Transportation R&D

Glacier Bay / DARPA
Environmental Control system
for Electric & Hybrid Vehicles
(ECS)

This page links to a streaming video showing the Glacier Bay ECS air conditioner in operation.  The video demonstrates the rapid cool-down of the Solectria "Force" (ie. electric converted Geo Metro) test car which had been permitted to heat-soak for several hours prior to the test.  A digital Fluke thermometer mounted on the dashboard with the probe recording the temperature of the air discharged from the vents.  The test begins with the fan-only (ie. circulation mode) at an interior cabin air temperature of  94.2^{0 F.}

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