• 설비공학논문집
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.418-426
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• 2005

Efficiency of the compressor is most important parameter in the domestic refrigerator which runs year around. With developed analytical model about heat transfer analysis in the hermetic compressor, parametric study was performed to know the effect on efficiency by design and material modification of the compressor. Volumetric efficiency of the compressor increased approximately $3\%$ when insulation is increased about $50\%$ in suction component. However, the insulation effect on discharge component was only $1\%$. When the thermal conductivity of the discharge plenum is reduced from 300 to 20 $W/m{\cdot}K$, volumetric efficiency increased about $3.1\%$. There is no attraction in efficiency increment with variation of outside surface area of the compressor and radial heat transfer coefficient of the solid component in the compressor shell.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.753-762
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• 1998

A domestic refrigerator is composed of many components such as a compressor, evaporator, capillary tube, and the cabinet which plays a great role on the cycle performance, even if it is not the basic component part in the cycle. Recently, the restriction policy on the energy-saving and environmentally friendly refrigerator is reinforced in our nation as well as developed countries. Therefore, in this paper, cycle simulations and experiments were carried out ito understand the characteristics of the cycle performance using CFC 12, HFC 134a, and HC 600a and to know how changes in UA(overall heat transfer coefficients$\times$ heat transfer area) of evaporator, the position displacement of compressor, and the rpm of fan in the freezing room which has influence on the cycle performance. The result shows that the quantitative values of simulation and experiment are not coincident, but their trend is similar. When HFC 134a and HC 600a were used without the change of design in refrigerator used CFC 12, the performance of system in HC 600a is 30% lower, and the case of HFC 134a is 10% lower than that of CFC 12 on freezing temperature.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.624-631
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• 1996

가정용 냉장고의 제상 횟수와 제상에 따른 온도 상승이 냉동식품의 품질에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위하여, 육류, 생선, 과일 및 아이스크림을 냉동실에 저장하면서 품질변화를 측정하였다. 냉동실의 제상 주기가 16시간 정도이고, 제상시 온도는 $-5^{\circ}C$로 상승하는 기존의 일반 냉장고와, 제상주기가 30시간 정도이고 제상시 온도는 $-15^{\circ}C$로 조절되어 제조된 냉동실에서의 품질변화를 비교하였다. 냉동저장 중에 일어난 육류와 생선의 단백질 변성 정도와 육즙의 생성율 및 육류의 색깔 변화 정도는, 제상 주기가 짧고 온도 상승폭이 보다 큰 기존의 냉동실에서 변화가 훨씬 심한 것으로 나타났다. 냉동저장 중 얼음의 재결정화로 인한 조직의 파괴 정도와 얼음 결정의 크기를 광학현미경과 전자현미경으로 각각 관찰한 결과, 온도 변동이 심할 경우 육류의 조직이 더욱 많이 파괴되었고, 아이스크림에서는 얼음 결정이 훨씬 커진 것을 알 수 있었다. 시간-온도 지시계에 의한 냉동실의 저장 효과를 비교한 결과 위에 서 측정한 품질변화 속도와 잘 일치하였다. 따라서 냉동실의 제상 주기를 길게 하고 제상시 온도 상승폭을 줄인다면 가정용 냉장고에서 유발되는 냉동식품의 2차적인 품질 저하를 크게 감소시킬 수 있음을 알았다.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.277-288
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• 1992

Numerical simulations are made of the refrigeration cycle in a domestic refrigerator/freezer. The main purpose of the present study is to predict the steady-state cycle performance with various specifications of cycle components and cabinet under the continuous running conditions. The detailed mathematical models are constructed for both the cycle components and cabinet, which are strongly coupled with each other. The simultaneous equations are solved by simple iteration method, and the results obtained are examined to assess the effect of the cycle components and cabinet modification on the system performance.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2003년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.769-774
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• 2003

In this paper, the performance of a domestic Kim-Chi refrigerator is predicted by using a calculation model & experiment. The objectives of this study are to find out the best design points of a refrigeration system and calculate an adiabatic characteristic to change outdoor temperature. The best design points such as refrigerant charge and capillary length were experimentally investigated. And the calculation model is conducted as a function of calculation parameters and outdoor temperature. According to this study results, the best design points of a refrigeration system are each 95g of a refrigerant charge and 3500/3500mm of capillary lengths. And the power consumption is 13.578 Kwh/month. And a part of the worst heat loss is a front side of a domestic Kim-Chi refrigerator body.

• 대한설비공학회지:설비저널
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.218-223
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• 1991

• 대한설비공학회지:설비저널
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.190-198
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• 1991

• 대한설비공학회지:설비저널
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.189-201
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• 1992

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.509-514
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• 2000

A numerical study has been performed to design duct parameters in the freezer of a domestic refrigerator. The visualization results of FDM analysis using the standard k-$\varepsilon$ model with inlet boundary conditions modelled in this paper show good agreements with the experimental ones in prediction overall flow characteristics. Dominant vortex flows are found in the left upper and right lower corners, while there exists large turbulent kinetic energy around the fan and right upper side of the fan. It, in turn, has effects on the performance and noise. It is recommended to locate the outlet far away from the fan in order to reduce the noise level.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.249-265
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• 1995

The performance of a refrigerant mixture of propane(R290)/isobutane(R600a) as a substitute for CFC12 was investigated in a domestic refrigerator with single evaporator. A thermodynamic cycle simulation indicated an increase in COP of a 1.7 to 2.4% with R-290/600a in the composition range of 0.2 to 0.6 mass fraction of R290 compared to CFC12. For the tests, two units($299{\ell}$, $465{\ell}$) were used. All refrigeration components remained the same throughout the tests, except that the length of capillary tube and amount of charge were changed for the mixture. The refrigerators were fully instrumented with more than 20 thermocouples, 2 pressure transducers, and watt/watt-hour meter for each refrigerator. 'Energy consumption test' and 'no load pulldown test' were performed under the same condition. The experimental results obtained with the same compressor indicated that R-290/600a mixture at 0.6 mass fraction of R290 showed a 3 to 5% increase in energy efficiency and a faster cooling speed compared to CFC12. The R-290/600a mixture showed a shorter compressor on-time and a lower compressor dome temperature than CFC12. In conclusion, the proposed hydrocarbon mixture seems to be an appropriate candidate to replace CFC12 without causing more environmental problems.