• JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL WORLD
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• s.315
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• pp.74-79
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• 2003

지구온난화 방지 등 환경보전을 목적으로 전기기기 및 설비의 전력소비를 저감시키기 위한 성에너지관련법이 일부에서 시행되어 각 방면에서 그에 대한 대책이 이루어지고 있다. 전기기기 중에서도 공조기는 일반가정의 소비전력에서 차지하고 있는 비율이 $24\%$로 상당히 큰 편이다 최근 공조기는 소비전력을 저감시키기 위해 기간부품의 효율 개선을 도모하여 왔으나, 이 효율 개선에는 전력소비가 큰 압축기(탑재)모터와 이것을 구동하는 인버터의 손실 저감도 반드시 필요하다. 또 효율개선 외에 공조기 운전시의 쾌적성 향상의 관점에서 저진동화 및 저소음화를 도모할 필요가 있어 구조명과 함께 인버터 제어면에서의 대책을 시행하여 왔다. 압축기 중에서도 성능개선이 두드러진 룸에어컨은 압축기에 고효율의 브러시레스 DC모터를 탑재하여 정현파구동방식을 이용한 인버터에 의해 고효율화를 실현하였다. 이 정현파구동방식은 독자적인 과(過)변조 PWM(Pulse-Width Modulation) 방식을 적용하여 효율 개선에 크게 기여하고 있다. 또 인버터는 압축기 특유의 맥동(脈動)부하에 기인하는 진동을 제어$\cdot$억제하여 저진동화를 실현하였다. 또한 패키지에어컨에서는 인버터 캐리어주파수에 기인하는 캐리어음(音)을 인버터제어로 억제하여 저소음화를 실현하였다. 본고에서는 공조기를 대상으로 특히 에너지 소비가 큰 압축기용 모터와 이것을 구동하는 인버터의 효율개선 기술과 저진동화 및 저소음화를 도모하기 위한 인버터 응용기술에 관하여 기술한다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.592-597
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• 2013

The heat generated at the motor and inverter inside the electric compressor of inverter built-in type is mainly cooled by refrigerant and generally, there is not a thermal problem. However, the close relation of heat transfer from the motor and inverter parts to the compression part affects on compressor efficiency. Also, according to the surrounding environment and system operation condition, the increased temperature of the motor and inverter can affect the power density of the motor system, and especially, the inverter may be prevented to operate by the temperature limits. In this study, we performed thermo-flow analysis of electric compressor motor system, and investigated the heat dissipation enhancement of the motor and inverter. The motor part in the operation region of the electric compressor was generally maintained at low temperature and the inverter part at high compressor speed was lower temperature than the temperature limit of $85^{\circ}C$. However, the case of the inverter at low speed harsh condition was in excess of $10^{\circ}C$. Therefore, in order to solve the thermal problem, the heat reduction technology of the motor and inverter is essential as well as the improvement of flow path in the compressor.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.1177-1178
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• 2011

본 논문은 선형 압축기 구동용 시스템의 손실 저감을 위한 공진형 인버터의 설계에 대하여 연구 하였다. 공진형 인버터 손실 저감을 위해 선형 액츄에이터의 등가모델 파라메타를 유한요소해석으로 제시하고, 비선형 특성을 고려한 직렬 공진형 인버터의 손실을 추정하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2010.07a
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• pp.334-336
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• 2010

가정용 인버터 에어컨에 사용되는 싱글 피스톤 압축기는 가격은 저렴한 장점이 있지만, 한 회전 당 냉매를 1회 압축, 토출하므로 이에 따른 부하변동이 심해 진동이 심하다는 단점이 있다. 싱글 피스톤 압축기는 고속운전 시에는 관성에 의해 진동이 작지만, 에어컨의 효율을 높이기 위해 압축기를 저속으로 운전할 경우 진동이 심해, 소음 증대와 배관 소손의 문제점이 발생 한다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 싱글 피스톤 압축기 내의 BLDC 모터가 냉매를 압축, 토출 하는 시점을 검출하여, 인버터가 부하변동을 보상하여 저속 운전 시에도 소음 및 진동을 저감하는 제어 기술을 개발하였다. 부하 토크 변동 보상 기술을 적용하여 기존 35Hz가 최저 운전 주파수였던 싱글 피스톤 압축기를 15Hz까지 낮추어 운전이 가능하므로 에어컨의 저전력 고효율 운전이 가능하다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.11 no.12
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• pp.4721-4726
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• 2010

The performance characteristics of water-chilling heat pump using CO2 for the control of inverter frequency was investigated experimentally. An experimental apparatus is consisted of a compressor, a gas cooler, an expansion valve, an evaporator and a liquid receiver. All heat exchangers used in the test rig are counter flow type heat exchangers with concentric dual tubes, which are made of copper. The gas cooler and the evaporator consist of 6 and 4 straight sections respectively arranged in parallel, each has 2.4m length. The experimental results summarize as the following: for constant inlet temperature of evaporator and gas cooler, as mass flow rate, compression ratio and discharge pressure increases with the inverter frequency. And heating capacity and compressor work increases, but coefficient of performance(COP) decreases with the inverter frequency of compressor. As inlet temperature of secondary fluid in the evaporator increases from $15^{\circ}C$ to $25^{\circ}C$, compression ratio and compressor work decreases, but mass flow rate, heating capacity and COP increases with the inverter frequency of compressor. The above tendency is similar with performance variation with respect to the variation of inverter frequency in the conventional vapor compression refrigeration cycle.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.12 no.10
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• pp.4308-4313
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• 2011

The objective of this study is to investigate the cooling performance of the roof mounted air-conditioning system using electric driven scroll compressor for zero emission vehicles. This air conditioner with air source was used R-134a as a refrigerant and tested under various operating conditions such as refrigerant charge amount and indoor temperature, and compressor frequencies. Experimental results revealed that at all tested compressor frequencies, heat transfer rate of the evaporator increased and the cooling COP increased with the indoor temperature. In addition, the heat transfer rate of the evaporator was over 25.0kW sufficient for the cooling loads of an electric bus.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.238-243
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• 2011

The ambient temperature of the experimental conditions changes by varying the speed of the compressor and the electronic expansion valve opening. The effects of changing valve opening to the entire system has been investigated. The results show that the ambient temperatures of $35^{\circ}C$ and $30^{\circ}C$ controlled at 30Hz must be avoided. The capacity control range of the control compressor with changing speed is about 43~100% at $35^{\circ}C$, 43~100% at $25^{\circ}C$ and 48~100% at $10^{\circ}C$, respectively. The results show the capacity control range decreases with decreasing ambient temperature.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.200-207
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• 2000

Recently, it is increased to apply the inverter system to household electrical appliances, especially in the air c conditioners, refrigerators and washing machines, to reduce the power consumption and the acoustic noise by t the low speed operation, and to make their functions more comfortable for human beings. For the inverter s systems, however, it is highly required to reduce the undesirable electromagnetic noise and psychoacoustic n noise generated by PWM for variable speed operation. In this paper, the electromagnetic noise for the d detenninistic PWM and random PWM for the reciprocating compressors driven by the brusWess dc motor was a analyzed. It was also verified through the experiment that the elt'Ct$\tau$omagnetic noise was reduced and the s sound quality was improved by applying the random PWM.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.79-82
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• 2004

In general, compressors for refrigerators are major noise source in home environment. The vibration originated from a pump of a compressor can make noise through suspension springs and a LDT(Line Discharge Tube). Especially for the inverter motor driven compressor, the vibration is more serious than it of the constant speed compressors. Because the operation frequency range of an inverter motor driven compressor is very wide from 1600 rpm to 4200 rpm. In this paper, we propose the numerical model to reduce vibration by designing weight balancers and grommets. Results for analytical investigations on the exciting force and moment at the pump mass center, weight balancers and exciting frequency variation are presented.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.282-288
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• 2010

The paper presents the characteristics of capacity control of variable speed water cooler with the electronic expansion valve open/close degree. It is a preliminary study on the optimum control of the water cooler system using a variable speed compressor controlled by inverter. The electronic expansion valve controlled by the variation of compressor speed maintains the constant degree of superheat at the evaporator outlet, which aims to find the degree of superheat obtaining the optimum refrigeration effect. The investigation indicates that there is a point achieving the maximum cooling capacity by the variation of the electronic expansion valve open/close degree with constant compressor speed.