Browse Topic: Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems (HVAC)

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This computational fluid dynamics (CFD) study examines the comfort parameters of an innovative air vent concept for car cabin interiors using a reduced order model (ROM) and proper orthogonal decomposition (POD). The focus is on the analysis of the influence of geometric and fluid mechanical parameters on the resulting jet, in particular on the deflection angle of the airflow and the total pressure difference along the outlet geometry. Different parameters of the investigated system, such as the surface orientation, the outlet height, the separator distance, and the separator height, lead to different effects on the airflow structure. The results show that changes in the air vent surface orientation are always accompanied by an increase in the deflection angle and the total pressure difference. In contrast, the variation of the outlet height ratio positively influences the deflection angle and the total pressure difference in terms of the requirements for air vent geometries. The study
Langhorst, SebastianMrosek, MarkusBoughanmi, NesrineSchmeling, DanielWagner, Claus
This SAE Recommended Practice establishes uniform test procedures and performance requirements for the defrosting system of enclosed cab trucks, buses, and multipurpose vehicles. It is limited to a test that can be conducted on uniform test equipment in commercially available laboratory facilities. For laboratory evaluation of defroster systems, current engineering practice prescribes that an ice coating of known thickness be applied to the windshield and left- and right-hand side windows to provide more uniform and repeatable test results, even though - under actual conditions - such a coating would necessarily be scraped off before driving. The test condition, therefore, represents a more severe condition than the actual condition, where the defroster system must merely be capable of maintaining a cleared viewing area. Because of the special nature of the operation of most of these vehicles (where vehicles are generally kept in a garage or warmed up before driving), and since
Truck and Bus Windshield Wipers and Climate Control Comm
The Object of research in the article is the ventilation and cooling system of bulb hydrogenerators. The Subject of study in the article is the design and efficiency of using the cooling system of various structural types for bulb hydro units. The Purpose of the work is to carry out a three-dimensional study of two cooling systems (axial and radial) of the bulb hydro unit of the Kanivskaya HPP with a rated 22 MW. Research Tasks include analysis of the main design solutions for effective cooling of bulb-type hydrogenerators, in particular, the use of radial, axial, and mixed cooling systems; formulation of the main assumptions for the three-dimensional ventilation and thermal calculation of the bulb hydrogenerator; carrying out a three-dimensional calculation for a hydrogenerator with axial ventilation; determining airflow speeds in the channels and temperatures of active parts of the hydrogenerator under the conditions of using discharge fans and without them; carrying out a three
Tretiak, OleksiiArefieva, MariiaMakarov, PavloSerhiienko, SerhiiZhukov, AntonShulga, IrynaPenkovska, NataliiaKravchenko, StanislavKovryga, Anton
The main design objectives to be achieved in the design of HVAC cowl box includes minimizing the pressure drop and eliminating the chances of water ingress in HVAC. There are CFD tools available to study the cowl box pressure drop. However, methods available to study rain water ingress in HVAC are expensive in both mesh preparation and computational time. Using SPH (Smooth Particle based Hydrodynamics) based Preonlab tool, an attempt has been made in this work to study the design improvements of HVAC cowl box to eliminate the chances of flooding during raining. ANSYS FLUENT tool used to study the pressure drop of each design. The simulation aims to investigate the pressure drop in the cowl box and the amount of water intrusion into the HVAC module. L9 orthogonal array (factorial study) conducted to study the factors influencing the cowl box pressure drop. Inlet area, drain area and outlet area are the factors considered. Designs with segregated airflow path (adding inner duct) in the
Baskar, SubramaniyanA, BoopalshanmugamRaju, Kumar
With the rapid adoption of new energy vehicles (NEVs), effective thermal management has become a crucial factor for enhancing performance, safety, and efficiency. This study investigates the steady-state and dynamic characteristics of a secondary loop CO₂ (R744) thermal management system designed for electric vehicles. The secondary loop system presents several benefits, such as improved safety through reduced refrigerant leakage and enhanced integration capabilities with existing vehicle subsystems. However, these advantages often come at the cost of decreased thermodynamic efficiency compared to direct systems. Experimental evaluations were conducted to understand the effects of varying coolant flow rates, discharge pressure, and dynamic startup behaviors. Results indicate that while the indirect system generally shows a lower coefficient of performance (COP) than direct systems, optimization of key parameters like coolant flow rate and discharge pressure can significantly enhance
Zong, ShuoHe, YifanGuan, YanDong, QiqiYin, XiangCao, Feng
With the popularity of electric vehicles, the application development of heat pump type automobile air conditioning system has been focused. Meanwhile, the traditional R134a needs to be replaced by more environmentally-friendly refrigerants under the Kigali Amendment. In this paper, a novel direct expansion heat pump air conditioning system with three circuit switching (DXACS) was proposed, and three low GWP refrigerants R1234yf, R1234ze(E) and R290 were carried out to evaluate the system performance. The results show that the winter range attenuation ratio of DXACS is 26.9%, significantly lower than the prototype EV360 (57.5%); the DXACS with R290 shows the best heating performance, COPh and qcv are 2.3% and 57.3% higher than R134a in extremely cold conditions, respectively. This study provides valuable insights for the development of efficient and green thermal management technology of new energy vehicles.
Zhu, TengfeiLiu, YeChen, Qinghua
Thermal management system of electric vehicles (EVs) is critical for the vehicle's safety and stability. While maintaining the components within their optimal temperature ranges, it is also essential to reduce the energy consumption of thermal management system. Firstly, a kind of architecture for the integrated thermal management system (ITMS) is proposed, which can operate in multiple modes to meet various demands. Two typical operating modes for vehicle cooling in summer and heating in winter, which utilizes the residual heat from the electric drive system, are respectively introduced. The ITMS based on heat pump enables efficient heat transfer between different components. Subsequently, an ITMS model is developed, including subsystems such as the battery system, powertrain system, heat pump system and cabin system. The description of modeling process for each subsystem is provided in detail. The model is tested under world light vehicle test cycle (WLTC) condition of six different
Zhao, LuhaoTan, PiqiangYang, XiaomeiYao, ChaojieLiu, Xiang
The electric heavy-duty truck has been receiving much attention due to its low carbon emission characteristic. This paper presents the winterized design of thermal management for an electric heavy-duty truck. The changes of important parameters in the modes of rapid heating from a cold start battery, cabin defrosting, and cabin heating in winter are discussed based on water source heat pumps. It takes 1300 seconds to warm the battery to 5°C from an ambient temperature of -10°C. Under the same heat production condition, the proposed water source heat pump can save 28.2% energy comparing with the air source heat pump, the cabin air conditioner air outlet can stay above 40°C for more than 5 minutes, and the cabin temperature can be stabilized at 20°C to meet the heating demand of the crew in winter.
Yu, BoDai, HuweiLin, JieweiHan, FengJiang, FeifanZhang, Junhong
This SAE Standard provides testing and functional requirements to meet specified minimum performance criteria for electronic probe-type leak detectors. The equipment specified here will identify smaller refrigerant leaks when servicing motor vehicle air conditioning systems, including those engineered with improved sealing and smaller refrigerant charges to address environmental concerns and increase system efficiency. This document does not address any safety issues concerning the equipment design or use beyond that of sampling a flammable refrigerant, save those described in 3.1 and 3.2 of this document. All requirements of this standard shall be verified in SAE J2911.
Interior Climate Control Service Committee
The comfort of seats increasingly becomes a crucial factor in the overall driving experience, particularly as vehicles become increasingly integrated into people’s daily lives. Passengers often maintain a relatively fixed posture and have close contact with the seat for extended periods of time, leading to issues such as heat, humidity, and stickiness. In order to enhance the thermal comfort experienced by occupants, manufacturers are no longer satisfied with ensuring the thermal comfort performance of vehicles only through the HVAC system in the cabin, but also developed a microclimate control seat that adjusts the temperature through ventilation between the contact surface of the seat and the human body, trying to improve the thermal comfort of passengers more effectively. However, the ventilation ducts of these seats are commonly designed based on empirical or autonomous standards, and their effectiveness is subsequently assessed through test or simulation, typically under unloaded
Zhang, TianmingRen, JindongZhang, Haonan
The aim of the present work was to characterize macroscopic spray parameters of a multi-hole direct injection injector for spark ignition engine applications. The geometry, the position of spray boundaries the overall cone angle, the spray vertical penetration and the vertical spray length were evaluated by processing the spray images recorded at 3300 frames per second. The frequency of recording images was suitable for capturing all the spray developments in all tested conditions. The tested fluid was EXXSOL D60 for simulating ethanol spray characteristics due to its similar properties and due to security reasons. The injector was tested outside the engine and into an open acrylic chamber being injected into atmospheric air conditions of the laboratory. The injection pressure was set up in 100 bar and the simulated engine speed were set up in MOTEC ECU in 3000 rpm, 3600 rpm and 4000 rpm. The injection durations were set up in 3,0 ms for 3000 rpm and 2.3 ms for 3600 rpm and 4000 rpm
Guzzo, Márcio ExpeditoFonseca, Lucas GuimarãesDuarte, Thales Henrique RamosBaeta, José Guilherme CoelhoHuebner, RudolfPujatti, Fabrício José Pacheco
This SAE Recommended Practice establishes uniform cold weather test procedures and performance requirements for engine coolant type heating systems of bus that are all vehicles designed to transport 10 or more passengers. The intent is to provide a test that will ensure acceptable comfort for bus occupants. It is limited to a test that can be conducted on uniform test equipment in commercially available laboratory facilities. Required test equipment, facilities, and definitions are included. There are two options for producing hot coolant in this recommended practice. Testing using these two approaches on the same vehicle will not necessarily provide identical results. Many vehicle models are offered with optional engines, and each engine has varying coolant temperatures and flow rates. If the test is being conducted to compare the performance of one heater design to another heater design, then the external coolant source approach (Test A) will yield the most comparable results. If the
Truck and Bus Windshield Wipers and Climate Control Comm
The purpose of this SAE Recommended Practice is to establish uniform test procedures for measuring and rating air delivery and cooling capacity of truck and off-road self-propelled work machines used in earth moving, agriculture, and forestry air-conditioner evaporator assemblies. It is the intent to measure only the actual cooling capacity of the evaporator. It is not the intent of this document to rate and compare the performance of the total vehicle air-conditioning system.
Truck and Bus Windshield Wipers and Climate Control Comm
This SAE Recommended Practice establishes uniform test procedures and performance requirements for engine coolant type heating systems of enclosed truck cabs. The intent is to provide a test that will ensure acceptable comfort for cab occupants. It is limited to a test that can be conducted on uniform test equipment in commercially available laboratory facilities. There are two options for producing hot coolant in this document. Testing using these two approaches on the same vehicle will not necessarily provide identical results. Many vehicle models are offered with optional engines, and each engine has varying coolant temperatures and flow rates. If the test is being conducted to compare the performance of one heater design to another heater design, then the external coolant source approach (Test A) will yield the most comparable results. If the test is being conducted to validate the heater installation on a specific vehicle model with a specific engine, then using the engine to heat
Truck and Bus Windshield Wipers and Climate Control Comm
Noise induced by the Heating, Ventilation and Air conditioning (HVAC) system inside a vehicle cabin can cause significant discomfort to passengers and, in turn, affect the brand image in a competitive automotive market. HVAC acoustic performance has become more prominent with the ongoing transformation from Internal Combustion (IC) to Electric Vehicle (EV) segments. For this reason, acoustic quality is increasingly prioritized as a key design issue throughout the entire development process of the HVAC system. This paper covers the design synthesis considering air handling unit-induced airborne and structure-borne noise of a dashboard-mounted HVAC system to achieve better NVH refinement inside vehicle while maintaining thermal performance. This study began by analysing HVAC-induced blower motor, impeller, air ducts, vents, and recirculation suction noise from the vehicle level to subsystem level and eventually at the component level. At the subsystem level, major noise source
Titave, Uttam VasantNaidu, SudhakaraKalsule, Shrikant
The advent of electric vehicles has increased the complexity of air conditioning systems in vehicles which now must maintain the safety and comfort of occupants while ensuring that the high voltage battery temperature is kept within safe limits. This new task is critical due to the influence of the cell and battery pack temperature on the efficiency. Moreover, high temperatures within the battery pack can lead to undesirable effects such as degradation and thermal runaway. Classical solutions to this problem include larger air conditioning components to support worst case scenario conditions where the cooling request from the battery and the cabin happen at the same time. In such conditions, for the safety of the battery, the cooling request is assigned to battery system which may cause discomfort to the passengers due the significant temperature increase in the cabin during such events. The probability of such events happening is certainly dependent on the weather conditions but in
Palacio Torralba, JavierKulkarni, Shridhar DilipraoShah, GeetJaybhay, SambhajiKapoor, SangeetLocks, Olaf
This SAE Standard applies to dyes intended to be introduced into a mobile air-conditioning system refrigerant circuit for the purpose of allowing the application of ultraviolet leak detection. In order to label any product(s), they shall meet SAE J2297, the certification process as described in SAE J2911 must be followed, and the documentation described in Appendix A shall be submitted to SAE.
Interior Climate Control Fluids Committee
Defying engineering challenges in record time, researchers at the University of Maryland developed a machine learning model that eliminates hassles in materials design to yield green technologies used in wearable heaters.
In the context of Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs), airborne noise from Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) ducts becomes a prominent concern in the view of passenger comfort. The automotive industry traditionally leverages Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) simulation to refine HVAC duct design and physical testing to validate acoustic performance. Optimization of the duct geometry using CFD simulation is a time-consuming process as various design configurations of the duct have to be studied for best acoustic performance. To address this issue effectively, the proposed a novel methodology uses Gaussian Process Regression (GPR) to minimize duct noise. Present solution demonstrates the power of machine learning (ML) algorithms in selecting the optimal duct configuration to minimize noise. Utilizing both real test data and CFD results, GPR achieves remarkable accuracy in design validation, especially for HVAC air ducts. The adoption of GPR-based ML algorithms significantly
Althi, Tirupathi RaoManuel, NaveenK, Manu
The parametric variation study will be very useful for understanding the design performance of any product based on the input parameters. This type of case study will be done using Design of experiments and generate several design points. Conventionally DoE solver will be working with geometry variation with CAD interface, meshing with appropriate tool then solver, finally with post processing. If a solver itself has workflow of change the geometry variation with mesh deflection method and automated post processing, then no need of geometry variation and meshing will lead to lot of time reduction in doing parametric study. Here HVAC parametric study used to show the performance of solver and accuracy of results generated. This approach can be used to optimize the design using parametric variation. This paper will show how to move Horizontal and vertical vanes using mesh morphing and what is the reduction in timeline in new product development. Here, Ansys Fluent solver is used to
Palanisamy, Vadivel
This SAE Aerospace Recommended Practice (ARP) describes a method of conducting an endurance test using contaminated air when the applicable specification requires non-recirculation of the contaminants. The objective of the test is to determine the resistance of the engine mounted components to wear or damage caused by the contaminated air. The method described herein calls for non-recirculation of the contaminants and is intended to provide a uniform distribution of the contaminant at the inlet to the Unit Under Test (UUT). The UUT may require the use of a hydraulic fluid for actuation of components within the test unit. Contamination of the test hydraulic fluid is not part of this recommended practice. If contaminated hydraulic fluid is required by the applicable test specification, refer to MAP749.
AC-9 Aircraft Environmental Systems Committee
This SAE Aerospace Recommended Practice (ARP) contains guidelines and recommendations for subsonic airplane air conditioning systems and components, including requirements, design philosophy, testing, and ambient conditions. The airplane air conditioning system comprises that arrangement of equipment, controls, and indicators that supply and distribute air to the occupied compartments for ventilation, pressurization, and temperature and moisture control. The principal features of the system are: a A supply of outside air with independent control valve(s). b A means for heating. c A means for cooling (air or vapor cycle units and heat exchangers). d A means for removing excess moisture from the air supply. e A ventilation subsystem. f A temperature control subsystem. g A pressure control subsystem. Other system components for treating cabin air, such as filtration and humidification, are included, as are the ancillary functions of equipment cooling and cargo compartment conditioning
AC-9 Aircraft Environmental Systems Committee
This Aerospace Information Report (AIR) outlines the design considerations and criteria for the control of water carryover from the environmental control system (ECS) with respect to causes and indicated corrective or preventative action. In addition, condensation on structure will be reviewed with possible preventative action described.
AC-9 Aircraft Environmental Systems Committee
This ARP provides the definition of terms commonly used in aircraft environmental control system (ECS) design and analysis. Many of the terms may be used as guidelines for establishing standard ECS nomenclature. Some general thermodynamic terms are included that are frequently used in ECS analysis, but this document is not meant to be an inclusive list of such terms.
AC-9 Aircraft Environmental Systems Committee
In today's fast-paced lifestyle, people spend a maximum amount of time for traveling, leading to a heightened demand for thermal comfort. Automotive HVAC play a crucial role in providing conditioned air to ensure comfort while traveling. Evaluating HVAC systems performance including delivery systems, heat exchanger efficiency, air thermal mixing zones, and temperature distribution are essential to maintain fuel economy and modern vehicle styling. However, accurately predicting cooling/heating performance using CFD simulations poses challenges due to the complex nature of heat exchanger modeling, which demands substantial computational resources and time. This paper presents the development of CFD modeling capabilities for predicting temperature distribution at duct outlet grills for defrost mode. Additionally, it assesses heater performance under maximum hot conditions. STAR-CCM+ software is employed to model the entire system, with the heater and evaporator core represented as porous
Ahmad, TaufeeqParayil, PaulsonSharma, NishantKame, ShubhamJaiswal, AnkitGoel, Arunkumar
Energy efficiency in both internal combustion engine (ICE) and electric vehicles (EV) is a strategic advantage of automotive companies. It provides a better user experience that emanates amongst others from the reduction in operation expenses, particularly critical for fleets, and the increase in range. This is especially important in EVs where customers may experience range anxiety. The energetical impact of using the air conditioning system in vehicles is not negligible with power consumptions in the range of kilowatts, even with a stopped vehicle. This becomes particularly important in areas with high temperature and humidity levels where the usage of the air conditioning systems becomes safety factor. In such areas, drivers are effectively forced to use the air conditioning system continuously. Hence, the air conditioning system becomes an ideal choice to deploy control strategies for optimized energy usage. In this paper, we propose and implement a control strategy that allows a
Jaybhay, SambhajiKapoor, SangeetKulkarni, Shridhar DilipraoPalacio Torralba, JavierLocks, Olaf
Electric Vehicles (EVs) have rapidly grown as a means for clean mobility, as they zero down tail pipe emission of greenhouse gases. Additionally, greenhouse gases such as Hydro-Fluoro-Carbon (HFCs) based refrigerants used in Mobile Air-Conditioning (MAC) are under global scrutiny for their high Global Warming Potential (GWP). To prevent earth environment to pass the climate tipping point that will be irreversible within human capacity, actions such as rapid phase down of high GWP rated HFCs under Kigali Amendment to Montreal Protocol are enacted. India being amongst signatory nations is now working to fast track phase-down use of high GWP refrigerant and transit to low GWP refrigerant options. Nearly half of national HFCs use and emissions are for manufacture and service MAC. Vehicle OEMs supplying to markets in developing countries (e.g. European nation and non-Article 5 Parties) have already phased out HFC-134a (GWP=1400) through alternate refrigerant solutions. The work presented
Maurya, AnuragVenu, SantoshKapoor, SangeetKhan, Farhan
The proposed smart, efficient eco-cooling strategy leverages the AC system's efficiency sensitivity to the vehicle speed and the thermal storage of the cabin to coordinate the AC operation with the vehicle speed profile by actively shifting the AC thermal load toward the more efficient region at higher vehicle speeds. An investigation is now being conducted on vehicle cabin climate control systems to lower energy consumption and enhance battery electric vehicle range when in pure electric mode. OEMs of electric vehicles are always searching for novel concepts that will extend the driving range of their vehicles. Basically, an air conditioning system needs high-voltage power from high-voltage battery packs to keep the interior of the cabin in a comfortable temperature range during the summer. In order to meet these demands, the AC system in electric vehicles becomes an additional power consumer. This smart ECO AC system consists of the importance and impact of the various components of
Agalawe, KIRAN R.Nagarhalli, Prasanna VHAJGUDE, NIKHIL
Over the past few decades, there has been a notable increase in stakeholder’s attention on Earth's climate. The automotive industry, being a major contributor to this phenomenon, has been endeavoring to mitigate its impact through various measures. These efforts include reducing emissions in existing internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles and promoting electric vehicles (EVs) as a feasible alternative for consumers. Despite these initiatives, there remains a persistent challenge in improving the fuel economy and driving range of vehicles. India, located along the Tropic of Cancer, experiences both tropical and subtropical climates. As a result, a substantial portion of the total heat absorbed is from solar radiation. The higher heat load necessitates extensive use of air conditioning (AC) systems, which significantly contributes to the overall power consumption of vehicles. Various measures are being implemented to mitigate this heat load and enhance the efficiency of AC operations
Kumar, SunnyVenu, SantoshRaj, ShivamKandekar, Ambadas
The air supply system in a Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) provides the oxygen needed for the fuel cell to react with hydrogen. The air compressor, being the main component of the air supply subsystem, has the highest power consumption among all auxiliary loads in an FCEV. Therefore, efficient control of the air supply system is critical for improving fuel cell performance. The air supply system has a slow response to dynamic load changes. Due to its weak transient response, an overshoot in airflow can lead to an increase in auxiliary power loss, while an undershoot can cause a delay in meeting power requirements. Thus, reducing transients is a crucial factor in improving the overall system efficiency. In conventional control, the battery supplies additional power needed during dynamic load changes. During high dynamic load changes, there is frequent switching between the battery and the fuel cell. This frequent charging and discharging of the battery can impact its longevity
Choubey, AyushPonangi, Babu RaoShah, SaurabhMunirajappa, Chandrashekara
Climate across India varies from extreme Cold to extreme hot. As an objective to improve comfort to drivers during summer, it is mandate by Indian Government to introduce Air Conditioning in Trucks from June 2025. Air Conditioning system includes Evaporator, compressor, Condenser and expansion units. Condenser needs continuous air flow to reject the absorbed heat from driver cabin to surrounding air. This is possible by directing air through condenser by an external fan. For this condenser is remotely mounted with an electric driven fan or directly to the radiator-fan system. In this paper a case study is presented where Cooling system of a Non AC Intermediate Commercial Truck is modified for Air Conditioning application. Condenser is mounted on the radiator and the additional heat load is managed by a minor change in the system. Fan is operated based on coolant temperature and with additional controls for Air Conditioning. Simulations are done in a Thermal management software “KULI
Kiran, NalavadathM S, Vignesh
Today, almost all passenger vehicles are equipped with Mobile Air Conditioning (MAC) systems to provide thermal comfort to occupants. To enhance cabin cooling down rate, two approaches are possible viz. increasing the MAC system capacity or reducing heat ingress into the vehicle cabin. The first approach is likely to have a negative impact on energy efficiency. The latter approach considers the deployment of alternate passive cabin cooling technologies. Among these, the deployment of uniquely developed coatings on metal, plastic and glass surfaces of the cabin is one option. The assessment of such coatings is usually done only at severe ambient conditions (>40°C), which may not be sufficient. These coatings need to be validated across all climatic seasons of the year, for assessing their effectiveness on passenger thermal comfort. The current work along with simulation studies, takes into account additional parameters such as the ‘feeling of hotness’ when one enters a hot-soaked cabin
Deshmukh, GaneshKulkarni, Shridhar DilipraoVarma, MohitJaybhay, SambhajiKapoor, SangeetTilekar, Pravin
Electric Vehicles and Battery-Fuel_Cell hybrid vehicles are increasingly becoming popular in the market, especially in the commercial vehicle segment. Range estimation and control is of paramount importance as it is the main cause of anxiety among the vehicle owners. This paper discusses application of Reinforcement Learning (RL) to achieve range control. In RL, the learning agent choses actions dependent on the state of the environment and gets a reward in return. Ultimately the agent will learn the policy of choosing the actions for each state such that his long-term reward is maximized. The technique of RL has been applied for various scenarios where in a look up table (between the states of a system and actions to be taken) needs to be developed for optimal performance. In this paper, we use RL to manipulate other energy sources and sinks like Fuel Cell and HVAC (in addition to the battery which is the main energy source) for range control, and thereby achieve the optimal
Changavar, Ganesh
HVAC is one of the main components on AC system on passenger car. Air flow distribution through the HVAC duct outlet as well as foot outlet is controlled mainly through HVAC kinematic mechanism. Kinematic mechanism mainly controls the air flow distribution and also temperature linearity at the outlet. Blower assembly as well as Kinematic mechanism is mainly two moving components inside HVAC system. Apart from the blower noise, another important noise generating area is kinematic noise. Due to poor cam profile and pin reaction force inside cam profile, there is high reaction force and hence produce noise. Due to different kinematic mode travel (face, foot and defrost), the pin has to be moved inside the cam profile, so pin movement & interference due to the stroke length travel leads a higher noise. The present paper describes the noise prediction based on simulation methodology of HVAC kinematic mechanism and damper (Doors) movement. First kinematic simulation of baseline model is
Parayil, PaulsonKame, ShubhamGoel, Arunkumar
In automotive air conditioning systems, compressor is used to convert low pressure low temperature refrigerant into high pressure high temperature refrigerant. Various types of compressors like swash plate, rotary vane, scroll etc. are widely used in the automotive industry for air conditioning applications. In rotary vane compressors, thermal protector is used as a safety device, designed to prevent the compressor from overheating during refrigerant compression process. When the discharge temperature exceeds the preset limit of thermal protector, the thermal protector will activate and stop the electrical supply to compressor clutch to stop the compressor operation thereby preventing potential damage to air conditioning system, engine, and other nearby parts of the vehicle. This technical paper explores the various real-world scenarios for a hot country like India, which may result into higher discharge temperatures of compressor resulting into activation of thermal protector. The
Mittal, SachinSaha, AniketKumar, MukeshUmbarkar, Shriganesh
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