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<p>The first cars with air conditioning appeared in the early 1940s. Then, 1500 Packard cars received an air conditioning system developed by Nash. In the 60s about 20% of the total production of cars had air conditioning system. Nowadays car manufacturers consider air conditioning as a standard option and try various solutions to increase thermal comfort and road safety. The air conditioning system in the current configurations is a big energy consumer system. All changes made to reduce the energy consumed will take into account temperature, humidity level, vibration and noise so that human safety and comfort are not affected. The purpose of this paper is to review the ways to reduce the energy consumed by the air conditioning system of cars and their importance.</p>
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The first cars with air conditioning appeared in the early 1940s. Then, 1500 Packard cars received an air conditioning system developed by Nash. In the 60s about 20% of the total production of cars had air conditioning system. Nowadays car manufacturers consider air conditioning as a standard option and try various solutions to increase thermal comfort and road safety. The air conditioning system in the current configurations is a big energy consumer system. All changes made to reduce the energy consumed will take into account temperature, humidity level, vibration and noise so that human safety and comfort are not affected. The purpose of this paper is to review the ways to reduce the energy consumed by the air conditioning system of cars and their importance.

Solutions for Reducing the Energy Consumed by the Automotive HVAC System

“Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iaşi

Bulletin of the Polytechnic Institute of Iași. Machine constructions Section

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The first cars with air conditioning appeared in the early 1940s. Then, 1500 Packard cars received an air conditioning system developed by Nash. In the 60s...

Solutions for Reducing the Energy Consumed by the Automotive HVAC System

Online veröffentlicht: 23. Feb. 2022

Seitenbereich: 33 - 38

Eingereicht: 30. März 2021

Akzeptiert: 28. Juni 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bipcm-2021-0015

Schlüsselwörter
air conditioning, energy, comfort, car power, fuel consumption

© 2021 Aida Maria Vranău et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Solutions for Reducing the Energy Consumed by the Automotive HVAC System

Online veröffentlicht: 23. Feb. 2022

Seitenbereich: 33 - 38

Eingereicht: 30. März 2021

Akzeptiert: 28. Juni 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bipcm-2021-0015

Schlüsselwörterair conditioning, energy, comfort, car power, fuel consumption

© 2021 Aida Maria Vranău et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Schlüsselwörter
air conditioning, energy, comfort, car power, fuel consumption