Design and Analysis of a Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning System for Electric Vehicles

Abstract

This paper deals with design and analysis of a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system used in electric vehicles. The study was developed in two parts. In the first part, were performed measurements of a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system from a battery electric vehicle. The second part of the study consists in the analysis of this system, using Amesim software. Also, the results of the Amesim study were compared with the measurements obtained in the first part of the study. Following the comparison, the performances of Amesim software and its ability to simulate the entire heating, ventilation and air conditioning system, both for electric or conventional vehicles, were highlighted. In fact, the performance of a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system is closely related to the performance of the compressor and the electric machine that drives it.