The vehicle of today requires that effective heating and cooling of both the exterior and interior are done effectively and with the minimum of maintenance. Aluminum is the perfect material for thermal management because it combines material strength, corrosion resistance, weight reduction capabilities, good thermal conductivity and its ability to be processed and machined quickly.
Unlike traditional materials, aluminum used in automotive applications also maintains a sustainability advantage. Allowing your automotive projects to be as materially sustainable as possible on the interior as well as the exterior increases your green credentials and contributes to a greener automotive future.
How aluminum from Hydro can be used for vehicle thermal management
Virtually all the measures taken by manufacturers to meet vehicle emissions legislations are putting pressure on keeping things cool.
For Hydro, this translates into creating aluminum vehicle parts where consistent and efficient thermal management is required. Hydro delivers aluminum tubing, aluminum manifolds and strip and sheet that can help you make cars that operate at the optimum temperature, no matter the conditions.
You can find our extruded aluminum tubes, multi-port extrusions and welded aluminum tubes in almost every heat exchanger present in the modern car. From conventional vehicle condensers and evaporators made from aluminum, aluminum cooling systems (for fuel, oil), battery coolers for electrical vehicles through to aluminum connector lines that join everything together, Hydro is producing high-quality aluminum products that not only allow your projects to move forward, but also brighten the future of the motor industry.
Why choose aluminum for thermal management?
Integrating aluminum components into the thermal management system of a car or vehicle makes it possible to reduce part counts and assembly costs. Replacing traditional materials and using aluminum in a vehicle could lessen weight by as much as 30%.
As aluminum is fully recyclable, a large percentage of the car of the future could be made from 100% recycled aluminum, a truly sustainable vehicle.
Hydro CIRCAL recycled aluminum
Hydro CIRCAL is our range of products made with recycled, post-consumer scrap. Using recycled aluminum, we are able to drastically reduce energy use in the production phase, while still being able to offer high-quality aluminum products.
Operating the most advanced aluminum sorting technology in the industry allows Hydro CIRCAL to provide some of the highest recycled content aluminum in the market. Currently we offer Hydro CIRCAL 75R that contains a minimum of 75% post-consumer scrap. The higher the recycled content, the lower the carbon footprint.
Hydro REDUXA low carbon aluminum
Hydro REDUXA is our series of low-carbon aluminum. By using renewable energy sources like hydro power, Hydro REDUXA reduces the carbon footprint to 4kg CO2e per kg of aluminum (less than a fourth of the global average). The result is aluminum with one of the world’s lowest carbon footprints – maximizing sustainable opportunities for our customers in the automotive industry.
Using renewable energy from water, wind and solar, Hydro can produce cleaner aluminum than ever before.
