Experimental study on the improvement of thermal comfort inside a car cabin.
The hot and humid climate throughout the year in Malaysia which is located near the equator, affects the thermal comfort level inside parked cars. In a closed car cabin environment, the accumulated trapped heat causes the temperature to increase up to 70 °C in average and this can pose threat to hum...
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| author | Abdul Hamid, Mohd. Kameil Singh, Rajwinder Md. Zain, Mohd. Zarhamdy Che Daud, Zul Hilmi Mazali, Izhari Izmi Abu Bakar, Abd Rahim |
| author_facet | Abdul Hamid, Mohd. Kameil Singh, Rajwinder Md. Zain, Mohd. Zarhamdy Che Daud, Zul Hilmi Mazali, Izhari Izmi Abu Bakar, Abd Rahim |
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| description | The hot and humid climate throughout the year in Malaysia which is located near the equator, affects the thermal comfort level inside parked cars. In a closed car cabin environment, the accumulated trapped heat causes the temperature to increase up to 70 °C in average and this can pose threat to human and pets that are left inside. The objective of this paper is to identify an effective way to improve thermal comfort inside the sedan passenger car cabin that is parked under the hot sun. In this work, six cooling fans are used and placed at certain locations. To further investigate improvement in the thermal comfort, the experiments are also conducted with windows open, the use of cardboards and blankets to cover the windscreen and dashboard, respectively. The final result shows that the cooling fans with windows open, windscreens covered by cardboards and dashboard covered by thick blankets are able to reduce and stabilize the car cabin temperature, hence improve the thermal comfort. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-1074682024-09-17T07:50:15Z http://eprints.utm.my/107468/ Experimental study on the improvement of thermal comfort inside a car cabin. Abdul Hamid, Mohd. Kameil Singh, Rajwinder Md. Zain, Mohd. Zarhamdy Che Daud, Zul Hilmi Mazali, Izhari Izmi Abu Bakar, Abd Rahim TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery The hot and humid climate throughout the year in Malaysia which is located near the equator, affects the thermal comfort level inside parked cars. In a closed car cabin environment, the accumulated trapped heat causes the temperature to increase up to 70 °C in average and this can pose threat to human and pets that are left inside. The objective of this paper is to identify an effective way to improve thermal comfort inside the sedan passenger car cabin that is parked under the hot sun. In this work, six cooling fans are used and placed at certain locations. To further investigate improvement in the thermal comfort, the experiments are also conducted with windows open, the use of cardboards and blankets to cover the windscreen and dashboard, respectively. The final result shows that the cooling fans with windows open, windscreens covered by cardboards and dashboard covered by thick blankets are able to reduce and stabilize the car cabin temperature, hence improve the thermal comfort. 2023-07-20 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Abdul Hamid, Mohd. Kameil and Singh, Rajwinder and Md. Zain, Mohd. Zarhamdy and Che Daud, Zul Hilmi and Mazali, Izhari Izmi and Abu Bakar, Abd Rahim (2023) Experimental study on the improvement of thermal comfort inside a car cabin. In: 12th International Meeting on Advances in Thermofluids, IMAT 2021, 1 November 2021, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0156766 |
| spellingShingle | TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Abdul Hamid, Mohd. Kameil Singh, Rajwinder Md. Zain, Mohd. Zarhamdy Che Daud, Zul Hilmi Mazali, Izhari Izmi Abu Bakar, Abd Rahim Experimental study on the improvement of thermal comfort inside a car cabin. |
| title | Experimental study on the improvement of thermal comfort inside a car cabin. |
| title_full | Experimental study on the improvement of thermal comfort inside a car cabin. |
| title_fullStr | Experimental study on the improvement of thermal comfort inside a car cabin. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experimental study on the improvement of thermal comfort inside a car cabin. |
| title_short | Experimental study on the improvement of thermal comfort inside a car cabin. |
| title_sort | experimental study on the improvement of thermal comfort inside a car cabin |
| topic | TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery |
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