• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.419-425
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• 2019

The objective of this study was to investigate the cooling performance characteristics of a hybrid refrigeration system in a heavy duty vehicle. The tested hybrid refrigeration system had additionally an electric compressor besides the present mechanical compressor for selective use according to the operating conditions. The applied electric compressor was a scroll type and with 18.0 cc displacement. In order to analyze the performance characteristics of the hybrid refrigeration system with respect to the cooling capacity and Coefficient of Performance (COP), other components, including two different types of compressors, were installed and tested under various operating conditions such as compressor speed and air flow rate of the evaporator. When the electric compressor was operated at 4,500 rev/min, the cooling capacity was about 4.0kW and COP was 3.5. When the mechanical compressor was operated, whereas the cooling capacity was higher than the electric controlled compressor, COP was lower due to the larger displacement and higher power consumption. To analyze the hybrid system operating characteristics due to reasonable cooling capacity with electric compressor operation, the mechanical compressor and electric compressor were operated by turns every 10 minutes under certain system operating conditions. Because surge pressure occurred when both compressors were switched on, the operating strategy required some time to balance the system pressure.

• 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 the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.19 no.12
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• pp.924-930
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• 2018

The objective of this study was to investigate heating performance characteristics of electric heat pump system in a fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV). In order to analyze heating performance characteristics of electric heat pump system with plate-type heat exchanger using stack coolant to evaporate the refrigerant, R-134a, each component was installed and tested under various operating conditions, such as air inlet temperature of inner condenser and compressor speed. When the air inlet temperature of inner condenser was varied from $0.0^{\circ}C$ to $-20.0^{\circ}C$, heating capacity was not quite different due to similar temperature gap between inlet and outlet of inner condenser with electric-driven expansion valve (EEV). However, COP increased until certain EEV opening, especially under 45.0%, because of decreasing power consumption. According to the compressor speed variation from 2,000 to 4,000 RPM, heating capacity and COP were found to have opposite trend. In the future works, stack coolant conditions as the heat source for tested heat pump system were analyzed with respect to heating performance, such as heating capacity and COP.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2012.07a
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• pp.600-603
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• 2012

본 논문은 최근 친환경 차량인 EV & HEV의 전장품에 운전 효율 및 연비를 극대화하기 위해 브러시리스 직류 (Brushless DC) 전동기 및 Sensorless Drive를 적용시키는 사례가 증가하고 있다. 특히 전 세계적으로 환경오염의 주범이 되고 있는 차량의 이산화 탄소 배출량 규제, 계속된 유가상승 등에 따라 가장 밀접하게 연관되어 있는 자동차 전장품에 전동화를 통한 연비향상을 적극적으로 추진하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 차량의 전장 제품으로 다양하게 적용되고 있는 에어컨 압축기로 냉방용 컴프레서에 브러시리스 직류전동기 및 Sensorless 제어기를 적용 에어컨 컴프레서를 개발 하여 20CC 전동식 스크롤 컴프레서에 적용하여 실험하였다. 이러한 실험으로 제품의 운전 효율 증대시킴은 물론 우월한 압축 성능을 가져 옴으로써 차량용 에어컨 컴프레서의 고효율 전동화를 유도 시킬 수 있음을 확인 할 수 있었다.

• 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 KIPE Conference
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• 2020.08a
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• pp.423-424
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• 2020

기후변화 규제에 대응하기 위해 자동차 산업에서는 엔진의 배기가스는 줄이고, 출력은 향상시키는 과급기를 필요로한다. 전동식 과급기에 필요한 압축기는 초고속의 모터회전이 필요하고, 압축기 전기모터의 속도, 회전자의 위치 추정을 위해서는 센서가 필요하다. 하지만 센서의 사용은 비용의 증가, 신뢰도저하 등과 같은 문제점들이 있고, 이러한 문제점들을 해결하기 위해 여러 센서리스 방식들이 사용되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 PSIM 시뮬레이터를 이용하여 전류모델 기반의 센서리스 방식으로 동기전동기(SPMSM)를 구동하는 0.8초 내로 90000rpm의 속도까지 도달하도록 시뮬레이션을 구현하였다.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2008.11b
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• pp.2594-2599
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• 2008

This study deals with the development of PMSM(Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor) for automotive EDC(Electric Drive Compressor). We have already developed the previous version of PMSM. It showed the characteristics of small size and high efficiency. But noise and vibration levels were higher than target values, so it was impossible to apply. So, in order to reduce noise and vibration levels, many parameters like the numbers of slots, the numbers of winding turns, and slot open width were changed. As a result, noise level of newly developed PMSM was decreased about 36.9% at maximum operating frequency (8600 rpm), and was reduced about 37.7% at rated frequency (6000 rpm) with the same sized and more efficient PMSM.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.12 no.12
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• pp.5430-5437
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• 2011

The objective of this study is to investigate the cooling performances of the electrical air-conditioning system using electric driven scroll compressor for zero emission passenger vehicles. This air conditioner with air source was used R-134a as a refrigerant and installed in a real zero emission passenger vehicle for tests under various driving conditions. The cooling performance of the electrical air conditioner was affected by driving velocities and conditions of the tested vehicle. The condensing rate of the condenser during driving is better than that of the idle condition. The average cool down temperature in the cabin room decreased on average $5.2^{\circ}C$ with the increase of the outdoor temperature from $20.0^{\circ}C$ to $30.0^{\circ}C$. In addition, the cooling performances were sufficient for cooling loads of the tested passenger car under tested conditions.

• 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 Energy Engineering
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.124-129
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• 2015

An experimental study was performed estimating COP(Coefficient of Performance) of air-conditioning cycle using inverter scroll compressor with and without $Al_2O_3$ nano particle. All experiments were done for various compressor speeds from 1000~4000 rpm and used the inverter controller called CANDY to change the compressor rpm. The air-conditioning cycle components in the apparatus were used as same with components of YF hybrid car. To estimate the COP, this study measured the temperature and pressure at inlets and outlets of compressor, condenser, and evaporator. And also measured the compressor input power using Powermeter. Through the experiments, the maximum error to estimate COP was shown about ${\pm}6.09%$ at 3500rpm. The COP of refrigeration cycle with $Al_2O_3$ nano-particle was similar with that of the base cycle without nano-particle between 1000~3000 rpm of the compressor speed. But, This study showed that the COP of the cycle with $Al_2O_3$ over 3000 rpm of the compressor speed was higher than that of the base cycle due to the higher heat transfer rate increased in the evaporator from the higher oil flow rate inside the cycle as well known. Those results can be used the basic and fundamental data to design the air-conditioning cycle using inverter scroll compressor with $Al_2O_3$ nano particle.