scholarly journals Energy Efficiency Ratio (EER) of Novel Air Conditioning System on LPG Fuelled Vehicle: A Lab-Scale Investigation

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 7133-7143
Author(s):  
Muji Setiyo ◽  
Budi Waluyo ◽  
Paolo Gobbato ◽  
Massimo Masi
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Alternative Fuels ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Intake Manifold ◽  
Cooling Power ◽  
Efficiency Ratio ◽  
Passenger Cars ◽  
Air Conditioning System ◽  
The Impact

Alternative fuels have become an effective solution to reduce the impact of road transport on the environment. On the other hand, the growing uses of air-conditioning (AC) have contributed to worsening the fuel economy of passenger vehicles. Liquid petroleum gas (LPG), if injected in the gaseous phase to power SI engines, may allow reducing the fuel consumption due to AC devices through the recovery of cooling energy from the fuel systems. This paper presents lab-scale tests of an air conditioning system prototype for LPG-fuelled vehicles. The prototype has been assembled using standard vehicle components to quantify the cooling energy recoverable from the LPG evaporation before the fuel is injected into the engine intake manifold. Temperature and humidity of the air exiting the LPG evaporator are measured for fuel mass flow rates typical of light-duty vehicles. The energy efficiency ratio (EER) of the prototype achieves 2.72 when cooling power equals 1.2 kW. Although the system tested needs improvements, the experimental data show that the cooling energy recovered by LPG evaporation can significantly reduce the power consumption of standard AC systems in passenger cars.

scholarly journals Impact of Road Transport Means on Climate Change and Human Health in Poland

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorota Burchart-Korol ◽  
Piotr Folęga
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Alternative Fuels ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emission ◽  
Inorganic Compounds ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Passenger Cars ◽  
The Impact

Operation of means of transport is one of major sources of environmental impact. The goal of this article was to analyse the greenhouse gas emissions and to assess the impact of operation of means of road transport in Poland on human health using the life cycle assessment technique based on an analysis of emission of dust and gas pollutants. Road transport was assessed by taking the following means of transport into account: passenger cars, other cars with weight of up to 3,500 kg, lorries, buses, motorcycles, mopeds and tractors. The analysis covered various dust and gas pollutants, including the emission of CO2, CO, N2O, CH4, NOx, NMVOC, PM and SO2. Using the IMPACT 2002+ life cycle impact assessment method, transport was assessed in a breakdown into the following impact categories: greenhouse gas emission and damage to human health, including damage caused by organic and inorganic compounds. It has been evidenced that the highest emissions of dust and gas pollutants are caused by passenger cars, which is mainly due to the number of vehicles of this type traversing Polish roads. The main cause of climate changes due to road transport is CO2 emission, while NOx emission is the main factor determining individual categories of damage to human health. The negative environmental impact is primarily related to the operation of combustion engine vehicles. Diesel oil and petrol are currently the main fuels used in Polish transport. In order to reduce their impact on the environment one should intensify the efforts aimed at increasing the share of alternative fuels in transport.

scholarly journals The modeling and energy efficiency analysis of thermal energy management operation of ground source heat pump air-conditioning system

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (5 Part B) ◽  
pp. 3229-3237
Author(s):  
Xuli Wang ◽  
Jing Ma ◽  
Feng Zhao ◽  
Liang Tang ◽  
Lei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Heat Pump ◽  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Hydraulic Loss ◽  
Ground Source Heat Pump ◽  
Efficiency Ratio ◽  
Air Conditioning System ◽  
Ground Source ◽  
Saving Effect ◽  
Management Operation

To improve the energy-saving effect of the ground source heat pump air-conditioning system, an example is investigated, and the annual loads of the building are simulated and analyzed. The thermal energy management operation modelling is conducted. The hydraulic analysis is performed for different modes in each section. Given the same flow and tube type, a larger pipe diameter indicates a smaller hydraulic loss. Compared with the parallel 5-well loop and the parallel 10-well loop, the hydraulic loss of the series 2-well loop is the highest. When the sub-catch is connected to 5 loops, as the number of series wells increases, the tube length gets longer, the flow rate allocated by the loop gets less, and the load increases. Besides, the energy efficiency ratio of the ground source side decreases as the heat rejection load increases. Therefore, by adjusting the pipe diameter, the pipe type, and the depth of the well, the hydraulic loss can be reduced. The energy-saving effect of the loop in the parallel mode is better. Given the limited number of the managed wells, the parallel circuit can be adjusted to the same program. The connection allows the collector to distribute the flow evenly. The energy efficiency ratio of the ground source can be improved by changing the diameter of the horizontal trunk pipe. It is hoped that the hydraulic optimization design of the ground source heat pump air-conditioning system can provide a theoretical basis for the application and promotion of the ground source heat pumps.

scholarly journals Fault detection for air conditioning system using machine learning

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Noor Asyikin Sulaiman ◽  
Md Pauzi Abdullah ◽  
Hayati Abdullah ◽  
Muhammad Noorazlan Shah Zainudin ◽  
Azdiana Md Yusop
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Supervised Learning ◽  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Coefficient Of Performance ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Air Conditioning System ◽  
Learning Classifier ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Impact

Air conditioning system is a complex system and consumes the most energy in a building. Any fault in the system operation such as cooling tower fan faulty, compressor failure, damper stuck, etc. could lead to energy wastage and reduction in the system’s coefficient of performance (COP). Due to the complexity of the air conditioning system, detecting those faults is hard as it requires exhaustive inspections. This paper consists of two parts; i) to investigate the impact of different faults related to the air conditioning system on COP and ii) to analyse the performances of machine learning algorithms to classify those faults. Three supervised learning classifier models were developed, which were deep learning, support vector machine (SVM) and multi-layer perceptron (MLP). The performances of each classifier were investigated in terms of six different classes of faults. Results showed that different faults give different negative impacts on the COP. Also, the three supervised learning classifier models able to classify all faults for more than 94%, and MLP produced the highest accuracy and precision among all.

scholarly journals Experimental and Theoretical Study on the Cooling Performance of a CO2 Mobile Air Conditioning System

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1927 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dandong Wang ◽  
Binbin Yu ◽  
Junye Shi ◽  
Jiangping Chen
Keyword(s):  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Theoretical Study ◽  
Cooling Capacity ◽  
Air Conditioning System ◽  
Cooling Performance ◽  
System A ◽  
Hfc 134A ◽  
Expansion Valve ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Compressor Efficiency

CO2 (GWP = 1) is considered as a promising natural alternative refrigerant to HFC-134a in mobile air conditioning (MAC) applications. The objective of this study is to investigate the cooling performance characteristics of a CO2 MAC system. A prototype CO2 MAC system, consisting of a CO2 electrical compressor, CO2 parallel flow microchannel heat exchangers, and an electrical expansion valve, was developed and tested. Factor analysis experiments were conducted to reveal the effect of outdoor temperature on the cooling performance of this CO2 MAC system. Compared with a conventional R134a MAC system, the prototype CO2 MAC system achieved comparable cooling capacity, but had COP reductions of 26% and 10% at 27 °C and 45 °C outdoor conditions, respectively. In addition, based on refrigerant properties, theoretical cycle analysis was done to reveal the impact of evaporator, gas cooler and compressor, on the system cooling performance. It is concluded that the increase of overall compressor efficiency or the decrease of gas cooler approaching temperature could greatly improve the COP of this CO2 MAC system.

scholarly journals Impact of air-conditioning system disinfection on microbial contamination of passenger cars

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 1127-1135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Gołofit-Szymczak ◽  
Agata Stobnicka-Kupiec ◽  
Rafał L. Górny
Keyword(s):  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Microbial Contamination ◽  
Passenger Cars ◽  
Air Conditioning System

Experimental Set up of Air Conditioning System in Automobile Using Exhaust Energy

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. P. Yadav ◽  
Bharat Raj Singh
Keyword(s):  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Air Conditioning System ◽  
Exhaust Gases ◽  
Water Vapour Absorption ◽  
Exhaust Energy ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Low Grade Heat ◽  
Vapour Compression

The refrigeration units currently used in road transport vehicles are predominantly of the vapour compression refrigeration (VCR) type but this work represents study of air conditioning in automobile based on ammonia water vapour absorption system using hot exhaust gases as an energy source. In the study an experimental set up is designed and fabricated to use low grade heat energy i.e. exhaust gases as input heat to the system.

USING WATER VAPOR AS REFRIGERANT IN MULTISTAGE VARIABLE SPEED TURBO COMPRESSOR TO IMPROVE SEASONAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY RATIO OF AIR CONDITIONING

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (02) ◽  
pp. 131-140
Author(s):  
QUBO LI ◽  
DEMISS A. AMIBE ◽  
NORBERT MÜLLER
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Water Vapor ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Coefficient Of Performance ◽  
Air Conditioner ◽  
Variable Speed ◽  
Efficiency Ratio ◽  
Part Load

An air conditioning system using water as refrigerant (R718) that compresses water vapor with multistage stage variable speed axial compressor with intercooling between stages by water injection is considered. Four stage compression with flash intercooling resulted in 50% improvement of coefficient of performance (COP) at full load compared to conventional refrigerants like R134a. The energy efficiency of an air conditioning unit is specified by seasonal energy efficiency ratio (SEER). SEER is defined as the ratio of cooling output of an air conditioner measured and electrical energy consumption as per AHRI 210/240 during cooling season. The SEER is computed after determining the evaporator cooling capacity and the electrical energy demand of the compressor at each bin temperature using assumed compressor isentropic efficiency, mechanical efficiency and electrical efficiency and multiplying by the weight of each bin temperature to determine the total for the cooling season. As a result of multistage compression, best part load performance of water as a refrigerant and operation of compressor near design point at part load due to variable speed drive, 50%–60% improvement in SEER is obtained compared to the best available in the market using conventional refrigerants such as R134a with single stage compression.

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