Test of the operating characteristics and energy saving performance of a container cooling system that reduces the operating energy of a refrigeration system using a loop thermosyphon heat exchanger that removes heat by temperature difference between outdoor and indoor was performed. As a result of the experiments, when the loop thermosyphon and the refrigeration system were operated simultaneously, the refrigeration system operated intermittently by reducing the heat load. As the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor increased, the operating time of the refrigeration system decreased and the energy efficiency rate increased. Energy efficiency rate showed a tendency to increase with increasing temperature difference, and the predicted correlation of energy efficiency rate using the performance of the loop thermosyphon heat exchanger and the refrigeration system was relatively consistent with the experimental value.

Heating and air conditioning system is changing rapidly from the traditional HVAC central supply system to the individual supply system with electrical heat pump system (EHP) in Korean school buildings. The individual supply system has advantages to turn on and off individually and to adjust the thermal comfort separately, but energy is wasted in the unoccupied classroom when the last leaving occupant does not turn off the controller. If the controller is to be off automatically while the classroom is not in use, energy consumption would decrease dramatically. This project aims to cease the unnecessary EHP supply in vacant classroom by inputting the class schedule from the central control room to reduce the energy-spending. Experimental measurements were carried out between the controlled classroom that is turned off when not in use and the uncontrolled room that is turned on continually. Occupant's comfort and energy consumption were measured and compared between the controlled case and the uncontrolled case. The energy consumption of controlled classroom case is 30-60% less than that of the uncontrolled classroom case. This result shows that controlling the cooling supply for the unoccupied classroom using the class schedule can decrease the energy consumption remarkably. This supply control system can be used to conserve energy in school structures like universities.

A temperature control system was developed to save energy in freeze dryer. The objective part in the freeze dryer was a shelf with an electrical heater and cooling compressor. The shelf was a fluid circulation heat exchanger. The temperature control of the shelf is generally a feedback control by present and set values of the shelf temperature only, whereas in new control algorithm the circulating fluid temperature and fluid circulating speed were included as well. The control algorithm was based on a concept of refraining the heater and cooler from being in operation if unnecessary. Actuators in use were mainly thyristor for heater, relay for cooling compressor, inverter for fluid circulating pump, etc. Type of Interfaces were RS232C, and digital-analog converter and digital-output converter. Program language was Visual Basic 6.0. Finally, control performance by the new algorithm could be improved in terms of energy saving and accuracy.