Open AccessThermal Analysis and Test Program to Evaluate Passenger Compartment Thermal Load Reduction and Improve: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA number CRD-07-00231
Author(s) -
John Rugh
Publication year - 2011
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/1013901
Subject(s) - compartment (ship) , thermal , reduction (mathematics) , environmental science , test (biology) , flow (mathematics) , thermal mass , computer science , automotive engineering , simulation , engineering , meteorology , mechanics , ecology , mathematics , physics , oceanography , geometry , biology , geology
This activity supported a GM and NREL collaborative exploration of strategies to minimize and alleviate the temperature rise in the passenger compartment of an automobile during prolonged exposure to solar radiation in hot climates. It developed and exercised math-based models to simulate the air flow and thermal environment in the passenger compartment in order to compare the effectiveness of the strategies. This activity also assessed the strategies using vehicle tests