• Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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• 2004.06a
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• pp.5-5
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• 2004

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.444-450
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• 2013

The distribution performance of refrigerant distributors in air conditioner evaporators was examined numerically and experimentally. Internal flow analysis of the distributor by CFD found that the distance from the socket to the cone, the angle of the cone and the base area of the cone were the most important factors affecting refrigerant distribution ability and vortex creation. To enhance distribution performance, two distributors with improved internal structures were designed. To test these new structures, distribution performance was also analyzed by CFD and an empirical experiment was carried out using the water-nitrogen. Experimental results on the distribution fraction of each distributor hole showed a good agreement with the results of the CFD analysis. Thus, the new design of the distributors enhanced distribution performance of the refrigerant distributors.

• Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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• v.16 no.3 s.108
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• pp.240-246
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• 2006

In the air-conditioner, refrigerant induced noise and vibration can be increased when the airflow rate is reduced in order to decrease the noise at the low mode. Through the test and analysis of this kind of noise, it can be verified that the main reasons of refrigerant induced noise are the velocity and flow Induced force of the refrigerant at the inlet of the evaporator, So, in order to reduce this velocity, quality at the evaporator inlet should be minimized. And, in order to reduce flow induced force of the refrigerant, sudden change of fluid flow must not be occurred. So, in this paper, we will review the characteristics of refrigerant cycle and find how the quality and flow induced force can be minimized.

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.14 no.9
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• pp.741-748
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• 2002

The present study investigated the two-phase flow characteristics of refrigerant R-22 in T-branch with horizontal and vertical inlet tube The key experimental parameters were the orientation of inlet and branch tubes (horizontal and vertical), diameter ratio of branch tube to inlet tube (1 and 0.61), inlet mass flux (200~500 kg/$m^2$s) and inlet quality (0.1~0.4). Predicted pressure profile agreed with the measured data within 25.4%. The flow distribution ratio decreased as the mass flux increased. The flow distribution ratio decreased by 12~25% as the tube diameter ratio decreased from 1 to 0.61, and decreased by 38~47% as the orientation of branch changed from horizontal to vertical upward for horizontal inlet tubes. As the orientation of inlet tube changed from horizontal to vertical upward for horizontal branch, the flow distribution ratio increased by 15~68%, but the quality in the branch tube decreased by 28~92% due to phase separation.

• The Magazine of the Society of Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Engineers of Korea
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• v.29 no.10
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• pp.47-51
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• 2000

최근 룸에어콘이나 패키지에어콘의 에너지 절약, 쾌척성 등에 대환 사용자나 회사로부터의 요구는 더더욱 높아지고 있다. 공조기의 중요한 구성요소 중 하나인 열교환기도 이러한 요구에 대응하여 기술개발이 계속해서 진행되고 있다. 공조용 열교환기를 설계할 때 가장 중요한 과체는 비용이냐 설치성 등의 제약조건올 만족하면서 필요한 교환열량을 달성하기 위해, 요구되는 열 전달계수(K)와 전열면적(A)의 곱인 KA값을 얼마나 확보하는가 하는 점에 있다. 그러나 이 외의 과제, 예를 들어 홴입력, 소음을 억제하기 위한 공기측 통풍저항의 감소, 증발온도에 영향을 마치는 관내압력손실의 감소 등도 중요한 과제이다. KA값 증대와 통풍저항억제를 동시에 판촉하기 위해 공조용 열교환기는 전면면적을 크게 하고 두께를 작게 하여 사용하는 것이 원칙이다. 또, 전열관의 관경도 관 둘레길이와 냉매분배성능 면에서 제약이 발생한다. 이와 같은 배경으로부터 공조용 열교환기는 판경 6~10 mm정도의 전열 관을 20~25mm길이로 배치한 핀튜브형 열교환기가 주류로 되어있다. 여기에서는 공조기에 널리 사용하고 있는 핀튜브형 열교환기에 대한 최근의 기술개발 사례를 소개하고자 한다.

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.18 no.10
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• pp.800-810
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• 2006

The R-134a flow distribution is experimentally studied for a heat exchanger composed of round headers and 10 flat tubes. The effects of tube protrusion depth as well as mass flux, and quality are investigated, and the results are compared with the previous air-water results. The flow at the header inlet is stratified. For the downward flow configuration, the liquid distribution improves as the protrusion depth or the mass flux increases, or the quality decreases. For the upward configuration, the liquid distribution improves as the mass flux or quality decreases. The protrusion depth has minimal effect. For the downward configuration. the effect of quality on liquid distribution is significantly affected by the flow regime at the header inlet. For the stratified inlet flow, the liquid is forced to rear part of the header as the quality decreases. However, for the annular inlet flow, the liquid was forced to the frontal part of the header as the quality decreased. For the upward flow, the effect of the mass flux or quality on liquid distribution of the stratified inlet flow is opposite to that of the annular inlet flow. The high gas velocity of the annular flow may be responsible for the trend. Generally, the liquid distribution of the stratified inlet flow is better than that of the annular inlet flow. Possible explanation is provided from the flow visualization results.

• Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.1123-1128
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• 2009

The refrigerant R-134a flow distributions are experimentally studied for a round header/ten flat tube test section simulating a brazed aluminum heat exchanger. Three different inlet orientations (parallel, normal, vertical) were investigated. Tests were conducted with downward flow for the mass flux from 70 to $130\;kg/m^2s$ and quality from 0.2 to 0.6. In the test section, tubes were flush-mounted with no protrusion into the header. It is shown that normal and vertical inlet yielded approximately similar flow distribution. At high mass fluxes or high qualities, however, slightly better results were obtained for normal inlet configuration. The flow distribution was worst for the parallel inlet configuration. Possible explanation is provided based on flow visualization results.