Abstract
In this study, a combined system consisting of a heat pump and a PTC heater was developed as a heating unit in electric vehicles. The system consists of a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator, an expansion device and a PTC heater. Experiments were conducted to examine the steady-state performance and dynamic characteristics of this system. The compressor speed, outdoor air inlet temperature, and indoor air inlet temperature were varied, and the performance of the system was experimentally investigated. The heating capacity, compressor power consumption and COP were obtained. Warm-up experiments were performed to investigate the dynamic characteristics of the system with a heat load of 1.5 kW in the indoor chamber. For the heat pump system, the PTC heater and the combined system, the heating performance and efficiency were investigated to determine an optimal control method. The results of this study agree well with the experimental results available in literature. This study provides experimental data of good quality for heating system design and the development of electric vehicles.
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Abbreviations
- COP:
-
coefficient of performance
- C p :
-
specific heat (kJ/kg·K)
- \(\dot m\) :
-
mass flow rate (kg/hr)
- P :
-
pressure (kPa)
- ΔP :
-
pressure difference (kPa)
- \(\dot Q\) :
-
heat transfer rate (kW)
- T :
-
temperature (°C)
- \(\dot W\) :
-
compressor power (kW)
- a :
-
air
- c :
-
condenser
- h :
-
heat pump
- i :
-
inlet
- o :
-
outlet
- r :
-
refrigerant
- p :
-
PTC heater
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Kim, K.Y., Kim, S.C. & Kim, M.S. Experimental studies on the heating performance of the PTC heater and heat pump combined system in fuel cells and electric vehicles. Int.J Automot. Technol. 13, 971–977 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12239-012-0099-z
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