scholarly journals An IoT-Based Thermoelectric Air Management Framework for Smart Building Applications: A Case Study for Tropical Climate

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1564
Author(s):  
Kashif Irshad ◽  
Abdulmohsen Almalawi ◽  
Asif Irshad Khan ◽  
Md Mottahir Alam ◽  
Md. Hasan Zahir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cooling Capacity ◽  
Input Power ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Coefficient Of Performance ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Thermoelectric Coolers ◽  
Air Conditioners ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Smart Building ◽  
Thermal Management System

This study investigates the performance of the thermoelectric air conditioning (TE-AC) system smartly controlled by the Internet of Things (IoT)-based configuration for real tropical climatic application. Air cooling management was done through thermoelectric coolers, and an Arduino microcontroller with various sensors such as a temperature sensor, simple RF modules, and actuators was used to control the indoor climatic conditions based on outdoor conditions. The result shows that when the input power supply to the IoT-based TE-AC system is increased, the cooling capacity of the framework is also enhanced. Significant power and carbon emission reduction was observed for the IoT-based TE-AC system as compared to the TE-AC system without IoT. The IoT-incorporated system also ensures better microclimatic temperature control. Additionally, the system cooling capacity improves by 14.0%, and the coefficient of performance is increased by 46.3%. Thus, this study provides a smart solution to the two major energy harvesting issues of traditional air conditioners—an increase in energy efficiency by employing a TE-AC system and a further improvement in efficiency by using an IoT-based thermal management system.

Capillary Pumped Loop Heat Spreader for Electronics Cooling

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaewon Chung ◽  
Costas P. Grigoropoulos ◽  
Ralph Greif
Keyword(s):  
Electronics Cooling ◽  
Cooling Capacity ◽  
Impinging Jets ◽  
Heat Sinks ◽  
Manufacturing Cost ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Capillary Pumped Loop ◽  
Heat Spreader ◽  
Vertical Orientation ◽  
Thermoelectric Coolers

Abstract As cooling requirements for electronic devices, e.g. computer processor units, power modules, etc. increase beyond the capabilities of air-cooling, interest has moved to several alternatives such as thermoelectric coolers, impinging jets and heat exchangers with phase change. Included among these, the capillary pumped loop is a very competitive cooling device, because of its performance reliability, no power requirements and low manufacturing cost. In this paper, a heat spreader employing capillary pumped loop principles was made of aluminum and copper and tested. The copper CPL heat spreader with heat sinks and fans on the condenser (86mm thick, 60mm wide, 181mm long) has demonstrated a cooling capacity of 640W at atmospheric pressure in the vertical orientation and maintains a difference between TIHE (temperature of the interface between heater and evaporator) and TAMB (ambient temperature) lower than 100°C.

scholarly journals Gas turbine unite inlet air cooling by using an excessive refrigeration capacity of absorption-ejector chiller in booster air cooler

2018 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 03012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman Radchenko ◽  
Andrii Radchenko ◽  
Serhiy Serbin ◽  
Serhiy Kantor ◽  
Bohdan Portnoi
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Cooling Capacity ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Air Cooler ◽  
Refrigeration Capacity ◽  
Heat Loads

Two-stage Gas turbine unite (GTU) inlet air cooling by absorption lithium-bromide chiller (ACh) to the temperature 15 °C and by refrigerant ejector chiller (ECh) to 10 °C through utilizing the turbine exhaust gas heat for changeable ambient air temperatures and corresponding heat loads on the air coolers for the south Ukraine climatic conditions is analysed. An excessive refrigeration capacity of combined absorption-ejector chiller (AECh) exceeding the current heat loads and generated at decreased heat loads on the air coolers at the inlet of GTU can be used for covering increased heat loads to reduce the refrigeration capacity of AECh. The GTU inlet air cooling system with an ambient air precooling booster stage and a base two-stage cooling air to the temperature 10 °C by AECh is proposed. The AECh excessive cooling capacity generated during decreased heat loads on the GTU inlet air coolers is conserved in the thermal accumulator and used for GTU inlet air precooling in a booster stage of air cooler during increased heat loads. There is AECh cooling capacity reduction by 50% due to the use of a booster stage for precooling GTU inlet ambient air at the expense of an excessive cooling capacity accumulated in the thermal storage.

scholarly journals Innovative Turbine Intake Air Cooling Systems and Their Rational Designing

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 6201
Author(s):  
Andrii Radchenko ◽  
Eugeniy Trushliakov ◽  
Krzysztof Kosowski ◽  
Dariusz Mikielewicz ◽  
Mykola Radchenko
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Maximum Rate ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Cooling Capacity ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Thermal Loads ◽  
Cooling Systems ◽  
Air Cooling System

The efficiency of cooling ambient air at the inlet of gas turbines in temperate climatic conditions was analyzed and reserves for its enhancing through deep cooling were revealed. A method of logical analysis of the actual operation efficiency of turbine intake air cooling systems in real varying environment, supplemented by the simplest numerical simulation was used to synthesize new solutions. As a result, a novel trend in engine intake air cooling to 7 or 10 °C in temperate climatic conditions by two-stage cooling in chillers of combined type, providing an annual fuel saving of practically 50%, surpasses its value gained due to traditional air cooling to about 15 °C in absorption lithium-bromide chiller of a simple cycle, and is proposed. On analyzing the actual efficiency of turbine intake air cooling system, the current changes in thermal loads on the system in response to varying ambient air parameters were taken into account and annual fuel reduction was considered to be a primary criterion, as an example. The improved methodology of the engine intake air cooling system designing based on the annual effect due to cooling was developed. It involves determining the optimal value of cooling capacity, providing the minimum system sizes at maximum rate of annual effect increment, and its rational value, providing a close to maximum annual effect without system oversizing at the second maximum rate of annual effect increment within the range beyond the first maximum rate. The rational value of design cooling capacity provides practically the maximum annual fuel saving but with the sizes of cooling systems reduced by 15 to 20% due to the correspondingly reduced design cooling capacity of the systems as compared with their values defined by traditional designing focused to cover current peaked short-term thermal loads. The optimal value of cooling capacity providing the minimum sizes of cooling system is very reasonable for applying the energy saving technologies, for instance, based on the thermal storage with accumulating excessive (not consumed) cooling capacities at lowered current thermal loads to cover the peak loads. The application of developed methodology enables revealing the thermal potential for enhancing the efficiency of any combustion engine (gas turbines and engines, internal combustion engines, etc.).

scholarly journals Gas turbine intake air hybrid cooling systems and their rational designing

2021 ◽  
Vol 323 ◽  
pp. 00030
Author(s):  
Mykola Radchenko ◽  
Andrii Radchenko ◽  
Dariusz Mikielewicz ◽  
Krzysztof Kosowski ◽  
Serhiy Kantor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbines ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Fuel Efficiency ◽  
Lithium Bromide ◽  
Cooling Capacity ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Ambient Temperatures ◽  
Exhaust Heat

The general trend to improve the fuel efficiency of gas turbines (GT) at increased ambient temperatures is turbine intake air cooling (TIAC) by exhaust heat recovery chillers The high efficiency absorption lithium-bromide chillers (ACh) of a simple cycle are the most widely used, but they are not able to cool intake air lower than 15°C because of a chilled water temperature of about 7°C. A two-stage hybrid absorption-ejector chillers (AECh) were developed with ejector chiller as a low temperature stage to provide deep air cooling to 10°C and lower. A novel trend in TIAC by two-stage air cooling in chillers of hybrid type has been proposed to provide about 50% higher annual fuel saving in temperate climatic conditions as compared with ACh cooling. The advanced methodology to design and rational distribute the cooling capacity of TIAC systems that provides a closed to maximum annual fuel reduction without oversizing was developed.

Systematic Assessment of Combustion Turbine Inlet Air-Cooling Techniques

2005 ◽  
Vol 127 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdalla M. Al-Amiri ◽  
Montaser M. Zamzam
Keyword(s):  
Air Temperature ◽  
Evaporative Cooling ◽  
Heat Rate ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Coefficient Of Performance ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Cooling Systems ◽  
Turbine Inlet ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Impact

The current study is centered on assessing the benefits of incorporating combustion turbine inlet air-cooling systems into a reference combustion turbine plant, which is based on a simple cycle under base load mode. Actual climatic conditions of a selected site were examined thoroughly to identify the different governing weather patterns. The main performance characteristics of both refrigerative and evaporative cooling systems were explored by examining the effect of several parameters including inlet air temperature, airflow-to-turbine output ratio, coefficient of performance (for refrigerative cooling systems), and evaporative degree hours (for evaporative cooling systems). The impact of these parameters was presented against the annual gross energy increase, average heat rate reduction, cooling load requirements and net power increase. Finally, a feasibility design chart was constructed to outline the economic returns of employing a refrigerative cooling unit against different prescribed inlet air temperature values using a wide range of combustion turbine mass flow rates.

scholarly journals EFFECT OF AIR FLOW OBSTRUCTION IN A CONDENSING UNIT ON SPLIT AIR CONDITIONER PERFORMANCE

2020 ◽  
Vol 82 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andriyanto Setyawan
Keyword(s):  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Air Flow ◽  
Cooling Capacity ◽  
Input Power ◽  
The Other ◽  
Coefficient Of Performance ◽  
Air Conditioner ◽  
Air Conditioning System ◽  
Heat Rejection ◽  
Other Hand

Obstructions of air flow in the outdoor unit could block the condenser air flow and reduce its heat rejection As a result, it could decrease the performance of a room air conditioning system. The paper presents the effects of the air flow obstruction of a condensing unit on the performance of a split-type air conditioner with refrigerant R410A. The study was conducted experimentally by employing front and side obstructions with varied distance from the condensing unit. The front obstruction of 100 cm height was applied at varied distance from 10 cm to 100 cm, while the side obstruction of the same height was applied at distance of 5, 10, and 15 cm. The presence of air flow obstructions results in the decrease of cooling capacity and coefficient of performance (COP). On the other hand, it increases the input power of the AC unit. From the experiment, it is obvious that the distance of front obstruction of 10 cm results in the reduction of cooling capacity by 46% and COP by 56%. It is also revealed that the distance of the front obstruction of 50 cm or more has no significant effect for the performance of the air conditioning unit. In addition, the side obstructions have the less significant effect than that of the front obstruction.

scholarly journals Гибридные режимы работы термоэлектрических модулей

2022 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
И.А. Драбкин ◽  
Л.Б. Ершова
Keyword(s):  
Cooling Capacity ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Coefficient Of Performance ◽  
Large Temperature ◽  
Hybrid Mode ◽  
Cooling Mode ◽  
Thermoelectric Coolers ◽  
General Cooling ◽  
Maximum Coefficient

It is suggested that thermoelectric coolers designing should not be limited to the extreme modes of their operation. In some cases, it is convenient to use the so called hybrid modes - a combination of the extreme mode of maximum coefficient of performance for large temperature differences and a general cooling mode for small ones. The proposed hybrid mode makes it possible to control the cooling capacity of the module and not to confine this value to that under the extreme operating conditions, the maximum coefficient of performance in particular.

scholarly journals An experimental investigation on the performance of a thermoelectric dehumidification system

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 4117-4126
Author(s):  
P. Rakkwamsuk ◽  
P. Paromupatham ◽  
K. Sathapornprasath ◽  
C. Lertsatitthanakorn ◽  
S. Soponronnarit
Keyword(s):  
Heat Sink ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Test Chamber ◽  
Cooling Water ◽  
Suitable Condition ◽  
Cooling Capacity ◽  
Coefficient Of Performance ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Air Cooling System ◽  
Te Modules

A thermoelectric (TE) air-cooling system for dehumidifying indoor air in a building was investigated. The system was composed of 4 TE modules. The cold sides of the TE modules were fixed to an aluminum heat sink to remove moisture in the air of a test chamber of 1 m3 volume, while a heat sink with circulating cooling water at the hot sides of the TE modules was used for heat release. The effects of input electric current to the TE modules and air flow rate through the heat sink were experimentally determined. The system’s performance was evaluated using dehumidification effectiveness and coefficient of performance (COP). A suitable condition occurred at 18.5 A of current flow and 240 W of power being supplied to the TE modules with a corresponding cooling capacity of 149.5 W, which gave a dehumidification effectiveness of 0.62. Therefore, it is anticipated the proposed TE dehumidifier concept will contribute to the air conditioning system’s reduction of room humidity. 

scholarly journals ВИЗНАЧЕННЯ ПРОЕКТНОЇ ХОЛОДОПРОДУКТИВНОСТІ СИСТЕМИ КОНДИЦІЮВАННЯ ПОВІТРЯ В КОНКРЕТНИХ КЛІМАТИЧНИХ УМОВАХ І РІЗНИМИ МЕТОДАМИ

2019 ◽  
pp. 15-19
Author(s):  
Євген Іванович Трушляков ◽  
Андрій Миколайович Радченко ◽  
Сергій Анатолійович Кантор ◽  
Веніамін Сергійович Ткаченко ◽  
Сергій Георгійович Фордуй ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Maximum Rate ◽  
Cooling Capacity ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Temperate Climate ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Air Conditioning System ◽  
Air Conditioning Systems

The cold output for the heat-moisture treatment of ambient air in air conditioning systems depends on its parameters (temperature and relative humidity), which vary significantly during operation. To determine the installed (design) cooling capacity of air conditioning system chillers, it is proposed to use a reduction in fuel consumption of a power plant or cooling capacity generation following its current conditioning spending over a certain period, since both of these indicators characterize the efficiency of using the installed cooling capacities of the air conditioning system. To extend the results of the investigation to a wide range of air conditioning units, two methods were used to determine the design cooling capacity (refrigerating capacity): by the maximum annual value and by the maximum growth rate of the efficiency indicator. The first method allows choosing the design cooling capacity, which provides a maximum annual reduction in the specific fuel consumption due to air cooling or maximum cooling capacity generation, which is necessary for air cooling following current climatic conditions. The second method allows determining the minimum design (installed) cooling capacity of chillers, which provides the maximum rate of reduction in fuel consumption by the power plant and the increment in the annual cooling capacity generation following the installed cooling capacity of chillers. The efficiency of air conditioning systems was analyzed for different climatic conditions: a temperate climate using the example of Voznesensk city (Ukraine) and the subtropical climate of Nanjing city (China). It is shown that the design cooling capacity values calculated by both indicators of its use efficiency are the same for the same climatic conditions. Wherein, if to determine the design cooling capacity by both methods - by the maximum annual value and the maximum rate of growth of the indicator, its values turned out to be quite close for tropical climatic conditions and somewhat different for a temperate climate.

scholarly journals Method for increasing the dynamic characteristics of thermoelectric coolers

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 354-367
Author(s):  
Yurii I. Zhuravlov
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Characteristics ◽  
Thermoelectric Materials ◽  
Operating Mode ◽  
Cooling Capacity ◽  
Coefficient Of Performance ◽  
Limiting Factors ◽  
Maximum Temperature ◽  
Thermoelectric Cooler ◽  
Modes Of Operation ◽  
Thermoelectric Coolers

The influence of the efficiency of the initial thermoelectric materials on the dynamics of the functioning of the thermoelectric cooling device for various characteristic current modes of operation in the range of operating temperature drops and heat load at a given geometry of thermoelement legs is considered. The parameters of thermoelectric materials of thermoelements are conventionally divided into three groups: used for batch production, laboratory research and maximum values. The criterion for choosing the operating mode of the thermoelectric cooler takes into account the mutual influence and weight of each of the limiting factors. Since the design conditions can be very diverse, simultaneously varying several limiting factors (constructive, energy and reliability), you can choose the most rational mode of operation. The analysis was carried out for typical current modes of operation of thermoelectric coolers: maximum cooling capacity, maximum cooling capacity at a given current, maximum coefficient of performance, minimum failure rate. It is shown that with an increase in the efficiency of the initial thermoelectric materials, the time for reaching the stationary operating mode of the thermoelectric cooler, the required number of thermoelements, and the maximum temperature difference increase. A method is proposed for reducing the time constant of thermoelectric coolers due to the revealed relationship between the efficiency of thermoelectric materials and the dynamic characteristics of thermoelements. It is shown that an increase in the dynamic characteristics of thermoelectric coolers is achieved without changing the design documentation, manufacturing technology and additional climatic and mechanical testing of products.

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