Experimental investigation on the performance of solar chimney for reduction of vehicle cabin soak temperature

Vehicle cabin soak temperature is dire and in some cases is a life-threatening for any living organism trapped inside it. Also, it dictates the thermal comfort level upon entry, air conditioning (AC) load, and fuel consumption. This study is the first attempts to experimentally evaluate the impact o...

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Main Authors: Lahimer, A. A., K., Sopian, Amir, Abdul Razak, M. H., Ruslan, Alghoul, M. A.
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Published: Elsevier Ltd 2019
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spelling ump-245332019-03-19T03:41:36Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24533/ Experimental investigation on the performance of solar chimney for reduction of vehicle cabin soak temperature Lahimer, A. A. K., Sopian Amir, Abdul Razak M. H., Ruslan Alghoul, M. A. QC Physics T Technology (General) TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Vehicle cabin soak temperature is dire and in some cases is a life-threatening for any living organism trapped inside it. Also, it dictates the thermal comfort level upon entry, air conditioning (AC) load, and fuel consumption. This study is the first attempts to experimentally evaluate the impact of integrating a solar chimney (SC) on a vehicle exposed to direct sunlight in terms of its cabin soak temperature (CST), thermal comfort, AC power, and driving ranges. Therefore, outdoor thermal soak tests on two identical vehicles were carried out. The results confirmed a significant reduction of the soak cabin temperature, decreasing the cabin soak air temperature by 20.5 °C (max). This reduction can lead to a significant effect on the initial thermal solar loads, thereby exposure time to high temperature environment (thermal stress and anxiety) can significantly be reduced, while also enhance interior air quality, improve vehicle fuel economy, an 85% reduction in compressor power, increasing driving range by 26.25 km within the city drive cycle and 17.5 km on the highway cycle while operating the AC system, and reduce tailpipe emissions while preserving the integrity of the cabin's interior from cracking and fading. It can be concluded that the proposed strategy is able to achieve the highest cabin temperature reduction ever compared to other passive approaches. Elsevier Ltd 2019-04 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24533/1/Experimental%20investigation%20on%20the%20performance%20of%20solar%20chimney%20for%20reduction%20of%20vehicle%20cabin%20soak%20temperature.pdf Lahimer, A. A. and K., Sopian and Amir, Abdul Razak and M. H., Ruslan and Alghoul, M. A. (2019) Experimental investigation on the performance of solar chimney for reduction of vehicle cabin soak temperature. Applied Thermal Engineering, 152. 247 - 260. ISSN 1359-4311 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2019.02.021 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2019.02.021
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topic QC Physics
T Technology (General)
TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
spellingShingle QC Physics
T Technology (General)
TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Lahimer, A. A.
K., Sopian
Amir, Abdul Razak
M. H., Ruslan
Alghoul, M. A.
Experimental investigation on the performance of solar chimney for reduction of vehicle cabin soak temperature
description Vehicle cabin soak temperature is dire and in some cases is a life-threatening for any living organism trapped inside it. Also, it dictates the thermal comfort level upon entry, air conditioning (AC) load, and fuel consumption. This study is the first attempts to experimentally evaluate the impact of integrating a solar chimney (SC) on a vehicle exposed to direct sunlight in terms of its cabin soak temperature (CST), thermal comfort, AC power, and driving ranges. Therefore, outdoor thermal soak tests on two identical vehicles were carried out. The results confirmed a significant reduction of the soak cabin temperature, decreasing the cabin soak air temperature by 20.5 °C (max). This reduction can lead to a significant effect on the initial thermal solar loads, thereby exposure time to high temperature environment (thermal stress and anxiety) can significantly be reduced, while also enhance interior air quality, improve vehicle fuel economy, an 85% reduction in compressor power, increasing driving range by 26.25 km within the city drive cycle and 17.5 km on the highway cycle while operating the AC system, and reduce tailpipe emissions while preserving the integrity of the cabin's interior from cracking and fading. It can be concluded that the proposed strategy is able to achieve the highest cabin temperature reduction ever compared to other passive approaches.
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author Lahimer, A. A.
K., Sopian
Amir, Abdul Razak
M. H., Ruslan
Alghoul, M. A.
author_facet Lahimer, A. A.
K., Sopian
Amir, Abdul Razak
M. H., Ruslan
Alghoul, M. A.
author_sort Lahimer, A. A.
title Experimental investigation on the performance of solar chimney for reduction of vehicle cabin soak temperature
title_short Experimental investigation on the performance of solar chimney for reduction of vehicle cabin soak temperature
title_full Experimental investigation on the performance of solar chimney for reduction of vehicle cabin soak temperature
title_fullStr Experimental investigation on the performance of solar chimney for reduction of vehicle cabin soak temperature
title_full_unstemmed Experimental investigation on the performance of solar chimney for reduction of vehicle cabin soak temperature
title_sort experimental investigation on the performance of solar chimney for reduction of vehicle cabin soak temperature
publisher Elsevier Ltd
publishDate 2019
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24533/
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