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Small-Capacity Solar Cooling System by Desiccant Cooling Technology (태양열 이용 소용량 제습냉방시스템)

  • Lee, Dae-Young;Kwon, Chi-Ho
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.05a
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    • pp.154-156
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    • 2008
  • A prototype of the desiccant cooling system with a regenerative evaporative cooler was built and tested for the performance evaluation. The regenerative evaporative cooler is to cool a stream of air using evaporative cooling effect without an inc6rease in the humidity ratio. It is comprised of multiple pairs of dry and wet channels and the evaporation water is supplied only to the wet channels. By redirecting a portion of the air flown out of the dry channel into the wet channel, the air can be cooled down to a temperature lower than its inlet wet-bulb temperature at the outlet end of the dry channels. Incorporating a regenerative evaporative cooler eliminates the need for deep dehumidification in the desiccant rotor that is necessary to achieve low air temperature in the system with a direct evaporative cooler. Subsequently, the regenerative evaporative cooler enables the use of low temperature heat source to regenerate the dehumidifier permitting the desiccant cooling system more beneficial compared with other thermal driven air conditioners. At the ARI condition with the regeneration temperature of $60^{\circ}C$, the prototype showed the cooling capacity of 4.4 kW and COP of 0.75.

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Computational Thermal Flow Analysis of a Cabin Cooler for a Commercial Vehicle (상용차용 캐빈냉방기의 전산 열유동 해석)

  • Kim, J.K.;Oh, S.H.
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.17-23
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    • 2012
  • The steady three-dimensional computational thermal flow analysis using standard k-${\varepsilon}$ turbulence model was carried out to investigate the heat transfer characteristics of a cabin cooler for a commercial vehicle. The heat exchanging method of this cabin cooler is to use the cooling effect of a thermoelectric module. In view of the results so far achieved, the air system resistance of a cabin cooler is about 12.4 Pa as a static pressure, and then the operating point of a cross-flow fan considering in this study is formed in the comparatively low flowrate region. The air temperature difference obtained from the cold part of an thermoelectric module is about $26^{\circ}C$, and the cooling water temperature difference obtained from the hot part of an thermoelectric module is about $3.5^{\circ}C$.

Oil Cooler Design Automation on the Cooling of Machine Tool Cutting Oil (공작기계 절삭유 냉각용 오일쿨러 설계 자동화)

  • 권혁홍
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.89-99
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    • 1999
  • The automatic design of shell & tube type oil cooler can be used in real industrial environments. Since the automatic design system is intended to be used in small companies, it is designed to be operated well under environments of CAD package in the personal computer. It has adopted GUI in design system, and has employed DCl language. Design parameters to be considered in the design stage of shell and tube type oil cooler are type of oil cooler, outer diameter, thickness, length of tube, tube arrangement, tube pitch, flow rate, inlet and outlet temperature, physical properties, premissive pressure loss on both sides, type of baffle plate, baffle plate cutting ratio, clearance between baffle plate outer diameter and shell inner diameter and clearance between baffle plate holes. As a result, the automatic design system of shell & tube type oil cooler is constructed by the environment of CAD software using LISP. We have built database of design data for various kinds of shell & tube type oil coolers. The automatic design system have been assessed and compared with existing specification of design. Good agreement with Handbook of heat exchanger and design dta of real industrial environments has been found.

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Influence of Parameter Setting in an Oil Cooler on the Temperature Characteristics of an Ultra-precision Hydrostatic Table (초정밀 유정압 테이블에서 냉각장치의 변수 설정이 온도특성에 미치는 영향)

  • Khim, Gyungho;Kim, Chang Ju;Oh, Jeong Seok;Park, Chun Hong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.32 no.6
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    • pp.571-576
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    • 2015
  • Temperature characteristics of supply oil in an ultra-precision hydrostatic table are largely influenced by parameter setting in an oil cooler such as the location of reference sensor and cooling temperature. In this paper, influences of the parameter setting on the temperature variation in the hydrostatic table are experimentally analyzed to suggest the guidelines for practical application. In case of using temperature of inlet oil as a reference sensor in the oil cooler, temperature rise of the supply oil is smaller and thermal settling time is faster than that of using temperature of outlet oil as a reference sensor. The experimental results also show that temperatures of table, rail and return oil can be made almost same, and thermal settling time can be decreased by setting cooling temperature in the oil cooler to be lower than atmospheric temperature.

The characteristics of capacity control using a variable speed compressor in an industrial cooler (산업용 냉각기의 압축기 회전수 변화에 따른 용량제어 특성)

  • Baek, S.M.;Moon, C.G.;Yoon, J.I.;Jeong, S.K.;Kim, E.
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.37-41
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    • 2011
  • This paper presents the capacity-control characteristics in an industrial cooler with a variable speed compressor. The inverter-type compressor is controlled by the rotational speed of the operational frequency. This type of the compressor performs the wide range of load compared to the on-off type. When the load of the system reduces, the rotational speed will be reduced. Thus, the system leads to the less power consumption and extends the longer durability of the compressor. With the variable rotational speed of the compressor the cooling capacity of the cooler is about 1.6-3.6 kW and the capacity control is about 40-100%. The system showed the highest efficiency when the rotational speed is about 45-70 Hz. The results can be used as the basic design data to control an industrial cooler.

A Study on Application of the Free Cooling System with Dry Cooler Using Economic Evaluation (경제성 평가를 이용한 프리쿨링시스템의 국내 적용성 연구)

  • Yoon, Jung-In;Son, Chang-Hyo;Kim, Hee-Min;Kim, Young-Min
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.50-55
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    • 2015
  • Recently, because of the deterioration of the nuclear generating station and increase of the cooler and heater, energy problem is increasing. To save the energy, the free cooling system is developed. The free cooling system is that cool the water to use cooled air in winter and is used in industrial process or data center. Yoon check the energy of free cooling system with dry cooler in korea. In this study, the value of the free cooling system with dry cooler is confirmed through using the NPV that is economic evaluation. when temperature degree of the cooled water is 10, in Chuncheon and Seoul the value is the most high. When temperature degree of the cooled water is 20, in Ulsan the value is the most high. As the result, because the using the temperature degree of the cooled water is high in the industrial process, the free cooling system is advantageous in korea.

Numerical Analysis on the Thermal Flow by a Thermoelectric Module within the Cabin of a Commercial Vehicle (상용차 캐빈 내의 열전모듈에 의한 열유동 수치해석)

  • Kim, J.K.;Oh, S.H.
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.16 no.5
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    • pp.47-54
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    • 2012
  • The steady three-dimensional numerical analysis on the thermal flow using standard k-${\varepsilon}$ turbulence model was carried out to investigate the air cooling effect of a cooler on the cabin for a commercial vehicle. Here, the heat exchanging method of this cabin cooler uses the cooling effect of a thermoelectric module. In consequence, the air system resistance of a cooler within the cabin is about 12.1 Pa as a static pressure, and then the operating point of a virtual cross-flow fan considering in this study is formed in the comparatively low flowrate region. The discharging air temperature of a cooler is about $14{\sim}15^{\circ}C$. Moreover, the air cooling temperature difference obtained under the outdoor cabin temperature of $40^{\circ}C$ shows about $7{\sim}9^{\circ}C$ in a driver resting space and about $9{\sim}14^{\circ}C$ in the front of a driver's seat including the space of a driver's foot.

Experimental Study on Heat Transfer Characteristics of Oil Cooler Inserted Offset Strip Fin (옵셋 스트립 휜 삽입 오일쿨러의 열전달에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Yoo, Jung-Won;Park, Jae-Hong;Kwon, Yong-Ha;Kim, Young-Soo;Lee, Byung-Kil
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2004.04a
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    • pp.1237-1242
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    • 2004
  • In this study, single-phase heat transfer experiments were conducted with oil cooler with offset strip fin using water. An experimental water loop has been developed to measure the single-phase heat transfer coefficient in a vertical oil cooler. Downflow of hot water in one channel receives heal from the cold water upflow of water in the other channel. Similar to the case of a plate heat exchanger, even at a very low Reynolds number, the flow in the on cooler with offset strip fin remains turbulent. The present data show that the heat transfer coefficient increases with the Reynolds number. Based. On the present data, empirical correlation of the heat transfer coefficient was proposed. Also, performance prediction analysis for oil cooler were executed and compared with experiments. ${\varepsilon}-NTU$ method was used in this prediction program. Independent variables are flow rates and inlet temperature. Compared with experimental data, the accuracy of the program is within the error bounds of ${\pm}5$% in the heat transfer rate.

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Effect of the Thermoelectric Element Thickness on the Thermal Performance of the Thermoelectric Micro-Cooler (마이크로 열전냉각기의 열성능에 대한 열전소자 두께의 영향)

  • Lee Kong-Hoon;Kim Ook-Joong
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.211-217
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    • 2006
  • The three-dimensional numerical analysis has been carried out to figure out the effect of the thermoelectric element thickness on the thermal performance of the thermo-electric micro-cooler. The small-size and column-type thermoelectric cooler is considered. It is known that tellurium compounds currently have the highest cooling performance around the room temperature. Thus, in the present study, $Bi_{2}Te_{3}$ and $Sb_{2}Te_{3}$ are selected as the n- and p-type thermoelectric materials, respectively. The thermoelectric leg considered is less than $20{\mu}m$ thick. The thickness of the leg may affect the thermal and electrical transport through the interfaces between the leg and metal conductors. The effect of the thermoelectric element thickness on the thermal performance of the cooler has been investigated with parameters such as the temperature difference, the current, and the cooling power.

Effects of flow direction on the performance of an indirect evaporative cooler (유동 방향이 간접 증발식 냉각기 성능에 미치는 영향)

  • Choo, Hyun-Seon;Lee, Kwan-Soo;Lee, Dae-Young
    • Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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    • 2006.06a
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    • pp.743-748
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    • 2006
  • Ren et al. analyzed the performance of the indirect evaporative cooler according to the direction of the flow considering evaporation water flow and wetness. However the effect of NTU of each channel on the performance of the indirect evaporative cooler according to the direction of the flow was not analyzed exactly. In this study the effect of the direction of the flow on the Indirect evaporative cooling performance changing NTU of each channel are investigated theoretically. The cooling process of the indirect evaporative cooler by flow direction is modeled into a set of linear differential equations and solved to obtain the exact solutions to the temperatures of the hot fluid, the moist air, and evaporation water. Based on the exact solution in the case of different NTU of each channel, we study the change of the distribution of the temperature according to each flow direction and at the same time analyze the effect of the flow direction on the cooling performance.

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