Air Flow Analysis For Defroster and Ventilation System of A Passanger Car
Air Flow Analysis For Defroster and Ventilation System of A Passanger Car
Air Flow Analysis For Defroster and Ventilation System of A Passanger Car
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International Journal Of Engineering And Computer Science ISSN:2319-7242
Volume 3 Issue 7 July, 2014 Page No. 6859-6862
Automobile
Defrost/Demist
system,
CFD
I. INTRODUCTION
In mid 1970 automobile air conditioning system was
conceptualized. This was to cater the comfort requirements of
closed cabin vehicles which were becoming more and more
popular then. Defrost and demist systems are integral parts of
automobile air conditioning system. Automotive air
conditioning systems were conceptualized for improved
comfort of automobile occupants. These systems included
limited scope of providing ergonomically comfortable
environmental conditions inside the automobile. With the
advances in automotive technologies, scope of automotive air
conditioning kept broadening. Therefore air conditioning also
started fulfilling functions such as maintaining quality and
quantity of air, providing regional comfort (for example
passenger feet heating, rear air conditioning) and aiding the
drivers visibility in extreme weather conditions. Broadly
system aiding drivers visibilities in extreme weather
conditions by facilitating transparency through the windshield
can be called as defrost and demist function. Exemplary
extreme weather conditions where aid to drivers visibility may
be required are subzero cold conditions, high humidity at lower
temperatures.
Angles, Deg.
Defrost in
30 Minute
Left
Right
Up
Down
80
18
56
10
100
10
15
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Outlet
Wind
Screen
Side
Windows
Velocity Inlet
Fig. 1. Typical Location of Areas 'A' And 'C' As Viewed From Interior Of
Vehicle
Energy Equation:
(3)
Where,
is the Laplacian Operator
E is the internal energy per unit mass
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(4)
(5)
The RNG based k- turbulence model is derived from the
instantaneous Navier Stokes equations, using a mathematical
technique, called renormalization group (RNG) methods.
The equation (4) and (5), the left hand side shows the
diffusion and generation terms and the right hand side involves
dissipation rate terms. The turbulent viscosity is modeled as
-3
B. Thermal Imaging
Thermal imaging is another method to map temperature
contours on the windshield of outer surface. It is non instructive
method. Instead of direct measurement of air temperature at
specific point in space, it measures air temperature range in
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V. CONCLUSION
This study investigates current experimental and
computational techniques to monitor performance of
defrost/demist system. In such cases velocity, pressure,
temperature etc. of air is monitored.
CFD simulation helps to give appropriate results by saving
time and computational efforts. Factors such as mesh density,
cell geometry, turbulence modeling could impact on speed and
accuracy of numerical simulation.
CFD tools used for such simulations are very costly. Due to
limited node licensing computational time is also restricted.
There are few open source tools like OpenFOAM are
available, which will reduce licensing cost and computational
time. Thus such open source tools should incorporated for
simulation purpose.
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