• International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.119-127
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• 2005

Liquid pressure amplifiers have been proposed as an energy saving technology for vapor compression refrigeration systems configured with direct-expansion evaporators. The technology utilizes a refrigerant pump in the high pressure liquid line as a means of maintaining a suitable pressure differential across the expansion valve while lowering condensing pressure to achieve the reduction of compressor energy consumption. Applications have been proposed on systems ranging from small unitary air-conditioning to large supermarket and commercial refrigeration systems. This paper clarifies the role of such a device in a vapor compression refrigeration system. Limitations are presented and discussed. Finally, results of detailed analyses are presented to quantify the energy consumption both with and without a liquid pressure amplifier in a unitary air conditioning system. The estimated energy savings associated with the installation of a liquid pressure amplifier are minimal.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제16권11호
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• pp.1051-1059
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• 2004

Two phase thermosyphone loop for electronics cooling are designed and manufactured to test its performance under the partial load and low environment temperature conditions. The thermosyphone device has six evaporators connected parallel for the purpose of cooling six power amplifier units (PAU) independently. The heater modules for simulating PAUs are adhered with thermal pad to the evaporator plates to reduce the contact resistance. There are unbalanced distributions of liquid refrigerant in the differently heated evaporators due to the vapor pressure difference. To reduce the vapor pressure differences caused by partial heating, two evaporators are connected each other using the copper tube. The pressure regulation tube successfully reduces these unbalances and it is good candidates for a field distributed systems. Under the low environment temperature operating condition, such as $-30^{\circ}C$, there may be unexpected subcooling in condenser. It leads the very low saturation pressure, and under this condition there exists explosive boiling in evaporator. The abrupt pressure rise due to the explosive boiling inhibits the supplement of liquid refrigerant to the evaporator for continuous cooling. Finally the cooling cycle will be broken. For the normal circulation of refrigerant there may be an optimum cooling air flow rate in condenser to adjust the given heat load.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.34-39
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 최초로 음파 소화기를 이용한 자동 화재진압 기능을 가진 안전 스토브 아키텍처를 제안하고 개발하였다. 화재가 발생하면 화재 센서와 연동된 마이크로컨트롤러가 화재를 감지하고 음파 소화기를 구동하여 화재를 진압하는 구조를 가진다. 음파 소화기는 스피커와 콜리메이터로 구성되며, 오디오 증폭기를 포함하는 구동모듈에 의해 구동된다. 스토브를 둘러싸는 인클로저를 사용해 거리에 따른 음파의 확산을 막아 음파의 감쇠를 줄일 수 있었다. 이때, 사용된 음파의 주파수는 50 Hz이며, 음압은 소화기로 부터 0.5 m 거리에서 93 dBA로 측정되었다. 7 cc 및 14 cc의 가연성 액체에서 발생한 화염에 대해 진화에 소요되는 시간은 각각 최대 8 s와 15 s로, 각각 자연소화 시간의 24%와 42%에 해당한다. 제안된 안전 스토브는 기존 안전 스토브와 비교하여 무해하고 잔여물질이 남지 않기 때문에, 다양한 가전기기에 적용되어 원활한 초기 화재 진압 및 화재 확산 방지에 기여할 것으로 기대된다.