A Review Paper on Design and Analysis of Cooling System of Formula Student Car

This study takes a look at the design process of the cooling system of the Formula Student vehicle. The vehicle was built keeping in mind all the rules and regulations of the Formula Student Competition. Among numerous rules, one rule was to use air and plain water as the only coolant for radiator and no other substance. Though the car is dynamically fit and performed decently during the event, there was a heating issue in the engine which needed to be solved. The problem has been approached using both theoretical and simulation models. Firstly, Number of Transfer Units method will used to calculate the effectiveness of the radiator and later the rate of heat transfer is calculated. Various parameters like core size, mass flow rate of water and air, fan configurations etc., are taken into consideration. Ansys software will be used to perform full body analysis to study the positioning of the radiator on the race car. The results obtained from these models will be validated experimentally on the vehicle using data acquisition. Temperature sensors will be placed at the inlet and outlet of the radiator to record the data. The study not only results in designing an efficient cooling system but also laying out a systematic approach for further development.