• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.9 no.11
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• pp.1291-1296
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• 2014

The thermoelectric cooler is receiving great interest because of advantages such as the precise temperature control capability, the compact and lightweight cooler, and the mechanical vibrationless structure which enhances the reliability compared with the existing vapor compression cooler. However, it is not easy to design the optimal thermoelectric cooler which appropriate to the application because the thermal analysis should be necessary required. Accordingly, this paper studies the methodology of the modelling, sizing and thermal analysis of the thermoelectric cooler using SINDA/FLUINT analysis tool.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.16 no.10
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• pp.2335-2340
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• 2012

The detector is an uncooled detector system that functions inside the thermoelectric cooler (TEC) equipped with features instead of the cooler. The function of the thermoelectric device to control the temperature of the detector based on a function of temperature to prevent degradation of image quality to perform the role, the latest technology trend by removing the thermoelectric device size, cost a lot of effort to reduce has been studied. In this paper, It would be proposed of the actual test result using real chamber environment of for the best TECless algorithm as to minimize the degradation of image quality and obtain the low price of the uncooled detector.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.144-153
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• 2015

열전소자는 열에너지를 전기에너지로, 전기에너지를 열에너지로 직접 변환하는데 사용되는 소자로 자동차 온도조절 시트(Climate Control), 반도체(순환기, 냉각판), 바이오(혈액분석기, PCR, 시료온도싸이클 테스터기), 이학분야(스펙트로포토미터), 광학분야(CCD 쿨링, 적외선센서 냉각, 레이저다이오드 냉각, 포토다이오드 냉각, SHG레이저 냉각), 컴퓨터(CPU 냉각), 가전제품(김치냉장고, 소형냉장고, 냉온수기, 와인냉장고, 쌀통, 제습기), 산업분야(폐열발전기, 리모트 파워발전) 등 다양한 분야에 적용되고 있으며 새로운 시장을 창출하고 있다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.203-212
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• 2010

Water spray cooling has been widely used in a variety of industrial applications. The present study concentrated on quantitative measurements of the heat flux and heat transfer coefficient by water spray as it impinges on the rough surface of a hot steel plate at $900^{\circ}C$. A novel experimental technique was developed for a hightemperature heat flux gauge with a test block, cartridge heaters, and thermocouples that was used to measure the surface heat flux information on the hot steel plate for local heat flux measurements. The roles of the surface roughness on heat transfer are presented in this paper for well-characterized four rough surfaces with average rms roughness heights of $40-80{\mu}M$. The results show that the local heat transfer for rough surfaces is higher than that for a smooth surface. Heat transfer can be significantly increased by the presence of surface roughness elements, which can disrupt the thin thermal boundary layer. In addition, the heat transfer enhancement mechanism on a rough surface can be investigated by a different boiling regime.

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.15 no.11
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• pp.889-894
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• 2003

The objectives of this study are to present a proper mathematical model for a thermoelectric cooler equipped with the spacer and to investigate the effect of its geometries by heat transfer analysis. In order to enhance the efficiency of the thermoelectric cooler, the spacer is inserted between TEM (thermoelectric module) and cold plate. The theoretical results show that the COP (coefficient of performance) increases nonlinearly as high as 0.63 with increasing the depth of spacer and the depth of TEM and with decreasing the area of insulator.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.161-167
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• 2015

In this paper, a novel thermoelectric cooling system utilizing condensed water is introduced and its electrical equivalent circuit model is proposed. The introduced system can deals with the condensed water and improves efficiency by spraying the condensed water on heat sink. The electrical equivalent circuit model is derived by combining the circuit model of the classical thermoelectric cooling system with equation of heat exchange. Because the parameters of the model can be defined from not other experimental data but just the data sheet of the thermoelement, the model can be useful to design and develop the controller of the proposed system. We verify that the proposed model is valid and the introduced system is more efficient than the previous thermoelectric cooling system through simulations.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.44-48
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• 2007

The cooling heat transfer characteristics of supercritical $CO_2$ in a helical coil gas cooler on the change of coil diameters are experimentally investigated. The main components of the refrigerant loop are a receiver, a variable speed pump, a mass flow-meter, a pre-heater and a helical coil gas cooler (test section). The test sections are made of a copper tube which the inner diameter is 4.55 mm and the helical coil diameters are done of 26.75 mm and 41.35 mm. The mass fluxes of refrigerant are varied from 200 to 800 [$kg/m^2s$] and the inlet pressures of gas cooler are 7.5 to 10.0 (MPa). A gas cooler with helical coil diameter of 26.75 mm has larger heat transfer coefficient than that of 41.35 mm. Also, when compared with experimental data and published correlations avaliable, most of correlations are under-predicted, but Pitla published correlations avaliable, most of correlations are under-predicted, but Pitla et al.'s correlation shows a relatively good coincidence with the experimental data except the region of pseudo critical temperature.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.35 no.12
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• pp.1293-1300
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• 2011

The configurations of the evaporator and condenser of a water chiller can be determined from the trade-off between the heat transfer area, which is related to the capital cost and the pressure drop, which is associated with the operational cost. In this study, the design of the water chiller focused on minimizing the water pressure drop of both condenser and evaporator for given cooling capacity and requirements. Commercial enhanced tubes were employed to simulate real-life conditions. The results of the present analysis were compared with those obtained by HTRI software for verifying them. The results indicated that a reduction in the water pressure drop, which is associated with the short length of a tube, can be effected by decreasing the number of tube passes and increasing the number of tubes and the tube diameter. However, using a large number of tubes with smaller diameters can reduce the capital cost because the tubes are short. The reduction of the capital cost is due to the fact that a small-diameter tube has low internal thermal resistance and hence contributes to a decrease in the overall thermal resistance per unit length.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.25-30
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• 2002

Heat transfer occurring in the rotary cooler was analyzed by applying a one-dimensional steady state. The temperature of inlet gas and the measured temperature of outlet gas were used as boundary conditions. Axial temperature distribution of solid, gas and wall were calculated by solving two differential equations and two algebraic equations under the constraint of two point boundary conditions and operating conditions. The temperatures of outer wall calculated in this study were in good agreement with those measured from running rotary cooler.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1997.05a
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• pp.380-385
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• 1997

일체형원자로에서 일차측 압력은 질소와 증기의 분압에 따라 스스로 작동하는 자기가압기에 의해 일정하게 유지된다. 1차계통내 용해된 질소의 양과 압력변화의 폭을 최소화시키기 위해 가압기를 냉각시킬 필요성이 있으며 이를 위해 습식단열재(wet thermal insulation)와 냉각튜브(cooling tube)가 설치되었다. 본 연구에서는 자기가압기 작동에 중요한 역할을 하는 습식단열재의 기본적인 열전달 특성과 설계시 고려해야 할 사항을 분석하였다 전산유체코드를 사용해 단열재내치 온도 및 유동 분포를 계산하였고 기존의 실험으로부터 얻어진 열전달상관식을 이용해 단면충의 개수에 대한 민감도 계산, 돌출지점을 통한 열전도, 열전달 계수의 오차가 설계변수에 미치는 영향 등을 분석하였다.