Assessment of thermal comfort and energy efficiency of alternative ventilation concepts

Abstract

The optimization of energy efficiency and thermal comfort for future EVs are very important tasks due to the following reasons. First, this is one of the most range limiting systems. Second, due to the increasing importance of autonomous driving assistance, in future EVs the front seats will be rotatable. Accordingly, dashboard based ventilation will not be able to provide proper ventilation of the seated passengers. Here, vertical ventilation concepts gain importance and might be the choice for future EVs. The presentation will show details about the experimental and the numerical approaches to address thermal comfort and energy efficiency of novel ventilation concepts.