Open AccessReview on Conventional Air Conditioning, Alternative Refrigerants, and CO2 Heat Pumps for Vehicles
Author(s) -
MooYeon Lee,
Dong-Yeon Lee
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
advances in mechanical engineering/advances in mechanical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.318
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1687-8140
pISSN - 1687-8132
DOI - 10.1155/2013/713924
Subject(s) - refrigerant , air conditioning , automotive engineering , automotive industry , internal combustion engine , heat pump , combustion , environmental science , process engineering , engineering , mechanical engineering , heat exchanger , chemistry , aerospace engineering , organic chemistry
With the reinforced ODP and GWP regulations, clean refrigerants including CO2, energy saving technology for fuel economy, especially focused on development and control strategy for the effective air conditioning system, and heat pump for vehicles have been widely investigated. Recently, the automotive CO2 heat pump for the next generation vehicles as an alternative to that of internal combustion engines has been evaluated and studied as a good option. In this paper, first part is reviewed on the performance characteristics and improvement articles for the conventional automotive air conditioning systems and individual components as well as various alternative refrigerant articles for conventional automotive air conditioning systems. Second part deals with the feasibility of the automotive CO2 heat pump for next generation vehicles without internal combustion engines