TY - JOUR
T1 - Experimental study of adoption of alternative refrigerant for avionic equipment cooling system
AU - Kang, Hoon
AU - Jung, Jongho
AU - Jung, Minwoo
AU - Chi, Yongnam
AU - Yoo, Yongseon
AU - Choi, Heeju
AU - Byeon, Youngman
AU - Kim, Youngjin
AU - Oh, Kwangyoon
AU - Kim, Yongchan
PY - 2013/5
Y1 - 2013/5
N2 - A cooling system is adopted to control the thermal load from the avionic equipments in an aircraft for stable operation. In this study, an avionic cooling system was designed and manufactured by adopting a vapor compression cycle with a closed-loop air-circulation system to investigate the operating characteristics of an alternative refrigerant. The performance characteristics of a cooling system adopting R236fa as an alternative refrigerant were experimentally determined by varying the refrigerant charging amount, expansion valve opening, and compressor rotation speed. The experimental results were analyzed and compared with those of a cooling system adopting R124 as a refrigerant. The possibility of the adoption of R236fa as an alternative refrigerant was verified, and design solutions were suggested to improve the system efficiency.
AB - A cooling system is adopted to control the thermal load from the avionic equipments in an aircraft for stable operation. In this study, an avionic cooling system was designed and manufactured by adopting a vapor compression cycle with a closed-loop air-circulation system to investigate the operating characteristics of an alternative refrigerant. The performance characteristics of a cooling system adopting R236fa as an alternative refrigerant were experimentally determined by varying the refrigerant charging amount, expansion valve opening, and compressor rotation speed. The experimental results were analyzed and compared with those of a cooling system adopting R124 as a refrigerant. The possibility of the adoption of R236fa as an alternative refrigerant was verified, and design solutions were suggested to improve the system efficiency.
KW - Alternative Refrigerant
KW - Avionic Equipment
KW - Cooling System
KW - Vapor Compression Cycle
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U2 - 10.3795/KSME-B.2013.37.5.431
DO - 10.3795/KSME-B.2013.37.5.431
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84898457475
VL - 37
SP - 431
EP - 439
JO - Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, B
JF - Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, B
SN - 1226-4881
IS - 5
ER -