Development of a Mobile HVAC System for Operation with Engine Off 2004-01-2626
The desire to reduce environmental damage and conserve fossil fuels, as well as current and pending legislation, highlights the need for a truck air conditioner that can be operated when the truck engine is off. Different solutions to this problem have been suggested but the most viable seems to be an electrically driven vapor compression unit. Because of the lack of electrical power when the truck is not running, a practical A/C system must be energy efficient. After a number of studies and tests, a control algorithm to economically match cooling requirements to system capacities has been developed and is under test.
Citation: Martin, G., Galloway, C., Collier, S., and Diaz, G., "Development of a Mobile HVAC System for Operation with Engine Off," SAE Technical Paper 2004-01-2626, 2004, https://doi.org/10.4271/2004-01-2626. Download Citation
Author(s):
George Martin, Carol S. Galloway, Samuel J. Collier, Gerardo C. Diaz
Affiliated:
Modine Manufacturing Company
Pages: 11
Event:
SAE Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress & Exhibition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Powertrain Developments and Power and Energy Management-SP-1910, SAE 2004 Transactions Journal of Commercial Vehicles-V113-2
Related Topics:
Electric power
Energy conservation
Trucks
Mathematical models
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems (HVAC)
Legislation
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