Cooling system with a heat pump function based on an extendable base system and motor vehicle with a cooling system of this type

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12220969-B2
Application number	US-202117928704-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 6, 2021
Priority date	Jul 6, 2020
Publication date	Feb 11, 2025
Grant date	Feb 11, 2025

Abstract

A cooling system with a heat pump function for a motor vehicle is described, includes a base system with a refrigerant compressor. A directly or indirectly working external heat exchanger which is arranged downstream of the refrigerant compressor. A directly or indirectly working first evaporator as part of an air conditioning device for the interior air conditioning of the motor vehicle, arranged down-stream of the external heat exchanger and preceded by a first expansion element. At least one second evaporator as part of a cooling device of an electric drive or storage unit, which evaporator is arranged fluidically parallel to the first evaporator, and which is preceded by a second expansion element. At least one low-pressure side collector arranged downstream of the first and second evaporators, or at least one high-pressure side collector arranged downstream of the external heat exchanger and upstream of the first and second evaporators.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cooling system with a heat pump function for a motor vehicle, comprising
a base system with
a refrigerant compressor;
a directly or indirectly working external heat exchanger which is arranged downstream of the refrigerant compressor;
a directly or indirectly working first evaporator as part of an air conditioning device for the interior air conditioning of the motor vehicle, the first evaporator is arranged downstream of the external heat exchanger and which is preceded by a first expansion element;
at least one second evaporator, in particular a chiller, as part of a cooling device of an electric drive or storage unit, the second evaporator is arranged fluidically parallel to the first evaporator and which is preceded by a second expansion element;
at least one low-pressure side collector arranged downstream of the first and second evaporators, or at least one high-pressure side collector arranged downstream of the external heat exchanger and upstream of the first and second evaporators,
wherein the base system forms a primary line and, to achieve the heat pump function, can be fluidically connected to a secondary line which branches off from the base system downstream of the refrigerant compressor and which has a second heat exchanger working as a heat source for direct or indirect air heating, in particular a heating register, which is part of the air conditioning device,
wherein an expansion valve is provided in the secondary branch downstream of the heating register, wherein the expansion valve is preceding the external heat exchanger.

2. The cooling system according to claim 1 , wherein a valve arrangement is provided downstream of the refrigerant compressor, which valve arrangement is designed to optionally direct the flow of refrigerant to the primary line or/and to the secondary line.

3. The cooling system according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling system has an internal heat exchanger which is preceded by the high-pressure-side collector on the high-pressure side or by the low-pressure-side collector on the low-pressure side.

4. The cooling system according to claim 1 , wherein, downstream of the heating register and upstream of the first expansion element, at least one check valve or a shut-off valve is arranged or/and settable in such a way that refrigerant flow from the secondary branch to the primary branch is optionally enabled and refrigerant flow from the primary branch to the secondary branch is blocked.

5. The cooling system according to claim 1 , wherein a low-pressure side branch is arranged downstream of the first evaporator, which branch is connected to a suction section, wherein refrigerant from the primary line or/and the secondary line can be suctioned off through the suction section.

6. The cooling system according to claim 5 , wherein a check valve is provided between the first evaporator and the low-pressure side branch, which pre-vents refrigerant from flowing back to the first evaporator.

7. The cooling system according to claim 1 , wherein, downstream of the external heat exchanger in the primary line, a check valve is arranged in such a way to prevent a return flow of refrigerant, which is in particular introduced from the secondary line into the primary line, to the external heat exchanger.

8. The cooling system according to claim 1 , wherein a bypass line which has an expansion element branches off downstream of the high-pressure collector, wherein the bypass line ends between a check valve (R3) and the external heat exchanger, wherein the check valve is arranged between the high-pressure collector and the external heat exchanger.

9. The cooling system according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling system is adapted to be operated in a post-heating mode, in which the refrigerant, starting from the refrigerant compressor, flows successively through the following components of the cooling system: heating register in the secondary line and first evaporator in the primary line.

10. The cooling system according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling system is adapted to be operated in a triangular process in which the refrigerant flows successively through the following components of the cooling system, starting from the refrigerant compressor: heating register in the secondary line, second evaporator in the primary line with standing coolant in the cooling device that is assigned to the second evaporator.

11. The cooling system according to claim 1 , wherein the base system is de-signed as a basic module which can be coupled with at least one expansion module which has at least the secondary line and the heating register or/and can be connected to or/and integrated with the same.

12. A motor vehicle, in particular an electrically or partially electrically driven motor vehicle, with the cooling system according to claim 1 .

13. The cooling system according to claim 2 , wherein the cooling system has an internal heat exchanger which is preceded by the high-pressure-side collector on the high-pressure side or by the low-pressure-side collector on the low-pressure side.

14. The cooling system according to claim 2 , wherein, downstream of the heating register and upstream of the first expansion element, at least one check valve or a shut-off valve is arranged or/and settable in such a way that refrigerant flow from the secondary branch to the primary branch is optionally enabled and refrigerant flow from the primary branch to the secondary branch is blocked.

15. The cooling system according to claim 3 , wherein, downstream of the heating register and upstream of the first expansion element, at least one check valve or a shut-off valve is arranged or/and settable in such a way that refrigerant flow from the secondary branch to the primary branch is optionally enabled and refrigerant flow from the primary branch to the secondary branch is blocked.

16. The cooling system according to claim 2 , wherein a low-pressure side branch is arranged downstream of the first evaporator, which branch is connected to a suction section, wherein refrigerant from the primary line or/and the secondary line can be suctioned off through the suction section.

17. The cooling system according to claim 3 , wherein a low-pressure side branch is arranged downstream of the first evaporator, which branch is connected to a suction section, wherein refrigerant from the primary line or/and the secondary line can be suctioned off through the suction section.

18. The cooling system according to claim 4 , wherein a low-pressure side branch is arranged downstream of the first evaporator, which branch is connected to a suction section, wherein refrigerant from the primary line or/and the secondary line can be suctioned off through the suction section.

19. The cooling system according to claim 2 , wherein, downstream of the external heat exchanger in the primary line, a check valve is arranged in such a way to prevent a return flow of refrigerant, which is in particular introduced from the secondary line into the primary line, to the external heat exchanger.

Assignees

• Audi Ag

Inventors

• Rebinger Christian
• Schroeder Dirk

Classifications

• B60H1/00278

  for the battery · CPC title

• B60H1/32281

  comprising a single secondary circuit, e.g. at evaporator or condenser side · CPC title

• F25B2600/2519

  On-off valves · CPC title

• F25B2400/0409

  for evaporators · CPC title

• F25B2400/0411

  for expansion valves or capillary tubes · CPC title