• 한국가스학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.85-90
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• 2014

대용량의 공기조화용으로 널리 사용되는 터보냉동기는 냉매로 HCFC-123 가스를 주로 사용하며, HCFC-123은 CFC계 프레온의 대체 냉매제로 독성은 낮으나 환기가 원활하지 않는 밀폐공간이나 작업공간에서 산소결핍으로 인한 질식재해를 유발할 수 있는 것으로 보고되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 2011년 대형할인마트 기계실 내부 터보냉동기 냉매 누출로 인해 작업자 4명이 질식 등의 사유로 사망한 재해 사례를 대상으로 전산유체역학을 이용하여 HCFC-123 누출에 따른 산소농도를 예측함으로써 프레온 가스 누출사고에 대한 원인을 조사하고 대응책을 제시하여 동종 재해의 재발 방지에 도움이 되고자 한다.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제19권9호
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• pp.2316-2327
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• 1995

Experimental results from nucleate pool boiling heat transfer with various finned tubes in CFC11, HCF123 and HCFC141b are reported. One plain tube and four low fin tubes of various fin densities were tested in an attempt to find out the optimum fin density in the heat flux range of 10-60 kW/m$^{[-992]}$ at near atmospheric pressure. The results indicated that CFC11 showed the highest heat transfer coefficients. Its alternatives, HCFC123 and HCFC141b, showed 3-5% lower heat transfer coefficients than those of CFC11 at the same heat flux. As the fin density increases, so does the heat transfer surface area. Measured heat transfer coefficients, however, do not necessarily always increase as the fin density increases. This unique phenomenon seems to be caused by the coalescence of the bubblers that prevent the cool liquid from entering into the fin valleys. For all the refrigerants tested, the optimum fin density yielding the highest performance was 28 fins per inch confirming the previous results by other researchers.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.51-55
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• 2019

CFC의 오존층 파괴로 인해 이를 대체할 냉매, 세정제, 발포제의 개발과 더불어 소방분야에서는 할론대체소화약제개발에 주력하여 왔다. 특히 소화기분야에서는 할론1211 소화기를 대체할 청정소화약제를 개발하여 왔다. 그 결과로 개발된 소화기용 청정소화약제 중 가장 널리 사용되는 소화약제가 HCFC-123이다. 대부분의 청정소화약제들은 자체 증기압이 약하기 때문에 어떠한 가압원을 사용할 것인가가 중요한 문제 중 하나이다. 본 연구에서는 소화기용 소화약제들 중 HCFC-123, HCFC-124, HFC-125, Novec-1230을 선정하여 이들 약제에 대한 가압원으로 보조소화효과를 기대할 수 있는 CO₂를 사용하였다. 각 소화약제별로 약제량과 CO₂량을 조절하며 시험을 실시한 결과 HCFC-123 소화약제로부터 기대한 소화효과를 확인할 수 있었다. 현재 시중에 판매되고 있는 소화기인 HCFC-123 2.5 kg을 질소로 가압하여 소화능력 ABC 각 1단위인 소화기보다 소화약제가 적은 HCFC-123 1.5 kg과 CO₂ 1.5 kg을 혼합한 소화기로 동일한 소화능력시험에 성공하였다. 이러한 소화시험의 결과는 가압원인 CO₂의 보조소화효과를 확인한 것이라 할 수 있다. 이는 중간대체물질로 분류되어 있는 HCFC계열의 소화약제를 줄일 수 있어 기존의 소화기보다 친환경적이고 경제적이라 할 수 있으며 B,C급 화재용 소화기인 CO₂ 소화기로 A급 가연물이 많은 전기, 전자 관련 시설을 방호하는 불합리함을 해결하는데 기여할 수 있으리라 기대한다.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.356-359
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• 2018

This case report attempts to present a case of acute toxic hepatitis in fire extinguisher manufacturing workers exposed to 2,2-dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoro-ethane (HCFC-123) in August 2017 in Korea. Twenty-two-year-old male workers were exposed to HCFC-123 for 1.5 hours one day and for 2.5 hours the other day, after which one worker died, and the other recovered after treatment. The workers were diagnosed with acute toxicity of hepatitis. However, exposure levels of HCFC-123 were not known with no work environment measurement done. Therefore, this study was conducted to estimate the exposure concentration of HCFC-123 via a job simulation experiment. In the simulation, the HCFC-123 exposure concentration was measured with the same working practice and working time as with the workers aforementioned. As a result, the workers who infused HCFC-123 into storage tanks were estimated to be exposed to HCFC-123 at a concentration of $20.65{\pm}10.81ppm$, and a mean concentration of area samples within a working radius were estimated as $70.30{\pm}18.10ppm$. Valve assembly workers working on valves of a fire extinguisher filled with HCFC-123 were exposed to HCFC-123 at concentrations of $91.65{\pm}4.03ppm$ and $115.55{\pm}7.28ppm$, respectively, in the simulation, and area samples simulated within the working radius were also found to be high with concentrations of $122.75{\pm}91.15ppm$ and $126.80{\pm}60.25ppm$, respectively. Nitrogen gas packing workers, who did not handle HCFC-123 directly, were exposed to the agent at a concentration of $71.80{\pm}8.49ppm$. These results suggest that exposure to HCFC-123 at high concentrations for 1.5-2.5 hours caused acute toxic hepatitis in two workers.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.80-90
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• 2018

Objectives: This study was performed to propose a domestic occupational exposure limit(OEL) following a health hazard assessment, calculation of a non-carcinogenicity reference concentration worker($RfC_{worker}$) value, and examination of international agencies' exposure limits. It also recommends legal management within the Occupational Safety and Health Act for HCFC-123, which caused an acute hepatotoxicity incident. Methods: An acute hepatotoxicity incident due to the fire extinguishing agent HCFC-123 was investigated. Toxicological hazard and health hazard classifications were examined and a non-carcinogenicity $RfC_{worker}$ value was calculated for HCFC-123. An OEL and the necessity of legal management were recommended as well. Results and Conclusions: An OEL for HCFC-123 of 10 ppm($62.5mg/m^3$), which considered the $RfC_{worker}$ value, 5.56 ppm, produced in dose-response assessment and the exposure level of 19.1-20.9 ppm measured as an eight-hour TWA(time-weighted average) in the incident place, is recommended. HCFC-123 is urged to be included as a chemical requiring legal management in the Occupational Safety and Health Regulations. In addition, it is recommended that a peak exposure of ACGIH be adopted in the Notice of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.830-840
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• 1997

In this study, condensation heat transfer coefficients(HTCs) of CFC-11, HCFC-123 and HCFC-141b are measured, which are used/or considered as working fluids in centrifugal chillers. The main objectives of this study are to measure and compare the HTCs of various refrigerants on plain and low fin tubes and also to find out the optimum fin density of the low fin tubes. To accomplish these goals, HTCs of three refrigerants are measured for the plain tube as well as 4 types of low fin tubes. All measurements are carried out at the vapor temperature of 39.deg. C with the wall temperature difference of 3 .deg. C ~ 8.deg. C. For all the refrigerants tested, a low fin tube of 28 fins per inch yielded the best performance among all the tubes tested. For the plain tube, the HTCs of CFC-11 and HCFC-141b were very similar and those of HCFC-123 were 10% lower than those of CFC-11.Thus, it can be concluded that HCFC-123 and HCFC-141b are acceptable as alternative refrigerants for CFC-11 from the view point of condensation heat transfer.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.24-32
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• 1993

Experimental data on the heat transfer characteristics of HCFC-123 and CFC-11 during condensation in horizontal smooth tube are presented. The experimental apparatus consisted of a closed working fluid loop, coolant loop, and measuring system. The major components of the working fluid loop made of a refrigerant pump, boiler, superheater, refrigerant flow meter, receiver and test section. The tube-in-tube type test section was made of smooth tube which were constructed form 9.52 mm outer diameter of smooth copper tube with 50 mm outside diameter of PVC tube duct. The ranges of parameter, such as refrigerant mass velocity, coolant flow rate, and quality were 90-325kg/($m^2$.s), 60-360kg/h, 5-95% respectively. Data were obtained under steady state condition for annular flow. As a result of these, the condensation heat transfer coefficients for HCFC-123 were slightly lower than those of CFC-11 from 8% to 15% inside horizontal smooth tube. Furthermore, a new generalized correlation for the heat transfer coefficients of HCFC-123 and CFC-11 during condensation inside horizontal smooth tube is proposed.

• 에너지공학
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.318-326
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• 2001

중저온 배열회수를 통해 열설비의 열효율을 향상시키기 위하여 1 MW급 유기랭킨사이클시스템을 설계, 개발하였다. 포항제철소에 있는 두 대의 100 MW급 기력발전소에서 발생하는 175$^{\circ}C$의 배가스를 산업체에서 발생하는 대표적인 중저온배열원으로 선정하고, 환경오염을 최소화할 수 있는 신냉매인 HCFC-123을 시스템의 작동유체로 선정하였다. 유기냉킨사이클시스템의 시험운전을 통하여 유기랭킨사이클시스템이 산업체의 중저온배열을 회수하는데 유용함을 확인하였다. 열수의 가열, 터빈기동 및 전기투입방법 등의 운전방법을 최적화하였다. 그러나 HCFC-123 공급펌프의 능력부족으로 작동유체의 공급이 부족하여 정격출력보다 낮은 670kW의 전력을 생산할 수 있었다. HCFC-123의 공급유량을 증가시키기 위하여 파이프의 압력손실저하 및 펌프의 성능 향상을 위한 펌프교체 등이 고려되어야 함을 알 수 있었다.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.365-379
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• 1994

Pool boiling experiments were carried out to study the effect of electric field on nucleate boiling heat transfer. CFC-11 and its alternative HCFC-123 were used as working fluids. Boiling on both single tube and a bundle of five tubes was investigated. Heat flux varied from 5 to $25kW/m^2$ while the applied voltage changed from 0 to 1kV. The results showed that at low heat flux where boiling was not present or very weak, electric field-induced forced convection helped increase the heat transfer coefficients of CFC-11 and HCFC-123 significantly(4-15 times increase). However, at higher heat flux, nucleate boiling of CFC-11 which is a highly dielectric fluid, was not affected significantly by the application of electric field. In contrast to CFC-11, even at high heat flux, nucleate boiling of CFC-11 which has a relatively larger electric conductivity than CFC-11, was vigorously increased up to 2-4 times. The additional power required to apply the electric field was 1-2% of the total power consumption by the heater. The increase in overall heat transfer coefficient of evaporators with HCFC -123 was about 40%, suggesting a considerable reduction in evaporator size with EHD technique.

• International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration
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• 제7권
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• pp.55-68
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• 1999

In this study, computer simulation programs were developed for single-stage, two-stage, and three-stage condensation heat pumps and their performance with CFC11, HCFC123, HCFC141b was examined under the same external conditions. The results showed that the coefficient of performance(COP) of an optimized 'non-split type' three-stage condensation heat pump is 25-42% higher than that of a conventional single-stage heat pump. The increase in COP, however, differed among the fluids tested. The improvement in COP is largely due to the decrease in average LMTDs in condensers, which results in the decrease in thermodynamic irreversibility in heat exchange process. For the three-stage heat pump, the highest COP is achieved when the total condenser area is evenly distributed among the three condensers. For the two-stage heat pump, however, the optimum distribution of the total condenser area varies with an individual working fluid. For the three-stage system, 'splitting the condenser cooling water'for the use of intermediate and high pressure subcoolers helps increase the COP further. When the individual cooling water entering the intermediate and high pressure subcoolers is roughly 10% of the total condenser cooling water, the maximum COP is achieved showing roughly an 11% increase in COP as compared to that of the 'non-split type' heat pump.