• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.359-364
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• 2002

A popular type of residential air conditioner is the split system which has two separate units: indoor and outdoor units During field installation of the split system, the potential exists for not setting the charge exactly to the manufacturer´s specifications. The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of the refrigerant charge on the performance of the air conditioner. An air conditioner with capillary tube expansions was tested for various refrigerant charges. The results indicated that the more charge resulted in the more flowrate of the refrigerant. The flowrate of the refrigerant was one of the most important factors to understand the e(sects of the charge on the performance of the air conditioner with capillary tube expansions. Under-charge results in wide region of superheated vapor of the refrigerant in the evaporator, while over-charge results in high temperature of the liquid refrigerant in the evaporator.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.37 no.8
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• pp.836-842
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• 2013

In this paper, the 20 kW Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion(OTEC) is newly proposed in order to select the refrigerant that makes the cycle performance be optimized and the performance of 20 kW OTEC applying 15 pure refrigerants and 16 mixed refrigerants is analyzed. The efficiency of system, the mass flow of working fluids and TPP, which is new concepts, are analyzed. In view of cycle efficiency, R32/R152a (87:13) is the highest efficiency among the refrigerants. At the mass flow of working fluid to make the 20 kW electricity, R717 is shown as the lowest value. And in view of TPP in this study, R32/R134a 70:30 is the most optimized refrigerant. The analysis can confirm that the refrigerant is different along with the part of the system, so it is necessary to select the optimized refrigerant for 20 kW OTEC.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.282-287
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• 2016

Recently in order to protect the ocean environment and to reduce energy consumption, shipbuilders have been developing highly economized ships. This research analyzed the possibility of adopting the onshore absorption refrigerator to offshore ships having a cooling system with refrigerant by using the waiste heat of the engine jacket cooling water instead of compression refrigerators. The results showed that R236fa could be a suitable medium for absorbing the heat of the absorber and condenser in an absorption refrigerator. The cooling system using R236fa achieved a high COP of 0.798, which is 15% and 5% higher than an air cooling system with a cooling tower and a water cooling system with a heat exchanger, respectively. The cooling system with R236fa achieved high efficiency with a 25% reduction in flow rate of LiBr solution and only 15.7% flow rate of cooling medium as compared to the water cooling system. The heating of sea water by the engine jacket water flowing out from the generator can prevent the crystallization of LiBr solution due to the low temperature of sea water.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.11
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• pp.7736-7744
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• 2015

Considering the significant waste of industrial energy, effective use of low temperature waste heat is extremely important. In this study, a heat pump cycle with double effect and double stage was realized, which escalates the hot water temperature from $50^{\circ}C$ to $70^{\circ}C$ using $160^{\circ}C$ high temperature heat source and $17^{\circ}C$ low temperature heat source. The steam generated in the first generator condenses in the first condenser generating steam in the second generator. The steam condenses in the second condenser and is provided to the second evaporator. Part of the water out of the second evaporator is supplied to the first evaporator, which evaporates using low temperature waste heat. The evaporated steam enters the first absorber and the second evaporator. The steam out of the second evaporator is absorbed into the solution at the second absorber. The hot water temperature is raised in the second condenser and in the second absorber. Proper flow rates and UA values, which satisfied temperature lift $20^{\circ}C$ and COP 1.6, were deduced through trior and error. The COP increases as the temperature of the high temperature water increases, hot water temperature decreases and flow rate increases, waste water temperature and flow rate increases, solution circulation rate decreases. On the other hand, the temperature rise of the hot water increases as the temperature of the high temperature water increases, hot water temperature increases and flow rate decreases, waste water temperature and flow rate increases, solution circulation rate increases. In addition, the COP and hot water temperature rise increase as UAs of the heat exchangers increase.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.07a
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• pp.322-324
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• 2008

현재 배전용변전소 대용량변압기 냉각방식은 주로 유입자냉식, 유입풍냉식, 송유풍냉식 및 수냉각 방식이 채용되고 있다. 유입풍냉식의 경우는 대기 공기의 자연대류 또는 냉각팬에 의한 강제대류에 의해 방열기 내부로 유입된 절연유의 온도를 낮추는 방식이고 송유풍냉식은 변압기 내부 절연유를 강제순환 시키면서 냉각팬을 가동하는 방식이다. 도심지 복합건물내 주변압기 냉각은 수냉식을 채용하여 절연유를 강제로 순환시키면서 열교환기 2차측에 냉각수를 순환시켜 열교환기 내로 유입된 절연유의 온도를 낮추는 방식이다. 그러나 도심지 변전소의 냉각방식 채택에 있어 냉각성능, 소음, 설비의 건전성등 여러 가지 문제점이 드러나 새롭고 획기적인 냉각방식이 요구되고 있다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.255-262
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• 2014

To investigate the effect of oil on evaporation heat transfer of plate heat exchanger, evaporation heat transfer experiment was carried out using experimental apparatus for micro gear pumped R134a-oil circulation. By varying oil circulation rate of POE oil from 0 to 5%, evaporation heat transfer performance of plate heat exchanger was investigated. As OCR(Oil Circulation Ratio) increases, the evaporation heat transfer coefficient of R134a decreases and pressure drop increases. When the evaporating temperature is $30^{\circ}C$ and the refrigerant mass flow rate is 80 g/s, evaporation heat transfer rate decreases by 10 % and pressure drop increases by 10% at 2% of OCR condition.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.37 no.5
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• pp.431-439
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• 2013

A cooling system is adopted to control the thermal load from the avionic equipments in an aircraft for stable operation. In this study, an avionic cooling system was designed and manufactured by adopting a vapor compression cycle with a closed-loop air-circulation system to investigate the operating characteristics of an alternative refrigerant. The performance characteristics of a cooling system adopting R236fa as an alternative refrigerant were experimentally determined by varying the refrigerant charging amount, expansion valve opening, and compressor rotation speed. The experimental results were analyzed and compared with those of a cooling system adopting R124 as a refrigerant. The possibility of the adoption of R236fa as an alternative refrigerant was verified, and design solutions were suggested to improve the system efficiency.

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.13 no.9
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• pp.878-887
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• 2001

Experimental investigation has been carried out to examine the operating characteristics of a bubble pump for diffusion absorption refrigerator. The effects of heat input and delivery height on generation rate of refrigerant vapor and circulation rate of solution have been investigated. as a result heat input and delivery height increase, circulation rate of solution increases. And the smaller the tube diameter, the larger the circulation rate of solution. Pumping ratio increases to a critical point and then decrease with the increase of heat input, and it increases with the increase in delivery height. In this paper, Marcus's analytical theory was also examined. It was found that the Marcus\`s analytical theory of a bubble pump was not appropriate for a bubble pump using ammonia aqueous solution as a working fluid.

• JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL WORLD
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• s.266
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• pp.59-64
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• 1999

에너지수요 구조개혁이란 관점에서 볼 때 전력부하 평준화의 한 수단으로서 빙축열이용 공조시스템의 채용과 그 신장이 현저하다. 빙축열이용 공주시스템은 다른 축열이용시스템(예를 들면 수축열)에 비하여 단위체적당의 축열량을 크게 할 수 있어 자 스페이스를 도모할 수 있다. 또 취급이 간단하여 환경에의 영향부하가 적다는 점 등 시대를 대표하는 공조시스템이라 할 수 있다. 미쓰비시전기에서는 타사에 앞서 선진적인 빙축열이용 공조시스템을 개발$\cdot$판매하고 있으며 기종 갖추기, 성능 공히 업계 톱클래스를 유지하고 있다. 채용이 넓어지고 있는 중$\cdot$소규모 빙축열이용 공조시스템은 패키지 에어컨 방식과 Chiller방식으로 대별된다. 전자는 야간전력으로 만든 얼음으로 냉매를 냉각하여 냉방능력을 높여 에너지이용효율(COP)을 올림으로써 주간전력에너지를 삭감하는 것이다. 후자는 야간전력으로 만든 얼음으로 공조용 순환수를 냉각하여 주간에 냉방으로 이용하는 것이다. 어느 방식이나 야간의 전력으로 만들어진 얼음으로 주간에 필요한 전력에너지를 충당하고 있어, 주간전력의 야간전력으로의 시프트를 달성할 수 있는 시스템이다.

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.12 no.8
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• pp.717-724
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• 2000

It is important to investigate characteristics of flow of refrigerant/oil mixture circulating in a refrigeration system. Therefore the oil concentration in refrigerant/oil mixture should be measured exactly by the adequate measuring instrument. In this paper, the oil concentration was measured by density monitoring system(DMS) in the liquid-line of a inverter-driven heat pump. Experimental result follows ; the main factor that have an effect on oil concentration refrigerant/oil mixture circulating in a refrigeration system is the momentum and kinematic viscosity of refrigerant/oil mixture compressed by scroll compressor.