Abstract
A two-wheeler ride without wearing a helmet is punishable offence in many countries and, it can be irritating to have it around your head owing to heat and sweat generated. People riding over long distances or in harsh-conditions, in addition to a helmet uses a jacket to prevent themselves from the weather. Controlling the temperature that a rider is exposed to is highly-essential for the safety, quality and the ability of the rider to enjoy rides. The smart-attachment to jackets and helmets is an equipment which is capable of imparting an enhanced riding experience by regulating the temperature around a rider’s head and body. The device makes use of the phenomenon of thermoelectric effect, i.e. the Peltier effect to control temperature around the head and the body. In this study a Peltier TEC1-12706 module is used in the design of the smart-attachment to helmets and jackets and the proposed system makes use of the ambient air for the heat transfer process. The ambient-air, when allowed to flow over the Peltier-module gets cooled and hence enables temperature regulation. The design and analysis of a mechanism to control temperature in helmets and jackets is proposed through this study and steady-state thermal analysis and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis are performed on the proposed model making use of commercially available Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software, namely ANSYS. The system developed through this study can be used as an attachment to existing helmets and jackets with minor modifications and is designed in such a way as to not interfere with crash-protection capability of the helmet/jacket and can be used under rainy conditions adding to the versatility of the product.
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