Student Research Project: Solar-Powered Cooling System for Parked Vehicles

This video from the CREATE National Energy Center features a presentation by Khalid Tantawi, Assistant Professor of Mechatronics at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Tantawi presents the results of a research project in which undergraduate students designed a solar-powered cooling system for parked vehicles. The project had the goal of mitigating high temperatures inside parked vehicles during the summer months by using solar energy to cool the inside of the vehicles. Tantawi details the solar cooling system's operation, components, requirements, constraints, and budget.

This video runs 00:31:05 minutes in length.