Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Heating Systems Applied in City Buses

Abstract:

The paper presents energy saving opportunities in by analyzing two types of auxiliary heating systems. Objects of study were two heaters differing in power requirements and fuel consumption (used for water heating system). The heaters were installed in city buses of the same layout and identical convector heaters fitted for optimum temperature of the vehicle interior and the engine. Through the use of a portable device SEMTECH DS (PEMS) the exhaust emissions of CO, HC, NOx, CO₂ were measured. The testing of the heaters for emissions and the testing of the temperature distribution inside the vehicle were performed in stationary conditions, determining the impact of the heating on the energy consumption of the heaters and temperature comfort inside the vehicle. The measurements were performed for each vehicle at the same ambient temperature, which was about 10°C [2, 3, 5]. So that the temperature increase inside the vehicle could be compared the tested vehicles were conditioned before the measurement. The obtained temperature distributions were determined along with a relative increase in the temperature in the vehicle interiors heated by the tested objects. The temperature measurement was performed with the use of six thermocouples utilizing a signal converter - IOTECH PERSONAL DAQ 3000.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 391)
• Pages: 185-190
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.391.185
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Maciej Bajerlein, Jerzy Merkisz, Pawel Daszkiewicz
• Keywords: Exhaust Emission, Fuel Consumption, Heating, Temperature

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