The air conditioning of the Bugatti Chiron could cool an apartment

To guarantee a perfect temperature in the passenger compartment, the supercar uses a compressor that has a power of 10 kW

Bugatti-Chiron In a hypercar with over 1500 horsepower (and 3 million euros) like the Bugatti Chiron, a car capable of reaching a top speed of over 400 km / h, all the details are imported. We refer both to technical aspects, such as aerodynamics and suspensions, but also to details such as the air conditioning system which apparently may seem less important.

To clarify this detail, it intervened directly Julia Lemke, engineer responsible for the design of the air conditioning systems of all Bugatti (Chrion, Chiron Pur Sport and Divo), which in a press release issued by the French company explains how it is possible to guarantee the perfect joint operation of the flow of air and air conditioning.

Lemke's arduous task is to make a system effective and efficient that must be fast, silent and able to meet the different temperature requirements put forward by customers all over the world (Europeans feel comfortable between 21 and 22 degrees, while most Americans prefer a few degrees lower temperature).

To ensure the well-being inside the cabin of the French hypercars we find two air conditioning condensers that ensure the heat dissipation from the vehicle, a central air conditioning unit, which is responsible for the control, and a compressor which drives the whole system. Overall, the conditioning lines have a length of about 9.5 meters.

The specifications of the compressor that drives the whole system are impressive: the power is in fact 10 kW, capable of cooling an apartment of about 80 square meters.

to ensure That the air supply to function properly even at maximum speed (the Bugatti exceed the 400 km/h), it is necessary to ensure that the ventilation and air-conditioning are perfectly controlled . For this purpose, when the speed is high, the air-conditioning system changes the air flow.

unlike conventional vehicles, where the air is forced inside of the passenger compartment at the lower end of the windshield, in a Bugatti this is the case only up to about 250 km/h. To overcome this speed, there is a switch for the negative pressure, where a sophisticated control system with a throttle valve and a blower to ensure that air continues to enter the passenger compartment.

it Is therefore a very complex system from the thermodynamic point of view, and engineering that must overcome the limits imposed by the bodywork of the car must be aerodynamic, and most importantly, the windshield plate which has an inclination of only 21,5 degrees, a feature that increases the surface of the glass to the 1.31 square metres ( a car compact conventional a surface of the glass of about 0.70 square metres and an angle of inclination of approximately 30 degrees).

All this results in a temperature inside of the Bugatti is more elevated, because of increased solar radiation. That is why it is essential to have an air conditioning system perfect.