In this paper, we covered the basic design process of water-cooled cabinets and studied how to determine the target performance of heat exchanger design, which is essential in water-cooled cabinet design. A theoretical method was presented to set the target efficiency of the heat exchanger, and the pressure drop of air passing through the heat exchanger was predicted analytically. A cabinet-level thermal analysis was performed using the target efficiency and pressure drop data of the heat exchanger. The accuracy of the theoretical method was judged by comparing the theoretically predicted operating environment of the internal equipment with the analytically predicted operating environment of the internal equipment.

The finite element analysis (FEA) is a numerical technique to find solutions of field problems. A field problem is approximated by differential equations or integral expressions. In a finite element, the field quantity is allowed to have a simple spatial variation in terms of linear or polynomial functions. This paper represents a review and an accuracy-study of the finite element method comparing the FEA results with the exact solution. The exact solutions were calculated by solid mechanics and FEA using matrix stiffness method. For this study, simple bar and cantilever models were considered to evaluate four types of basic elements - constant strain triangle (CST), linear strain triangle (LST), bi-linear-rectangle(Q4),and quadratic-rectangle(Q8). The bar model was subjected to uniaxial loading whereas in case of the cantilever model moment loading was used. In the uniaxial loading case, all basic element results of the displacement and stress in x-direction agreed well with the exact solutions. In the moment loading case, the displacement in y-direction using LST and Q8 elements were acceptable compared to the exact solution, but CST and Q4 elements had to be improved by the mesh refinement.

본 연구에서는, 농업생산시설내 환경조절을 위한 시뮬레이터의 기본 시스템을 구축하고, 실내환경을 조절하면서 실측치와 예측치를 비교함으로써 적용성을 검토하였다. 모델은 비정상상태의 에너지 및 물질수지에 근거하여 구축되었고, PCSMP를 사용하여 아날로그형 프로그램이 가능하였다. 본 연구의 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 구축된 환경조절용 시뮬레이터의 기본시스템은 기본모델, 광환경모델, 환경제어모델로 구성되어서 상호 독립적인 개발이 가능하였다. 기본모델은 본 시스템의 주요 부분으로써 열환경모델, 재배모델, 환기모델, 토양모델, 탄산가스모델을 구성되었고, 환경제어모델은 보온커텐, 냉난방기 및 지중열 교환을 고려하였다. 실제로 환경조절이 실시되고 있는 온실의 주간 및 야간의 실내온도의 실측치와 모델에 의한 예측치를 비교한 결과, 비교적 잘 일치되어서 그 적용성이 확인되었다.