국내의 기상조건 및 벼의 수확후 처리여건에 적합한 곡물냉각기를 개발하고, 냉각능력, 재열능력, 가열능력, 소요전력 및 성능계수 등의 성능을 측정하여 설계조건에 적합한지를 분석하였다. 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 압축기 무부하전자변과, 재열기 및 증발기에 고온고압의 냉매가스를 공급하여 냉각능력을 0∼100%까지 제어할 수 있고, 온도 5이상, 상대습도 54∼95%의 정온정습 공기를 발생할 수 있는 1일 최대 벼 200톤을 냉각할 수 있는 곡물

The objectives of this study were to develop a new commercial grain cooler suited to domestic weather and post-harvesting conditions for paddy, and to evaluate the performance. A prototype grain cooler capable of cooling paddy of 200 tons within 24 hours was developed. The grain cooler was designed to control the refrigeration capacity from 0 to 100% by controlling the capacity of compressor with unloading solenoid valve and by changing the flow rates of hot refrigerant gas flowing into reheater and evaporator from compressor. And a controller with one chip microprocessor was developed to control temperature and relative humidity of cooling air. The maximum cooling capacity of the grain cooler was 35,284㎉/hr at condensing/evaporating pressure of 16.5/3.6 kgf/. Maximum flow rate of cooling air was 120 ㎥/min at static pressure of 279 mmAq. The total maximum required power was 22.8㎾, and total required energy was saved from 26.7 to 33.3% of maximum power depending on operating conditions. The coefficient of performance of refrigeration devices and total coefficient of performance of the grain cooler were 4.71 and 1.8, respectively.

• 김동철
• 김의웅
• 금동혁
• 한종규