The master’s thesis deals with optimization of cooling system of family house using borehole heat exchanger as a single cooling source. In the experimental part of the thesis was carried out long-term mearurements. The main part of the master’s thesis is the development and verification mathematical and physical model of thermal behavior chilled room. The result are computer simulations and evaluation of individual scenarios and design requirements for a potential optimization of measurement and control system. The theoretical part generally deals with radiant cooling systems.

Baigiamajame magistro darbe nagrinėjama problema – dideli energijos poreikiai vėsinimui biurų pastatuose, dėl vis didėjančių mikroklimato kokybės reikalavimų, didesnių šilumos pritekėjimų į patalpas ir šilumos išsiskyrimų dėl naudojamos įrangos. Problemos sprendimui darbe suprojektuotos keturios oro kondicionavimo sistemos su skirtingais šilumnešiais: oru, vandeniu ir freonu. Atsižvelgiant į šilumnešio tipą suprojektuotos ventiliatorinių konvektorių, aktyviųjų šalčio sijų, freoninė ir orinė vėsinimo sistemos. Oro kondicionavimo sistemos analizuojamos remiantis realaus tipinio administracinio pastato pavyzdžiu. Lyginamoms sistemoms buvo atlikti hidrauliniai ir aerodinaminiai skaičiavimai, įvertintos sistemų pradinės investicijos, apskaičiuotos energijos sąnaudos ir eksploatacijos išlaidos. Ekonominio skaičiavimo metu buvo įvertintas sistemų atsipirkimo laikas ir atlikta elektros kainų jautrumo analizė. Šio tyrimo rezultatai parodo, kokia sistema iš visų darbe nagrinėtųjų sistemų yra tinkamiausia biurų pastatams, pagal efektyvų elektros energijos naudojimą ir pradines investicijas. / The final master's work deals with the problem of high energy needs for cooling in office buildings, due to the growing of higher quality requirements for microclimate, higher heat gains in premises and equipment heat emissions used in. To solve the problem four different types of cooling systems with different coolants: air, water and refrigerant are designed at work. Depending on the type of coolant were designed fan coil units, active chilled beams, variable refrigerant volume system and air cooling systems. Air conditioning systems are analyzed on the basis of an example of the real typical office building. The hydraulic and aerodynamic calculations were made, initial investments, energy expenditures and operating costs were estimated for the compared systems. The pay-back time of the systems was assessed and the sensitivity analysis of electricity prices was carried out by economic calculations. The results of this investigation show, which system of all analysed systems at work is the most appropriate for office buildings, according to the efficient use of electricity and the initial investments.

Les systèmes de refroidissement des véhicules continuent à se développer et devenir de plus en plus complexes. Ceci introduit des nouveaux problèmes dus aux interactions des composants et les perturbations du système. Avec la montée des prix des carburants; les développeurs et les compagnies cherchent à améliorer la consommation en respectant les normes d’émission. Une partie de l’énergie produite par le moteur est utilisé par les composants du circuit de refroidissement. L’utilisation d’auxiliaires électriques est une manière de réduire ces pertes parasites, mais ce n’est pas la seule solution. Des études récents proposent que un control plus adaptes des composants peux réduire la consommation de carburant. Actuellement, le groupe Volvo en essayant d’améliorer la performance du système de refroidissement des camions a installe des nouveaux composants pour la gestion thermique du moteur. Néanmoins, des problèmes ont été identifie lors d’essais véhicule. Une meilleure compréhension du système et de l’implémentation de composants est nécessaire pour limiter les effets non voulus. Le système de refroidissement d’un poids lourd a été étudié grâce à l’outil Bond Graph. Puis des nouvelles stratégies de control sont introduites : commande prédictive, commande par platitude, commande sans model et commande avec model réduit. Ces méthodes ont été implémentées dans une plateforme de simulation sur Matlab/Simulink. Les gains de consommation obtenue à partir de simulations sont entre 0.5 et 0.9%. Une analyse structurelle de l’architecture actuelle est présentée. D’après les conclusions de cette analyse, des propositions pour la modification de l’architecture du circuit sont évalués. / The increasing complexity of engine cooling systems results in added interactions and disturbances to the performance. Besides, non-propulsion loads (fan, water pump…) draw a significant percentage of the engine’s power thus lowering the vehicle’s fuel efficiency. Recent studies have shown that by controlling components the efficiency can be improved by adjusting fan speed according to cooling needs, coolant flow, and oil flow. Currently, the Volvo group in order to optimize the performance of their truck’s cooling systems had installed new thermal management components. However, problems were found while testing control strategies and a better understanding of the interaction between components is required to prevent this from happening again. In this work, the bond graph approach has been applied for the study of the cooling system of a Heavy duty vehicle and has enabled subsystem interactions to be identified. Based on a simplified model issued from the bond graph, several control strategies have been built. These controllers are based on different control approaches: model predictive control, flatness control, model free control and model free control with reduced order model. These controllers were implemented in a simulation platform in the Matlab/Simulink environment. Results of the implementation of the new advanced control strategies are given. Fuel economy gains ranged between 0.5 and 0.9 %. A structural analysis of the current architecture is also proposed aiming at the optimization of the system. Given the insights from the analysis, an assessment of new concepts for the cooling system architecture is proposed.

The high complexity of vehicle front-end design, arising from considerations of aerodynamics, safety and styling, causes the airflow velocity profile at the radiator face to be highly distorted, leading to potentially reduced airflow volume for heat dissipation. A flow visualisation study showed that the bumper bar significantly influenced the cooling airflow, leading to three-dimensional vortices in its wake and generating an area of relatively low velocity across at least one third of the radiator core. Since repeatability and accuracy of on-road testing are prejudiced by weather conditions, wind-tunnel testing is often preferred to solve cooling airflow problems. However, there are constraints that limit the accuracy of reproducing on-road cooling performance from wind-tunnel simulations. These constraints included inability to simulate atmospheric conditions, limited tunnel test section sizes (blockage effects) and lack of ground effect simulations. The work presented in this thesis involved use of on-road and wind-tunnel tests to investigate the effects of most common constraints present in wind tunnels on accuracy of the simulations of engine cooling performance and radiator airflow profiles. To aid this investigation, an experimental technique for quantifying radiator airflow velocity distribution and an analytical model for predicting the heat dissipation rate of a radiator were developed. A four-hole dynamic pressure probe (TFI Cobra probe) was also used to document flow fields in proximity to a section of radiator core in a wind tunnel in order to investigate the effect of airflow maldistribution on radiator heat-transfer performance. In order to cope with the inability to simulate ambient temperature, the technique of Specific Dissipation (SD) was used, which had previously been shown to overcome this problem.

Les plastiques sont typiquement des polymères de grand poids moléculaire. Ils peuvent contenir des autres substances pour améliorer leurs performances et/ou pour réduire les prix. L'industrie plastique est l'une des industries qui a la croissance la plus rapide du monde : de nombreux produits de la vie quotidienne contiennent l'utilisation du produit plastique. Il y a différents procédés pour la mise en forme des polymères (soufflage, moulage par soufflage, moulage par compression, moulage par transfert, extrusion, moulage par injection) pour lesquels les matériaux utilisés, la qualité et la forme du produit fabriqué varient. En particulier, la demande des pièces moulées par injection augmente chaque année. Cela vient du fait que le moulage par injection est identifié comme une des techniques de fabrication les plus efficaces et économiques pour produire des pièces en plastique de formes précises et complexes. Il y a trois étapes significatives dans le processus : premièrement, on remplit la cavité avec le polymère fondu à une température et à une pression d'injection élévées (étape de remplissage et bien remplissage). Deuxièmement la chaleur de la pièce en polymère est évacuée par le système de refroidissement (étape de refroidissement). Troisièmement, après que la partie solidifiée a été éjectée, le moule est fermé et le prochain cycle d'injection commence (étape d'éjection). / Plastics are typically polymers of high molecular weight, and may contain other substances to improve performance and/or reduce costs. Plastic industry is one of the world?s fastest growing industries; almost every product that is used in daily life involves the usage of plastic. There are different methods for polymer processing (thermoforming, blow molding, compression molding of polymers, transfer molding of polymers, extrusion of polymers, injection molding of polymers, etc.) which differ by the method of fabrications, the used materials, the quality of the product and the form of the final product. Demand for injection molded parts continues to increase every year because plastic injection molding process is well known as the most efficient manufacturing techniques for economically producing precise plastic parts and complex geometry at low cost and a large quantity. The plastic injection molding process is a cyclic process where polymer is injected into a mold cavity, and solidifies to form a plastic part. There are three significant stages in each cycle. The first stage is filling the cavity with hot polymer melt at high injection pressure and temperature (filling and post-filling stage). It is followed by cooling the injected polymer material until the material is completely solidified (cooling stage), finally the solidified part is ejected (ejection stage).

The study compared four different cooling systems and analyzed the competitiveness in those systems regarding electricity consumption, environmental impact and life cycle cost analysis. The assignment was given from the consultant company Ramböll who believed in these systems design as a solution to minimize the energy consumption in cooling systems. The purpose of the study was to facilitate the selection of cooling system by finding a key ratio for profitability in terms of energy consumption. This makes it easier to select one of these systems in project planning. A representative building model was built in the energy simulation program IDA ICE. From these result an energy profile was achieved.   The energy profile was then used in another simulation program called Polysun were detailed system regulations could be made. By programing the controllers to regulate the distribution in an efficient way the energy consumption was minimized and matches the building cooling demand. The simulation was done for one full year and the obtained total energy consumption for each system, it was then used to calculate the operational cost. The life cycle cost analysis is a tool that compare each system costs during its lifetime. A depth analysis was also done regarding the sensitivity of changes in the profitability for the systems, by applying different electrical price and cost of capital.   The study shows that the systems with different borehole storage solutions proves to be effective systems for covering the building cooling demand with a significant lower electricity consumption, compared to the system with a chiller. The different borehole storage systems also contribute to cover some parts of the heat demand, since the stored heat needs to be used in order to make the borehole storage functional. By analyzing the cooling systems in a comparative perspective, the most effective solution is identified from an economic and environmental point of view. The cooling system that only contained a borehole storage was the solution that distinguished the most regarding total electricity consumption and environmental impact. This system resulted in being the most profitable cooling system between the compared systems. The combined system with a borehole storage system and a heat pump solution was also proven to be an effective cooling system, additionally with an advantage of providing parts of the hot water demand in the building.

The aim of this thesis is to design the water-cooling system for a synchronous motor with an output of 10kW. The power loss was analytically determinated. For the initial water-cooling system and for two design proposals, thermal models were calculated in Ansys. The same boundary conditions were set for all three models. Then the analysis results of the temperature distribution on the machine surface and in the slots were compared. The comparison also includes the economical cost of the production and service of the machine. Then the production documentation was created, consisting of the assembly drawings and a simplified technological process.

This thesis aims to increase photovoltaic (PV) panel power efficiency by employing a cooling system based on water circulation, which represents an improved version of water flow based active cooling systems. Theoretical calculations involved finding the heat produced by the PV panel and the circulation water flow required to remove this heat. A data logger and a cooling system for a test panel of 20W was designed and employed to study the relationship between the PV panel surface temperature and its output power. This logging and cooling system includes an Arduino microcontroller extended with a data logging shield, temperature sensing probes, current sensors, and a DC water pump. Real-time measurements were logged every minute for one or two day periods under various irradiance and air temperature conditions. For these experiments, a load resistance was chosen to operate the test panel at its maximum power point. Results indicate that the cooling system can yield an improvement of 10% in power production. Based on the observations from the test panel experiments, a cooling system was devised for a PV panel array of 640 W equipped with a commercial charge controller. The test data logger was repurposed for this larger system. An identical PV array was left uncooled and monitored simultaneously to compare the effect of cooling, demonstrating that the cooled array provided up to an extra 132W or 20% of maximum power for sunny weather conditions. Future expansion possibilities of the project include automated water level monitoring system and water filtration systems.

The transportation industry stands for a big chunk of the worlds total carbon emissions. To counter this problem electric vehicles are seen as a good solution. However, these vehicles come at a greater cost and do not offer the same range as their less environmentally friendly counterpart. To lessen costs and development time when optimizing electric vehicles, simulations of the vehicles functionality can be utilized. One way of getting such simulations is to design a digital twin of the physical system. A digital twin is able to mimic the functionality of the physical system and can therefore offer well based indications of how a change in design will change the performance in reality. In this thesis a digital twin of the cooling system of an electric boat is designed with realistic results. Cooling systems in the scope of electric vehicles are of grave importance since the electric driveline becomes hot during use which can hinder performance of the vehicle. This is especially true for the high voltage batteries that tend to have quite a narrow range of temperatures within which performance is optimal. This thesis handles an attempt at optimizing the cooling system, replicated by the digital twin, by the use of a temperature predictive model. Three different machine learning models were tested and the resulting best model achieved a mean absolute error of 2.4 and a mean average percentage error of 5.7. However, the model was unable to foresee sudden temperature spikes and drops. A possible fix, that could not be tested in this thesis, would be to implement further input data such as driver profiles and/or GPS data with speed limits. / Transportindustrin står för en stor del av världens totala koldioxidutsläpp. För att motverka detta problem ses elfordon som en bra lösning. Dessa fordon kommer dock till en högre kostnad och erbjuder inte samma räckvidd som deras mindre miljövänliga motpart. För att minska kostnader och utvecklingstid vid optimering av elfordon kan simuleringar av fordonens funktionalitet användas. Ett sätt att få sådana simuleringar är att designa en digital tvilling av det fysiska systemet. En digital tvilling kan efterlikna det fysiska systemets funktionalitet och kan därför erbjuda välbaserade indikationer på hur en förändring i design kommer att förändra prestandan. I detta examensarbete designas en digital tvilling av kylsystemet i en elbåt med realistiska resultat. Kylsystem i elfordon är av stor betydelse eftersom den elektriska drivlinan blir varm under användning, vilket kan hindra fordonets prestanda. Detta gäller särskilt för högspänningsbatterierna som tenderar att ha ett ganska smalt temperaturintervall för optimal prestanda. Denna avhandling behandlar ett försök att optimera kylsystemet, replikerat av den digitala tvillingen, genom att använda en temperaturförutsende modell. Tre olika maskininlärningsmodeller testades och den resulterande bästa modellen uppnådde ett genomsnittligt absolut fel på 2.4 och ett genomsnittligt procentuellt fel på 5.7. Modellen kunde dock inte förutse plötsliga temperaturspikar och -fall. En möjlig fix, som inte kunde testas i denna avhandling, skulle vara att implementera ytterligare indata såsom förarprofiler och/eller GPS-data med hastighetsbegränsningar.

В начале работы рассматриваются факторы, которые влияют на точность станков, и учитывается роль температурных деформаций для обеспечения точности обработки на металлорежущих станках. Наблюдается, что большое влияние на точность станков оказывают тепловые деформации. После этого познакомились со способами уменьшения температурных деформаций узлов станков, которые используются в данное время, и с техническими средствами их реализации. Рассмотрев существующие системы, мы определили задачу разработки системы термостабилизации с водяным охлаждением электрошпинделя. Для начала мы модернизировали существующую систему термостабилизации шпиндельного узла, в которую включили цепь дифференциала. Потом, обозначив достоинства и целесообразность комбинированного управления, разработали более совершенную систему термостабилизации шпиндельного узла. Далее рассмотрен другой фактор погрешности при обработке – это инструмент, в нашем случае резец для токарной обработки. Для него была разработана система охлаждения с учетом нагрева пластины. / At the beginning of the work, the factors that affect the accuracy of machine tools are considered, and the role of temperature deformations is taken into account to ensure the accuracy of processing on metal-cutting machines. It is observed that thermal deformations have a great influence on the accuracy of machine tools. After that, we got acquainted with the ways to reduce the temperature deformations of machine components that are currently used, and with the technical means of their implementation. Having considered the existing systems, we determined the task of developing a thermal stabilization system with a water-cooled electric spindle. To begin with, we upgraded the existing thermal stabilization system of the spindle assembly, which included a differential circuit. Then, having identified the advantages and expediency of combined control, we developed a more advanced system of thermal stabilization of the spindle assembly. Next, another factor of error in processing is considered – this is a tool, in our case, a cutter for turning. A cooling system was developed for it, taking into account the heating of the plate.