CFRM Concept at Vehicle Idle Conditions

2003-01-0613

03/03/2003

Event
SAE 2003 World Congress & Exhibition
Authors Abstract
Content
The concept of condenser, fan, and radiator power train cooling module (CFRM) was further evaluated via three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) studies in the present paper for vehicle at idle conditions. The analysis shows that the CFRM configuration was more prone to the problem of front-end air re-circulation as compared with the conventional condenser, radiator, and fan power train cooling module (CRFM). The enhanced front-end air re-circulation leads to a higher air temperature passing through the condenser. The higher air temperature, left unimproved, could render the vehicle air conditioning (AC) unit ineffective. The analysis also shows that the front-end air re-circulation can be reduced with an added sealing between the CFRM package and the front of the vehicle, making the CFRM package acceptable at the vehicle idle conditions.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2003-01-0613
Pages
12
Citation
Yang, Z., Bozeman, J., Shen, F., and Acre, J., "CFRM Concept at Vehicle Idle Conditions," SAE Technical Paper 2003-01-0613, 2003, https://doi.org/10.4271/2003-01-0613.
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Publisher
Published
Mar 3, 2003
Product Code
2003-01-0613
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English