Abstract
Comprehensive performance experiments were carried out, and the thermodynamic temperature simulation model was established based on the independently researched and developed environmental chamber (EC) that integrates temperature, relative humidity, and pressure for the environmental worthiness test of fuel cell vehicle (FCV) engines. The results show that the control ranges of temperature, relative humidity, and absolute pressure in the EC are − 40–70 °C, 10–95%, and 100–50 kPa; the deviations are ± 1 °C, ± 2%, and ± 1 kPa; and the uniformities are 0.5 °C, 2.46%, and 0.63 kPa, respectively. Higher requirements for equipment and controlling system are needed to achieve such range, accuracy, and uniformity in a space as large as 95 m3. The simulation model accurately and effectively reflects the temperature variation in the EC. Therefore, the proposed model will be used as guidance for the FCV engine temperature test.
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Abbreviations
- \(C\) :
-
specific heat of the species (J mol-1 K-1)
- \(M\) :
-
relative molecular mass (kg mol-1)
- \(T\) :
-
temperature (K)
- \(t\) :
-
time (s)
- \(Q\) :
-
heat flux (J s-1)
- \(H\) :
-
enthalpy (J)
- \({\text{tcc}}\) :
-
thermal contact conductance (W m-2 K-1)
- \(A\) :
-
conduct surface (m2)
- \({\text{sf}}\) :
-
shape factor (m)
- \({\text{ctr}}\) :
-
contact thermal resistance (K W-1)
- \(l\) :
-
characteristic length (m)
- \(L\) :
-
length (m)
- \(W\) :
-
width (m)
- \(Cp\) :
-
specific heat (J kg-1 K-1)
- \(Pr\) :
-
Prandtl number
- \(Gr\) :
-
Grashof number
- \(Ra\) :
-
Rayleigh number
- \(Re\) :
-
Reynolds number
- \(Nu\) :
-
Nusselt number
- \(h\) :
-
convective exchange coefficient (W m-2 K-1)
- \(ReTrans1\) :
-
laminar-to-turbulent transition for forced convection: lower Reynolds number
- \(ReTrans2\) :
-
laminar-to-turbulent transition for forced convection: upper Reynolds number
- \(\varPhi\) :
-
heat flux(W)
- \(\lambda\) :
-
thermal conductivity (W m-1 K-1)
- \(\delta\) :
-
distance between the two temperature points (m)
- \(\mu\) :
-
absolute viscosity (kg m-1 s-1)
- \({\text{g}}\) :
-
gravity acceleration (m s-2)
- \(\rho\) :
-
density (kg m-3)
- \(\alpha\) :
-
volumetric expansion coefficient (1 K-1)
- \(\nu\) :
-
velocity (m s-1)
- \(k\) :
-
gain on heat exchange
- \(\theta\) :
-
angle (°)
- \(gen\) :
-
generated
- dis:
-
dissipation
- ele:
-
electricity
- wal:
-
wall
- doo:
-
door
- win:
-
window
- ben:
-
bench
- gro:
-
ground
- Por1:
-
port1
- Por2:
-
port2
- Fil:
-
film
- Flu:
-
fluid
- fre:
-
free
- for:
-
forced
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This study benefits from the financial support of the Program of Development of Major Scientific Instruments and Equipment of the State (Grant No. 2012YQ150256).
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Chang, G., Li, Y., Cui, X. et al. Experiment and simulation of environmental chamber performance for fuel cell vehicle engine system. J Therm Anal Calorim 145, 2477–2485 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-020-09805-6
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