Cooling Performance Analysis and Improvement in the Cooling Sytem of SAE-Supra Vehicle

摘要

The present paper presents performance analysis and improvement in cooling system of SAE-Supra Vehicle. SAE-Supra vehicle is meant for participating in the competition of formula one student edition event. The vehicle was built keeping in mind all the rules and regulations of the event. Among numerous rules, one rule was to use air and water as the only coolant for radiator and no other substance. Though the car is dynamically fit and performed well during the event but there was a heating issue in the engine which needed to be solved. This paper presents the thermal analysis of engine and cooling system of SAE-Supra Vehicle. An improvement is suggested to cool the engine efficiently. The results are verified after conducting several experiments on the SAE-Supra Vehicle.