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MDM17B040 Final Project Report - 13 - 05 - 2021 - 09 - 20 - 09
MDM17B040 Final Project Report - 13 - 05 - 2021 - 09 - 20 - 09
A Project Report
submitted by
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
I, Yenumula Srinadha Vamsi Prabhakar, with Roll No: MDM17B040 hereby de-
clare that the material presented in the Project Report titled VENTILATION SYSTEM
TO REDUCE HEAT INSIDE THE VEHICLE CABIN WHEN PARKED UNDER
SUN represents original work carried out by me in the Department of Mechanical
Engineering at the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufac-
turing, Kancheepuram.
With my signature, I certify that:
• I have not committed any plagiarism of intellectual property. I have clearly indi-
cated and referenced the contributions of others.
• I have understood that any false claim will result in severe disciplinary action.
• I have understood that the work may be screened for any form of academic mis-
conduct.
Place: Chennai
Date: 01.05.2021
CERTIFICATE
Place: Chennai
Date: 01.05.2021
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Successfull completion of any type of project requires help from a number of people.
I have also taken help from different people for the preparation of this report. Now,
there is a little effort to show my deep gratitude to that helpful persons. I convey my
sincere gratitude to my Academic mentor Dr. Shahul Hamid Khan, Assistant Professor,
IIITDM KANCHEEPURAM. Without his kind direction and proper guidance this study
wouldn’t have been a success. In every phase of the project his supervision and guidance
shaped this report to be completed perfectly.
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ABSTRACT
Purpose:
This paper aims to design a cooling system for vehicles parked under the sun to cool the
vehicle’s cabin so the vehicle’s internals will not be affected, thus providing a longer
life for the vehicle. Sometimes people leave their children or pets inside the car. So,
they may be affected by the heat inside the cabin. Thus, there is a need for a cooling
system inside the car cabin.
Design/methodology/approach:
This proposed design integrates a cooling chamber with a fan to blow air, fins to cool
the air which enters the car, a sensor (LM 35 SENSOR) to detect the temperature, an
Arduino to process the code, and a solar panel as a power source.
Findings:
The proposed cooling system with fins has proved that the fan will blow cool air into
the cabin, reducing the cabin’s heat. We have also found out fan sped vs temperature
and thermal analysis of pipe and the fin
Practical Implications:
Through the proposed design, the customer can leave the car without worrying about
the heat destroying the vehicle’s internal, so the vehicle’s life span can increase a lot.
Originality/value:
A ventilation system is a novel approach to cooling the vehicle’s cabin. This would
significantly help maintain the temperature of a vehicle cabin parked under the sun.
This could be a massive help for the transportation industry. .
KEYWORDS: Ventilation system; LM 35 SENSOR; Fins; Closed chamber; Fans.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS i
ABSTRACT ii
LIST OF TABLES v
LIST OF FIGURES vi
ABBREVIATIONS vii
NOTATION viii
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1.1 Temperature Inside a Cabin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 Child and Pet’s Deaths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.3 Damage the interior of the car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2 LITERATURE 4
2.1 Literature Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 PROBLEM STATEMENT 6
3.1 PROBLEM STATEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.1.1 It will fade your paint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.1.2 It could harm your interior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.1.3 It could damage your tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4 Methodology 8
4.1 Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.1.1 Tinker cad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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4.1.2 Fusion 360 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.2 Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.2.1 Arduino UNO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.2.2 Temperature Sensor [TMP36] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.3 Working . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.1 Number of children and pet deaths in a car parked under the sun in the
years 2018,2019,2020 in United States. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
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LIST OF FIGURES
1.1 Number of children and pet deaths in a car parked under the sun in the
years 2018,2019,2020 in United States. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
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ABBREVIATIONS
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NOTATION
mm milimeter
strain tensor
sqft squarefeet
µ micro
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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 INTRODUCTION
Around the world, private or personal vehicles are one of the prominent transportation
options for individuals compared to public transport. In recent times, personal vehicle
growth is high around the globe and mainly in developing countries. Due to this high
growth of individual vehicles, many problems have emerged, mainly pollution, traffic
and parking problems in big cities.
Studies found that the cars parked under direct sunlight can increase the car cabin’s
temperature up to a maximum temperature of 140 degrees Fahrenheit to 176 degrees
Fahrenheit. Even on a cold day, the temperature of a car cabin can rise to the point that
it can be life-threatening. Among the factors which can affect the driving experience,
thermal comfort plays an important role. As in a hot car cabin, the driver can become
uncomfortable in less than 10 minutes.
When we park our car at 100 degrees Fahrenheit, on average, the inside of the car cabin
is as follows the dashboard is at 157 degrees Fahrenheit, the seats are at 123 degrees
Fahrenheit, the steering wheel is at 123 degrees Fahrenheit, the cabin is at 116 degrees
Fahrenheit and the child is at 102.4 degrees Fahrenheit.
Many child deaths were registered around the globe after they were left in a car parked
under the sun, and due to the high temperature inside the car cabin, it may cause heat-
stroke. 54 percentage of the total majority of deaths happen due to someone who has
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forgotten the child inside the car. Most of the deaths occur at the end of the workweek,
which is Thursday and Friday. However, nearly 75 percentage of the forgotten children
inside the car are aged two years or less. Since 1998 at least 883 children were dead,
and on average, 38 infants under the age of 15 die each year due to the heat inside a car
cabin that has been parked under sunlight only in the United States.
As for the pets, every year, PETA receives reports that pets have died after left
behind in hot cars during hot weather.
Table 1.1: Number of children and pet deaths in a car parked under the sun in the years
2018,2019,2020 in United States.
Figure 1.1: Number of children and pet deaths in a car parked under the sun in the years
2018,2019,2020 in United States.
When the vehicles are parked out, the heat inside the car cabin can affect the car’s
interiors, such as plastic fibres, faux carbon fibre, dashboard, leather, and the electronic
components inside the vehicle. The volume inside the car or vehicle is deficient with
a large variety of materials. When we consider new cars, many organic compounds
were present inside the vehicle, which are volatile—for example, benzene, which has
a boiling point of 176.18 degrees Fahrenheit. A study says that 50ml/sqft of benzene
content is not harmful to us , but when we consider a fast car parked outside under the
sun, the interior temperature can rise to 176 degrees Fahrenheit. In such cases, we find
the benzene content is near 2000 to 4000 ml/sqft, 40 times greater than the harmful
level .
Temperatures inside a car cabin are essential in giving comfort to the passenger. We
can control the air conditioner system’s temperature, which can be operated when the
car engine is on. But when we park the car, the scenario is different; we don’t have an
air conditioner, and when we park it outside in the direct sun, the temperature increases
drastically. This work is focused on cooling the cabin of the car by using a cooling
camber which pumps cooling air into the cabin, thus reducing the heat inside the car
cabin.
LITERATURE
In recent years, the number of vehicles is increasing on roads. So that means the number
of vehicles that need to be parked is also increasing as the parking places decreases
people tend to park their vehicles outside that means under the sun which causes a rise
in temperature of the car cabin.
Although various studies have been reported in the 1990s and before, in the last
two decades, few published studies were the severe beginning of this area of parking,
collision, and collision avoidance system (Zador et al. 2000). Then they were studies
that were made to predict the thermal environment inside a car cabin and to study the
distribution (Akihiro Fujita et al.2001, Munusammy et al.2010). At that same time,
people have started working on electric vehicles in this area (Leong et al.2010). There
comes renewable energy as a source (Jansi and Nasir 2012, Sravanthi and Kumar 2017).
here comes the age of AI where autonomous vehicles are coming into existence (Yuan
Gua a et al., 2017). people started again on cooling camber as temperatures are rising
day by day (Hingane 2018, Adhikari et al. 2019, Srihari and Vishal 2020).
PROBLEM STATEMENT
The heat from direct daylight moves into the cabin of parked vehicle reasons now no
longer most superficial soreness; however, it also selects the latest problems, from in-
ducing harm to the substances within the cabin to dispensing poisonous chemicals. This
phenomenon is attributed to the greenhouse impact within the cabin of parked cars,
wherein sun irradiation is trapped within the cabin, main to amassed heat. To boost
heat dissipation, one will probably activate the automobile cooling device on the most
role to really boom gas consumption. When a vehicle is parked under the direct sun, the
amassed warmth affects many interiors within the vehicle cabin, together with the dash-
board’s vinyl substances, the leather-based covers, and the digital components. Also, it
represents an uncomfortable working length for the passengers. Due to the boost in the
vehicle cabin’s temperature, while a toddler or puppy is left internal, they could face
heatstroke, which could cause their demise or a few different health issues.
Your vehicle’s paint will start to fade and crack if it’s overlooked withinside the warm
solar for too long. Your bumper and fender also can start to fade if they’re uncovered to
daylight for too long, so ensure to take the proper preventive measures to preserve your
vehicle’s outdoors in tip-pinnacle shape.
Not simplest can cause sun damage to your vehicle’s outdoors; however, it may also
harm your vehicle’s interior. Your upholstery ought to start to fade over time – espe-
cially if it’s leather-based. When leather-based is left withinside the solar for too long,
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it starts to dry out, inflicting it to stiffen and crack. Other elements of your indoors can
also grow to be damaged, such as the dashboard.
Tires – especially the ones which are underinflated – are much more likely to blow out in
intense temperatures. If you go away your vehicle out withinside the solar regularly, it’s
a terrific concept to constantly look at your tires to make sure they’re nicely inflated.
You may not simply save you a capability accident; however, you may also shop a
couple of bucks on fuel line with this trick.
Methodology
4.1 Software
Tinker CAD is a loose online carrier for creating fundamental three-D shapes and grow-
ing virtual additives’ prototypes. These prototypes consist of virtual circuits with LED
lighting fixtures, buzzers, switches, or even mild sensors.
They are in microwaves, refrigerators, cars, computer systems, and plenty of dif-
ferent digital gadgets. The method utilized in Tinker CAD is regularly used for fast
prototyping. Prototyping is a system wherein we can expand additives in a bendy way
that may be fast up to date and changed to check many alternatives while growing a
venture or product. We will use this system of prototyping to discover ways to create
fundamental digital circuits.
CHAPTER 4. METHODOLOGY MDM17B040
Fusion 360 is essential because it is a utility software device that could do the entirety in
a single place. You can create 3-D designs, collaborate, control data, create toolpaths,
simulate to validate your designs, and plenty more. It is a next-era layout device to
maintain to have a massive effect on the community.
In Fusion 360, you may create those capabilities in its parametric and sculpting
surroundings. We can then run assessments withinside the simulation surroundings to
make sure it could resist the vital force. After the validation process, toolpaths may be
made to system the legs withinside the CAM surroundings. Finally, we can watertight
the frame and ship it out to manufacturing.
Autodesk Fusion 360 is a collaborative, cloud-enabled layout platform that has all
the capabilities and more.
4.2 Components
The TMP36are low voltage, precision centigrade temperature sensors. They offer a
voltage output that is linearly proportional to the Celsius (Centigrade) temperature. The
TMP35/ TMP36/TMP37 do now no longer require any external calibration to offer
ordinary accuracies of ±1°C at +25°C and ±2°Cover the -40°C to +125°C temperature
range.
The low output impedance of the TMP36 and its linear output and unique calibration
simplify interfacing to temperature manipulate circuitry and ADCs. All three gadgets
are supposed for single-deliver operation from 2.7 V to 5.5 V maximum. They deliver
contemporary runs properly beneath 50 micro Ampere, providing very low self-heating
much less than 0.1°C in nevertheless air. Also, a shutdown feature is supplied to reduce
the delivery contemporary to much less than 0.5 micro Ampere.
4.3 Working
• We have an Arduino system and a ventilation system inside the car, connected to the
power source, which is charged by the solar panel on the top of the car, and the dynamo,
which is connected to the vehicle so that it can be charged while driving.
• The Arduino circuit consists of a temperature sensor that helps sense the temperature
inside the car.
• When we park our vehicle outside the shade due to the sunlight, the car’s internal
temperature will rise.
• When we leave our car in the parking switch on the system.
• When the temperature increases inside the cabin, fans will start to cool the cabin.
• There are two fans, one will help remove the hot air inside the car, and the other fan
will allow the ambient temperature air to flow inside the car to cool the cabin.
• The system will be activated when the temperature inside the car reaches 35-degrees
centigrade or 95-degree Fahrenheit.
5.1 RESULTS
• The temperature sensor (TMP36) has been connected to the Arduino input at port
A0. Form here, the sensor gives the Arduino the temperature.
• Which here, the Arduino takes the temperature and runs it in the code.
• We have attached a led to the system, which blinks when the temperature increases,
and it has been attached to one of the Arduino outputs that is "-5".
• Furthermore, the motor is connected to other output of the Arduino at port -3.
• The motor’s speed increases with the increase of the temperature, which directly in-
creases the fans’ speed.
Figure 5.2: GRAPH THAT SHOWS THE TEMPERATURE VS SPEED OF THE FAN
Here we can see that the fan’s speed is zero when the temperature is less, and it had
started when the temperature reached above 35 degrees centigrade. We can also see that
the change in the fan’s speed is increasing with the temperature increasing.
Here we have the 3d model of the ventilation system which has a main body which
hosts the two fan, and two pipes are connected to the fans to allow the flow of the air
and one of the pipes have fins to cool the pipes so that the air coming inside won’t get
heated up.
HERE A PART OF THE PIPE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE ANALYSIS IN FUSION
360: -
We have the pipe temperature as 40 degrees centigrade and the ambient temperature as
30-degree temperature and have done the pipe’s thermal analysis.
Here I have taken the system as aluminium, The prooperties of the taken are: -
Properties Values
Density 2.7E-06 kg/(mm)3
Young’s modulus 68.9 GPa
Poisson’s Ratio 0.33
Yield Strength 275MPa
Ultimate tensile strength 310MPa
Thermal Conductivity 0.23W/ (mm C)
Thermal Expansion coefficient 2.36E-05 /c
Specific Heat 897j/(kg C)
Along with the system, we should take some precautions to save our vehicle those
are:
• Use a sunshade or window visor.
• Use a sprint covers.
• Cover your steerage wheel with a hand towel.
• Park in a shady area.
• Keep your valuable possessions out of the sun.
• Park in the garage when possible.
• Throw blankets over your seats.
• Do now no longer lock your baby or puppy in the vehicle during summer.
5.4 PARTS
5.5 CONCLUSION
According to the purpose, the machine can be cap in a position to preserve the ambient
temperature withinside the cabin. Based on calculations, the proposed layout tends to
affirm the anticipated requirements set ahead because of the base criteria. The machine
is then taken into consideration strength green and dependable for business implementa-
tion in passenger vehicles and is assumed to satisfy the customer base’s expectancies (as
depicted from the survey). The machine is designed to ease its integration to the current
vehicle designed and implemented withinside the fourth coming vehicles as changed
layout. This undertaking offers an answer for designing an intelligent and modular sun
power machine for warmth elimination from parked automobile cabins. The sustain-
ability of an automobile’s internal additives may be correctly faded while subjected to
overheating, mainly in parking lenity in which there may be no shade at some stage in
hot seasons. The more prolonged existence of these additives may be reinforced via
means of retaining the temperature at a favored degree in the automobile. Although
this is not always considered a critical issue, via way of viewing it from an industrial
attitude, the funding on motors is, at its height, and those are intentionally investing a
lot on motors for the number one reason of getting a cushty ride. This setup gives a
remarkably cheaper way to help the durability of internal additives of an automobile.
This is a reasonably-priced and fine setup that may be effortlessly hooked up internally
in an automobile and gives the customers a comfortable ambient temperature while they
input in the automobile.
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