• 설비공학논문집
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.153-159
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• 2001

A system simulation program was developed for a multi-type inverter heat pump. Electronic expansion valve(EEV) was used to extend the capacity modulating range of the heat pump as expansion device. The program was also developed to calculate actual system performance with the building load variation with climate during a year. The performance variation of a multi-type hat pump with two EEV and an inverter compressor was simulated with compressor speed, capacity, and flow area of the EEV. As a result, the optimum operating frequency of the compressor and openings of the expansion device were decided at a given load. As compressor speed increased, he capacity of heat pump increased, the capacity of heat pump increased. Therefore flow area of EEV should be adjusted to have wide openness. Thus the coefficient of performance(COP) of the heat pump decreased due to increasement of compressor power input. The maximum COP point at a given load was decided according to the compressor speed. And under the given specific compressor speed and the load, the optimum openings point of EEV was also decided. Although the total load of indoor units was constant, the operating frequency increased as the fraction of load in a room increased. Finally ad the compressor power input increased, the coefficient of performance decreased.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제22권10호
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• pp.1263-1271
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• 2013

Graphene oxide (GO)-titania composites have emerged as an attractive heterogeneous photocatalyst that can enhance the photocatalytic activity of $TiO_2$ nanoparticles owing to their potential interaction of electronic and adsorption natures. Accordingly, $TiO_2$-GO mixtures were synthesized in this study using a simple chemical mixing process, and their heterogeneous photocatalytic activities were investigated to determine the degradation of airborne organic pollutants (benzene, ethyl benzene, and o-xylene (BEX)) under different operational conditions. The Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy results demonstrated the presence of GO for the $TiO_2$-GO composites. The average efficiencies of the $TiO_2$-GO mixtures for the decomposition of each component of BEX determined during the 3-h photocatalytic processes were 26%, 92%, and 96%, respectively, whereas the average efficiencies of the unmodified $TiO_2$ powder were 3%, 8%, and 10%, respectively. Furthermore, the degradation efficiency of the unmodified $TiO_2$ powder for all target compounds decreased during the 3-h photocatalytic processes, suggesting a potential deactivation even during such a short time period. Two operational conditions (air flow entering into the air-cleaning devices and the indoor pollution levels) were found to be important factors for the photocatalytic decomposition of BEX molecules. Taken together, these results show that a $TiO_2$-GO mixture can be applied effectively for the purification of airborne organic pollutants when the operating conditions are optimized.

• 한국축산시설환경학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.47-54
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• 2013

Two types of reactors were set to investigate the change of characteristics of pig slurry by aeration during fertilization period. One system was equipped with air diffuser to supply oxygen to pig slurry for liquid fertilization, but there was no air diffuser in the other system. Air supply to the experimental systems was regulated by air flow meter. The reactors were set up in the laboratory to protect the pig slurry from external condition such as temperature and humidity changes. Maintaining optimal pH range in the experimental reactors is an important factor for liquid fertilization of pig slurry. In this study, pH ranges of aerobic reactor and anoxic reactor was 7.04~7.19 and 7.34~7.81, respectively. The temperature of aerobic reactors was $2{\sim}3^{\circ}C$ higher then indoor temperature. The amount of sludge accumulated at the bottom layer of non-aerated reactors was 4~5 times more than that of aerated reactors.

• 대한설비공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한설비공학회 2008년도 하계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.919-924
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• 2008

Power consumption in the building thermal load could be the sum of the building fabric conduction load, building ventilation convection load and other such as radiation loss load. Dynamic Breathing Building (DBB) is the state-of-the-art to improve the wall insulation and indoor air quality(IAQ) performance as making air flow through the wall. This heat recovery type DBB contributes the power consumption saving due to the improved dynamic U-value. KIER twin test cell with static insulation(SI) and dynamic insulation(DI) at KIER was developed to test building power consumption at the real outside conditions. Then, the actual results were compared with the theory to predict the power consumption at the KIER twin test cell and introduced the building new radiation loss factor $\alpha$ to explain the difference between the both the theory and the actual case. As the results, the power consumption at the breathing DI wall building could saved 10.8% at the 2ACH(Air change per hour) compared with conventional insulation. The building radiation loss factor $\alpha$ for this test condition to calibrate the actual test was 0.55 in the test condition.

• 한국입자에어로졸학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.51-59
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• 2022

In this work, virion concentration and its dose changes by HVAC and air cleaners were estimated in a subway station platform to control airborne infection of SARS-CoV-2. Collection efficiencies with particle size were measured for the air filter equipped in a HVAC in one subway station in Daejeon. Indoor PM_2.5 changes according to outdoor PM_2.5 with time were also measured to estimate air infiltration rate in the subway station platform. When infected persons generate virions by 10⁴, 10⁵, 10⁶, 3 × 10⁶ and 5 × 10⁶ h^-1 in a 2,400 m³ volume platform, the concentration and dose were estimated as 9, 92, 275 and 458 virions/m³ and 4, 43, 130 and 217 virions after 1 hour exposure, respectively. The concentration and dose were reduced by 70%, and 64%, respectively by operations of both HVAC (with a flow rate of 16,000 m³/h, MERV 11) and ten air cleaners(with total CADR 10,740 m³/h) compared to those without operation of both HVAC and air cleaners. However, virion dose in the platform was estimated to be too low at the general conditions due to a large space, a high air infiltration (3 h^-1) and a short residence time (usually < 10 mins) in the platform irrespective of the operations of HVAC or air cleaners. HVAC with filters and air cleaners would be more necessary in the concourse or shopping areas in the subway stations to reduce the infection dose from a few hundred to several tens virions in a hour.

• 청정기술
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.105-112
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• 2013

폴리아닐린 기반 이산화티타늄 복합체(폴리아닐린-이산화티타늄 복합체)를 다른 소성온도 조건에서 제조하여 일반 공기질 수준의 트리클로로에틸렌과 테트라클로로에틸렌에 대한 제어 적용성 연구를 수행하였다. 모든 조사대상 오염물질에 대하여 폴리아닐린-이산화티타늄 복합체의 제어효율은 제조 시 적용된 소성온도 변화에도 아무런 경향을 나타내지 않았다. 대신에, 소성온도를 $350^{\circ}C$에서 $450^{\circ}C$로 증가시켰을 때 3시간의 광촉매 공정 동안에 폴리아닐린-이산화티타늄 복합체의 제어효율은 트리클로로에틸렌과 테트라클로로에틸렌에 대하여 61%에서 72%로, 21%에서 39%로 각각 증가하였다. 그러나, 소성온도를 $450^{\circ}C$에서 $550^{\circ}C$와 $650^{\circ}C$로 더 증가시켰을 경우에는 폴리아닐린-이산화티타늄 복합체에 의한 트리클로로에틸렌과 테트라클로로에틸렌의 제어효율이 점진적으로 감소하였다. 이러한 결과는 폴리아닐린-이산화티타늄 복합체 내 아나타제 결정상의 생성량과 입자의 비표면적 변화 때문으로 판단되었고, 이러한 특성 변화는 X-선 회절과 주사전자현미경 분석결과를 통하여 확인하였다. 가장 낮은 주입농도(0.1 ppm) 조건에서 트리클로로에틸렌과 테트라클로로에틸렌의 평균 제어효율은 각각 72%와 39%이었고, 반면에 가장 높은 주입농도(1.0 ppm) 조건에서는 트리클로로에틸렌과 테트라클로로에틸렌의 평균 제어효율은 각각 52%와 18%로 나타났다. 공급 유량을 0.1 L $min^{-1}$에서 1.0 L $min^{-1}$로 증가시켰을 때 트리클로로에틸렌과 테트라클로로에틸렌의 평균 제어효율이 각각 약 100%에서 47% 그리고 약 100%에서 18%로 감소하였다. 또한, 상대 습도를 20%에서 95%로 증가시켰을 때 트리클로로에틸렌과 테트라클로로에틸렌의 평균 제어효율이 각각 약 100%에서 23% 그리고 약 100%에서 8%로 대폭 감소하였다. 본 연구결과를 종합해볼 때, 작동조건을 최적화할 경우 폴리아닐린-이산화티타늄 복합체가 일반 공기질 농도 수준의 염소계 화합물질 제어를 위해서 효율적으로 이용될 수 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국입자에어로졸학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.83-91
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• 2014

Since airborne bacteria have been known to aggravate indoor air quality, studies on reducing bacteria particles increase recently. In this study, a chamber(0.8m x 0.8m x 1.56m) system was built in order to simulate real conditions for reducing airborne bacteria, and evaluated by a simple aerosol reduction test. A method utilizing CFD(Computational Fluid Dynamics) simulation was used to detect the horizontal cross-sectional area which represents particle distribution in the chamber. Then an air-cleaner with HEPA filter and Carbon Fiber Ionizer was located on that area for aerosol reduction test. The CFD result found the area was located at 0.2m height from the bottom of the chamber, and the test showed aerosol reduction efficiencies using measurements of number concentration and CFU(colony forming unit) per each case. At the measurement of number concentration, the reduction efficiency of air-cleaner with filter and ionizer(Case 3) was about 90% after 4 minutes from the stop of the bacteria injection, and that with only filter(Case 2) was about 90% after 8 minutes from the beginning. Lastly, that without filter and ionizer(Case 1) was about 30% after 10 minutes. At the measurement of CFU, it shows similar results but it is related to viability of bio-aerosol.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제34권7호
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• pp.697-702
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• 2010

전열교환 엘리먼트는 열회수형 환기유닛의 핵심부품으로, 외기와 실내공기의 열 및 수분교환이 이루어진다. 본 연구에서는 현재 국내에서 사용되고 있는 전열교환 엘리먼트에 대하여 외기의 온 습도 변화가 전열교환 엘리먼트의 성능에 미치는 영향을 실험적으로 연구하였다. 전열교환 엘리먼트를 통과 하는 공기 유량, 입 출구의 건 습구 온도를 정밀하게 측정할 수 있는 실험장치를 특별히 제작하였고, 항온항습실내에서 외기의 상대습도 또는 절대습도를 변화시키며 실험을 수행하였다. 실험결과는 현열전달 유용도과 잠열전달 유용도으로 평가되는데 잠열 전달 유용도는 외기의 상대습도의 증가에 따라 증가하였으나 절대습도의 변화에는 거의 무관하게 냐타났다. 한편 현열 교환 유용도는 외기의 온도 및 습도 변화에 무관하게 일정하였다.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.7-13
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• 2013

Bio Clean Room(BCR) and pharmaceutical product manufacturing facilities require careful assessment of many factors, including HVAC, controls, room finishes, process equipment, room operations, and utilities. Flow of equipment, personnel, and product must also be considered along with system flexibility, redundancy, and maintenance shutdown strategies. It is important to involve designers, operators, commissioning staff, quality control, maintenance, constructors, validation personnel, and the production representative during the conceptual stage of design. Critical variables for room environment and types of controls vary greatly with the clean space's intended purpose. It is particularly important to determine critical parameters with quality assurance to set limits and safety factors for temperature, humidity, room pressure, and other control requirements. In this paper, oxygen cluster ion equipment was utilized in order to enhance the indoor air quality and to prevent the airborne infection of ward in hospital. Moreover, the performance test of the equipment was also performed in order to develop the optimal sterilization system of BCR using the equipment.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.69-76
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• 2017

Purpose: This study aimed at developing an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model for predicting the amount of cooling energy consumption of the variable refrigerant flow (VRF) cooling system by the different set-points of the control variables, such as supply air temperature of air handling unit (AHU), condenser fluid temperature, condenser fluid pressure, and refrigerant evaporation temperature. Applying the predicted results for the different set-points, the control algorithm, which embedded the ANN model, will determine the most energy efficient control strategy. Method: The ANN model was developed and tested its prediction accuracy by using matrix laboratory (MATLAB) and its neural network toolbox. The field data sets were collected for the model training and performance evaluation. For completing the prediction model, three major steps were conducted - i) initial model development including input variable selection, ii) model optimization, and iii) performance evaluation. Result: Eight meaningful input variables were selected in the initial model development such as outdoor temperature, outdoor humidity, indoor temperature, cooling load of the previous cycle, supply air temperature of AHU, condenser fluid temperature, condenser fluid pressure, and refrigerant evaporation temperature. The initial model was optimized to have 2 hidden layers with 15 hidden neurons each, 0.3 learning rate, and 0.3 momentum. The optimized model proved its prediction accuracy with stable prediction results.