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Improvement of Compressor-Cooling Efficiency Based on Ribs

리브를 활용한 압축기 냉각 효율 향상에 관한 연구

  • Hwang, Il Sun (Sustainable Eco-friendly Energy Center, Kongju National University) ;
  • Lee, Young Lim (Dept. of Mech. and Auto. Eng., Kongju National University)
  • 황일선 (공주대학교 친환경지속가능에너지연구소) ;
  • 이영림 (공주대학교 기계자동차공학부)
  • Received : 2021.03.04
  • Accepted : 2021.05.10
  • Published : 2021.06.30
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Abstract

Recently, several efforts have been made to improve the thermal efficiency of a refrigerant compressor. In this study, we attempted to improve energy efficiency ratio (EER) performance by reducing the superheat of the linear compressor. To this end, heat generated inside the compressor must be effectively dissipated. Therefore, heat dissipation was improved by processing ribs in the gap-flow region generated owing to the vibration of the compressor body. The results showed that the convective heat transfer coefficient becomes significantly high when ribs are used, increasing the heat dissipation rate. This helps improve EER by reducing the superheat of the compressor.

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이 논문은 2016년도 정부(교육부)의 재원으로 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 수행된 기초연구사업(No. NRF-2016R1D1A1B02009582)의 연구과제입니다.

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