• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.517-523
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• 2016

Unlike household refrigerators, commercial refrigerators are composed of separate indoor and outdoor units. The outdoor unit of most commercial refrigerators is designed to run at a fixed speed, which results in low energy efficiency and loud fan noise. Moreover, it cannot respond flexibly to changing thermal load in the indoor unit. Inverter type outdoor units can address such problems through speed changes based on information obtained from the indoor unit. However, using two units from different manufacturers is often not a viable solution. If condition changes in the indoor unit can be detected without communication between the two units, it is possible to adjust the speed of the outdoor unit. This paper attempts to analyze the signal from the outdoor unit when the condition of the indoor unit changes by varying the thermal load.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.19-27
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• 2019

In commercial areas, outdoor units are typically installed close to one another in the narrow space between buildings due to insufficient regulations. This makes it difficult to ventilate the discharge airflow, which may lead to deterioration of the performance of outdoor units. This study conducted CFD simulation to analyze the thermal environment according to the installation distance of the outdoor unit. The outdoor unit was installed in the space between buildings, and the thermal environment was analyzed by changing installation distance and wind speed. The performance of the outdoor unit was evaluated by measuring the on-coil temperature. The results show that the closer the distance between outdoor units, the higher the condenser on-coil temperature. Also, the on-coil temperature appeared to rise dramatically at lower wind speed.

• Architectural research
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.101-108
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• 2017

The use of the air conditioner is increasing due to the rise of the outdoor temperature during summer, and the problems of the fire and the cooling performance deterioration are caused due to lack of maintenance of the outdoor unit. In particular, overall performance of cooling system and efficiency in outdoor units have been degraded due to an intake of high-temperature outdoor air thereby increasing cooling energy and operating cost. Thus, this study aimed to increase efficiency of outdoor units by evaporating and cooling intake air through mist spray at the intake port surface in the outdoor unit. The measurements results showed that total power consumption of misting outdoor unit compared to that of conventional outdoor units was reduced by 21% approximately, and total power consumption of the entire system including pump was reduced by 16.7%. In addition, the operating cost including water use was reduced by 13.5% approximately. In summary, if a mist-spray nozzle kit is installed in air-cooled outdoor units, the reduction in the usage of cooling energy and operating cost will be achieved without replacement of existing cooling systems or a large scale of repairs.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.203-209
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• 2003

Control algorithms of an air handling unit by using the mixing box plenum pressures were developed and verified by experiments. Control algorithms developed for this study were the setpoint algorithms for the outdoor damper position, the outdoor/fixed plenum pressure, and the return/exhaust plenum pressure. The outdoor/fixed plenum pressure setpoint was used to control the bypass damper position, and the return/exhaust plenum pressure setpoint was used to control the return fan speed. Experimental results showed the good control of the required outdoor air demand. Therefore, setpoint algorithms developed for this study may effectively be applied for the control of the VAV air handling unit.

• 대한설비공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한설비공학회 2008년도 하계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.577-582
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• 2008

The present study has been conducted to study the performance of Dedicated outdoor air handling unit. Dedicated outdoor air handling unit consists of pre-cooler, dehumidification and after cooler. By combining dedicated outdoor air-conditioning and heat pump, a new four-season dedicated outdoor air handling unit has been developed. Amount of energy saved and condition when this new system is superior to conventional vapor-compression cooling system has been presented.

• 대한설비공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한설비공학회 2008년도 하계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.591-596
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• 2008

The present study has been conducted to study the performance of dedicated outdoor air handling unit in central and personal air-conditioning. With conventional central and personal air-conditioning systems which are designed according to the maximum load, humidity increase above comfort level can not be avoided as the cooling load decreases. The adoption of dedicated outdoor air handling unit, however, can solve this problem. Moreover, the dedicated outdoor air handling unit has the characteristics of anti-bacteria due to dry coil, energy saving and good indoor air quality. During cooling seasons, dedicated outdoor air handling unit can save energy up to 30% than the conventional cooling+reheating system for controlling both temperature and humidity.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제14권7호
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• pp.577-585
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• 2004

In this paper, reactive shearing structural intensity method is extended to damping patches placement on outer panels of outdoor unit of air-conditioner to reduce its structural borne noise. The structural intensity is calculated from the normal velocities of structures that are measured by using a laser scanning vibrometer, and $textsc{k}$-space (wave-number domain) signal processing is used to obtain the spatial derivatives in formulation of structural intensity. This method is applied to the outdoor unit of air-conditioner on shaker-exciting mode and operating mode. and then damping patches are placed over area of high reactive shearing structural intensity for reducing the radiated noise. Experimental results show the largest reduction of sound pressure level of an outdoor unit by appling small damping patches to optimal position.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2012년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.577-582
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• 2012

Recently, noise reduction of air-conditioner is one of the important design factors for high quality product. Especially, customer complaints arise due to noise problem of the outdoor unit. After the operation of air-conditioner start, noise level of outdoor unit is increased gradually and sometimes abnormal noise occurs until it reaches steady state condition. The aim of this paper is to investigate the relation between noise of outdoor unit and thermodynamic properties of cycle at transient condition of room air-conditioner. In order to find out the noise characteristics of outdoor unit, noise and vibration measurements are carried out. Also, the thermodynamic properties of compressor and heat exchanger are measured by using temperature and pressure sensors and experimental results are discussed. Finally, we find out the relation between noise and cycle properties at starting of room air-conditioner and the improvement method to reduce noise level is proposed.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.1410-1419
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• 2019

본 연구는 한냉지에서 실외기에 서리가 형성되지 않는 난방이 가능한 히트펌프를 개발하고자 한다. 그래서 실내에서 -25℃의 환경을 제공할 수 있는 항온기 및 실험챔버를 구성하였다. 실험장치 내에 설치된 히트펌프의 실외기 전면에 도달하는 공기의 특성을 파악할 필요가 있어 범용소프트웨어인 ANSYS CFX를 이용하여 유동해석을 하였다. 그 결과 시뮬레이션 조건(5.0~7.0 m/s)의 모든 영역에서 실외기 전방에 도달하는 공기의 유속이 자연상태와 다르게 분포함을 파악하였다. 따라서 실외기 전면에 일정한 공기 유속이 도달할 수 있도록 별도의 공기분배기를 추가 설치할 필요가 있다고 판단된다.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.140-146
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• 2023

에너지를 절약하기 위해 고효율 히트펌프를 개발하기 위한 많은 연구가 이루어지고 있다. 그 중, 실외기 코일에 발생하는 서리가 발생하는 현상을 줄이거나 없애기 위한 연구도 동시에 이루어지고 있다. 계절과 관계없이 히트펌프의 실외기에 서리가 발생하지 않는 연구를 진행할 수 있도록 자연 상태와 동일한 조건에서 실험할 수 있는 항온챔버를 구축하였다. 항온챔버 내에 설치된 히트펌프의 실외기에 자연 상태와 같은 조건으로 시뮬레이션하였으며, 그 결과 외기온도가 낮을수록 냉매의 질량유량은 감소하였으며, 냉매의 건도 역시 외기온도에 따라 선형적으로 증가함을 확인하였다.