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People needs and expectations from vehicles have changed. One of the need is to maintain the temperature of beverages without use of any external source. Cool Glove Box is a feature in which cool air from automotive HVAC system is used to maintain the temperature of the beverages in passenger vehicles. There are various parameters which play a vital role in maintaining the temperature of the beverages and to reduce the rise in temperature. The effectiveness of cool Glove Box is tested in vehicle in an environmental controlled chamber and impact of various parameters which affects the performance are studied. The Glove Box with cooling feature located on bottom of instrumental panel with good sealing and having high air flow directly from HVAC unit will have good cooling performance.

Bumper opening area projected on condenser to total condenser core area is referred to as condenser opening area. The condenser opening area plays a vital role in A/C Performance of vehicle particularly during idling and initial cooling of vehicle. This paper presents detail study on effects of condenser opening area on A/C performance. Based on theory, the effect of condenser opening area is studied and it is validated by experimental results. Depending on these results an optimum value of condenser opening area required for best A/C performance is concluded.