American-controlled solar laminated glass window: side of the flame side of the sea

Sunshine through the window can easily make the temperature inside the compartment reach unacceptable levels. In order to ensure a good driving or riding environment in the compartment, it is undoubtedly the choice of most people to turn on the air conditioner to lower the temperature. However, with the comfortable travel, a large amount of fuel is also consumed by the air-conditioning system. Today, it is a pity to emphasize energy saving and environmental protection.

The American Enhanced Glass Protective Vehicle Association (EPGAA) recently stated that a laminated glass with advanced solar control technology can help reduce the impact of solar energy on the interior temperature of passenger compartments. The purpose of the association is to promote the advantages of laminated glass to consumers, car manufacturers and government officials on behalf of laminated glass manufacturers and promote the application of laminated glass.

New laminated glass can greatly reduce the temperature inside the car

Laminated glass for vehicles is usually made up of two or more layers of glass that are pressed using a special process. Plastic layers or films are laid between the glass. In the automotive industry, laminating glass has been used to produce windshields for more than 70 years. In recent years, side windows have also been used in laminated glass.

The newly introduced ability of laminated glass to control solar energy stems from the addition of solar control glazes in laminated glass production, which can help laminated glass reduce the effect of the sun's infrared light penetrating the interior of the window glass to heat the interior of the vehicle, making the interior relatively cooler, Reduced the use of air conditioners. Less air-conditioning for cars means less fuel, lower CO2 emissions, and more. According to data released by EPGAA, under the same circumstances, the interior temperature of vehicles equipped with solar glass windows for control of solar laminated glass is lower by 10 degrees Celsius than that of standard vehicles. Generally, reducing the vehicle's hot load by 30% saves fuel equivalent to 26% of the fuel used by the on-board air conditioner.

Road cycle tests on vehicles have shown that controlling solar laminated glass can improve overall vehicle fuel efficiency by nearly 3% by reducing the use of vehicle air conditioners. EPGAA said that in fact, due to the reduction in the amount of air conditioning, the new laminated glass also improves the performance of new vehicle energy-saving technologies, while allowing the full-electric car to travel longer distances, and allowing drivers to reduce the power generated by the opening of the air conditioning on the car Insufficient supply concerns.

In addition, in today's increasingly high degree of automotive electronics, reducing the use of electricity saved by air-conditioning can ensure the smooth operation of automotive electronic equipment, these devices include car navigation systems, connected to the car system Bluetooth, active car radar, onboard Lidar, infrared and ultrasonic sensors, rear seat entertainment systems and other electronic interfaces. They usually require 12 to 14 VDC from the vehicle to drive.

New glass also improves vehicle safety

In addition to avoiding the excessive internal temperature of the vehicle by reducing the incidence of solar infrared rays, the use of solar laminated glass for vehicle side windows can also reduce the radiation of car-caused people by carcinogenic ultraviolet rays. Ultraviolet light in sunlight can easily pass through ordinary side window glass, while laminated glass blocks 99% of ultraviolet rays. Considering that millions of people suffer from skin diseases due to ultraviolet radiation every year, and the costs associated with skin cancer treatment are billions of dollars, vehicle laminated glass is undoubtedly an important measure to reduce people's exposure to ultraviolet radiation.

With special manufacturing technology, solar control laminated glass is also known as enhanced protective glass. EPGAA believes it can improve vehicle safety and anti-theft capabilities. Compared with ordinary vehicle side window glass, the control of solar laminated glass has stronger impact resistance, which is mainly due to the firm polyvinyl butyral film in the glass sandwich. According to EPGAA, the control of the penetration resistance of solar laminated glass is 10 times that of ordinary window glass. A common stealer takes about 30 seconds to break the window and commit crimes. This will help people to have time to detect the behavior of the thief and take action. .

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the United States, in the development of the federal motor vehicle safety standards section 226, describes the safety regulations that prevent vehicle-mounted personnel from flinging out of a car window in a car accident. EPGAA said that enhanced protective glass can reduce the possibility of vehicle personnel being thrown out of the vehicle. In a car accident, if the vehicle's personnel are thrown out, they are more vulnerable to serious injuries. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in fact, people in car accidents will die when they are thrown out.

Peter Deschart, Director of New Product Development and Emerging Technologies at Pittsburgh Glass Works and President of EPGAA, believes that OEMs have made great efforts to improve vehicle safety, fuel efficiency and reduce emissions. Controlling solar laminated glass can help achieve these goals while improving vehicle sound and vibration noise. In the future, when consumers purchase vehicles, controlling solar laminated glass will be an important factor for them to consider.