여 냉각수가 가지는 가용 열원이 기종보다 약 30~40% 정도 저하되고 있다. 따라서 디젤 자동차 및 하이브리드용 자동차의 난방 보조 히터의 국산화 개발이 시급해진 상황이며 초정밀, 고효율 보조 히터의 개발이 요구되고 있다. 현재 적용되고 있는 보조 히터 중에서 PTC 히터는 PTC 소자의 발열을 이용하여 공기를 직접 가열하기 때문에 추가적인 연료소비가 없고 소형 및 저가라는 장점이 있다. PTC 세라믹 소자는 $BaTiO_3$를 모체로 하며, 이의 특성 항상 및 제어를 위해서는 적절한 dopant를 선택하여 균일하게 doping 해야 한다. 지금까지 dopant에 따른 구성 요소 및 역할은 비교적 잘 알려져 있다. 하지만, 자동차용으로 사용되기 위해서는 12V의 저전압에서 동작해야 하며, 또한 소자의 두께가 얇아지게 됨에 따라서 발생하는 전기적 short와 같은 문제점들을 해결하여야 한다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 PTC 세라믹 소자에서 도펀트 종류와 양 조절을 통한 저저항을 확보하고, PTC 세라믹 소자의 박막화를 달성하고자 하였다.

• The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.37-43
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• 2015

A Beta-type Stirling engine is developed and tested on the operation stability and cycle performance. The flow rate for cooling water ranges from 300 to 1500 ml/min, while the temperature of heat source changes from 300 to $500^{\circ}C$. The internal pressure, working temperatures, and operation speed are measured and the engine performance is estimated from them. In the experiment, the rise in the temperature of heat source reduces internal pressure but increases operation speed, and overall, enhances the power output. The faster coolant flow rate contributes to the high temperature limit for stable operation, the cycle efficiency due to the alleviated thermal expansion of power piston, and the heat input to the engine, respectively. The experimental Stirling engine showed the maximum power output of 12.1 W and the cycle efficiency of 3.0 % when the cooling flow is 900 ml/min and the heat source temperature is $500^{\circ}C$.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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• 1995.05a
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• pp.199-206
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• 1995

200kW급 가스엔진 열병합시스템에서 엔진 냉각수는 엔진을 냉각시키는 기능 뿐아니라 배열회수용 열원으로 사용된다. 전력부하나 냉·난방 부하가 변할 때 엔진 냉각수의 온도가 민감하게 변하므로 이를 일정하게 제어하기 위하여 PID 제어기를 사용하고 있다. 본 연구는 이 제어기의 적정 이득값(gain)을 설정하기 위하여 공정 전달함수를 실험적방법을 이용하여 일차시간지연함수(First Order Plus Dead Time)로 근사한 후 여러 조율방법을 사용하여 이득값을 구하였다. 이 이득값과 전달함수를 가지고 공정모사기인 “MATLAB”을 사용하여 시스템에 적합한 적정이득값을 선정 하였으며 실증실험 결과 시스템의 온도동특성이 안정됨을 보였다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.12
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• pp.69-75
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• 2019

The cooling performance of heat pump system for light-duty commercial electric vehicle was evaluated experimentally. The cooling performance characteristics of the heat pump for light-duty commercial electric vehicles were evaluated by varying the temperature, flow rate of chiller coolant, and electric compressor speed, under the exterior air temperature of 35 ℃ and interior air temperature of 25 ℃. Increasing the compressor speeds decreased the cooling system efficiency by 16.4 % on average with the cooling capacity increasing by 8.0 % on average and the compressor work increasing by 27% on average. To use waste heat from the coolant to chill power electronic components, such as the motor and inverter, a chiller was installed to transfer heat between the coolant and refrigerant. Increasing the temperature of the chiller coolant from 35 ℃ to 55 ℃ decreased the efficiency by 18.2 % on average due to higher condensing heat source. Increasing the coolant flow rate from 10 liter/min to 20 liter/min did not affect the cooling capacity of the system due to a similar total condensing heat transfer rate at the chiller and the exterior heat exchanger. In future works, heating performance will be investigated by varying the operating conditions to use the chiller's waste heat with an improvement of heating capacity.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.595-602
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• 2012

In this study, for the purpose of reduction of $CO_2$ gas emission and to increase recovery of waste heat from ships, the ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle) is investigated and offered for the conversion of temperature heat to electricity from waste heat energy from ships. Simulation was performed with waste heat from the exhaust gasse which is relatively high temperature and cooling sea water which is relatively low temperature from ships. Various fluid is used for simulation of the ORC system with variable temperature and flow condition and efficiency of system and output power is compared. Finally, 2,400kW output power is obtained by system optimization of the preheater and reheater utilizing waste heat form sea water cooling system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2016.02a
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• pp.218-218
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• 2016

실린더 형태의 유전체 관에 나선형으로 도전체 안테나를 설치하는 타입의 유도 결합 플라즈마원은 간단한 구조로 화학 조성 분석용부터 나노 분말 제조, 반도체용 식각/증착, 표면 처리, 자동차 및 일반 산업 부품용 증착 보조원등으로 널리 사용되고 있다. 고밀도 라디칼/이온의 공급을 위해서 투입 전력을 증가시키는 경우 높은 전력 밀도로 인해서 유전체 관에 인가되는 열응력이 대기압 및 관 고정용 구조물에 의한 구조 응력에 더해져서 파손에 이르는 경우가 발생될 수 있다. 실제 실린더 길이 전체를 안테나 코일로 감는 경우에도 플라즈마 발생 밀도가 높은 지역은 중심 일부 영역에 국한 되는 공정 영역도 있어서 이에 대한 분석이 필요하다. CFD-ACE+를 이용하여 플라즈마의 생성, 냉각수의 열전도, 외부 공냉식 팬의 역할등에 대해서 수치 모델을 작성하여 검토하였다. 나선형 냉각코일의 경우 냉각수량을 일정값 이상으로 증가시키는 경우 유속이 지나치게 빨라져서 열원이 있는 내경쪽 표면에서 열전도가 유속에 비례해서 증가하지 못하는 단점이 발생할 수 있으며 냉각팬의 경우 일반적으로 장치 내부에 대해서만 모델링을 하는 데 실제로 전체 시스템의 주변에서 공기의 흐름을 넓게 해석해야 실제 냉각 효과를 파악할 수 있다. 심한 경우 냉각용 공기 흡입구와 토출구의 간격이 좁아서 열원에 의해서 가열된 공기의 상당량이 다시 냉각용 공기 흡입구로 재순환 되는 경우도 발생하기 쉽다.

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.257-262
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• 2014

This paper describes an experimental study for heating performance that can be used in R-134a automobile heat pump systems. The heat pump system is widely studied for heating system in zero-emission vehicles to attain both the small power consumption and the effective heating of the cabin. This paper presents the experimental results of the influence on heating capacity and coefficient of performance of heat pump system. Tests were performed with different sizes of internal and external heat exchangers, and refrigerant flow rate was also considered in two-way flow devices. In addition, the heat, air, and water sources with the heat pump system were examined. The experimental results with the heat pump system were used to analyze the impact on performances. The best combination of performance was A-inside heat exchanger, B-outside heat exchanger, and B-flow device, respectively. In addition, a water heat-source was found to give roughly 40% of better performance than an air heat-source heat pump system.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.145-151
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• 2010

In this study, an absorption power cycle, which can be used for a low-temperature heat source driven power cycle such as geothermal power generation, was investigated and optimized in terms of power by the simulation method. A steady-state simulation model was adopted to analyze and optimize its performance. Simulations were carried out for the given heat source and sink inlet temperatures, and the given flow rates were based on the typical power plant thermal-capacitance-rate ratio. The cycle performance was evaluated for two independent variables: the ammonia fraction at the separator inlet and the maximum cycle pressure. Results showed that the absorption power cycle can generate electricity up to about 14 kW per 1 kg/s of heat source when the heat source temperature, heat sink temperature, and thermal-capacitance-rate ratio are $100^{\circ}C$, $20^{\circ}C$, and 5, respectively.

• Plant Journal
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.28-37
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• 2014

Recently, it is considered that environment and energy are critical issues all over the world. In power generation sector in Korea, almost power stations are constructed and operated as cogeneration plants in conformity with this trend. KDHC(Korea District Heating Corporation) goes one step further adopting renewable energy technology like heat pump using wasted heat for energy-saving and environment improvement. This study investigates the performance characteristics by the location of waste heat recovery heat pumps of 5 Gcal/h capacity in 150 MW-class Gwang-gyo cogeneration plant using commercial software 'THERMOFLEX'. Prior to analysis, the simulations are performed with actual operation data, and then the validation of simulations is verified by checking the error within 2%. After verification, the simulations are carried out with 3 locations and the effect on electrical power output and heat output is analyzed. As a result, overall efficiency of cogeneration plant is the highest in the case of heat pump located before DH(District Heating) Heater because of the largest increase of heat output despite of decrease of electrical power output.