• Journal of the KSME
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• v.54 no.5
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• pp.32-35
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• 2014

이 글에서는 최근 자동차 및 가정용 공조기의 증발기로 널리 사용되고 있는 알루미늄 마이크로 채널 열교환기 내의 냉매분배 특성과 그의 개선 방안에 대하여 소개하고자 한다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.112-121
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• 2005

본 연구는 2003년부터 2005년까지 2년간 에너지관리공단의 선행연구과제로서 진행되었으며 20 Watt 급 소형 연료전지에 수소를 공급할 수 있는 소형의 마이크로 채널 메탄올 개질장치를 개발하는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 개질장치는 개질기 본체, 여기에 반응열을 공급 해주는 촉매 연소기 그리고 연료를 증발시켜 주는 연료증발기의 세부분으로 구성되며 각 반응기의 개발 및 통합을 수행하였다. 반응기는 반응면적을 증가시키기 위하여 폭 $200{\sim}5000{\mu}m$, 필이 $200{\sim}5000{\mu}m$ 규모의 마이크로 채널 유로를 금속 박판을 화학 에칭하여 구현하였으며 이를 수십장 적층하여 전체 반응기를 제작하였다. 마이크로 채널표면에 내부 촉매 지지체를 먼저 코팅한 후 촉매를 코팅하는 방법을 사용하여 담지체 코팅으로 기하학적 표면적 대비 표면적이 10 배 이상 향상되는 우수한 결과를 얻을 수 있었고 촉매의 내구성이 월등히 향상 되었다. 저온 활성 촉매를 사용하여 $350^{\circ}C$ 이하에서 메탄을 전환율 90% 이상을 구현하였다. 실제 운전 후 측정 결과 개질 반응기의 부분별 온도차가 $20^{\circ}C$ 이내로 설계의 우수성을 확인하였다. 촉매 연소기를 이용한 개질 반응열 공급장치를 개발하여 20Watt 급 수소 생산을 위한 개질 반응기에 반응열을 공급하도록 하였다. 이와 함께 촉매 연소기를 이용한 연료 증발열 공급 장치 개발하여 개질기 공급 연료의 90% 이상이 기화되도록 하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.211-218
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• 2002

It has been investigated for the temperature profile in a planar evaporator of micro-cooler subject to a uniform heat flux prior to tole initiation of boiling. The results of the analysis allow for the determination of applied power levels fur which nucleation is likely to occur only within the vapor grooves of the evaporator while maintaining subcooling in the liquid core, thereby increasing the likelihood of a successful startup. Also, limits are fecund for which additional increases in the applied heat flux do not increase the temperature difference between the vapor grooves and the wick-liquid core interface. This analysis is appropriate for the microscale evaporators of micro-cooler during a fully-flooded startup as well as starter pump designs and micro-CPLs(capillary pumped loops). The results are useful in the initial basic design of microscale heat transfer devices.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2007.05b
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• pp.2097-2101
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• 2007

This paper presents an optimal design of a micro evaporator which maximizes the heat transfer coefficient. Number of gaps, spanwise distance and streamwise distance are selected as the geometric design parameters. Mass flow rate of the refrigerant is selected as the non-geometric design parameter. Temperature at the surface of the heater is measured to valuate the heat transfer coefficient. Nine experiments are conducted using $L_9(3^4)$ orthogonal array. Maximum heat transfer coefficient is 640 W/$m^2K$ at the parameters of 2 gaps, 0.2 mm spanwise distance, 1.0 mm streamwise distance and 0.72 g/s mass flow rate. Among the 3 geometric parameters, the spanwise distance is the most sensitive parameter influencing the heat transfer coefficient. We conduct a second stage of experiment to increase the heat transfer coefficient by reselecting the mass flow rate. We concluded that 0.87 g/s is the optimized flow rate for an active micro cooler resulting in a heat transfer coefficient of 651 W/$m^2K$.

• Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.1079-1083
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• 2009

In this study, the distribution of $CO_2$ in an evaporator with 10 parallel micro channel aluminum tubes are experimentally investigated. Each tube has 6 circular micro channels with a diameter of 0.8mm. The tubes are heated with electric resistance wires, and the distribution of $CO_2$ into each tube is investigated by measuring the outer wall temperature. The outer wall temperature was found to be higher at the exit part of the top tube. It is thought that the $CO_2$ vapor at the upper part of the header reduces the mass flow rate of $CO_2$ into the top tube.

• Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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• 2007.06a
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• pp.56-56
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• 2007

• Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.41-41
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• 2003

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.18-24
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• 2005

Wet compression means the injection of water droplets into the compressor of gas turbines. This method decreases the compression work and increases the turbine output by decreasing the compressor exit temperature through the evaporation of water droplets inside the compressor. This paper provides thermodynamic and aerodynamic analysis on wet compression in a centrifugal compressor for a microturbine. The meanline performance analysis of centrifugal compressor is coupled with the thermodynamic equation of wet compression to get the meanline performance of wet compression. The most influencing parameter in the analysis is the evaporative rate of water droplets. It is found that the impeller exit flow temperature and compression work decreases as the evaporative rate increases. And the exit flow angle decreases as the evaporative rate increases.

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.24 no.10
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• pp.724-732
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• 2012

The microchannel evaporator with louver fin using carbon dioxide are analyzed according to the frost growth. To predict the performance of microchannel evaporator with the frost growth under low temperature, the simulation condition of previous studies was applied. As a result, the frost thickness increases and its increasing rate is reduced when the operating time increases. Frost thickness increases gradually below the quality of 0.74, and then it decreases rapidly. In addition, the frost growth of present model under same surface temperature is very similar trends with Moallem's test results. In case of low temperature application, the dimensionless frost thickness increases dramatically and it is about 0.86 after 10 minutes.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.587-592
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• 2008

In order to investigate the performance of an internal heat exchanger for $CO_2$ refrigerant system, the experiment was performed. Four kinds of internal heat exchangers(IHX) were used. The effects on the IHX length, the number of tube, the operating condition and the type of IHX were investigated. With increasing of the IHX length, the capacity and efficiency increased. The pressure drop of the low-side was larger compared with that of the high-side. As the temperature of the gas cooler increased, the capacity and efficiency increased linearly. The operation condition of evaporator was suggested as two phase region rather than superheat region. The capacity and efficiency of the micro-channel was larger about 90% and 75% than those of the tube. But the pressure drop of the micro-channel was more larger, compared with that of the tube.