DESIGNING AN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR VOLVO BUS UTILIZING HAP

Abstract

Transportation is one the need of human being, which is existing since the evolution
of mankind. Earlier it was fulfilled by using animals, later by bus. Hence requirement of
comfort is utmost required during transportation. Today, the field if air conditioning design is
more technologically challenging than ever before. While design innovations and product
improvements promise sleeker, more versatile, more powerful and more energy – efficient air
conditioners, the challenge today lies identifying the most appropriate product, or mix of
products, for the application at hand. Indeed, today the emphasis is no more on understanding
air conditioning ‘products’ but on creating ‘solutions’ and not just solutions, but ‘customized
solutions’ that suit specific cooling need of specific business and establishments. The
consultant or designer who understands the dynamics of those clients’ business is more likely
to offer better long term cooling solutions than who does not. Every air conditioning
application has its own special ‘needs’ and provided its own challenges. Airports, hotels,
shopping malls, office complexes and banks need uniform comfort cooling in every corner of
their sprawling spaces and activities involving computers, electronics, aircraft products,
precision manufacturing, communication networks and operation in hospitals, infect many
areas of programming will come to a halt, so air conditioning is no longer a luxury but an
essential part of modern living. In the present project the design of air conditioning is done for
a Volvo bus, by considering the various parameters and by using Hourly Analysis Program to
obtain efficient heat load calculation in order to get reliable and sustainable heat load. At the
completion of the project the knowledge regarding designing the air conditioning of any
automobile is gained.