Solutions to the Challenge of Implementing Air Conditioning Systems in Electric Vehicles

Dear Colleagues,

To achieve “carbon peak and carbon neutrality”, various countries and regions have introduced policies and regulations to promote the development of electric vehicles, and the direction towards global long-term zero carbon emissions has been determined. As a necessary component of electric vehicles, air conditioning systems will certainly have large-scale market demand under the support of relevant policies in various countries.

An air conditioning system provides cooling, heating and ventilation in the cabin of a vehicle, which is necessary to control the interior thermal environment and ensure visibility. However, air conditioning systems are electrically powered, so in an electric vehicle, the range is reduced when the air conditioning system is operating. Thus, electric vehicles present a particular challenge to the development of more efficient air conditioning systems. This Special Issue invites original research or review papers that address solutions to implementing air conditioning systems in electric vehicles, such as:

• The design and optimization of electric vehicle air conditioning systems.
• Operation strategy and performance investigation of electric vehicle air conditioning.
• Integrated thermal management systems combining air conditioning and a battery pack.
• Case studies or experimental validation of novel electric vehicle air conditioning systems.
• Design and optimization of key components, for example, compressors, heat exchangers, throttling device, and so on.
• Heat transfer characteristics of heat exchangers in electric vehicle air conditioning.
• Refrigerant replacement in electric vehicle air conditioning systems.
• Control system development of electric vehicle air conditioning systems.
• Life cycle climate performance evaluation of electric vehicle air conditioning systems.
• Indoor thermal environment  of electric vehicles.
• Refrigeration or heat pump systems in electric vehicles.

This Special Issue welcomes papers that present novel theoretical, computational, or experimental results that advance the state of the art in air conditioning and thermal management systems in electric vehicles.

Prof. Dr. Zhenying Zhang
Guest Editor

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• electric vehicle
• air conditioning
• thermal management
• heat transfer
• refrigerant replacement
• indoor thermal environment