New Heat Storage Technologies for the Application in future Vehicles (Poster Presentation)

Authors

Dipl.-Ing. Michael Jakobi, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Peter Hofmann, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Bernhard Geringer, Vienna University of Technology, Institute for Powertrains and Automotive Technology

Year

2011

Print Info

Fortschritt-Berichte VDI, Reihe 12, Nr. 735

Summary

The storage of waste heat of internal combustion engines and utilisation at the next cold start to minimise the warm-up period is a reasonable measure to reduce the fuel consumption of cars. With the exception of sporadic series productions so far no wide application has been established. The reasons therefore are the difficult placing in the vehicle, the low storage density as well as the losses at long parking duration. Up to now realized storage systems are based on the thermal isolation of a storage medium. Occasionally the phase change of a storage material is additionally used.