• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.345-348
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• 2008

The computer-aided performance simulation can reduce periods for development of products and cut down on the cost comparing with former trial-and-error procedures. This study has developed a simulation program for a vehicle thermal management system integrating an engine cooling system and an air conditioning system considering interactions and arrangement of air side heat exchangers such as power steering oil cooler, air-cooled transmission oil cooler, condenser, and radiator. The program may be also used for the system performance analysis according to the configuration of the engine coolant side heat exchangers such as water-cooled transmission oil cooler, EGR cooler, and heater core. Experiments utilizing an environmental wind tunnel has been conducted to assess the performance of the system according to the arrangement of air side heat exchangers. Some modification of the coolant loop layout can enhance the heat core performance up to 7% according to the results of the simulations.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제23권8호
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• pp.562-570
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• 2011

In this research, an experimental study is performed to investigate the effects of system operating variables on the cooling and heating characteristics of heat pump system using geothermal heat source and carbon dioxide as a refrigerant. System variables analyzed include compressor frequency, electronic expansion valve opening, refrigerant charge, secondary fluid temperature and flow rate. Results show that optimum refrigerant charge and electronic expansion valve opening position exist at the maximum point of COP curve, and both cooling and heating capacity increase but COPs decrease with the increase of compressor frequency. The change of a secondary fluid temperature leads to variation of overheat area and enthalpy difference in the evaporator and gas cooler. which again results in considerable variations of cooling and heating capacity and COP. In the case of effects of secondary water fluid flow rate, both cooling capacity and COP increase with the increase of secondary flow in evaporator or gas cooler, whereas heating capacity and COP decrease with the increase of flow rate in gas cooler.

• 대한설비공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한설비공학회 2009년도 하계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.623-628
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• 2009

Desiccant based air conditioning system offers a promising alternative to conventional one using vapour compression refrigeration for energy saving and greenhouse gas reduction. It is a heat driven cycle which has high potential for the use of low grade heat source such as the waste heat from the cogeneration plant or the solar thermal energy. In this study, the cooling performance of a desiccant cooling system incorporating a regenerative evaporative cooler was characterized in various operation conditions through numerical simulation. The cooling capacity and COP were evaluated at various outdoor conditions, regeneration temperatures, and supply flow rates. Based on the performance characteristics, the optimal control scheme was discussed to minimize the cooling cost at part load condition.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제28권8호
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• pp.316-324
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• 2016

This study investigated a compact regenerative evaporative cooler (REC). To achieve practical applications of an REC, it is very important to consider the compactness as well as the cooling performance. Therefore, a prototype of the REC was designed and fabricated to improve the compactness by reducing the length through the insertion of fins in both the dry and wet channels. The REC prototype was tested in terms of performance evaluation under various operating conditions. An analytical model was also developed to analyze the effects of the axial conduction through the solid body of the REC, the wetness of the surface in the wet channel, and the thermal capacity of the evaporation water flow. The model was validated by comparing the results of a simulation with experimental data. The numerical simulation was based on the model to analyze the performance of the REC and to suggest methods to improve the cooling performance of the REC. Finally, the performance of the present REC was compared to that obtained in previous experimental studies. The results showed that the REC prototype in the present study is the most compact and achieves the highest cooling performance.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.531-538
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• 2007

In this study, an air conditioning system using carbon dioxide as a refrigerant was developed for automotive cabin cooling. Experiments have been carried out to examine the steady state and dynamic characteristics of this system. The system consists of a compressor, a gas cooler, an evaporator, an expansion device, an internal heat exchanger and an accumulator. The compressor is a variable displacement type, driven by the electric motor, and the gas cooler and the evaporator are aluminum extruded heat exchangers of micro channel type. The $CO_2-refrigerant$ charge, the compressor speed, the air inlet temperature of the gas cooler, the air inlet temperature and the air flow rate of the evaporator and the cooling load are varied and the performance of the system is experimentally investigated. As the compressor speed increased, cooling capacity increased, but the coefficient of performance was deteriorated. As the cabin air temperature or the air flow rate to the cabin was set high, both the cooling capacity and the COP increased. In the cool down experiment with 1.0 or 2.0 kW of heat load, the dynamic characteristics of the air-conditioning system were investigated. For a given capacity of compressor, cool down speed was monitored, and the temperature change was acceptable fur low heat load condition.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.263-268
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• 2004

곡물냉각기를 이용하여 벼의 냉각특성을 구명하기 위하여 RPC의 원형빈에서 2회의 냉각실험을 실시하였다. 1차 냉각 실험은 하절기에 200 톤 규모의 원형빈에서, 2차 냉각실험은 수확기에 300 톤 규모의 원형빈에 저장된 벼를 대상으로 실시하였다. 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1차 냉각실험에서 초기곡온 23.6$^{\circ}C$, 함수율 19.3%인 벼180.3 톤을 14$^{\circ}C$까지 냉각시키는데 52.5시간이 소요되었으며, 냉각을 통해 함수율은 약 0.6% 감소하였다. 또한, 2차 냉각실험에서 초기곡온 16.1$^{\circ}C$, 함수율 19.2%인 벼 272.2 톤을 5.5$^{\circ}C$까지 냉각시키는데 78.0시간이 소요되었다. 1, 2차 냉각실험에서 냉각공기온도를 각각 8.0, 5.5$^{\circ}C$로 설정하였을 때, 곡물냉각기출구의 냉각공기온도는 각각 8.0$\pm$0.48$^{\circ}C$, 5.7$\pm$0.84$^{\circ}C$로서 정밀하게 제어되고 있음을 알 수 있었으며, 2차 냉각실험에서의 온도편차가 1차 냉각실험에서보다 높게 나타난 것은 냉각부하가 적었고, 외기조건이 급격하기 변화하여 압축기 무부하전자변, 재열기 및 증발기에 공급되는 고온고압 냉매가스량, 응축기 송풍기가 제어되었기 때문으로 판단되었다. 1차 냉각실험에서 곡물냉각기에서 냉각된 공기량은 평균77.5㎥/min인데 비해 곡물층을 통과한 냉각공기량은 42.5㎥/min에 불과해 약 45%의 냉각공기가 누설되어 이에 대한 방지책이 필요하였다. 냉각부하가 큰 하절기에 실시한 1차 냉각실험에서는 댐퍼만이 제어되었으며, 소요전력은 평균 22.1㎾를 나타낸 반면, 냉각부하가 적은 수확기에 실시한 2차 냉각실험에서는 압축기의 무부하전자변, 응축기 송풍기 등이 제어되었으며, 소요전력은 평균 17.4㎾로 나타나 하절기에 비하여 약 27%정도의 에너지가 절감된 것으로 나타났다.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.413-421
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• 2014

제습 냉방시스템은 증발식 냉각기를 이용하여 공조 공기를 냉각하는 시스템으로 전기구동 냉각기 없이 열에너지만으로 냉방 공급을 수행할 수 있다. 따라서, CFC 계열의 냉매 사용에 의한 오존층 파괴 및 하절기 냉각기 가동에 의한 첨두 전력부하의 증가 등 기존의 냉방시스템이 야기하는 여러 가지 문제점들을 해결할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 제습 냉방시스템의 효율을 향상시키기 위해 냉방 성능과 엑서지 해석을 수행하였다. 특히 열역학 제2법칙에 근거한 엑서지 해석을 이용할 경우 전체시스템과 구성요소에서의 엑서지 파괴의 원인을 분석함으로써 시스템의 효율과 관련된 주제에 대하여 더욱 본질적인 측면에서 접근할 수 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 재생온도와 외기조건의 변화에 따른 재생 증발식 냉각기를 이용한 제습 냉방시스템의 성능계수, 냉방용량, 엑서지 성능을 평가하는 것이다.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.10-15
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• 2005

This study was initiated to evaluate the cooling performance of CAC (charged air cooler) and radiator in the engine room of a mini bus. So we had firstly to predict the mass flow rate coming from radiator grille and front bum per opening using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation based on 3D configuration. And simulations were carried out for different cooling module layout and bum per opening hole size on sam e vehicle operating condition. Simulation results show that CAC cooling performance at reverse protecting plate-applying model was much efficient than that of the bum per opening hole size-increasing model in IMTD point of view. Part of the CFD simulation results was com pared to with experimental data. It was confirm ed that the CFD approach using STAR-CD based on pursuing no-com promise solution could provide design engineers with useful design information in the early design stage of vehicle development.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.17-23
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• 2012

The steady three-dimensional computational thermal flow analysis using standard k-${\varepsilon}$ turbulence model was carried out to investigate the heat transfer characteristics of a cabin cooler for a commercial vehicle. The heat exchanging method of this cabin cooler is to use the cooling effect of a thermoelectric module. In view of the results so far achieved, the air system resistance of a cabin cooler is about 12.4 Pa as a static pressure, and then the operating point of a cross-flow fan considering in this study is formed in the comparatively low flowrate region. The air temperature difference obtained from the cold part of an thermoelectric module is about $26^{\circ}C$, and the cooling water temperature difference obtained from the hot part of an thermoelectric module is about $3.5^{\circ}C$.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.211-217
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• 2006

The three-dimensional numerical analysis has been carried out to figure out the effect of the thermoelectric element thickness on the thermal performance of the thermo-electric micro-cooler. The small-size and column-type thermoelectric cooler is considered. It is known that tellurium compounds currently have the highest cooling performance around the room temperature. Thus, in the present study, $Bi_{2}Te_{3}$ and $Sb_{2}Te_{3}$ are selected as the n- and p-type thermoelectric materials, respectively. The thermoelectric leg considered is less than $20{\mu}m$ thick. The thickness of the leg may affect the thermal and electrical transport through the interfaces between the leg and metal conductors. The effect of the thermoelectric element thickness on the thermal performance of the cooler has been investigated with parameters such as the temperature difference, the current, and the cooling power.