• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 유체기계공업학회 2003년도 유체기계 연구개발 발표회 논문집
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• pp.529-534
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• 2003

Comprehensive study on the system, including blower and ducts, of HVAC device of a vehicle has been carried out for improvements of noise characteristics. The parameters of design improvements are concerned with geometric informations such as the shape of ducts and presence of a windshield window. Test results show that noise level increasing the following order: HV (HD) < V (D) < BH ${\sim}$ BHV (BHD) < B (B, H, V, D denote for blower, heater unit, vent duct, defrost duct, respectively). The effects of windshield glass on the noise level in the case of defrost mode are pronounced and the effects of the geometry of ducts on the overall HVAC noise prove to be not small.

• 한국가시화정보학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.40-44
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• 2010

Thermal comfort inside a passenger car has been receiving large attention in automobile industries. Especially, the performance of windshield defroster is important in the design of a car to ensure passenger comport and safety. Thereby, better understanding on the ventilation flow along the vehicle windshield is essential to evaluate the performance of windshield defroster. However, most previous studies dealt with the defrost flow using CFD (computational fluid dynamics) calculations or scale-down model experiments. In this study, a real commercial automobile was used to investigate the flow discharged from the vehicle defroster and the ventilation flow along the windshield using a PIV velocity field measurement technique. The experimental data would be useful to understand the flow characteristics in detail and also can be used to validate numerical predictions.

• International Journal of Automotive Technology
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.139-143
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• 2006

As an automobile tends to be high grade, the needs for more luxurious interior and comfortable HVAC system are emerged. The defrosting ability is another major factor of the performances of HVAC system. The present work is to simulate the flow and the temperature field of cabin interior during the defrost mode. The three-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes equations and energy equation were solved on the multi blocked grid system by the iterative time marching method and AF scheme, respectively. The present computations were validated by the comparison of the temperature field of a driven cavity and velocity field of 1/5 model scale of an automobile. Generally good agreements were obtained. By the present computation, the complicated features of flow and temperature within the automotive cabin interior could be well understood.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제16권11호
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• pp.1084-1091
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• 2004

In automotive air handling system, mixing of air streams by the cooler and the heater affects the comfort of cabin room. In the present study, computer-aided analysis is done to improve the thermal comfort and for the optimal design of automotive HVAC system. The simulation software used was FLUENT, and complicate geometries were created by three dimensional CAD. Air flow volume, fir distribution rate and temperature controllability and temperature differences between upper and lower discharge air are analyzed through numerical simulation at vent, floor and defrost mode. Also, velocity vector of sirocco fan is investigated through the scroll housing. The velocity vector magnitude is larger at lower region of fan than that at any other regions. Recirculation and disturbance of air is relatively high near the cut-off edge in the scroll housing. By using the results of this study, the time for prototype production can be reduced and timely decisions can be made to determine initial design directions.

• 에너지공학
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.235-242
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• 2006

본 연구는 공기 열원 열펌프의 성능 향상을 위한 연구로써 제상 방법으로 고온냉매 우회방법을 사용하고 내부열교환기를 장착한 열펌프 시스템의 성능을 ISO5151의 표준제상 조건에서 실험하였다. 실험은 고온냉매 우회방법과 가장 일반적인 제상 방법인 시간주기 제상방법을 비교하였으며 착상 발생 후 압축기 출구의 고온냉매를 실외기 입구로 우회시킬 때 실외기 홴 속도를 정상속도에 대하여 0%, 30%, 60%, 90%로 변화 시키면서 열펌프의 성능변화를 관찰하였다. 연구결과 210분의 열펌프 가동시간 동안 고온냉매 우회방법은 시간주기 제상방법 보다 $2.2{\sim}6%$ 높은 평균 성능계수를 나타냈으며 고온냉매 우회방법에서는 실외기의 홴 속도가 60%일 때 가장 좋은 성능계수와 난방용량을 나타냈다.