Authors :
Mark Kelvin S. Sonza; Jhorkid L. Quitasol; Jay Rico M. Recimo; Lloyd B. Lloren; Jeffrey T. Dellosa
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 4 - April
Google Scholar :
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Scribd :
https://bit.ly/3vRAO3Q
DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6505324
Abstract :
- This paper details the design and fabrication
of a portable air conditioner device with a self-cleaning
system which can be set by the user depending on the
desired schedule. The self-cleaning system cleans the
evaporator and condenser of the air conditioner. The
processing unit (a microcontroller) will determine if the
cleaning function will commence by extracting data from
the water level sensor located on the device’s water
repository used for cleaning and from the user-defined
timer. The self-cleaning system will not initialize if the
microcontroller determines that there’s no water on the
tank. Temperature sensoris used to detect the room
temperature and two red-green-blue (RGB) light
emitting diodes(LEDs) as indicators. Optimum settings
on the water volume and sprinkler’s hole diameter were
determined in order to satisfactorily clean the
evaporator and condenser in 102 seconds. On an ideal
room size for a 1⁄2 horsepower AC system, the target
temperature of 25°C was reached within 8-14 minutes.
Keywords :
Self-cleaning device, portable air conditioning system.
- This paper details the design and fabrication
of a portable air conditioner device with a self-cleaning
system which can be set by the user depending on the
desired schedule. The self-cleaning system cleans the
evaporator and condenser of the air conditioner. The
processing unit (a microcontroller) will determine if the
cleaning function will commence by extracting data from
the water level sensor located on the device’s water
repository used for cleaning and from the user-defined
timer. The self-cleaning system will not initialize if the
microcontroller determines that there’s no water on the
tank. Temperature sensoris used to detect the room
temperature and two red-green-blue (RGB) light
emitting diodes(LEDs) as indicators. Optimum settings
on the water volume and sprinkler’s hole diameter were
determined in order to satisfactorily clean the
evaporator and condenser in 102 seconds. On an ideal
room size for a 1⁄2 horsepower AC system, the target
temperature of 25°C was reached within 8-14 minutes.
Keywords :
Self-cleaning device, portable air conditioning system.
