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The pressure drop characteristics in LNG heat exchanger of cryogenic cascade refrigeration cycle (초저온 캐스케이드 냉동사이클의 LNG 열교환기 압력강하 특성)

  • Yoon, J.I.;Choi, K.H.;Kwag, J.W.;Son, C.H.;Baek, S.M.
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2012.03a
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    • pp.376-381
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    • 2012
  • Natural gas is converted in to LNG by chilling and liquefying the gas to the temperature of $-162^{\circ}C$, when liquefied, the volume of natural gas is reduced to 1/600th of its standard volume. This gives LNG the advantage in transportation. The pressure dorp of the cascade liquefaction cycle was investigated and simulated using HYSYS software. The simulation results showed that the pressure drop in the LNG heat exchanger is set to 50 kPa considering the increase in the compressor work of cryogenic cascade liquefaction cycle.

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An Experimental Study on the Performance Characteristics of a Refrigerant-Subcooling Refrigeration System with an Ice Storage Tank (축냉시스템을 이용한 냉매과냉각형 냉동시스템의 성능특성에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Lee, Eun-Ji;Lee, Dong-Won;Kim, Yong-Chan
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.369-374
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    • 2010
  • A refrigerant-subcooling refrigeration system consisted of a typical single vapor-compression refrigeration cycle, a subcooler, and an ice storage tank. The degree of subcooling at the exit of the condenser can be increased by the heat exchange between the subcooler and the ice storage tank. The cold heat in the ice storage tank was stored by using the refrigeration cycle during night time and then used to absorb the heat from the subcooler during daytime. The performance of the refrigerant-subcooling refrigeration system was measured by varying the degree of subcooling. In addition, the performance characteristics of the present system were compared with those of a conventional refrigeration system. The mass flow rate of the present system was higher than that of the conventional system due to the increase in the degree of subcooling. Generally, the refrigerant-subcooling system showed superior performance to the conventional refrigeration system.

A Study on the DSM Effect of a Refrigerant-Subcooling Refrigeration System with an Ice Storage Tank (축열조를 이용한 냉매과냉각 시스템의 전력수요관리 효과에 대한 연구)

  • Kim, Jeong-bae;Lee, Eun-Ji;Lee, Dong-Won
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.22 no.12
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    • pp.845-851
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    • 2010
  • This study was experimentally performed to find the effects of refrigerant subcooling in the refrigeration system and to propose how to get the efficient use of energy. A refrigerant-subcooling refrigeration system consisted of a typical single vapor-compression refrigeration cycle, a subcooler, and an ice storage tank. The degree of subcooling at the exit of the condenser can be increased by the heat transfer between the subcooler and the ice storage tank. The cold heat in the ice storage tank was stored by using the refrigeration cycle during night time and then used to absorb the heat from the subcooler during daytime. The cooling capacity and COP of this system were higher than those of the conventional system due to the increase in the degree of subcooling. Typically, the refrigerant-subcooling system showed superior performance to the conventional refrigeration system and would also contribute to load leveling.

Thermodynamic Design of J-T Neon Refrigeration System Utilizing Modified Roebuck Compression Device (변형 Roebuck 압축기를 이용한 J-T 네온 냉각시스템의 열역학적 설계)

  • 정제헌;정상권
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.15 no.5
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    • pp.432-438
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    • 2003
  • This paper describes a modified Roebuck compression device as a potential compression device of a rotating cryogenic refrigeration system in superconducting machine such as generator or motor. The conventional cryogen transfer method from stationary refrigeration system to rotating system can be eliminated by an on-board cryogenic refrigeration system that utilizes well-designed multi-stage modified Roebuck compression device. This paper shows basic thermodynamic analysis of modified Roebuck compression device and its application for compressing neon at 77 K with substantial pressure ratio when the rotor diameter is 0.8 m with rotating speed of 3600 rpm. The device does not require any moving part in rotating frame, but two separate thermal reservoirs to convert thermal energy into mechanical compression work. The high temperature thermal reservoir is atmospheric environment at 300 K and the low temperature thermal reservoir is assumed as a liquid nitrogen bath at 77 K. The concept of the compression device in this paper demonstrates its usefulness of generating high-pressure neon at 77 K for rotating J-T neon refrigeration cycle of superconducting rotor.

A Numerical Analysis of a Revised VX Absorption Cooling Cycle (Revised VX흡수식 냉동사이클의수치 해석)

  • 장원영;정은수;김병주
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.13 no.6
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    • pp.505-513
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    • 2001
  • A revised VX cycle using ammonia/water as the working fluid is a cycle which is suitable to produce cooling utilizing low temperature hat sources. The cycle was analyzed numerically to investigate the effects of the design and operating conditions on the performance. It was shown that both COP and cooling capacity were significantly influenced by the performance of he rectifier. Insufficient UA of the rectifier reduced both ammonia mass fraction and mass flow rate of the vapor entering the condenser, which produced cooling effect in the evaporator. As the temperature and the mass flow rate of the heat source increased, both COP and exergetic efficiency decreased due to the irreversibilities produced in heat exchangers, but cooling capacity did not vary much. Cooling capacity increased significantly as the coolant temperature decreased, although COP and exergetic efficiency remained nearly constant.

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Performance Characteristics of a Mixed Refrigerant OTEC Power Cycle Using Hot Waste Water (온배수를 이용한 혼합냉매용 해양온도차 발전 사이클의 성능 특성)

  • Yoon, Jung-In;Son, Chang-Hyo;Heo, Jeong-Ho;Ye, Byoung-Hyo;Kim, Hyun-Ju;Lee, Ho-Saeng
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.102-107
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, the performance analysis for evaporation capacity, total work and efficiency of the ocean thermal energy conversion(OTEC) power system using mixed refrigerant(R32,R152a) is conducted to find the effect of hot wasted water on OTEC power system. The system in this study is applied with two stage turbine, regenerator, cooler and separator on Organic Rankine Cycle. The commercial program HYSYS is used for the performance analysis. The main results were summarized as follows : The efficiency of the OTEC power cycle has a largely effect on the evaporation capacity and total work. As increasing temperature of heat source water, evaporator's capacity is decreased but total work increase. Otherwise, using hot wasted water bring effects not only increasing system efficiency but also declining evaporator's capacity. Thus With a thorough grasp of these effect, it is necessary to find way to use hot wasted water emitted by power plant and so on.

Hybrid Air-Conditioner Using Both Radiation and Convection (복사-대류 겸용 하이브리드 냉방기)

  • Byun, Ho-Won;Oh, Wang-Kyu;Kim, Nae-Hyun;Choi, Byung-Nam;Lee, Sang-Yeup;Han, Sung-Pil
    • Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.330-333
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    • 2008
  • The hybrid air-conditioner, where air is cooled both by convection and radiation, is developed. The indoor unit of the air-conditioner consists of radiation panel and dehumidification coil, where refrigeration R-134a is supplied by independent refrigeration cycles. Optimum refrigerant charge was 750g for both cycles. Optimum evaporation pressure was 3.7 bar for the radiation panel cycle and 3.9 bar for the dehumidification cycle. The cooling capacity of the radiation panel was 1.01 kW and that of the dehumidification coil was 0.94kW, which yielded COP of 3.3.

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An Experimental Study on the Performance Characteristics of a Single-Circuit Multi Cycle and a Bypass Two-Circuit Multi Cycle (단일유로 멀티사이클 및 바이패스유로 멀티사이클 적용 냉동시스템의 성능특성에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Song, Young-Seung;Jung, Hae-Won;Yoon, Won-Jae;Kim, Yong-Chan
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.23 no.7
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    • pp.513-519
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    • 2011
  • The object of this study is to investigate the performance characteristics of refrigerators using a single-circuit multi cycle and a bypass two-circuit multi cycle. Each refrigeration cycle was tested by varying secondary fluid mass flow rate and temperature. Based on the experimental data, the optimum refrigerant charge was 48 g and the COP at the optimum secondary fluid mass flow rate was 1.53 for the single-circuit multi cycle. For freezer(F)-only mode, both the single-circuit multi cycle and the bypass two-circuit multi cycle were operated at overcharge conditions, resulting in an increase of the secondary fluid mass flow rate. The maximum COPs of the single-circuit multi cycle and the bypass two-circuit multi cycle were 1.22 and 1.35, respectively. The COP increased by 10.7% with the application of the bypass two-circuit multi cycle.

The Design of a Linear Compressor Based on the Resonance Characteristics for the Air Conditioner (공진특성을 고려한 냉동/공조용 횡자속 선형압축기의 설계)

  • Hong, Yong-Ju;Park, Seong-Je;Kim, Hyo-Bong
    • 연구논문집
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    • s.34
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    • pp.39-46
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    • 2004
  • The compressors in the air conditioner have the role of the pressurization and circulation of the refrigerant. The hermetic reciprocating compressors driven by rotary motor have been used for the air conditioner. The linear compressor has very simple structure and enhancement in the efficiency in comparison to that of conventional reciprocating compressor. The linear compressors are widely used for the small cryogenic refrigerator (below 1 kW), such as the Stirling refrigerator and pulse tube refrigerator. In the cryogenic application, the pressure ratio of the linear compressor is below 1.5, but the linear compressor for the air conditioner should overcome the high pressure ratio and the large pressure difference between the each sides of the piston. The resonance characteristics of the linear compressor has the significant impacts on the power consumption. To minimize the power consumption, the linear compressor should be operated at the resonance point. In the resonance characteristics, the role of the mechanical and gas spring should be considered. In present study, the cycle of the analysis of the vapor compression refrigeration cycle with the different refrigerants (R134a, R4l0a, R600a) and the designs of the linear compressor are performed. The effects of the stiffness of the mechanical spring on the electromagnetic forces would be discussed. Finally, the results show the design specification of the linear compressor for the air conditioner.

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