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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2016.17.12.34

Estimation of Air Flow Rate in Automotive Ventilated Seat  

Lee, Hyun-Hee (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of KoreaTech)
Kim, Tae-Kyung (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of KoreaTech)
Lee, Kwangju (School of Mechanical Engineering, KoreaTech)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.17, no.12, 2016 , pp. 34-40 More about this Journal
Abstract
In ventilated seats for cars, air flow is generated by a fan and passed through a foam pad, foam filter, and seat cover. There is a significant loss of air flow in this process, and it is not easy to analyze the amount delivered to the driver. Another difficulty is the geometric complexity of the air flow passage inside the seats. In this paper, the air flow through a foam pad was analyzed. Proper modeling of the bumps in the ventilation mat was found to be important in the analysis. Air flow is lost when it passes through the porous pad foam, which was measured and used to correct the analysis results. The corrected analysis results were in a good agreement with the experimental results. The amount of air flow delivered to a driver was measured using an airflow cone. Only 35.7% of the air flow from the fan was delivered.
Keywords
Air Flow Distribution Plate; Flow Measurements; Pad Foam; Seat Cushion; Ventilated Seat; Ventilation Mat;
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