Development of Heat Control Valve Using SMA and Remote Controller for House Heating System

형상기억합금을 이용한 난방용 온도조절 밸브 및 원격 제어장치 개발

  • Choi, Jeongju (Technical Center for High-Performance Valves in Dong-a University) ;
  • Yeom, Jeongkuk (Department of mechanical engineering, Dong-A University)
  • Received : 2010.01.11
  • Accepted : 2010.04.15
  • Published : 2010.04.30

Abstract

For the purpose of reducing the energy consumption in the house heating, the various devices have been developed. One of these is to control the flow in the heat pipe and the flow control valve using shape memory alloy(SMA) spring is proposed in our study. The proposed house heating system is to save the gas consumption and the remote control system is designed for the convenience of using the proposed valve. The developed valve consists of SMA spring, disk, return spring, and regulation handle. The regulation handle is for supplying the additional hot water and is controlled by remote-control-motor. In order to design the remote control system, the Zigbee wireless communication protocol is used. The performance of the proposed valve structure is shown through the experimental result.

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