Air Conditioning System for Mobility

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024174051-A1
Application number	US-202318301404-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 17, 2023
Priority date	Nov 30, 2022
Publication date	May 30, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

An embodiment air conditioning system includes a refrigerant circuit including a compressor, a condenser, an expander, and an evaporator, a first coolant line including a first heat exchanger and a first air conditioning heat exchanger, a second coolant line including a second heat exchanger, connected so that a coolant of the first coolant line flows by connecting front and rear ends of a second air conditioning heat exchanger to front and rear ends of the first air conditioning heat exchanger, and a first valve selectively controlling a flow of the coolant of the first coolant line on the front end of the first air conditioning heat exchanger, and a controller controlling the first valve in a heating mode so that the coolant cooled through the first heat exchanger in the first coolant line flows to the first air conditioning heat exchanger and the second air conditioning heat exchanger.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An air conditioning system comprising:
a refrigerant circuit configured to circulate a refrigerant, the refrigerant circuit comprising a compressor, a condenser, an expander, and an evaporator; a first coolant line configured to circulate a coolant, the first coolant line comprising a first heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with the evaporator of the refrigerant circuit and a first air conditioning heat exchanger configured to adjust a temperature of air conditioning air through heat exchange of the coolant; a second coolant line configured to circulate the coolant, the second coolant line comprising:
a second heat exchanger connected so that the coolant of the first coolant line flows by connecting a front end and a rear end of a second air conditioning heat exchanger to a front end and a rear end of the first air conditioning heat exchanger, the second heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with the condenser of the refrigerant circuit, the second air conditioning heat exchanger being configured to adjust the temperature of the air conditioning air through the heat exchange of the coolant; and
a first valve configured to selectively control a flow of the coolant of the first coolant line on the front end of the first air conditioning heat exchanger; and
a controller configured to control the first valve in a heating mode so that the coolant cooled through the first heat exchanger in the first coolant line flows to the first air conditioning heat exchanger and the second air conditioning heat exchanger.

2 . The air conditioning system of claim 1 , wherein the first coolant line further comprises a first water pump, and the second coolant line further comprises a second water pump and a coolant heater.

3 . The air conditioning system of claim 1 , wherein the second coolant line further comprises a first outdoor heat exchanger and a second valve, and the coolant passing through the second heat exchanger selectively flows to a second air conditioning heat exchanger side or a first outdoor heat exchanger side by the second valve.

4 . The air conditioning system of claim 1 , wherein the second coolant line further comprises a third valve configured to allow the coolant passing through the second air conditioning heat exchanger on the rear end of the second air conditioning heat exchanger to selectively flow to a first coolant line side or a second heat exchanger side.

5 . The air conditioning system of claim 4 , wherein the controller is configured to control the first valve in a cooling mode so that the coolant cooled through the first heat exchanger in the first coolant line flows to the first air conditioning heat exchanger and the second air conditioning heat exchanger and to control the third valve so that the coolant passing through the second air conditioning heat exchanger is recirculated to the first coolant line.

6 . The air conditioning system of claim 4 , wherein the controller is configured to control the first valve in the heating mode so that the coolant heated through the second heat exchanger in the second coolant line flows to the second air conditioning heat exchanger and to control the third valve so that the coolant passing through the second air conditioning heat exchanger is recirculated to the second heat exchanger.

7 . The air conditioning system of claim 4 , wherein:
the first coolant line further comprises a fourth valve and a fifth valve respectively provided on front ends and rear ends of a second outdoor heat exchanger and the first heat exchanger; and the coolant passing through the first heat exchanger selectively circulates to a first air conditioning heat exchanger side or a second outdoor heat exchanger side by the fourth valve and the fifth valve.

8 . The air conditioning system of claim 7 , further comprising a third coolant line connected to the fourth valve and the fifth valve of the first coolant line, wherein the third coolant line comprises a battery.

9 . The air conditioning system of claim 8 , wherein the second coolant line is branched from a branch pipe between the second heat exchanger and the first valve and is connected to the third coolant line via a sixth valve on a front end of the battery.

10 . The air conditioning system of claim 8 , wherein the third valve is a 4-way valve configured to selectively circulate the coolant to the second heat exchanger side, a second air conditioning heat exchanger side, a battery side, and a first heat exchanger side.

11 . The air conditioning system of claim 8 , wherein:
the third valve is a 3-way valve configured to selectively circulate the coolant to the second heat exchanger side, a second air conditioning heat exchanger side, and a battery side; the second coolant line comprises a branch line connected to the fifth valve of the first coolant line on the rear end of the second air conditioning heat exchanger; and the branch line comprises a seventh valve.

12 . The air conditioning system of claim 1 , further comprising a fourth coolant line branched from the first coolant line, wherein the fourth coolant line comprises an electronic component, a third outdoor heat exchanger, and an eighth valve, and wherein the coolant selectively flows to the electronic component or the third outdoor heat exchanger by the eighth valve.

13 . A mobility comprising:
a mobility body having an indoor area defined therein; a refrigerant circuit configured to circulate a refrigerant, the refrigerant circuit comprising a compressor, a condenser, an expander, and an evaporator; a first coolant line configured to circulate a coolant, the first coolant line comprising a first heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with the evaporator of the refrigerant circuit and a first air conditioning heat exchanger configured to adjust a temperature of air conditioning air through heat exchange of the coolant; a second coolant line configured to circulate the coolant, the second coolant line comprising:
a second heat exchanger connected so that the coolant of the first coolant line flows by connecting a front end and a rear end of a second air conditioning heat exchanger to a front end and a rear end of the first air conditioning heat exchanger and configured to exchange heat with the condenser of the refrigerant circuit, the second air conditioning heat exchanger being configured to adjust the temperature of the air conditioning air through the heat exchange of the coolant; and
a first valve configured to selectively control a flow of the coolant of the first coolant line on the front end of the first air conditioning heat exchanger.

14 . The mobility of claim 13 , further comprising a controller configured to control the first valve in a heating mode so that the coolant cooled through the first heat exchanger in the first coolant line flows to the first air conditioning heat exchanger and the second air conditioning heat exchanger.

15 . The mobility of claim 13 , wherein the first coolant line further comprises a first water pump, and the second coolant line further comprises a second water pump and a coolant heater.

16 . The mobility of claim 13 , wherein the second coolant line further comprises a first outdoor heat exchanger and a second valve, and the coolant passing through the second heat exchanger selectively flows to a second air conditioning heat exchanger side or a first outdoor heat exchanger side by the second valve.

17 . The mobility of claim 13 , wherein the second coolant line further comprises a third valve configured to allow t

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp

Inventors

• Kim Ki Mok
• Lee Sang Shin
• Oh Man Ju

Classifications

• B60H2001/00307

  Component temperature regulation using a liquid flow · CPC title

• B60H1/00278 Primary

  for the battery · CPC title

• B60H1/32284 Primary

  comprising two or more secondary circuits, e.g. at evaporator and condenser side · CPC title

• B60H1/143

  the heat being derived from cooling an electric component, e.g. electric motors, electric circuits, fuel cells or batteries · CPC title

• B60H1/00921

  where the flow direction of the refrigerant does not change and there is an extra subcondenser, e.g. in an air duct · CPC title