Abstract:
A heat pump system for a vehicle cools or warms a battery module by use of one chiller in which a coolant and a refrigerant exchange heat such that the system may be simplified, and heating efficiency may be improved by selectively using an external air heat source and waste heat of an electrical component in a heating mode of the vehicle.
Abstract:
A vehicle thermal management system may include a cooling apparatus including a radiator, a first water pump, and a valve which are connected through a coolant line, a battery cooling apparatus including a second water pump and a battery module connected by a battery coolant line; a chiller which is connected to the battery coolant line and connected to an air conditioner through a refrigerant connection line which is connected to the battery coolant line and connected to a refrigerant line of an air conditioner through a refrigerant connection line, to adjust a temperature of the coolant by performing heat exchange between a coolant which is supplied to the battery line and a refrigerant which is selectively supplied from the air conditioner; and a heating circuit of warming an interior of the vehicle by use of the coolant having a temperature.
Abstract:
A heat pump system for vehicle may include cooling apparatus including radiator and first water pump which are connected to coolant line, battery module provided in battery coolant line selectively connectable to the coolant line through first valve, air conditioner connected to the battery coolant line through third valve, second water pump and cooler provided at the first connection line, heating device connected to the battery coolant line through fourth valve, and third water pump and heater provided at the second connection line, and centralized energy (CE) module connected to the coolant line and the first and second connection lines to supply coolant of low temperature to the air conditioner, to supply coolant of high temperature to the heating device, and to selectively heat-exchanging thermal energy generated upon condensing and evaporation of refrigerant circulating inside with the coolant.
Abstract:
A heat exchanger for a vehicle includes a heat exchange unit in which a plurality of plates are layered to alternately form a first flow channel and a second flow channel therein and heat exchange unit having one surface fixedly mounted in an expansion valve. First and second inflow holes are formed separately at both surfaces of the heat exchange unit and connected to the first flow channel and the second flow channel, respectively. First and second exhaust holes are formed separately in a diagonal direction of the first and second inflow holes at both surfaces of the heat exchange unit and connected to the first flow channel and the second flow channel, respectively. A noise reducer is integrally connected to the heat exchange unit at another surface of the heat exchange unit and reduces noise and vibration occurring when an operation fluid that is injected through the second inflow hole moves.
Abstract:
A centralized energy (CE) module for a vehicle includes: a base plate; a compressor mounted on the base plate and compressing refrigerant; a condenser mounted on the base plate at a location spaced apart from the compressor and heat-exchanges the compressed refrigerant supplied from the compressor with a coolant which flows into the condenser to condense the refrigerant; an evaporator mounted on the base plate at a location spaced apart from the condenser and evaporating the refrigerant supplied from an expansion valve integrally mounted through heat-exchange with the coolant which flows into the evaporator and supplying the evaporated refrigerant to the compressor; and an accumulator connected with the evaporator through the expansion valve, and supplied only a gas refrigerant among the evaporated refrigerants to the compressor while passing through the evaporator.
Abstract:
A heat pump system for a vehicle may include a battery cooling line connected to a battery module and allowing a coolant to flow therein, a chiller connected to the battery cooling line through a first connection line and connected to a refrigerant line of an air conditioner device in which a refrigerant moves through a second connection line to selectively heat-exchange a refrigerant and a coolant introduced to the inside thereof to adjust a temperature of the coolant, an electric/electronic component cooling device electric/electronic component cooling device including a radiator and a first water pump connected through a cooling line to circulate a coolant to cool a motor and an electric/electronic component, and selectively connectable to the battery cooling line and the first connection line through a first valve, and an electronic expansion valve mounted at the second connection line between the refrigerant line and the chiller.
Abstract:
A heat exchanger for a vehicle may include a heat radiating device including a plurality of inflow holes and a plurality of discharge holes that are thinned at a side of the heat radiating device, allows respective working fluids to flow into and to be discharged therefrom, includes flow paths that are alternately formed by stacking a plurality of plates so that the respective working fluids flow in the flow paths, and exchanges heat between the working fluids that flow through the respective flow paths, and a valve device which is connected to the respective inflow holes and one of the discharge holes, and allows one of the working fluids to flow into the flow path or bypasses the one working fluid to control the flow of the working fluid by using linear displacement which changes in accordance with temperatures of the respective inflow working fluids.
Abstract:
A heat exchanger may include a heat radiating part, in which a plurality of plates is stacked and a plurality of first flow paths and a plurality of second flow paths disposed while crossing each other are formed inside the plurality of plates, the heat exchanging part being configured to mutually heat-exchange working fluids passing through the first and second flow paths, respectively, and a sub-expansion part integrally formed with an inner side of the heat radiating part, connected with the second flow path, and configured to bypass a part of one working fluid among the working fluids flowing into the heat radiating part and heat-exchange the bypassed working fluid with the working fluid passing through the first flow path.
Abstract:
A heat pump system for a vehicle may include a cooling apparatus that supplies and circulates coolant to a motor and an electrical equipment through a cooling line, wherein the cooling apparatus includes a radiator, a cooling fan that ventilates wind to the radiator, and a water pump connected to the cooling line, and an air conditioner apparatus connected through a refrigerant line, wherein the air conditioner apparatus includes a water-cooled condenser connected to the cooling line to change a temperature of the coolant using a waste heat that has occurred in the motor and the electrical equipment according to each mode of the vehicle and that is connected to the refrigerant line to enable an injected refrigerant in the refrigerant line to exchange a heat with the coolant at the inside thereof, and an air-cooled condenser connected in series to the water-cooled condenser through the refrigerant line.
Abstract:
A method of controlling an automotive air-conditioning system includes compressing a refrigerant by sensing the operation of an air conditioner while a vehicle is driven after starting an engine of the vehicle, circulating the cooling water cooled by exchanging heat with external air in the cooling module to cool the intercooler or the electric device, and controlling operation speeds of a water pump in the cooling system and of a cooling fan, while keeping the vehicle idling or running, and ending the control by determining whether vehicle speed, pressure of the air conditioner, temperature of the cooling water, and temperature of the intercooler or the electric device are within predetermined values.