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A portable renewable solar energy-powered cooling system based on wireless power transfer for a vehicle cabin

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  • Pan, Hongye
  • Qi, Lingfei
  • Zhang, Xingtian
  • Zhang, Zutao
  • Salman, Waleed
  • Yuan, Yanping
  • Wang, Chunbai

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As the greenhouse effect becomes increasingly serious, cooling a vehicle cabin parked under the blazing sun without running the engine or using an electric vehicle’s power has received considerable attention. In this paper, we develop a novel portable, renewable, solar energy-powered cooling system with wireless power transfer (WPT) and supercapacitors to cool the vehicle cabin. The proposed system consists of a solar collector mechanism, an energy conduit, and a temperature control and cooling module. First, consisting of folding solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, the solar collector mechanism making the proposed system portable. Once collected, the solar energy is converted into electricity and stored in the supercapacitors through wireless power transfer without breaching the vehicle body. Automatic temperature regulation is achieved with the cooling device via the temperature control and cooling module. The experimental results indicate that a maximum output power of 2.181W and a maximum WPT efficiency of 60.3% are achieved when the prototype loaded with 3Ω and 5Ω respectively. Meanwhile, the simulation shows the temperature inside the cabin is reduced by as much as 4.2°C in average, demonstrating that the proposed solar energy-powered cooling system is effective and feasible in cooling a hot vehicle cabin.

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  • Pan, Hongye & Qi, Lingfei & Zhang, Xingtian & Zhang, Zutao & Salman, Waleed & Yuan, Yanping & Wang, Chunbai, 2017. "A portable renewable solar energy-powered cooling system based on wireless power transfer for a vehicle cabin," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 195(C), pages 334-343.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:195:y:2017:i:c:p:334-343
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.03.069
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