Vehicle heat exchange system and dump truck

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11987115-B2
Application number	US-202017634585-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 19, 2020
Priority date	Feb 19, 2020
Publication date	May 21, 2024
Grant date	May 21, 2024

Abstract

Provided is a technique for improving the cooling efficiency of a vehicle heat exchange system configured to cool a cooling liquid discharged from each of a plurality of heat sources. The vehicle heat exchange system comprises a high-temperature side radiator unit and a low-temperature side radiator unit, the high-temperature side radiator including: a first high-temperature side radiator that faces a first fan and is connected to a high-temperature side discharge pipe; a second high-temperature side radiator that faces a second fan and is connected to a high-temperature side supply pipe; and a high-temperature side connection pipe for supplying the cooling liquid from the first high-temperature side radiator to the second high-temperature side radiator, and the low-temperature side radiator unit including: a first low-temperature side radiator that is arranged to face the second high-temperature side radiator on the upstream side of the cooling air flow, and is connected to a low-temperature side discharge pipe; a second low-temperature side radiator that is arranged to face the first high-temperature side radiator on the upstream side of the cooling air flow, and is connected to a low-temperature side supply pipe; and a low-temperature side connection pipe for supplying the cooling liquid from the first low-temperature side radiator to the second low-temperature side radiator.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle heat exchange system comprising:
a plurality of cooling fans for generating a flow of cooling air;
a high-temperature side radiator unit configured to transfer heat between a cooling liquid discharged from a high-temperature heat source and the cooling air generated by the plurality of cooling fans, and supply the cooling liquid to the high-temperature heat source again; and
a low-temperature side radiator unit configured to transfer heat between the cooling liquid discharged from a low-temperature heat source whose temperature is less than that of the high-temperature heat source and the cooling air generated by the plurality of cooling fans, and supply the cooling liquid to the low-temperature heat source again,
wherein
the high-temperature side radiator unit includes:
a first high-temperature side radiator that faces a first fan, which is a part of the plurality of cooling fans, and is connected to a high-temperature side discharge pipe for discharging the cooling liquid from the high-temperature heat source;
a second high-temperature side radiator that faces a second fan, which is different from the first fan among the plurality of cooling fans, and is connected to a high-temperature side supply pipe for supplying the cooling liquid to the high-temperature heat source; and
a high-temperature side connection pipe for supplying the cooling liquid from the first high-temperature side radiator to the second high-temperature side radiator, and the low-temperature side radiator unit includes:
a first low-temperature side radiator that is arranged so as to face the second high-temperature side radiator on an upstream side of the flow of the cooling air, and is connected to a low-temperature side discharge pipe for discharging the cooling liquid from the low-temperature heat source;
a second low-temperature side radiator that is arranged so as to face the first high-temperature side radiator on the upstream side of the flow of the cooling air, and is connected to a low-temperature side supply pipe for supplying the cooling liquid to the low-temperature heat source; and
a low-temperature side connection pipe for supplying the cooling liquid from the first low-temperature side radiator to the second low-temperature side radiator.

2. The vehicle heat exchange system according to claim 1 , wherein
an air volume of the first fan facing the first high-temperature side radiator and the second low-temperature side radiator is more than that of the second fan facing the second high-temperature side radiator and the first low-temperature side radiator.

3. The vehicle heat exchange system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first hydraulic motor and a second hydraulic motor which are configured to drive the first fan and the second fan, respectively;
a hydraulic pump for supplying hydraulic oil to the first hydraulic motor and the second hydraulic motor,
a flow rate control valve configured to change a distribution ratio of the hydraulic oil to be supplied from the hydraulic pump to the first hydraulic motor and the second hydraulic motor;
a temperature sensor configured to detect a cooling liquid temperature that is a temperature of the cooling liquid passing through the high-temperature side discharge pipe; and
a controller configured to control an air volume of the first fan and an air volume of the second fan,
wherein
the controller is configured to:
control the flow rate control valve so as to, in a temperature range where the cooling liquid temperature detected by the temperature sensor is less than a first temperature, increase a flow rate of the hydraulic oil to the first hydraulic motor more than a flow rate of the hydraulic oil to the second hydraulic motor, and also increase a difference between both the flow rates as the cooling liquid temperature increases, and
control the flow rate control valve so as to, in a temperature range where the cooling liquid temperature detected by the temperature sensor is equal to or higher than the first temperature, increase the flow rate of the hydraulic oil to the first hydraulic motor more than the flow rate of the hydraulic oil to the second hydraulic motor, and also reduce the difference between both the flow rates as the cooling liquid temperature increases.

4. The vehicle heat exchange system according to claim 3 , wherein
the hydraulic pump is a variable displacement hydraulic pump whose capacity is variable in accordance with control by the controller, and
the controller is configured to increases the capacity so as to increase a total flow rate to the first hydraulic motor and the second hydraulic motor as the cooling liquid temperature increases.

5. A dump truck comprising the high-temperature heat source, the low-temperature heat source, and the vehicle heat exchange system according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the vehicle heat exchange system is disposed such that the flow of the cooling air generated by the plurality of cooling fans matches a traveling direction of the dump truck.

Assignees

• Hitachi Construction Mach Co

Inventors

• Ishihara Kazunori
• Ikeda Jun
• Tanaka Takaaki
• Nabeshima Yoshifumi
• Iijima Hideaki
• Akiyama Tsukasa

Classifications

• B60K11/04 Primary

  Arrangement or mounting of radiators, radiator shutters, or radiator blinds · CPC title

• B60K11/06

  with air cooling · CPC title

• F01P2003/182

  with multiple heat-exchangers · CPC title

• B60K11/02 Primary

  with liquid cooling · CPC title

• B60K13/02

  concerning intake · CPC title