Air Cooling for EV Thermal Management (AIRCOOL)

暖通空调系统是一个能源密集型系统，对所有车辆来说都是一个挑战。当电力电子和电机构成电动汽车推进系统的关键部分时，这种情况就会加剧。暖通空调系统通常消耗电动汽车续航里程的20%-40%，这取决于暖通空调系统的效率，不同车辆的效率可能不同。这个为期6个月的项目建立在最近的IDP-14可行性研究的基础上，旨在验证布鲁内尔大学进行的建模工作和小规模的内部台架测试。这项研究的目标是在专门建造的模拟电动汽车热管理系统的试验台上运行Fetu的新型空气循环，这是一种无制冷剂冷却系统。之前的工作表明，Fetu的空气循环可以与传统的蒸汽压缩系统竞争，同时在空气中使用环保的工作液。潜在的额外应用将广泛应用于建筑环境、国防和其他交通领域，强有力的开发将带来高投资回报(ROI)。

The heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems are an energy intensive and present a challenge to all vehicles. This is exacerbated when power electronics and motors form a key part of the propulsion system such as in EV's. The HVAC system typically consumes between 20% - 40% of an EV's range depending on the HVAC system efficiency which can differ across different vehicles.This 6-month project builds on a recent IDP-14 feasibility study aiming to validate modelling work undertaken by the University of Brunel and small-scale in-house bench tests. The objective of this study is to run FeTu's novel Air-Cycle, a refrigerant free cooling system, in a purpose-built test rig that simulates an electric vehicle thermal management system. Previous work suggests FeTu's air-cycle can compete against traditional Vapour Compression Systems whilst using an environmentally friendly working fluid in air. With the additional benefits of fewer parts, less complexity and reduced parasitic losses.Potential additional applications would be widespread in built environment, defence and other transportation sectors, strong exploitation will lead to a high Return on Investment (ROI).