Influence of Ventilation Flow Loss According to Seating Position for Driver in Electric Vehicle.

The main goal of this paper is to analyze flow loss of the ventilated seats by seating position for driver. Also, this work includes the method of analysis as to body pressure distribution, ventilation performance, subjective valuation, and flow loss. The experiment is conducted with a male who is 75 kg of weight and 177 cm of height corresponding AM 50 % (American model) and the evaluation of the vehicle seat is conducted through the regular inspections after mass production system. As far as the seating positions as experimenter preference is concerned, it is verified to stress the load at cushion and back from the body pressure. The trend of ventilation performance is shown to be highly at internal temperature sensors attached to face of the vehicle seat without working ventilation. Consequently, the temperature range of cushion and back of vehicle seat is increased in order of lay down < lean(rest) < normal conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]