디자인 씽킹 방법을 이용한 미니 냉풍기 개발 연구 = A Study on the Development of a Mini Air Cooler with Design Thinking Method

서명/저자: 디자인 씽킹 방법을 이용한 미니 냉풍기 개발 연구 = A Study on the Development of a Mini Air Cooler with Design Thinking Method / 조홍기

초록/해제: 요약 :ABSTRACT : The objective of present study is to make a mini air cooler according to the Design Thinking method, commonly, used to solve problems in a creative and innovative way. The mini air cooler consists of a main body, an ice tray with ices, a fan and a condensate tank. Two different prototypes of the mini air cooler are designed for the personal cooling device. First prototype in a feasibility test showed a good result for the personal cooling device, although it was made simply and quickly with a styrofoam box, ices and a fan. Second prototype was modified and optimized based on the feasibility test result. It was found that the second prototype showed same performance as the first prototype in spite of reducing the ice volume of the second prototype by 54%, because the heat transfer area of the second prototype between air and ices was increased by improving the ice tray structure. Finally, the development process and method applied in this study could help those people teaching the capstone design in a school.