An efficient air-conditioning system is an important factor for the commercial success of an automotive product, because of the thermal comfort for the passengers being an important incentive for the purchaser. A simulation tool is presented that makes it possible to design and optimize A/C refrigerant circuits together with the engine cooling system in a very early stage of the design process. This tool is based on networks including the enhanced heat exchange theory which also takes into consideration refrigerant phase changes. A graphical user interface and predefined simulation models which are based on the respective geometry of the system components make it easy to create a virtual vehicle for mathematical analysis of the various heat and mass flows. High flexibility and short calculation time together with high accuracy enable the engineer to make efficient investigations.
Transient Air Conditioning Simulation Using Network Theory Algorithms
Sae Technical Papers
Vehicle Thermal Management Systems Conference & Exposition ; 2001
2001-05-14
Conference paper
English
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