Engine cooling system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9816432-B2
Application number	US-201414448826-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 31, 2014
Priority date	Dec 23, 2013
Publication date	Nov 14, 2017
Grant date	Nov 14, 2017

Abstract

An engine cooling system may include a main intake line for supplying external air to an intake manifold attached to an engine including a cylinder block and a cylinder head, a supplementary intake line branched from one side of the main intake line and joined to the other side of the main intake line, an intake route control valve in the main intake line, a main exhaust line for flowing exhaust gas from an exhaust manifold, an exhaust route control valve in the main exhaust line, a turbocharger, an intercooler mounted to the supplementary intake line on a downstream side of the turbocharger, an EGR cooler branched from the exhaust manifold for recirculating the exhaust gas and provided in an EGR line connected to the main intake line; and a cooling line for flowing a coolant supplied from a water pump to cool the EGR cooler, the exhaust route control valve and/or the turbine housing of the turbocharger.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An engine cooling system comprising:
a main intake line for supplying external air to an intake manifold attached to an engine comprising a cylinder block and a cylinder head;
a supplementary intake line branched from one side of the main intake line and joined to the other side of the main intake line;
an intake route control valve provided in the main intake line; a main exhaust line for flowing exhaust gas from an exhaust manifold provided in the cylinder block; an exhaust route control valve provided in the main exhaust line;
a turbocharger including:
a turbine housing and a turbine wheel to be rotated by the exhaust gas flowing in a supplementary exhaust line,
a compressor housing and a compressor wheel to be rotated by rotation force of the turbine wheel, the compressor wheel supercharging intake air flowing in the supplementary intake line,
a shaft connecting the turbine wheel and the compressor wheel, and
a bearing for rotatably supporting the shaft;

an intercooler mounted to the supplementary intake line on a downstream side of the compressor housing of the turbocharger in an intake side of the turbocharger;
an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooler branched from the exhaust manifold and provided in an EGR line connected to the main intake line; and a cooling line for flowing a coolant supplied from a water pump to cool the EGR cooler, the exhaust route control valve, and/or the turbine housing, wherein the coolant supplied from the water pump passes through the cylinder head, and the coolant passed through the cylinder head is supplied to the cooling line, and
wherein the coolant supplied to the cooling line is supplied to the EGR cooler, the exhaust route control valve, and the turbine housing.

2. The engine cooling system of claim 1 , wherein the coolant supplied to the cooling line is supplied to the EGR cooler, and the coolant passed through the EGR cooler is supplied to the exhaust route control valve and/or the turbine housing.

3. The engine cooling system of claim 2 , further comprising:
a cooling bypass line through which the coolant flowed into the EGR cooler is circulated through the cylinder head bypassing the exhaust route control valve and/or the turbine housing; and
a cooling valve provided in the cooling line through which the coolant passed through the exhaust route control valve and/or the turbine housing is exhausted to the cylinder head.

4. The engine cooling system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a cooling bypass line through which the coolant flowed into the EGR cooler is circulated through the cylinder head bypassing the exhaust route control valve and/or the turbine housing; and
a cooling valve provided in the cooling line through which the coolant passed through the exhaust route control valve and the turbine housing is exhausted to the cylinder head.

5. The engine cooling system of claim 1 , wherein the coolant supplied from the water pump is supplied directly to the cooling line.

6. The engine cooling system of claim 5 , wherein the coolant supplied to the cooling line is supplied to the EGR cooler, and the coolant passed through the EGR cooler is supplied to the exhaust route control valve and/or the turbine housing.

7. The engine cooling system of claim 6 , further comprising:
a cooling bypass line through which the coolant flowed into the EGR cooler is circulated through the cylinder head bypassing the exhaust route control valve and/or the turbine housing; and
a cooling valve provided in the cooling line through which the coolant passed through the exhaust route control valve and/or the turbine housing is exhausted to the cylinder head.

8. The engine cooling system of claim 5 , further comprising:
a cooling bypass line through which the coolant flowed into the EGR cooler is circulated through the cylinder head bypassing the exhaust route control valve and/or the turbine housing; and
a cooling valve provided in the cooling line through which the coolant passed through the exhaust route control valve and the turbine housing is exhausted to the cylinder head.

9. The engine cooling system of claim 1 , wherein the coolant supplied from the water pump passes through the cylinder block and the cylinder head and flows into a thermostat housing, and the coolant passed through the thermostat housing is supplied to the cooling line.

10. The engine cooling system of claim 9 , wherein the coolant supplied to the cooling line is supplied to the EGR cooler, and the coolant passed through the EGR cooler is supplied to the exhaust route control valve, the turbine housing, or the shaft and the bearing of the turbocharger.

11. The engine cooling system of claim 10 , further comprising:
a cooling bypass line through which the coolant flowed into the EGR cooler is circulated through the cylinder head bypassing the exhaust route control valve and/or the turbine housing; and
a cooling valve provided in the cooling line through which the coolant passed through the exhaust route control valve or the turbine housing is exhausted to the cylinder head.

12. The engine cooling, system of claim 9 , wherein the coolant supplied to the cooling line is supplied to the EGR cooler, and the coolant passed through the EGR cooler is supplied to the exhaust route control valve and the turbine housing or the shaft and the bearing of the turbocharger.

13. The engine cooling system of claim 12 , further comprising:
a cooling bypass line through which the coolant flowed into the EGR cooler is circulated through the cylinder head bypassing the exhaust route control valve and/or the turbine housing; and
a cooling valve provided in the cooling line through which the coolant passed through the exhaust route control valve and the turbine housing is exhausted to the cylinder head.

14. The engine cooling system of claim 9 , wherein the coolant supplied to the cooling line is supplied to the EGR cooler, the exhaust route control valve, and the turbine housing, the shaft, and the bearing of the turbocharger.

15. The engine cooling system of claim 14 , further comprising:
a cooling bypass line through which the coolant flowed into the EGR cooler is circulated through the cylinder head bypassing the exhaust route control valve and/or the turbine housing; and
a cooling valve provided in the cooling line through which the coolant passed through the exhaust route control valve and the turbine housing is exhausted to the cylinder head.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Jong Il
• Joo Nahm Roh
• Han Dong Hee
• Lim Hyun Jun
• Kim Yoon Joo

Classifications

• F02M26/28

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• F01P2060/12

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• F01P3/12

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• F01P3/02

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• F01P2060/08

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