• 설비공학논문집
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.279-287
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• 1996

A cycle analysis is performed to investigate how the non-ideal gas behavior of helium reduces the heating capacity of VM heat pumps. Since the operating pressures of VM heat pumps are as high as 1 to 20 MPa, the compressibility factor of helium becomes clearly greater than 1 and the non-ideal behavior always represents a thermal loss in heating. To calculate the amount of the losses, an adiabatic cycle analysis is performed with the real properties of helium and the net enthaply flows through the two regenerators are numerically obtained. It is shown that the non-ideal gas losses could be as much as 8% in the heating capacity when the operating pressures are greater than 10MPa. The effects of the operating temperatures and the dead volumes on the loss are presented.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.1572-1583
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• 1993

본 연구는 VM열펌프를 구성하는 2개 재생기의 특성을 동시에 고려하여 해석하 고자 시도되었다. 먼저, 기존의 유동 및 열전달모델들을 비교, 검토하여 VM열펌프용 재생기 특성에 부합되는 해석모델을 선정한다. 선정된 해석모델을 2차해석법(second -order method)의 개념에 의거, 실제 열펌프에 적용하여 작동조건 및 설계인자에 따른 재생기의 성능변화를 고찰한다. 여기서 2차해석법의 개념은 이상화된 전체시스템에 대한 해석결과로부터 압력, 질량유량 등 필요한 기본변수를 구하여 이들을 재생기특성 해석에 적용하는 접근방법으로서 재생기특성과 작동유체거동 사이의 상호작용은 고려 되지 않는다. 해석과정에서의 구체적인 계산은 각 구성요소에 대한 제원이 비교적 상세히 공개된 Schulz열펌프를 대상으로 수행하며 전술한 기본변수는 이미 발표된 VM사이클에 대한 단열해석법으로부터 구한다.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.208-218
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• 1996

Performance of a VM heat pump is considerably affected by various losses, such as enthalpy dump, reheat loss, pumping loss, conduction loss and shuttle loss. A second-order analysis model of VM heat pumps, which allows consideration of the major losses, was presented. Actual heat transfer rates for heat exchangers were calculated from the heat transfer rates obtained by the adiabatic analysis and various losses. New effective temperatures of heat exchangers were calculated from the actual heat transfer rates and the mean heat transfer coefficients until there was no appreciable change in the effective temperatures. Effects of design parameters, such as phase angle, swept volume ratio, regenerator length and speed on heating capacity, cooling capacity and COP were shown.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.333-342
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• 1997

An experimental study has been carried out to investigate the effects of the combination of the different wire mesh number in a regenerator and the tube number in a cooler on the cooling performance of a Vuilleumier cycle heat pump. Effects of operating conditions, such as charging pressure, operating speed, and heat input, on the cooling performance are also studied. The experimental results obtained indicate that the cooling performance could be improved with the proper combination of different wire meshes in a regenerator. More tubes in a cooler are desirable for better cooling performance. It is also found that the cooling capacity is enhanced, whereas COP is reduced with an increase in the heater tube temperature and the revolution speed. Both the cooling capacity and COP are incereased with a higher charging pressure.