• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.168-177
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 현재 상업용으로 가장 많이 사용되고 있는 멀티시스템형 에어컨실외기의 화재 위험성을 평가하기 위하여 에어컨실외기의 실물 연소실험을 수행하였다. 그 결과 에어컨실외기는 내부 폭발과 상부 배출 그릴을 통한 급격한 화염분출 및 화재확산을 보였으며, 이는 실외기 내부에 내장된 전선, 전자 제어판, 열교환용 동판 및 합성수지류 등의 가연물이 연소하고 냉매가스가 충전된 배관이 가열로 인해 파괴되어 냉매가스가 분출되면서 화재폭발과 외부로 화염분출을 가속시켜 일어난 것이다. 본 실험에서 에어컨실외기의 최고 열방출율은 5,830 kW로 나타났으며, 열화상 카메라 및 열전대에 의해 측정된 실외기의 내부 온도는 최고 $1,201^{\circ}C$이고, 외부온도는 최고 $881^{\circ}C$ 이상, 화염의 길이는 약 5 m 이상 상승하였다. 그러므로 에어컨실외기의 화재는 주변 가연물을 발화시키는 원인으로 작용하여 건축물에 2차 화재를 발생시킴으로써 큰 피해를 줄 수 있을 것으로 판단된다. 이러한 실물실험에서 얻어낸 결과는 향후 컴퓨터시뮬레이션에서 에어컨실외기의 화재구현 및 주변 가연물로의 화재 확산 예측에 적용될 수 있을 것이다.

• International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.15-21
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• 2008

Air-cooled split-type air conditioners (AC) are very popular in high-rise residential and commercial buildings in Korea. The performance of such AC systems varies significantly with system characteristics and environmental conditions. Particularly, the outdoor condensing unit of the system, if poorly cooled due to high density of AC distribution and restricted outdoor space, will result in large decrease of cooling efficiency and increase of electrical energy consumption and may further jeopardize the system reliability. This paper presents a numerical analysis on the thermal and energy performance of a group of air-cooled air conditioners installed at a courtyard of a high-rise building. The study introduces a series of new energy performance indices to assess the group performance of the AC condensers with different outdoor unit layouts. The results not only indicate the COP of the systems, but also quantify the system capacity and energy consumption. The evaluation method and indices developed are useful for guiding the design of the distribution plan of the AC units at building re-entrants.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.123-128
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• 2022

에너지를 절약하기 위해 고효율 히트펌프를 개발하기 위한 많은 연구가 이루어지고 있으며, 실외기 코일에 발생하는 서리가 발생하는 현상을 줄이거나 없애기 위한 연구도 동시에 이루어지고 있다. 계절과 관계없이 히트펌프의 실외기에 서리가 발생하지 않는 연구를 진행할 수 있도록 자연 상태와 동일한 조건에서 실험할 수 있는 항온챔버를 구축하였다. 항온챔버 내에 설치된 히트펌프의 실외기에 자연 상태와 같은 환경을 제공하여 실험하였으며, 그 결과 외기온도가 낮을수록 히트펌프의 효율은 낮으며, 히트펌프 시스템의 운전이 안정화 상태에 도달하는 시간은 외기온도가 낮을수록 길어지는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국주거학회논문집
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.19-25
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• 2005

This paper call attention to the characteristics of apartment unit plans as to the outdoor adjacency methods. My arguments will attempt to investigate spatial composition and each room sizes of the unit plans. So far, very little has been done in this direction. I will limits myself to study 573 plans which have been designed from 1996 till 2003. What emerges from this analysis is that these samples divided 3 types derived from the outdoor adjacency methods. Type 1 limits itself to 39 square meters unit plans. Type 2 was distributed from 49 square meters to 200 square meters with the exception of 100-110 square meters. And, type 3 ranges from 59 to 160 square meters. Therefore, it could be profitable each room's environmental condition (daylight, ventilation and etc) and diverse apartment building types to design in extent 49-160 square meters.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.371-377
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• 2017

에어컨의 성능은 분리형 실외기의 냉각 성능과 밀접한 관련이 있으며, 그에 따라 대다수의 관련 선행 연구에서는 실외기 내부 축류팬의 단독 성능에 대한 연구를 진행하였다. 하지만 축류팬을 제외한 실외기 내부 여러 구성요소의 영향에 대한 연구는 부족한 실정이다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 여러 요소 중 팬 오리피스가 실외기 유동 성능에 미치는 영향을 수치적으로 분석하였다. 고정밀 유동장 해석을 위해 약 1800만 개의 격자로 구성된 가상 팬 테스터를 개발하고, V-LES의 일종인 비정상 RANS(Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes) 방정식을 CFD(Computational Fluid Dynamics) 기법에 기초하여 해석하였다. 수치 해석의 유효성을 확인하기 위해서 실험을 통해 측정한 실외기 시스템의 P-Q 곡선을 가상 팬 테스터를 사용한 수치 해석 결과와 비교하였다. 유효성을 검증한 수치 기법을 이용하여 실외기 유량 성능을 최대화할 수 있는 오리피스 형상 최적 설계를 수행하였다.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2004년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.655-660
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• 2004

The pipes in the outdoor unit of an air conditioner are designed to reduce the vibration effect of the compressor. Three-dimensional structure of the pipe could provide various design choices and the resultant vibration characteristics of the outdoor units. A design program has been developed for an eligible parametric study of pipe design and automatic vibration analysis using commercial software, I-DEAS, and its macro. Optimal design of pipe configuration has been performed using the commercial software, iSIGHT. The optimized design shows 70 percents improvement in the vibration characteristics of the outdoor unit of an air conditioner.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.542-548
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• 1999

Instead of testing split air conditioners, an empirically based calculation procedure may be used to estimate the Energy Efficiency Ratio at ARI A test conditions. Typically, the system involving the indoor unit well sold and the given outdoor unit is called the matched system. All other systems involving a given outdoor unit and other indoor units are called the mixed systems. To estimate the EER(A) for the mixed systems, EER(A) for the matched system must be known, Generally, the EER(A) for the matched system is known. This procedure relies on independent measurements and calculations made on an outdoor unit in conjunction with a matched indoor and a mixed indoor coil. A heat pump simulation model was used to quantify the effects of individual system components on the system performance. The procedure is applicable to all air-conditioning units having rated cooling capacities less than 19,000W and charged with refrigerant 22.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.13-19
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• 2016

Purpose: In this study, we examined outdoor air fraction using historical data of actual Air Handling Unit (AHU) in the existing building during intermediate season and analyzed optimal outdoor air fraction by control types for economizer. Method: Control types for economizer which was used in analysis are No Economizer(NE), Differential Dry-bulb Temperature(DT), Diffrential Enthalpy(DE), Differential Dry-bulb Temperature+Differential Enthalpy(DTDE), and Differential Enthalpy+Differential Dry-bulb Temperature (DEDT). In addition, the system heating and cooling load were analyzed by calculating the outdoor air fraction through existing AHU operating method and control types for economizer. Result: Optimized outdoor air fraction through control types was the lowest in March and distribution over 50% was shown in May. In case of DE control type, outdoor air fraction was the highest of other control types and the value was average 63% in May. System heating load was shown the lowest value in NE, however, system cooling load was shown 1.7 times higher than DT control type and 5 times higher than DE control type. For system heating load, DT and DTDE is similar during intermediate season. However, system cooling load was shown 3 times higher than DE and DEDT. Accordingly, it was found as the method to save cooling energy most efficiently with DE control considering enthalpy of outdoor air and return air in intermediate season.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제23권11호
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• pp.726-732
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• 2011

The aerodynamic and aeroacoustic performance of discharge grille of outdoor unit of air-conditioner was investigated in this study. Discharge grille is one of outdoor unit's important parts to affect the flow rate and Overall Sound Pressure Level(OSPL). New type of discharge grille was suggested based on the results of numerical simulation. To simulate the flow pattern near the propeller fan, commercial flow solver FLUENT was used. Sliding mesh method was used for rotating propeller fan and initial condition for unsteady model was calculated by Multiple Reference Frame(MRF) method. To minimize the interaction noise between fan blade wake and discharge grille, new discharge grille has radial rib which is aligned with trailing edge of fan blade. And inclined radial rib was adopted for reducing flow rate drop in discharge grille. The optimization of inclined angle of radial grille was performed experimentally.

• 대한건축학회논문집:구조계
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.155-163
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• 2020

Indoor airborne particles are consisted of outdoor- and indoor-generated particles, which can be characterized by their compositions, generation features and toxicity. The identification of source contribution of indoor and outdoor origin to indoor particles is important to understand PM_2.5 transport in a building as well as its impact on occupant health. The objective of this study is to investigate seasonal source contribution to indoor PM_2.5 concentration depending on airtightness of apartment units. To evaluate the source contribution, particle transport including penetration, generation, exfiltration in an apartment housing unit was simulated by using CONTAM with particle and airflow simulation parameters obtained from field measurements. The result showed that the outdoor source contribution to indoor air was relatively dominant in the leaky housing unit during spring (77.2%) and winter (73.9%), and the indoor source was dominant in the airtight housing unit during summer (60.3%) and fall (60.7%). These results indicate the seasonal health risk of indoor PM_2.5 can be varied according to airtightness of apartment units.