Progress in climate control technologies

Contents Include: Temperature Measurement of a Vehicle' Windshield Using Liquid Crystals; Thermal Comfort Analysis of an Automobile Driver with Heated and Ventilated Seat; Numerical Analysis of Transient Defogging Pattern on an Automobile; Evaluation of Thermal Comfort in convertibles; Assessing the Performance of Electrically Heated Windshields; A Control-Oriented Model of Transcritical Air-Conditioning System Dynamics; An Experimental Investigation into the Dynamic Behavior of a Variable Displacement Compressor; Energy Efficient automotive Air Conditioning System; Development of Inverter Integrated Electric Compressor; On Board Diagnosis of A/C System Refrigerant Charge Level; Saving Power by Demand Capacity Controlled Compressor; Control of Passenger Vehicle Internal Aerodynamics through Forced Air Extraction; Influence of Freestream Turbulence on Heat Transfer to Passenger Cars in Climatic Wind Tunnels; Modelling and Testing of Air Flow in a HVAC Module; How to Improve Vehicle R134a A/C System Performance with a Liquid Line Suction Line Heat Exchanger (IHX; Real-Time Measurement of Flow Quality in CCOT Systems; LED Photo-Deodorizing Air Purifier; Real Time Simulator of the Automatic Climate Control; The Prediction of Refrigeration Cycle Performance with Front End Air Flow CFD Analysis of an Automotive Air Conditioner; Improved Passenger Thermal Comfort Prediction in the Preprototype Phase by Transient Interior CFD Analysis Including Mannequins; Numerical Comfort Simulator for Thermal Environment (Part 1): A Comprehensive Combined Analysis Method with Multi-Node Thermoregulation Model, Radiation Model and CFD for Evaluation of Thermal Comfort; Rapid Prototyping of ACC Algorithms with Virtual Human and Plant Models; Validation of 3-D Passenger Compartment Hot Soak and Cool-Down Analysis for Virtual Thermal Comfort Engineering.