AutomobileHybridAirConditioningTechnology-FTP.docVIP

Automobile Hybrid Air Conditioning Technology Y.P.B.Yeung K.W.E.Cheng W.W.Chan C.Y.Lam W.F.Choi T.W.Ng Department of Electrical Engineering, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong E-mail: eebyeung@polyu.edu.hk Abstract-A newly developed hybrid air conditioning system for automobile is introduced. In this system, the air condition compressor is driven by an internal combustion engine of the vehicle when the engine is running. When the engine is not running, the compressor is driven by a brushless DC machine powered by a 24V lead acid battery. The electric machine driven generates electric power for charging the battery. The concept and the structure of this air conditioning system are discussed in this paper. Keywords-Automobile, vehicle, air condition I. Introduction Air conditioning system provides the human comfort environment by controlling suitable range of air temperature and humidity in the living environment. The history of air conditioning system is over one century since 1902. In 1939, the world first air conditioning system for automobile was developed by Packard Motor Car Company. In 1969, more than 50% automobile sold in US are equipped with automobile air conditioning system. Nowadays, automobile air conditioning system becomes necessity equipment in the automobile industries, especially for the great markets in tropical and subtropical geographical areas such as South China. Fig. 1 shows the diagram of the basic structure of a traditional automobile air conditioning system. Similar to typical air conditioning systems, a typical automobile air conditioning system consists of an air condition (A/C) compressor, a condenser, a valve and an evaporator. Refrigerant flows in the tube to the parts of the air conditioning system. Evaporated refrigerant (low side) is compressed by the A/C compressor and discharged out (high side) with high gas pressure in the results of higher heat energy generation. Heat generated to the re