• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.82-86
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• 1989

A study has been conducted experimentally on heat transfer characteristics of the heat exchangers with louvered fins in air. The experimental results are as follows; 1. Mean heat transfer coefficient is decreased with increasing temperature difference and model III is the best at constant temperature difference. 2. Pressure drop is increased with increasing air velocity, but it is decreased as the heat transfer area increases. 3. $\bar{h}/^{\Delta}p$ is increased and then decreased as air velocity increases.

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.15 no.7
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• pp.611-617
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• 2003

The air-side particulate fouling in the heat exchangers of HVAC applications degrades the performance of cooling capacity, pressure drop across a heat exchanger, and indoor air quality. Indoor and outdoor air contaminants foul heat exchangers. The purpose of this study is to investigate the characteristics of the air-side particulate fouling materials in finned-tube heat exchangers of air conditioners. Air conditioners being used in the field such as inns, restaurants, and offices are collected in chronological order in use. Typical fouling materials on the heat exchangers include fibers and dusts ranged from 6.6 to 20.9 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ in mass median diameter.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2000.10a
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• pp.78-82
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• 2000

본 연구에서는 실제 사용되고 있는 제습로터의 모델(Model Ⅰ,Ⅱ,Ⅲ)을 선정하고 제습성능과 회전수 변화에 따른 성능변화의 특성을 파악하여 최적 사용조건을 확인하고자 하였다. 재생온도와 통과풍속이 일정한 조건에서 회전수 변화 및 처리측 및 재생측의 입출구 온습도 조건을 변화시키면서 성능변화를 측정하였다. 그 결과 재생온도 140℃, 통과풍속 2m/s에서의 제습성능은 Model별로 성능곡선과 대체로 잘 일치하고 있음을 확인하였으며, Model Ⅲ의 경우 상대적으로 처리측 출구온도는 높게 나타나고 있어 공기조화용으로 사용할 경우 장비에서의 열부하로 작용할 수 있는 단점은 있으나, 제습성능은 매우 우수하게 나타나고 있음을 확인하였다. 사용회전수가 Model I 의 경우 15RPH, Model Ⅱ는 약 18RPH, Model Ⅲ는 약 22.5RPH이나 실험결과 Model I과 Ⅱ 모두 약 16RPH에서 최고 성능을 보이고 있으며, Model Ⅲ는 약 20RPH에서 성능의 최고점을 나타내고 있었다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.103-108
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• 2012

A MILD (Moderate and Intense Low oxygen Dilution) combustor decreases NOx formation effectively during the combustion process and NOx formation is affected significantly by the exhaust gas entrainment rate toward fuel and air. The present study focused on the new MILD combustor, which has coaxial cylindrical tube. The outside tube of the new MILD combustor corresponds to the exhaust gas passage and the inner side tube is the furnace passage. The connection pipe is set between the outer side and the inner side tubes and coaxial air nozzle is inserted at the center of the connection pipe. A numerical analysis is accomplished to elucidate the characteristics of exhaust gas entrainment toward the inner furnace with the changes of air nozzle exit velocity, nozzle diameter, nozzle exit position and exhaust gas side pressure. The entrainment rate is proportional to the square root of air nozzle exit velocity and negatively proportional to the pressure difference between the exhaust gas side and furnace side pressures. The effect of air nozzle exit position is not considerable on the exhaust gas entrainment.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.269-278
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• 2011

We investigate the heat-transfer and pressure-drop characteristics of fin-and-tube heat exchangers with a copper plate or copper spiral fins. Twenty-four samples with different fin pitches and tube rows were tested. For both configurations, the effect of the fin pitch on the j factor is negligible, and the f factor increases with the fin pitch. The effect of the tube row depends on the configuration. For plate fin-and-tube heat exchangers, the j factor decreases as the row number increases; the reverse is true for spiral exchangers. We explain this by considering the flow pattern. The j factor for plate fin-and-tube heat exchangers is larger than that for spiral exchangers, and the difference decreases as the row number increases. The f factor of the plate fin-and-tube heat exchanger is also larger. We compare our results with existing predictions of correlations.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.515-522
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• 2010

The objective of this study is to investigate the air-side heat transfer characteristics of a spirally-coiled circular fin-tube heat exchanger for various geometric parameters under non-frosting conditions. The heat transfer characteristics of the heat exchanger were analyzed with respect to heat exchanger geometries, and then, the characteristics were compared with those of rectangular-plate fin-tube heat exchangers with discrete fins. The heat transfer coefficient increased with a decrease in the number of tube rows and an increase in the fin pitch. The optimum length of the L-foot was 2.7 mm. In addition, the heat transfer rate increased with a decrease in the tube pitch and the tube thickness. The heat transfer coefficient of the spirally-coiled circular fin-tube heat exchanger was 24.3% higher than that of the rectangular-plate fin-tube heat exchanger.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.41 no.9
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• pp.587-595
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• 2017

Recent trends in slim air conditioners require heat exchangers of reduced flow depth. In this study, slim louver fin geometry was obtained using predictive correlations. The deduced geometry yielded 10 mm flow depth, 0.9 mm louver pitch, and $35^{\circ}$ louver angle. Samples were made and tests were conducted. The new slim sample yielded 36% higher j factor and 2.3% higher f factor compared with those of the standard sample. This implies that 26% reduction of heat exchanger volume was possible by reducing the flow depth. In addition, the $j/f^{1/3}$ of the slim sample was 55% larger than that of the standard sample. Furthermore, the results are compared with predictions made using existing correlations.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 2004

An study has been performed with axisymmetric coflow diffusion flames to investigate the influence of air-side fuel side dilution and initial preheated temperature on the soot formation in methan/air flames. Soot quantities are determined by using PLII(Planar Laser Induced Incandescence), such a $C_2$H$_2$ major species(CH$_4$, $O_2$, $N_2$) and temperature are simulated by chemkin code. The numerical analysis was performed with transport properties and detailed reaction mechanisms m axisymmetric coflow diffusion flames. The study of how flame temperature and $N_2$ dilution of air and fuel side influence the soot concentrations is focused. Soot concentrations results on PLII show that preheated temperature contributes to an increase in the soot volume fraction, and soot formation Is more productive to air side dilution than to fuel side dilution. $C_2$H$_2$ concentrations have a similar tendency to soot concentrations.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1997.05a
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• pp.279-285
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• 1997

본 연구에서는 나선형과 판형의 핀을 가진 원자력 발전소용 직교류 핀-관 열교환기의 열량을 ARI Standard-410에 따라 실험적으로 측정하여 풍속과 냉수속에 따른 열저항 및 압력 손실을 도출하는 것을 목적으로 하였으며, 이러한 시도를 통해서 실제 열교환기의 성능 평가시 필요한 기술적 자료를 축적하고자 하였다. 실험에서는 나선형 6fin/in, 8fin/1n, 10fin/in 열교환기와 판형 8fin/in 열교환기를 사용하였으며, 풍속을 0.486m/s와 2.214m/s로, 수속을 1m/s～4m/s로 하여 실험을 행하였다. 실험 결과를 통하여, 원자력 발전소의 격납 용기내의 공기조화를 위하여 사용되어 지는 열교환기의 성능 평가 방법 및 실증 능력을 확보하였으며, 풍속 증가에 따라 총괄 열전달 계수는 전체적으로 비례 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 판형이 나선형 보다 열전달 계수가 작게 나타났으며, 나선형 열교환기의 경우 fin수에 따른 변화는 크지 않았으나, 열전달 면적을 고려한 경우에는 나선형 10fin/in 열교환기가 가장 뛰어난 열교환 성능을 발휘함을 알 수 있었다. 또한, 공기측의 압력 손실은 전체적으로 전연 풍속 증가에 따라서 속도 제곱에 비례하여 증가하는 경향을 보였다.

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.339-345
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• 2007

In the present study, a 10-cell PEMFC stack with straight type cathode flow channels is employed to investigate the effect of inlet air flow header configuration on the overall fuel cell performance. Four different types of inlet flow headers are considered and the flow patterns according to the air inlet flow header configuration are numerically obtained. The computed result for a modified header predicts about 8.5% improvement in the air flow distribution at 10-cell cathode channel inlets. Experiments are also carried out to confirm the numerical findings by measuring actual air flow distributions and the polarization curves of the PEMFC stack.