摘要:
A heat recovery unit (5) in which cooling water absorbs heat generated in a water-cooled alternator (4) and a viscous heater in which cooling water absorbs heat generated in viscous fluid within a heat-generating chamber (54) have a common cooling water passage. Further, a rotor (33) of the alternator (4) and a rotor (53) of a viscous heater (6) are disposed on a shaft to have a common driving shaft (10) and a common V-belt. Therefore, cooling water pipes of a cooling water circuit are simply connected, a large space is not necessary for winding the V-belt of a belt transmitting mechanism (2), and the number of parts of a heating apparatus can be decreased. Further, because heat generated in the viscous fluid of the viscous heater (6) and heat generated with an operation of the alternator (4) are used as a supplementary heating source, a sufficient heating capacity can be provided for a passenger compartment even in a vehicle in which heat generated in the engine (E) is small.
摘要:
A viscous fluid heat generator includes: a shear chamber (110) in which viscous fluid (155) is contained and heat is generated by shearing the viscous fluid with a rotor (111) rotating therein; and a space (170) receiving viscous fluid drained from the shear chamber. The heat generator is rotated always as far as an engine rotates because it is driven by the engine without a clutch. The viscous fluid in the shear chamber (110) is drained into the receiving space (170) disposed underneath the shear chamber when the rotor halts or the heat generator is not in operation. The drained viscous fluid is pushed up again into the shear chamber when the rotor is re-started or the heat generator becomes in operation again. The heat generator is re-started easily with a very small starting torque because there is almost no viscous fluid left in the shear chamber and accordingly power to shear the viscous fluid with the rotor is not required. Only a minimal power is consumed by the heat generator when heat is not required to be generated even though the rotor is continuously rotated because the viscous fluid in the shear chamber is drained in this situation.
摘要:
A viscous heater (9) for heating cooling water for cooling a water cooled engine (E) is disposed in a cooling water circuit (W), and a front heater core (15) is disposed in the cooling water circuit at a downstream side of the viscous heater with reference to a flow direction of the cooling water. Only when a heating operation is the maximum heating operation or the maximum heating operation is desired, a viscous clutch (7) is turned on to transmit a driving force of the engine to the viscous heater. When the maximum heating operation is not desired, the viscous clutch is turned off so that the driving force of the engine is not transmitted to the viscous heater. Therefore, a load of the engine is reduced, and the cost for running the vehicle can be lowered.
摘要:
According to the present invention, in a heating apparatus (1) having a viscous heater (9) using viscous fluid for heating cooling water, when an engine rotational speed is lower than a set rotational speed relative to a temperature of viscous fluid, a viscous clutch (7) is turned on to transmit a rotational driving force of the engine to a rotor (53) of the viscous heater. In this way, a shearing force is applied to the viscous fluid in the heat-generating chamber (50), and the circulating cooling water is heated by generated heat of the viscous fluid to improve the heating capacity. When the engine rotational speed is higher than the set rotational speed relative to a temperature of viscous fluid, the viscous clutch is not turned on. Therefore, the rotational driving force of the engine is not transmitted to the rotor of the viscous heater, so that the shearing force is not applied to the viscous fluid to prevent the oil temperature of the viscous fluid from increasing excessively higher than 200 DEG C.
摘要:
According to the present invention, when an air-conditioning clutch (27) of a compressor is set on, even if an improvement of a heating capacity by a viscous heater (4) is required, a viscous clutch (7) is turned off not to transmit a rotational driving force of an engine (E) to a rotor (53) of the viscous heater, and further the rotational driving force of the engine is transmitted to the compressor. In this way, a torque applied to the engine E and a V-belt (6) can be reduced, so that a fuel consumption ratio of the engine lowers and a fuel economical performance improves. Further, because an operation of the compressor is intermitted, it is possible to remove a fog of a front windshield, so that a safety of the vehicle travelling can be prevented from being deteriorated.
摘要:
A heat recovery unit (5) in which cooling water absorbs heat generated in a water-cooled alternator (4) and a viscous heater in which cooling water absorbs heat generated in viscous fluid within a heat-generating chamber (54) have a common cooling water passage. Further, a rotor (33) of the alternator (4) and a rotor (53) of a viscous heater (6) are disposed on a shaft to have a common driving shaft (10) and a common V-belt. Therefore, cooling water pipes of a cooling water circuit are simply connected, a large space is not necessary for winding the V-belt of a belt transmitting mechanism (2), and the number of parts of a heating apparatus can be decreased. Further, because heat generated in the viscous fluid of the viscous heater (6) and heat generated with an operation of the alternator (4) are used as a supplementary heating source, a sufficient heating capacity can be provided for a passenger compartment even in a vehicle in which heat generated in the engine (E) is small.
摘要:
According to the present invention, an oil storage chamber (49) for temporarily accumulating a high-viscosity oil is formed below a heat-generating chamber (48) for accumulating high-viscosity oil which generates heat when a shearing force is applied thereto. When an electromagnetic coil (31) of an electromagnetic clutch (4) is set off, i.e., a rotation of a rotor (9) of a viscous heater (5) is stopped, the high-viscosity oil in the heat-generating chamber moves into the oil storage chamber by own weight thereof, and a liquid level of the high-viscosity oil in the heat-generating chamber is greatly reduced. In this way, when the electromagnetic coil of the electromagnetic clutch is turned on to start the rotor of the viscous heater, a torque applied to the rotor is greatly reduced, with the result that a stress applied to the rotor is reduced.
摘要:
A viscous heater (9) for heating cooling water for cooling a water cooled engine (E) is disposed in a cooling water circuit (W), and a front heater core (15) is disposed in the cooling water circuit at a downstream side of the viscous heater with reference to a flow direction of the cooling water. Only when a heating operation is the maximum heating operation or the maximum heating operation is desired, a viscous clutch (7) is turned on to transmit a driving force of the engine to the viscous heater. When the maximum heating operation is not desired, the viscous clutch is turned off so that the driving force of the engine is not transmitted to the viscous heater. Therefore, a load of the engine is reduced, and the cost for running the vehicle can be lowered.