Abstract：In order to study the thermal conductivity of ER in shock absorber, the AL2O3 and TiO2 ultrafine particles silicone oil ER are prepared to the different weights and been researched by experiment. Experiment result indicated: in the 5 mm scope of the electrode plank, the voltage from zero to three thousand, the thermal conductivity of ER fluids go up linear with the voltage growing, but the range is smaller; from three thousand to four thousand and five hundred voltage, the thermal conductivity of ER fluids go up with the voltage quickly. Under the high electric voltage, the ultrafine particles are polarized, the plus and minus particles are drawn each other, the particles are put in order and increasing the thermal conductivity.

Advanced thermal management system (TMS) has the potential to increase the life of the vehicle’s propulsion, and meanwhile, decrease fuel consumption and pollutant emission. In this paper, an advanced TMS which is suitable for a series-parallel hybrid electric vehicle (SPHEV) is presented. Then a numerical TMS model which can predict the thermal responses of all TMS components and the temperatures of the engine and electric components is developed. By using this model, the thermal response of the TMS over a realistic driving cycle is simulated. The simulation result shows that the TMS can fulfill the heat dissipation requirement of the whole vehicle under different driving conditions. It also demonstrates that a numerical model of TMS for SPHEV is an effective tool to assess design concepts and architectures of the vehicle system during the early stage of system development.

Electrorheological (ER) fluids are new materials with good properties such as dielectric constant, dielectric loss or conductivity, which display remarkable rheological behavior, being able to convert rapidly and repeatedly from a liquid to solid when an electric field is applied or removed. In this study, suspensions of alumina (A) were prepared in silicone oil (SO). The effects of electric field strength and temperature of the suspensions on thermal conductivity were determined. Thermal conductivity measurement in different conditions was carried out via experimental instrument with high-voltage power supply and water heating device to investigate the effects of electric field strength and temperature on ER performance and thermal conductivity. The results show that the thermal conductivity is in accordance with ER properties enhanced by increasing the field strength and decreasing the temperature.

Influence of air humidity on thermal performance of armored vehicle is presented in this paper. Data is processed according to the experiment for research in performance of radiator and the heat, which exchanged in the radiator under conditions of different air flow, is calculated abstractly based on the data. Educed from contrast and analysis of the results, the heat exchanged in the radiator increases along with the increase of air humidity, however, the increase is tiny which is below 3.5%. The actual heat exchanged in the radiator can be predicted through the way of abstract calculation used in this paper.

Air enthalpy method is used in the contrastive experiment of the new condenser and the common wing-pipe heat exchanger of family air-condition. The refrigerating capacity and EER (Energy Efficiency Ratio) are obtained by the experiment. The conclusion of the experiment shows that the new condenser with small volume and diathermanous area can create more refrigerating capacity, but the total power consumption is basically unchanged, so the EER improved. This kind of all aluminum heat exchanger is the ideal substitute of family air-condition’s wing-pipe heat exchanger.