Analysis and the methods of reducing vehicle thermal loads

This report serves as a guide to understanding and analyzing the different methods to reduce the vehicle thermal loads. The project started out with 3 objectives being defined namely to obtained the thermal loads and power requirement, to analyze the different materials used for the car and the vehi...

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Main Author: Chan, Benjamin Jia Jun.
Other Authors: Ooi Kim Tiow
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Language:English
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-533042023-03-04T19:10:40Z Analysis and the methods of reducing vehicle thermal loads Chan, Benjamin Jia Jun. Ooi Kim Tiow School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering This report serves as a guide to understanding and analyzing the different methods to reduce the vehicle thermal loads. The project started out with 3 objectives being defined namely to obtained the thermal loads and power requirement, to analyze the different materials used for the car and the vehicle geometry and design which can ultimately reduce this thermal heat load and finally to optimize the vehicle thermal design using all these findings. The base model used is a Nissan Leaf and as geometry was a variable in this experiment, the author generated various 3D CAD car models with varying geometry from 0° to 40° with the aid of Solidworks. The control for this experiment would be the default car model with geometry of -25°. Thermal simulations were carried out on the volume in the cabin interior and the various components via THESEUS-FE software. There was a total of 5 experiments that were be carried out to see find the optimal design that can reduce the thermal load in the vehicle in terms of geometry and materials. The results showed that vehicles with geometry angles of 10° or more reduced the cabin temperature by about 77% which lead to a significant reduction of heat load of about 62%. The air conditioning system also consumed less power with a reduction of 34% with culminated to an improvement in fuel economy of about 2km/L. The best material which had the lowest temperature rise was found to be Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC); as such the optimized model was a 10° geometry model that was entirely made out of PVC, which had showed that the heat load in the cabin was insignificant as compared to the default car. Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) 2013-05-31T04:29:50Z 2013-05-31T04:29:50Z 2013 2013 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/53304 en Nanyang Technological University 97 p. application/pdf
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Chan, Benjamin Jia Jun.
Analysis and the methods of reducing vehicle thermal loads
description This report serves as a guide to understanding and analyzing the different methods to reduce the vehicle thermal loads. The project started out with 3 objectives being defined namely to obtained the thermal loads and power requirement, to analyze the different materials used for the car and the vehicle geometry and design which can ultimately reduce this thermal heat load and finally to optimize the vehicle thermal design using all these findings. The base model used is a Nissan Leaf and as geometry was a variable in this experiment, the author generated various 3D CAD car models with varying geometry from 0° to 40° with the aid of Solidworks. The control for this experiment would be the default car model with geometry of -25°. Thermal simulations were carried out on the volume in the cabin interior and the various components via THESEUS-FE software. There was a total of 5 experiments that were be carried out to see find the optimal design that can reduce the thermal load in the vehicle in terms of geometry and materials. The results showed that vehicles with geometry angles of 10° or more reduced the cabin temperature by about 77% which lead to a significant reduction of heat load of about 62%. The air conditioning system also consumed less power with a reduction of 34% with culminated to an improvement in fuel economy of about 2km/L. The best material which had the lowest temperature rise was found to be Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC); as such the optimized model was a 10° geometry model that was entirely made out of PVC, which had showed that the heat load in the cabin was insignificant as compared to the default car.
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