Design and Development of a Heating System to Control Windshield Fog

Design and Development of a Heating System to Control Windshield Fog

Yogesh S. Patil, Nikesh Gaukar, Abhishek Chavan, Mahadev Patil, Preetam Rangari, Dhanraj Akki

Abstract

Road visibility in passenger vehicle is of major concern for the car manufacturers and safety design engineers. Water film (Fog) that forms on the windshield during winter times would reduce and disturb the driver’s visibility. Extreme weather condition can make a difference while driving. One may experience the wide range of challenges during driving. The factors which mostly affected the visibility can be rain, fog, ice, snow, dust, etc. Due to such factors, it becomes very tough for driver to have a clear view of front side. Rear view is possible with the help of left and right view mirror fitted outside the front doors. Visibility of rear view mirror depends upon the visibility of the front side window glasses. Driving through rain, produces more challenging situation when water droplets on outsides surface of front window glass obstruct the vision. This problem becomes more dangerous when light gets scattered through water droplets and obstruct the vision during rainy night.

The main objective of this work is to find the possible solution for removing the fog from a specific area of front and rear windshield to have a clear view to avoid the accidents. In the present work, hot water and silicon fluid utilized to impinge on the front and rear glasses with the help of converging nozzle and fluid inside the two windshields. The various combination of outlet water and silicon temperature is used for obtaining maximum clearing area. Computer simulated results are verified with the experimental results.