Utilizing air deflection to maximize local heating performance and to save energy

摘要

Traditional vehicle HVAC system warms up or cools down air across full cabin, and the energy loss is significant. It reduces the range of electric vehicles and slows down zone heating. This concept limits the conditioned air in the adjacent unoccupied area with air deflector or curtain to maximize heating performance of actual occupants and to reduce energy consumption. Adding an air inlet valve housing CD between the current vented seat flow channel and the blower ®, so the air can be pulled from either vented seat or under the seat (electronically controlled). Air from under the seat should be extracted from the front side-the source of migrated conditioned warm air.