• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.478-483
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• 2017

This paper investigated experimentally the performance of cooling systems using thermoelectric and piezoelectric modules for local heating and temperature control, such as a handheld electronic devices. The temperature distribution of the cooling region using thermoelectric modules was measured when the piezoelectric module was and was not with a frequency of 80Hz and 110Hz. The coefficients of performance were also calculated by the temperature results, and the thermo-flow phenomena in the cold region was visualized under the same conditions. The results of the temperature distribution measurements and the coefficient of performance showed that the cooling performance of the cooling system using thermoelectric modules can be improved by operating the piezoelectric module. In addition, when the piezoelectric module was operated based on the result of visualization in the cold region, which was formed by thermoelectric modules, the performance thermoelectric cooling was improved by the thermo-flow formed in the entire cold region as the forced convection of vibration was generated on the local cold region by the piezoelectric module.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2007.05b
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• pp.2079-2084
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• 2007

A small-scale thermoelectric cooling system was built in an effort to enhance the performance of the refrigeration system by utilizing the water-cooled jacket which was attached on the hot side of the thermoelectric module. Considered design parameters for the water-cooled jacket included the geometry of the flow passage inside the jacket and the flow rate of cooling water. The higher flow rate of cooling water in the jacket resulted in a better performance of the refrigeration system. The introduction of geometrical complexity of the cooling water flow passage to the cooling jacket also showed significant improvement on the performance of the thermoelectric refrigeration system such as the cooling capacity and the COP of the refrigeration system.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2007.05b
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• pp.2714-2719
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• 2007

HANARO, an open-tank-in-pool type research reactor of 30 MWth power in Korea, has been operating normally since its initial criticality in February, 1995. For the last about ten years, A cooling tower of a secondary cooling system has been operated normally in HANARO. Last year, the cooling tower has been overhauled for preservative maintenance including fills, eliminators, wood support, water distribution system, motors, driving shafts, gear reducers, basements, blades and etc. This paper describes the results of the overhaul. As results, it is confirmed that the cooling tower maintains a good operability through a filed test. And a cooling capability will be tested when a wet bulb temperature is maintained about 28 $^{\circ}C$ in summer and the reactor is operated with the full power.

• The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.33-41
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• 2012

In the present work, a parametric study on double-jet film-cooling has been carried out to enhance the film-cooling effectiveness using three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes analysis. The shear stress transport turbulence model is used as the turbulence closure. The lateral ejection angles and the lateral and streamwise distance between the centers of the cooling holes are chosen as the geometric parameters. The spatially averaged film-cooling effectiveness averaged over an area of 8 hole diameters in width and 30 hole diameters in streamwise length is used to evaluate the performance of film-cooling. The parameter of the lateral distance has the largest impact on the film cooling effectiveness compared to the others. On the other hand, the parameter of streamwise distance gives the least influence on the film cooling effectiveness.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.43-49
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• 2015

In recent years, the amount of heat generated inside of the computer has more increased because of high performance, multi-function, miniaturization and light weight. It is necessary to control the effective heat generation to improve performance and life extension of the computer. In this study, thermoelectric cooling system was manufactured using thermoelectric module and was attached to computer in order to control the heat generated inside computer. And the temperature distributions inside computer were experimentally measured and compared with and without thermoelectric cooling system to investigate the effect of cooling system. Also, to estimate the new cooling system which can substitute for the existing computer cooling system, temperature distributions inside computer were calculated by numerical analysis when there was no cooling system and was applied only cooling system to computer.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.83-89
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• 2009

Generally, automobile cooling fan is used to lower the temperature of radiator. The cooling fans are manufactured by plastic injection molding process. The center of gravity of cooling fan is often deviated from the center due to the use of deteriorated materials. As the unbalanced of the cooing fan can generate noise, it is required to measure the degree of deviation of center of gravity in the cooling fan. In this work, automatic fan balancer which can effectively detect the magnitude and position of the unbalanced cooling fan is proposed and several experiments are carried out to verify the feasibility of the proposed algorithm.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.78-82
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• 2003

The cooling mechanism for a regenerative cooling liquid rocket engine of 10tf-thrust using kerosene as a fuel was studied from the viewpoint of curtain cooling. Based on the concept of a highly-stratified gas flow in the combustion chamber, the cross section of the combustion chamber was spilt into 2 independent parts, core and exterior part. Additional fuel is injected into the exterior section and gas temperature can be reduced in the exterior section. Consequently, the heat flux into the coolant and wall temperature are reduced and the thermal stability of a liquid rocket engine could be improved.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.39-47
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• 2005

The structural analysis and water pressure tests are performed for liquid rocket thrust chamber regenerative cooling channel specimens at room temperature condition. Material properties of copper alloy to be used in the elastic-plastic structural analysis are obtained by uniaxial tension test at room temperature. The plate-type cooling channel specimens are manufactured and performed water pressure test to verify the analysis results. The results of elastic-plastic structural analysis and water pressure test show resonable agreements though with minor differences and it is revealed that structural stability of regenerative cooling channel is highly affected by the manufacturing tolerances due to very thin cross-sectional thickness of the cooling channel.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.19-24
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• 2009

Investigations of the relation between the stack temperature profile of a standing wave thermoacoustic cooler and the cooling efficiency were performed. Based on the mathematical derivations using the Rott Equation, it was found that the temperature profile along the stack becomes nonlinear as the enthalpy flux passing through the stack increases. It was also found that such nonlinear temperature profiles lower the cooling efficiency. Simulations using a thermoacoustic simulation program called DELTAE showed that the nonlinear temperature profile occurs with a long stack and large cooling load.

• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.283-289
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• 1998

The adaptability of an evaporative cooling system to hot summer climate in greenhouses was comprehensively judged by fuzzy theory, based on the 20 years(1975~1994) weather data of nine representative regions in Korea. As uses the evaporative cooling system for greenhouses during summer in Korea, the inside air temperature of most regions except the southwest coastal areas, the south coastal areas, and Cheju island can be basically controlled below 32.5$^{\circ}C$, and ventilating air can be cooled 5$^{\circ}C$ and more. The analyzed results in this paper are on the basis of good ventilation system. When the evaporative cooling system is applied, the ventilation system which has good air flow organization is needed. Although the summer climate in Korea is high temperature and humidity, evaporative cooling systems are suitable for farm buildings in most regions. This facts better meet the needs of cooling for greenhouse in summer and provides a scientific basis for spreading the evaporative cooling system It is proposed that the further research is needed about the application of evaporative cooling system to greenhouses.