Potential benefits of solar reflective car shells: Cooler cabins, fuel savings and emission reductions

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4343-4357

  Levinson, Ronnen ^a   Pan, Heng ^a   Ban Weiss, George ^a   Rosado, Pablo ^a   Paolini, Riccardo ^a,b   Akbari, Hashem ^a,c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

ADVISOR; Cool colored car; Solar reflective shell; Vehicle air conditioning; Vehicle emission reduction; Vehicle fuel economy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COOLING; AIR CONDITIONING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; EMISSION CONTROL; FUELS; HYDROCARBONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; REDUCTION; REFLECTION; REFLECTIVE COATINGS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SILVER; SOLAR ENERGY; STEEL METALLURGY; THERMAL LOAD; THERMOANALYSIS; VEHICLES;

ADVISOR; COOL COLORED CAR; SOLAR REFLECTIVE SHELL; VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONING; VEHICLE EMISSION REDUCTION; VEHICLE FUEL ECONOMY;

FUEL ECONOMY;

ABSORPTION; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON MONOXIDE; COOLING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HYDROCARBON; REFLECTANCE; SOLAR POWER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

EID: 80052265516     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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