AUTO-VENT

Automated Integrated Car

Members
Dr Hayyiratul Fatimah M Zaid
Ventilation System Muhammad Amirul Ashraf Bin Mohd Razip
Muhammad Amirul Amin Bin Mohamad Shukri
Nur Alya Maisarah Abd Karim
Kavimani Boopalan
1.0 Introduction
01 02
Integrated Solar-powered Alternatives for
car ventilation system Conventional air-cond

In the traditional Carries the vision to

air-conditional system to replace conventional
remove hot air through air-conditional system
suction automatically with this system to reduce
using sensors. hot car accident rate
 2.0 Problem Statement

ARISING CHEMICAL

Air extracted from car interior under

Hot car accidents has been a problem
hot sun are found to contain harmful
for decades and the number of
chemicals.
accidents are in a rising rate.
.

ALERT

LIMITATION Proposition to install an alert device

is currently undergoing review in
Current solutions have many
America.
limitations such as inefficiency in
reducing car temperature and more
importantly inconvenient.
 3.0 Objectives

To be proposed as a possible
implementation for future car To provide solutions to the limitations
industries to reduce rate of accidents and disadvantages of current methods
by hot car incidents.

To resolve discomfort caused from

To eliminate harmful chemicals sun exposure parking cars in
emitted by car interiors under high unshaded area.
temperature.
4.0 Literature Review
❖ Temperature variations in a hot car
• Cars become mini earth that traps heat within the car interiors
like greenhouse effect (Jan, 2012).
• Could reach a staggering 70ºC difference between temperature
of outer ambient air and car interior (Dadour, et al., 2010)

❖ Potential harm of a hot car

• 18 children died trapped in a hot car in 2018 (NoHeatStroke.org,
2018)
• Alkylbenzenes and alkane like dodecane were found in air
extracted from car exposed under sun for an hour (Jeroen, et al.,
2007)
• Cars should be properly ventilated to remove volatile compounds
like chlorine, lead, formaldehydes (Ecology Center, 2012)

58%
How do you deal with your
car, when it is exposed to
the hot sun?
Open the window and wait
Blowing up with the air cond
for a while
5.0 Survey Result
77% 77% 86%
Do you feel uncomfortable, Do you know when your
when you enter a car that car is exposed to the hot Do you think a built-in air
has been parked and sun. the interior of car ventilation system in car is
exposed under the hot sun? materials can release necessary?
harmful chemicals?
Yes Yes Yes
No No No
6.0 Design Thinking /
Solution Designed
 7.0 Project Planning
We e k
No Tas k
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Brainstorming of ideas among members and individua l
1
research based on specific assigned topic
Consultation with advisor, finalization and improvisation of
2
idea.
Preparation of task based on assigned parts such as the
3 mechanisms, design, drawing of 3D diagram using the
AutoCAD and components survey.
4 Survey and purchasing of materials needed for the project
Task distribution among members that need to be included in
5 the proposal such as Introduction, Methodology & Design
Approach, Project Planning and Project Documentation.
Spreading of online survey among all students, staff and
6
public
7 Fabrication of the prototype by specific parts
8 Testing of individual part of the prototype
9 Assemble all parts and test them accordingly
Evaluation of the prototype, final modifications and
10
fabrication of a complete prototype.
11 Evaluation on Fabrication
Poster & Product Demo & Presentation assessment (Pre-
12
SEDEX)
 8.0 Methodology
Solar Panel

Cooling fan

LCD Screen
Main Switch

Bread Board/
Solar Charge Controller Storage Battery Relay Switch
 Solar Panel
DC Power Supply
Arduino Board Temperature Sensor Relay Switches
Unstable voltage Control all electronic Control ON/OFF of valve and
Obtain car temperature input
components cooling fan
Obtain input Send output
5V
Solar Charge
Controller
Regulate Voltage 12V

Charge and discharge

Valve Switch Cooling Fan Cool down
Block air-cond pipe when Suck the heat out to
ventilation system works atmosphere temperature
Storage Battery
Store Electricity
 9.0 Results & Discussion
Test 1: Temperature of car interior under constant heat exposure

TEMPERATURE VS TIME (HOT SUN)

01 Cooling Effect : 0.36 °C per minute
Temperature Linear (Temperature)
41
40
Cloudy weather cause inconsistency
TEMPERATURE (ºC)

39 02
38 exposure under the sun.
37
36
35 03 Ambient Temperature: 38.55 °C
34
33
60 120 180 240 300 360 420 480 540 600 660 720 780 840
TIME (S)
04 1000 rpm fan provide insufficient heat removal
Figure 1: Temperature of car interior (car space) versus
power.
time under hot sun
 9.0 Results & Discussion
Test 2: Temperature of car interior without constant heat exposure

T E M P E R AT UR E VS T I M E ( H A I R D RY E R )
01 Ambient Temperature: 30.72 °C
Reference Temperature Actual Temperature
50

Cooling effect : 1.9 °C per minute

TEMPERATURE (ºC)

45 02
2.3 °C per minute
40

Heat removal slow down as interior

35 03
temperature approach ambient temperature
30
60 120 180 240 300 360 420 480 540 600 660 720 780 840
TIME (SEC)
04 Temperature constant at time = 8 minutes
Figure 2: Temperature of car interior (car space) versus
time in common room

05 Small fluctuation of initial temperature after

heating
10.0
Economical An average size of car interior about 2.832 m3 is taken into
consideration and calculated the RPM need to allow
Business permissible temperature is about 3100 RPM.

Consideration The prototype car interior is downsized to be 0.512 m3 and

is about 5.5 times smaller than the actual car interior
volume.

The actual cost to develop to develop the prototype

requires about RM498.20 but we manage to reduce the cost
by retrieving reusable items.

To consider the total cost to build the system in a real car, its
difference in price from the prototype would not be big. The
only expensive part is to manufacture a separate tunnel for
hot air to be sucked out.
 10.1 Total Cost of Prototype
No Item Unit Price/unit Price (RM)
Electronic Component
1 LCD Screen 1 11.50 11.50
3 Arduino BMP280 Temperature and Pressure Sensor 1 18.50 18.50
4 Breadboard 1 4.20 4.20
Solar Energy Component
1 Solar Panel 1 98.00 98.00
2 Storage Battery 1 90.00 90.00
3 Solar Charge Controller 1 26.00 26.00
Ventilation Component
1 Cooling Fan (9cm X 9cm) 1000 rpm 1 32.00 32.00
2 Pipe (4’) 2 5.00 10.00
3 Valve gear + motor 2 24.00 48.00
4 Prototype box (Acrylic glass) 1 80.00 80.00
5 Car box (Black hollow board 4’ X 8’) 2 40.00 80.00
Total Expenses RM 498.20
Actual Total Expenses RM 236.20
 11.0 Conclusion
The Air Ventilation System (AVS) saves
Based on all the findings our group has time for car users because they do not
done, we found that most people feel have to wait for the interior of car
uncomfortable to use their car after it temperature to decrease after car had
had been exposed to hot sunlight. been parked for a long period of time
under sunlight.

Due to the hot sunlight, the temperature

in car interior increases and this leads to The AVS also can save life when a child
release of harmful gas. (275 harmful has been forgotten in a car, accidentally
gases) locks themselves in a car or trunk.
 12.0 References
• Weathers, C. Your new ride may be exposing you to a cocktail of toxic gases (2014, February 7) Retrieved from https://www.alternet.org/new-car-smell-killing-you

• Willingham, AJ. More than 36 kids die in hot cars every year and July is usually the deadliest month (2018, July 3) Retrieved from https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/03/health/hot-car-deaths-child
-charts-graphs-trnd/index.html

• Cherise,T. (2015, June). Do car interiors turn toxic in the summer? Retrieved from https://auto.howstuffworks.com/under-the-hood/auto-manufacturing/do-car-interiors-turn-toxic-in-the-summer.
htm

• Jennifer.S. (2018, June). Mother of 21-month-old Oregon girl who died after being left in hot car threatened suicide, lawyer says. Retrieved from http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/06/30/mother-
21-month-old-oregon-girl-who-died-after-left-in-hot-car-threatened-suicide-lawyer-says.html

• Jeroen, T.M.B, Wolfgang, S., Jan, G., Thilo, S., Antonio, A.P., Johannes, H.M., Claudia T.F., Sabine, M., Stefan, M., Florian, M., Klaus, B., Heidrun B., (2007, April) Toxicity of Parked Motor Ve
hicle Indoor Air. Environmental Science and Technology 41(7):2622-9. Retrieved from Researchgate database.

• Ariana, B. Hot Car Deaths: Senators Propose Bill to Help Prevent Child Heatstroke in Vehicles (2017, August 2) Retrieved from https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hot-car-deaths-senato
rs-propose-bill-help-prevent-child-heatstroke-n788571

• Jan, N., (2012). Pediatric Vehicular Heatstroke Fact Sheet. Department of Meteorology & Climate Science, San Jose State University. Retrieved from https://noheatstroke.org

• I.R. Dadour, I. Almanjahieb, N. D. Fowkesb, G, Keadyb, K. Vijayanb. (2010). Temperature variation in a parked car. School of Mathematics and Statistics, Australia: University of Western Austr
alia,

• Ammar, A.F., Issam, M.A.A., Munther, A.M., (2015, March). Experimental Study of Interior Temperature Distribution Inside Parked Automobile Cabin. Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.
net/publication/274698667

• New Ecology Center Guide to toxic chemicals in cars. Retrieved from https://ecocenter.org