Cooling system for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9802461-B2
Application number	US-201514712807-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 14, 2015
Priority date	Oct 31, 2014
Publication date	Oct 31, 2017
Grant date	Oct 31, 2017

Abstract

A cooling system for a vehicle comprises an engine cooling means that circulates a coolant to an engine and cools the coolant in an engine radiator, the engine being provided with a turbocharger; an electrical equipment cooling means that circulates the coolant to an electrical equipment comprising a motor and an electric power component, and cools the coolant in an integral radiator; and an air conditioner comprising a water-cooled condenser that primarily condenses a refrigerant and an air-cooled condenser coupled in series to the water-cooled condenser that secondarily condenses the refrigerant and that cools or heats a vehicle interior through the refrigerant, wherein the water-cooled condenser is disposed within the integral radiator and an intercooler mounted at an intake side of the engine uses the coolant to cool water and is connected to the electrical equipment cooling means.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cooling system for a vehicle, comprising:
an engine cooling device that circulates a coolant to an engine and cools the coolant in an engine radiator, the engine being provided with a turbocharger;
an electrical equipment cooling device that circulates the coolant to an electrical equipment comprising a motor and an electric power component, and cools the coolant in an integral radiator; and
an air conditioner comprising a water-cooled condenser that primarily condenses a refrigerant and an air-cooled condenser coupled in series to the water-cooled condenser that secondarily condenses the refrigerant and that cools or heats a vehicle interior through the refrigerant,
wherein the water-cooled condenser is disposed within the integral radiator,
a cooling module comprising the engine radiator, the integral radiator, and the air-cooled condenser is disposed at the front side of the vehicle and connected to the engine cooling device, the electrical equipment cooling device, and the air conditioner, and
an intercooler mounted at an intake side of the engine uses the coolant to cool water and is connected to the electrical equipment cooling device,
wherein the intercooler is disposed in parallel to the electrical equipment through a sub-cooling pipe that is connected to an electrical equipment cooling pipe disposed between the electrical equipment and the integral radiator;
wherein the sub-cooling pipe is connected to the electrical equipment cooling pipe through a valve; and
wherein the valve closes the electrical equipment cooling pipe when the vehicle is in an engine driving mode and the air conditioner is operated, and supplies coolant to the intercooler by connecting the sub-cooling pipe to a pipe connected to the integral radiator.

2. The cooling system of claim 1 , wherein the intercooler is turned off when the vehicle is in an EV driving mode and is turned on when the vehicle is in an engine driving mode.

3. The cooling system of claim 1 , wherein the electrical equipment is turned on when the vehicle is in an EV driving mode and is turned off when the vehicle is in an engine driving mode.

4. The cooling system of claim 1 , wherein the valve closes the sub-cooling pipe when the vehicle is in a motor driving mode and the air conditioner is operated, and supplies coolant from the integral radiator to the electrical equipment through the electrical equipment cooling pipe.

5. The cooling system of claim 1 , wherein the electrical equipment cooling device further comprises an electric water pump disposed between the integral radiator and the electrical equipment.

6. The cooling system of claim 1 , wherein the cooling module comprises an integral radiator disposed at a front side of the engine radiator, an air-cooled condenser disposed at a front side of the integral radiator, and a cooling fan disposed at a rear side of the engine radiator.

7. The cooling system of claim 1 , wherein the engine cooling device comprises:
a mechanical water pump disposed on a cooling pipe between the engine and the engine radiator that operates with a driving torque of the engine; and
a thermostat disposed on the cooling pipe between the mechanical water pump and the engine radiator.

8. The cooling system of claim 1 , wherein the air conditioner comprises:
an expansion valve that expands the refrigerant discharged from the air-cooled condenser;
an evaporator that evaporates the refrigerant supplied from the expansion valve; and
a compressor that compresses the refrigerant discharged from the evaporator and supplies the refrigerant to the water-cooled condenser.

9. The cooling system of claim 1 , wherein the water-cooled condenser disposed within the integral radiator enables the electrical equipment cooling device and the air conditioner to operate in a coordinated manner.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Jae Yeon

Classifications

• B60H1/08 Primary

  from other radiator than main radiator · CPC title

• B60H1/004 Primary

  for vehicles having a combustion engine and electric drive means, e.g. hybrid electric vehicles · CPC title

• B60H2001/00307

  Component temperature regulation using a liquid flow · CPC title

• B60H1/06

  directly from main radiator · CPC title

• B60H1/3204

  using compression (B60H1/3233 takes precedence) · CPC title