Solar powered automobile cooling system
A cooling system is described for the passenger compartment of an automobile, the automobile including a ventilation duct extending between a front portion of the automobile and passenger compartment for admitting external air to the compartment, the system comprising: an evaporative cooler including a water reservoir, an evaporative mesh pad, a pump for circulating water from the reservoir to the pad and a fan for blowing air over the pad and into the passenger compartment, the pad positioned in the ventilation duct in a path of the external air, the fan being positioned in the ventilation duct between the front portion and the pad for blowing air through the pad when the automobile is motionless, the water reservoir comprising a refillable enclosed tank positioned externally of the ventilation duct and the pump being located in the reservoir and connected to the pad by tubing for pumping water from the reservoir to the pad; a solar energy system for converting solar energy to electrical power including solar conversion units mounted externally of the automobile, units connected in an array to provide electrical current at a predetermined voltage; and a thermostatic switch positioned within the automobile, the switch being connected in a series circuit between the solar system and the evaporative cooler.
- Assignee:
- NOV; NOV-87-058381; EDB-87-093679
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4658597
- OSTI ID:
- 6802200
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: Filed date 3 Jul 1985
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
AUTOMOBILES
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
AIR FLOW
BLOWERS
DUCTS
EVAPORATIVE COOLING
POSITIONING
SWITCHES
THERMOSTATS
VENTILATION SYSTEMS
WATER PUMPS
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
COOLING
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
FLUID FLOW
GAS FLOW
PUMPS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
VEHICLES
140901* - Solar Thermal Utilization- Space Heating & Cooling
320203 - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Transportation- Land & Roadway