Heat conditioning system for a motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9803896-B2
Application number	US-201113704736-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 14, 2011
Priority date	Jun 17, 2010
Publication date	Oct 31, 2017
Grant date	Oct 31, 2017

Abstract

The present invention relates to a heat conditioning system for a motor vehicle, including: an air conditioning loop of a motor vehicle (B) in which a cooling fluid circulates and which includes a compressor ( 2 ), at least two heat exchangers ( 8,42 ) and at least one decompression device ( 24,26 ), a heat processing unit (U) of a battery ( 100 ) of the vehicle, which unit includes a heat processing means ( 46 ) which is capable of being in a heat exchange relation with the battery of the vehicle, in which the heat processing means is in a heat exchange relation with the air conditioning loop.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A heat conditioning system for a motor vehicle comprising: an air conditioning loop comprising a coolant, a compressor, at least two heat exchangers and at least one decompression device, wherein the coolant flows in a loop through the compressor, the at least two heat exchangers and the at least one decompression device; and a heat treatment unit of a battery comprising a heat treatment means, wherein one of the at least two heat exchangers is contained within the heat treatment unit and is linked to the battery, wherein the heat treatment means and the one of the at least two heat exchangers separately exchange heat directly with the coolant circulating through the air conditioning loop; and wherein the heat treatment means and the and the one of the at least two heat exchangers exchange heat with the battery, wherein the heat treatment means comprises a secondary electric heating device and further comprises a primary electric heating device situated upstream of the one of the at least two heat exchangers and downstream of one of the at least one decompression device such that the coolant flows consecutively through the one of the at least one decompression device, the primary electric heating device, the one of the at least two heat exchangers, and the secondary electric heating device, wherein the air conditioning loop further comprises an inverter evaporator, wherein the air conditioning loop is arranged such that the primary electric heating device is positioned downstream from the inverter evaporator and upstream from the one of the at least two heat exchangers such that the coolant flows consecutively through the inverter evaporator, the primary electric heating device, and the one of the at least two heat exchangers.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1 , in which the heat treatment means is situated upstream in the direction of travel of the coolant relative to the one of the at least two heat exchangers such that the coolant flows consecutively through the one of the at least two heat exchangers and the heat treatment means.

3. They system as claimed in claim 1 , in which the heat treatment means is situated upstream in the direction of travel of the coolant relative to the one of the at least two heat exchangers such that the coolant flows consecutively through the one of the at least two heat exchangers and the heat treatment means.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1 , in which the heat treatment means is an electric heating device.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1 , in which an additional heat treatment means is in contact with the air conditioning loop.

6. A heat conditioning system for a motor vehicle comprising: an air conditioning loop comprising a coolant, a compressor, at least two heat exchangers and at least one decompression device, wherein the coolant flows in a loop through the compressor, the at least two heat exchangers and the at least one decompression device; and a heat treatment unit of a battery comprising a heat treatment means, wherein one of the at least two heat exchangers is contained within the heat treatment unit and is linked to the battery, wherein the heat treatment means comprises a primary electric heating device and a secondary electric heating device, and wherein the one of the at least two heat exchangers contained within the heat treatment unit is situated downstream of the primary electric heating device and upstream of the secondary electric heating device in the direction of travel of the coolant circulating through the air conditioning loop such that the coolant circulating through the air conditioning loop flows consecutively through the primary electric heating device the one of the at least two heat exchangers, and the secondary electric heating device each contained within the heat treatment unit, wherein the heat treatment means exchanges heat directly with the coolant circulating through the air conditioning loop; and wherein the heat treatment means and the one of the at least two heat exchangers is contained within the heat treatment unit and is linked to the battery exchanges heat with the battery, wherein the air conditioning loop further comprises an inverter evaporator, wherein the air conditioning loop is arranged such that the primary electric heating device is positioned downstream from the inverter evaporator and upstream from the one of the at least two heat exchangers such that the coolant flows consecutively through the inverter evaporator, the primary electric heating device, the one of the at least two heat exchangers, and the secondary electric heating device, wherein the inverter evaporator is positioned downstream of the at least one decompression device such that the coolant flows consecutively through the at least one decompression device, the inverter evaporator, the primary electric heating device, the one of the at least two heat exchangers, and the secondary electric heating device.

7. The system as claimed in claim 6 , in which the one of the at least two heat exchangers is a condenser linked to the battery.

Assignees

• Benouali Jugurtha
• Wittmann Klaus
• Karl Stefan
• Valeo Systemes Thermiques

Inventors

• Benouali Jugurtha
• Wittmann Klaus
• Karl Stefan

Classifications

• B60H2001/00949

  comprising additional heating/cooling sources, e.g. second evaporator · CPC title

• B60H2001/00307

  Component temperature regulation using a liquid flow · CPC title

• B60H1/00271

  HVAC devices specially adapted for particular vehicle parts or components and being connected to the vehicle HVAC unit · CPC title

• B60H1/00385

  for vehicles having an electrical drive, e.g. hybrid or fuel cell · CPC title

• F25B29/003 Primary

  of the compression type system · CPC title