Abstract:
The vent apparatus includes: a transfer duct located inside an upper surface of an interior of a vehicle; a vent located at a portion of the transfer duct; a variable guide located adjacent to the vent; and a driver located at a first end of the variable guide, and configured to apply a driving force to the variable guide and insert the variable guide into a trim, and to change a shape of the variable guide based on the driving force such that a direction of air discharged through the vent is controlled.
Abstract:
An air-conditioning control system for a vehicle includes: an occupant sensing unit determining whether or not there is an occupant inside the vehicle in a state in which a driver exits from the vehicle; a ventilation control unit performing control to allow external air to be introduced into the vehicle, when it is sensed that there is an occupant in the vehicle; and a temperature control unit sensing at least one of an interior temperature of the vehicle or an external temperature at the time of controlling ventilation, and controlling heating or cooling based on the at lease one of the sensed interior temperature or external temperature.
Abstract:
A system for controlling an air conditioner for a vehicle may include a drive only mode selector configured to select a whole air-conditioning mode or an individual air-conditioning mode, a blower motor configured to provide different volumes of air indoors in the whole air-conditioning mode or the individual air-conditioning mode, a passenger seat mode door configured to be opened by an actuator when the whole air-conditioning mode is selected, and to be closed by the actuator when the individual air-conditioning mode is selected, and a controller configured to control a speed at which the voltage of the blower motor is decreased, or to control a speed at which the voltage of the blower motor is increased.
Abstract:
An air-conditioning apparatus for a vehicle may include a radiator module; a refrigerant module; a hot portion for heat-exchanging with a condenser and a heater core of an internal air-conditioning module; a cold portion for heat-exchanging with an evaporator and a cooling core of the internal air-conditioning module; an electric portion for heat-exchanging with an electric component; a battery portion for heat-exchanging with a high-voltage battery; a connection module for connecting the hot portion, the electric portion, or the battery portion to any one or more radiators among a first radiator, a second radiator, and a third radiator; and a control unit configured of controlling the operations of a compressor and a valve.
Abstract:
A system and method for controlling a vehicle thermal management apparatus, may include a component state unit of collecting a state of a vehicle component, a disturbance collection unit of collecting a state of a disturbance affecting thermal management of the vehicle component, a determination unit of calculating an amount of heat exchange between the vehicle component and a thermal management apparatus, which is required in the future, based on a past state value of the vehicle component collected through the component state unit and a past state value of the disturbance collected through the disturbance collection unit, and an operation unit of controlling operation of the thermal management apparatus based on the amount of heat exchange determined by the calculation unit.
Abstract:
An air-conditioning apparatus for an electric vehicle and a method of controlling the same, may include a heat exchanger performing heat exchange between a first fluid and a second fluid while the first fluid and the second fluid flow separately from each other therethrough; a heat source connected to the heat exchanger through a line through which the second fluid flows to allow the second fluid to circulate between the heat exchanger and the heat source, and heating or cooling the second fluid; a circulator imparting a circulation force to the second fluid such that the second fluid circulates between the heat exchanger and the heat source; and a controller determining a required flow rate of the second fluid by use of a flow rate of the first fluid flowing through the heat exchanger and controlling the circulator on the basis of the required flow rate of the second fluid.
Abstract:
An HVAC system of a vehicle includes: a battery line configured to thermally interconnect a first radiator and a high-voltage battery core and provided with a first pump; a refrigerant line having a compressor, a condenser, and an evaporator; an indoor cooling line interconnecting an indoor HVAC cooling core and the evaporator and having a second pump; an indoor heating line thermally interconnecting an indoor HVAC heating core and a condenser and having a third pump; battery cooling lines branching from opposite side points of the high-voltage battery core in the battery line, respectively, and connected to the indoor cooling line; battery heating lines branching from the opposite side points of the high-voltage battery core in the battery line, respectively, and connected to the indoor heating line; and a first valve disposed at one of the opposite branching points in the battery line.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a vehicular HVAC system, including: a battery circulation line including a battery radiator, a high-voltage battery, and a first valve, arranged to allow a first coolant to circulate therethrough; a branch line selectively connected to the circulation line through the valve and having a cooling heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with an indoor air conditioning refrigerant line; a battery heating line including a water heater, an indoor air conditioning heater core, and a second valve, arranged to allow a second coolant to circulate therethrough, the battery heating line being selectively connected to the circulation line through the second valve; and a controller configured to control the first valve in stages, to cool the high-voltage battery, to control the second valve and the water heater to selectively heat the battery, and to control the water heater or a cooling device on the refrigerant line to air condition the vehicle.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are a cold/warm headrest for a vehicle and a method of controlling operation thereof. It is possible to provide cold air to an occipital region, a head, and a face of a seated occupant, and to provide warmth to a neck and shoulders of the occupant, in which the trapezius muscles are located along with peripheral nerves.
Abstract:
A heating, ventilating, air conditioning (HVAC) system of a vehicle includes: a battery circulation line having a battery radiator, a main valve, a high voltage battery core, and a cooling heat exchanger so as to circulate a first coolant therethrough, with the cooling heat exchanger being provided to be heat-exchangeable with an indoor HVAC refrigerant line; a branch line including a water heating heater and selectively connected to the battery circulation line through the main valve; and a controller selectively cooling or heating the high voltage battery core by controlling an operation of the main valve, the water heating heater, and the indoor HVAC refrigerant line.