• 설비공학논문집
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.201-207
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• 2013

The performance of automobile air conditioning systems of R1234yf was evaluated and compared with that of R134a. In particular, the performance evaluation was carried out by installing an internal heat exchanger in order to improve the performance of the system used in R1234yf. A performance comparison between the R1234yf and R134a for automotive air conditioning revealed that the cooling capacity and COP of the 1234yf system without the IHX decreased by up to 7% and 4.5%, respectively, but those with the IHX decreased by up to 1.8% and 2.9%, respectively.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제18권12호
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• pp.984-991
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• 2006

The applications of multi air-conditioners into multiplex and high-rise buildings have been increased by replacing central air-conditioning systems. The pipe length and altitude difference between the indoor and outdoor units can be increased based on installation conditions, which may increase the possibility of flash gas generation at the expansion device inlet. The flash gas generation causes rapid reduction of refrigerant flow rate passing through the expansion device, yielding lower system efficiency. Accumulator heat exchangers have been widely used in multi air-conditioners in order to minimize flash gas generation and obtain system reliability. However, the studies on the heat transfer characteristics and pressure drops of accumulator heat exchangers are very limited in open literature. In this study, the heat transfer rates and pressure drops of accumulator heat exchangers were measured with refrigerant flow rate and operating conditions by using R-22. The heat transfer rate increased with the increase of refrigerant flow rate, while subcooling decreased. The heat transfer rate enhanced with the reduction of inlet superheat and subcooling due to the increased temperature difference between the accumulator and inner heat exchanger.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.158-166
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• 2004

The performance of a heat pump using $CO_2$ is predicted and analyzed by using a cycle simulation model developed in this study. Cycle simulations are conducted by varying design parameters and operating conditions with the applications of advanced techniques to improve system performance. The applied systems in the simulations are internal heat exchanger, expander, and 2-stage compression with intercooling. As a result, the applications of advanced techniques improve the heating and cooling performances of the transcritical $CO_2$ cycle by 8∼26％ and 20∼30％, respectively, over the basic cycle.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.20-27
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• 2013

Numerical modeling of $CO_2$ water heater was conducted prior to optimal design of medium and large sized $CO_2$ water heater, and the experimental test with small sized $CO_2$ water heater having heat capacity of 4 kW was completed to verify the present numerical model. The present model estimated the experimental data of COP(coefficient of performance), heating capacity, and the hot water outlet temperature within the range of 3% to 8% of mean deviation. As increase of EEV(electric expansion valve) opening area, decreasing of heating capacity and the hot water outlet temperature, and increasing of COP were found in both experimental and numerical investigation.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제20권8호
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• pp.517-525
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• 2008

In order to study the heat transfer and pressure drop of an internal heat exchanger for $CO_2$ heat pump under cooling condition, the experiment and numerical analysis were performed. Four kinds of internal heat exchangers with a coaxial tube type and a micro-channel tube type were used. The experimental apparatus consisted of a test section, a power supply, a heater, a chiller, a mass flow meter, a pump and a measurement system. The section-by-section method and Hardy-Cross method were used for the numerical analysis. The effects of the internal heat exchanger refrigerant flow rate, the length of the internal heat exchanger, the operating condition of the gas-cooler, the evaporator and the type of the internal heat exchangers were investigated. With increasing of the flow rate, the heat transfer rate increased about 25%. The heat transfer rate of the micro-channel tube type was higher about 100% than that of the coaxial tube type. With increasing of the length of the internal heat exchanger, the heat transfer rate increased about $20{\sim}50%$. The pressure drop of the low-side tube was larger compared with that of the high-side tube.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.403-410
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• 2020

본 논문은 포항지역 태양광 데이터를 기반으로 태양열을 적용시켜 12kW의 소형 초임계 이산화탄소(s-CO₂) 시험 루프의 설계와 실험 시설의 이론적 연구, 안정화 및 최적화를 통한 이산화탄소의 특성 연구에 초점을 맞추고 있다. 실험 시설의 열역학 사이클은 구성 요소의 한계로 인해 액체, 가스 및 초임계 CO₂가 모두 존재하는 랭킨 사이클(임계점 순환 주기)이며, 펌프, 히터, 레귤레이터, 열교환기, 가스 부스터, 에어 컴프레서 등으로 구성된다. 현재 본 연구에서 제작된 12kW 소형 발전 시스템은 최고압력 12MPa 최고 온도 70℃의 조건에서 6.98%의 효율이 나타나도록 설계되었다. 본 실험 장치를 소형 Brayton cycle과 비교했을 때 약 2% 높은 효율을 가진다는 것을 이론적으로 확인하였고, 사이클 효율을 높이기 위해 최적의 터빈 입구 온도와 압력을 얻었으며, 이 조건에서 IHX(내부 열교환기)의 도입시 18.75%의 최대 효율을 기대할 수 있다는 결론을 도출하였다. 마지막으로, 실험 설비의 태양광 시뮬레이션 결과 5월에는 6.7%, 6월에는 6.26%의 효율로 태양열을 이용할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.173-179
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• 2013

Middle-sized $CO_2$ water heater having compressor power of 7.45 kW was designed, and its performances were experimentally tested. Besides, optimum design of the $CO_2$ water heater was conducted by cycle simulation. When ambient temperature of $7^{\circ}C$ and hot water outlet temperature of $80^{\circ}C$ the $CO_2$ water heater showed the COP of 3.2. As hot water temperature increased the COP is getting decreased due to significant increase of compressor power consumption compared to increasing rate of heating capacity. When ambient temperature increased from $-3^{\circ}C$ to $12^{\circ}C$ the COP increased by 30%. The optimum components design of a gas cooler, an internal heat exchanger, and an evaporator were conducted, and the experimental correlation between amount of EEV opening and ambient temperature, and hot water temperature was suggested.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.2888-2897
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• 2011

본 연구에서 개발된 정상상태 사이클 모사 프로그램을 통해 이산화탄소를 사용하는 지열 히트펌프 시스템의 성능을 고찰하였다. 내부열교환기를 포함하지 않는 기본 히트펌프 사이클의 성능에 대한 다양한 운전변수들의 영향을 조사하기 위해 매개변수 연구를 수행하였다. 시뮬레이션 프로그램은 실내기, 실외기, 압축기, 팽창밸브를 모사하는 포트란 서브루틴과 비주얼 베이식을 사용해 프로그램된 입력을 위한 전처리, 출력을 위한 후처리 프로세서를 포함하는 그래픽 인터페이스로 구성되어 있다. Refprop V6.01을 사용하여 이산화탄소의 열역학적 물성치와 상평형 거동을 계산하였다. 모사결과들의 신뢰성은 사례연구를 통한 실험데이터와의 비교를 통해 검증하였다. 본 연구에서 개발된 사이클 모사 프로그램은 이산화탄소 지열 히트펌프 시스템의 경제적이면서도 효율적인 운전조건들을 결정하고 최적화하는 데 있어 유용한 도구가 될 수 있을 것이다.