i-Cool Integration of Phase Change Materials into Metropolitan Car Concepts to Control the Cabin Temperature 2014-28-0044
This paper presents the modeling results of an innovative i-cool system for controlling the cabin temperature of a standalone car facing the solar energy from the sun. Project work indentifies the best possible phase change material (PCM) to be used for i-cool system is n-Heneicosane which shows maximum total heat flux is 44189 W/m2. From all the PCMs n-Heneicosane, n-Eicosane and n-Nonadecane that were shortlisted in selection criteria shows 600 sec to achieve inner surface temperature equal to the outer surface for a metropolitan car. While without use of PCM, the metropolitan car takes 320 sec & total maximum heat flux is 32900 W/m2. The final selection of n-Heneicosane shows 34.25% efficiency over conventional car.
Citation: Kalekar, T. and Stechert, C., "i-Cool Integration of Phase Change Materials into Metropolitan Car Concepts to Control the Cabin Temperature," SAE Technical Paper 2014-28-0044, 2014, https://doi.org/10.4271/2014-28-0044. Download Citation
Author(s):
Tejas Kalekar, Carsten Stechert
Affiliated:
The Automotive Research Association of India
Pages: 4
Event:
International Conference on Automotive Materials & Manufacturing 2014
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Solar energy
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