• 한국기계기술학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.71-76
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• 2011

Earth to air heat exchangers made by iron, aluminium, copper and poly-ethylene pipe for single greenhouse heating were experimented and blowers. Earth to air heat exchanger was installed by pipelines in earth tube at 70cm depths and air blower was the heating capacity 3kW/h, As the result, Temperature difference due to temperature history of the inlet and outlet air on the various type in earth tube in greenhouse showed that air temperature at the various type in earth tube, comparison tube were make no difference respectively. Under the experimental condition, heat fluxes and heating load were showed 6,800Kcal/h, 19,699kcal/h generally yield of Lactuca Sativa cultured during days of sowing 90day in greenhouse using copper pipe was 170% incleased.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.112-121
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• 1997

This study is focused on the development and selection of optimal cool tube system to maximize its thermal performance. Cool tube is devised to reduce the heating and cooling load of building by preheating or refreshing of intake air. Finite volume method was adopted to solve the conduction problem between the cool tube and earth. We examine the cool tube system for two operating periods, a short term(12 hours) and a long term(3 months). The results of short term operations reveal that condensation significantly influences and raises the exit air temperature. For long term operations, optimum conditions of cool tube system are obtained with variations of flow-rate, depth, length and diameter of cool tube.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.517-526
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• 1997

This study is focused on the development and selection of the optimal cool tube system to maximize its thermal performance. Cool tube is devised to reduce the heating and cooling load of building by preheating or refreshing of intake air with buried pipes. Finite volume method is adopted to solve the conduction problem between the cool tube and earth. We examine the cool tube system for two operating periods, a short term(12 hours) and a long term(3 months). The results of short term operations reveal that condensation significantly influences and raises the exit air temperature. For long term operations, optimum conditions of cool tube system are obtained with variations of flow-rate, depth, length and diameter of cool tube.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.459-468
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• 1997

To optimize the design and operation of a soil- air heat exchanger system, the effects of variables characterizing system design and operation on the performance of the system were analyzed by a theoretical model which included the three-dimensional transient heat conduction equation. The solution of the theoretical model was acquired by a computer program that uses Finite Difference Methods and Gauss-Seidel iteration computation, in which the time discretization scheme was an implicit difference appoximation. The computer program was validated first by comparison of the results for different grid sizes. Air outlet temperature, energy gain, and heat exchange efficiency of the system were analyzed based upon the tube diameter, tube length, tube thickness, and tube thermal diffusivity.

• 한국지열·수열에너지학회논문집
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2016

A ground air heat exchanger (GAHX), also called earth air heat exchanger is a useful technology to be integrated with other renewable energy technologies. In this study, ground-air heat exchanger system for the air source heat pump is introduced. The purpose of this study is to design the volumetric flow rate and the length of GAHX system. A GAHX length model equation has been developed and used for calculation. GAHX thermal efficiency are recommended as 75% and 85% in order to optimize pipe length. $2,750m^3/h$, $2,420m^3/h$ of volumetric flow rate on 88.3m, 111.7m length are suggested for providing 7.5kW thermal capacity. And the number of path is recommended more than two to minimize pressure drop. For future study, advanced model equation study with ground thermal behavior and a more efficient GAHX design will be considered.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.21-30
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• 1998

A theoretical model was developed to evaluate the effects of soil and airflow characteristics on the soil-air heat exchanger performances. The model, which includes three-dimensional transient energy and mass equilibrium-equation, was solved by using a computer program that uses Finite Difference Methods and Gauss-Seidel iteration computation. Energy gains, heat exchange efficiencies, and outlet air temperature are presented including the effects of soil moisture content, soil conductivity, soil thermal diffusivity, and soil initial temperature. Also, data related to the effects of airflow rate and inlet air temperature on the thermal performance of the system are presented. The results indicated that energy gains depend on soil conductivity, soil thermal diffusivity, and soil initial temperature. Heat exchange efficiencies relied on air mass flow rate and soil moisture content.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.436-448
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• 1996

An earth tube soil air heat exchange system was designed, installed and operated as a single pass heat exchanger to utilize the geothermal energy as an natural energy source. This study was undertaken to investigate the potential of the heating and cooling, energy gain, heat exchange efficiency and coefficient of performance of the system. The system consisted of 30m in length and 30cm in diameter polyethylene pipes buried 2m deep in soil. Maximum heating and cooling performance were 2.51㎾ and 1.26㎾ at the air mass rate of 21cmm. Energy gain and coefficient of performance were the function of temperature difference between outside air and soil temperature. They were expressed as Q=0.33$ imes$$Delta T_{max}$+0.134(㎾) for energy gain and COP=0.44$ imes$$Delta T_{max}$+0.178 for coefficient of performance with correlation factor of 0.95. The mean of heat exchange efficiencies was 85.6%.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2005년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.684-687
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• 2005

Ground source heat pump systems are used for heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems in commercial buildings, schools, and factories because of low operating and maintenance costs. These systems use the earth as a heat source in heating mode and a heat sink in cooling mode. Ground heat exchangers are classified by a horizontal type and vertical type according to the installation method. A horizontal type means that a heat exchanger is laid in the trench bored in 1.2 to 1.8 m depth. The solar heat and the rainwater are affected by the performance of heat exchanger and causes mutual influence among heat exchangers. In this study, to evaluate the performance of straight type, slinky type, and spiral type of horizontal ground heat exchangers designed on 1 RT scale, test sections are buried on the earth and experimental apparatus is installed. Therefore the performance of these is estimated.

• 한국축산시설환경학회지
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.125-136
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• 1995

항온층 지열을 이용하는 지열교환기를 개발하여 겨울철의 난방효과와 여름철과 환절기에 있어서 온습도변화를 분석하였다. 또한 지열교환기가 매설된 토양의 종류는 미사질토로 나타났다. 시험한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 디지탈풍속계를 사용하여 2월 중 하루동안의 온습도를 측정해 본 결과 입기의 온도가 -7.3$^{\circ}C$에서 6.4$^{\circ}C$의 변화를 보일 때 배기의 온도는 1.2~7.3$^{\circ}C$로 영상의 기온을 나타내었으며, 최대의 온도차 $\Delta$t는 8.5$^{\circ}C$이었다. 난방성능은 최대 3.25Wh/㎥이었으며, 평균 1.7Wh/㎥이었다. 2. 3월과 4월의 온도변화를 측정해 본 결과 땅속 2.5m의 온도와 지하배관내의 공기온도가 모두 10~l2$^{\circ}C$의 일정한 온도범위를 보여 외기의 급격한 온도와는 상관없이 변화폭이 적은 온도의 공기를 축사내로 공급할 수 있었다. 3. 7월 1일부터 5일까지의 온도변화 자료를 분석해 본 결과 지하 2.5m의 온도가 18~2$0^{\circ}C$의 일정한 범위를 보여 지난 3, 4월과 비교하여 지온이 약 8$^{\circ}C$ 정도 상승하였다. 4. 9월 중 일교차가 가장 심했던 9월 19일에서 22일 사이에 입기구와 배기구에서 순간온도변화를 측정한 결과 입기구에서 온도변화는 9~28$^{\circ}C$로 약 19$^{\circ}C$의 온도차를 보였으나 배기구에서의 온도변화는 15~$25^{\circ}C$의 범위를 보여 입기구의 온도변화에 비해 약 9$^{\circ}C$ 정도의 온도차로 완화할 수 있었다. 이상의 시험결과에서 나타난 바와 같이 지열교환기는 축사의 난방 보조열원으로서 양호한 열효율을 나타내어 우리나라 축사시설에 적용가능성을 제시하였다. 본 지열교환기 시스템은 지열을 이용하는 환경보전형 에너지 시스템으로서 시설하기 간편하고 경제적이며 반영구적인 냉난방 및 환기시스템이다. 따라서, 우리나라 축산시설에 실용화될 경우에 우수한 대체에너지원으로 에너지 절감효과에도 크게 기여하리라고 전망된다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.466-469
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• 2007

Heat pumps are used for air-conditioning systems in commercial buildings, schools, and factories because of low operating and maintenance costs. These systems use the earth as a heat source in heating mode and a heat sink in cooling mode. Ground heat exchangers are classified by a horizontal type and vertical type according to the installation method. A horizontal type means that a heat exchanger is laid in the trench bored in 1.2 to 1.8 m depth. And a vertical type is usually constructed by placing small diameter high density polyethylene tube in a vertical borehole. Vertical tube sizes range from 20 to 40 mm nominal diameter. Borehole depth range between 100 and 200 m depending on local drilling conditions and available equipment. In this study, to evaluate the performance of single u-tube with bentonite grouting, single u-tube with broken stone grouting and double n-tube bentonite grouting of vertical ground heat exchangers, test sections are buried on the earth and experimental apparatus is installed. Therefore the heat transfer performance and pressure loss of these are estimated.