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Geometrical Considerations of Air-Conditioner Vent Arrangement in a Farm Tractor Cab

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The forced convection is the main mode of farm tractor operator’s body heat exchange in hot as well as in cold conditions. Tractor cabs have an air distribution system with air vents, whose position is important in terms of proper air distribution inside the cab and around the operator’s body. In this paper a method for determination of potential positions of the air-conditioner vents inside the farm tractor cab using CAD software CATIA is presented. The criterions are based on the operator’s body geometry, the air jet characteristics, air flow demands as well as cab interior geometry. The resulting intersections of geometric requirements show the way of arrangement of the vents that would be in compliance with defined constraints.

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  • Farm tractor cab
  • Ventilation
  • Thermal comfort
  • CAD

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This paper has been supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development through project no. 451-03-9/2021-14/200156: “Innovative scientific and artistic research from the FTS activity domain”.

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    Dragan Ružić & Tanasije Jojić

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  3. Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

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Ružić, D., Jojić, T. (2022). Geometrical Considerations of Air-Conditioner Vent Arrangement in a Farm Tractor Cab. In: Rackov, M., Mitrović, R., Čavić, M. (eds) Machine and Industrial Design in Mechanical Engineering. KOD 2021. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 109. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88465-9_66

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