Adsorption air conditioner for electric vehicle applications. Revision 1
This paper shows an analysis of the applicability of an adsorption system for electric vehicle (EV) air conditioning. Adsorption systems are designed and optimized to provide the required cooling for four combinations of vehicle characteristics and driving cycles. The resulting adsorption systems are compared with vapor compression air conditioners that can satisfy the cooling load. The objective function is the overall system weight, which includes the cooling system weight and the weight of the battery necessary to provide energy for air conditioner operation. The system with the minimum overall weight is considered to be the best, because a lower weight results in an increased vehicle range. The results indicate that, for the conditions analyzed in this paper, vapor compression air conditioners are superior to adsorption systems not only because they are lighter, but also because they have a higher COP and are more compact.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 33144
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC-117938-Rev.1; CONF-941128-6-Rev.1; ON: DE95008069
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Annual meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, San Francisco, CA (United States), 13-18 Nov 1994; Other Information: PBD: 27 Jul 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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