Device for the thermal management of a cabin and of a drivetrain of a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9855815-B2
Application number	US-201314380397-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 11, 2013
Priority date	Feb 24, 2012
Publication date	Jan 2, 2018
Grant date	Jan 2, 2018

Abstract

A device ( 1 ) for the thermal management of a vehicle cabin and of at least one electric component ( 13 ) of an electric drivetrain of said vehicle includes a heat-transfer fluid circuit ( 3 ) through which there flows a heat-transfer fluid. The device ( 1 ) also includes at least —a first heat-transfer fluid loop ( 4 ) made up of at least a first pump ( 7 ), a heat source and an internal heat exchanger ( 9 ) able to heat the cabin, and —a second heat-transfer fluid loop ( 5 ) in parallel with the first loop ( 4 ) and interconnected therewith by a first interconnection device ( 6 ). The second loop ( 5 ) including at least a first exchanger ( 11 ) of the electric component ( 13 ), characterized in that the heat source is able to heat the heat-transfer fluid circulating in the first heat-transfer fluid loop ( 4 ) and/or in the second heat-transfer fluid loop ( 5 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device ( 1 ) for the thermal conditioning of a vehicle passenger compartment and part of at least one electrical component ( 13 ) of an electric power train of a vehicle, comprising a heat transfer fluid circuit ( 3 ) through which a heat transfer fluid passes and comprising at least:
a first heat transfer fluid loop ( 4 ) made up of at least a first pump ( 7 ), a heat source and an internal heat exchanger ( 9 ) capable of heating the vehicle passenger compartment; and
a second heat transfer fluid loop ( 5 ) parallel to the first loop ( 4 ) and interconnected therewith by a first interconnection device ( 6 ), the second loop ( 5 ) comprising a first exchanger ( 11 ) of the electrical component ( 13 ),
the heat source capable of heating the heat transfer fluid that circulates in the first heat transfer fluid loop ( 4 ) and in the second heat transfer fluid loop ( 5 ), wherein the heat source is installed in the first heat transfer fluid loop ( 4 ) immediately upstream of the first interconnection device ( 6 ) such that the first heat transfer fluid loop ( 4 ) is configured to allow the heat transfer fluid to flow from the heat source directly to the first interconnection device ( 6 ) during operation.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the heat source is an electric heat source ( 8 ).

3. The device according to claim 1 , comprising a coolant circuit ( 2 ), through which a coolant passes, the coolant circuit ( 2 ) comprising at least a compressor ( 18 ) and an evaporator ( 25 ).

4. The device according to claim 3 , comprising a first fluid/fluid heat exchanger ( 10 ) installed in the coolant circuit ( 2 ) and in the first heat transfer fluid loop ( 4 ).

5. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the first fluid/fluid heat exchanger ( 10 ) is arranged to produce a thermal exchange between the heat transfer fluid circulating in the first heat transfer fluid loop ( 4 ) and the coolant circulating in the coolant circuit ( 2 ).

6. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the first fluid/fluid heat exchanger ( 10 ) is located in the first heat transfer fluid loop ( 4 ) between an outlet of the first pump ( 7 ) and an inlet of the electric heat source ( 8 ).

7. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the first fluid/fluid heat exchanger ( 10 ) is located in the coolant circuit ( 2 ) immediately downstream of an outlet of the compressor ( 18 ).

8. The device according to claim 4 , comprising a second fluid/fluid heat exchanger ( 15 ) installed in the coolant circuit ( 2 ) and in the second heat transfer fluid loop ( 5 ).

9. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the second fluid/fluid heat exchanger ( 15 ) is arranged to produce a thermal exchange between the heat transfer fluid circulating in the second heat transfer fluid loop ( 5 ) and the coolant circulating in the coolant circuit ( 2 ).

10. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the second fluid/fluid heat exchanger ( 15 ) is installed in a branch ( 16 ) of the second loop ( 5 ) parallel to a portion of the second loop ( 5 ) that comprises the first exchanger ( 11 ) of the electrical component ( 13 ).

11. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the coolant circuit ( 2 ) comprises a central branch ( 21 ) containing the first fluid/fluid heat exchanger ( 10 ), a first lateral branch ( 22 ) containing the second fluid/fluid heat exchanger ( 15 ) and a second lateral branch ( 23 ) containing the evaporator ( 25 ), the central branch ( 21 ), the first lateral branch ( 22 ) and the second lateral branch ( 23 ) being parallel to each other.

12. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the second heat transfer fluid loop ( 5 ) comprises a second pump ( 12 ) installed upstream of the first exchanger ( 11 ) of the electrical component ( 13 ) and parallel to a branch ( 16 ) containing the second fluid/fluid heat exchanger ( 15 ).

13. The device according to claim 12 , wherein the branch ( 16 ) is connected to a portion of the second loop ( 5 ), the portion of the second loop comprising the first exchanger ( 11 ) of the electrical component ( 13 ) by a second interconnection device ( 17 ).

14. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a third heat transfer fluid loop ( 30 ) is provided parallel to the second heat transfer fluid loop ( 5 ), the third heat transfer fluid loop ( 30 ) comprising at least a second electrical component exchanger ( 32 ) of the electric power train.

15. The device according to claim 14 , wherein the third heat transfer fluid loop ( 30 ) comprises a first sector ( 33 ), in which at least the second electrical component exchanger ( 32 ) and a third pump ( 34 ) are installed in series, and a second sector ( 35 ) comprising a first radiator ( 36 ), the first sector ( 33 ) being parallel to the second sector ( 35 ) and connected thereto by a third interconnection device ( 37 ).

16. The device according to claim 14 , wherein a fourth heat transfer fluid loop ( 31 ) is provided parallel to the first heat transfer fluid loop ( 4 ), said fourth loop ( 31 ) comprising at least one cooling circuit of an internal combustion engine ( 41 ).

17. The device according to claim 16 , wherein the fourth heat transfer fluid loop ( 31 ) comprises a first portion ( 40 ) in which the cooling circuit of the internal combustion engine ( 41 ) and a fourth pump ( 42 ) are installed in series, and a second portion ( 43 ) comprising a second radiator ( 44 ), the second portion ( 43 ) being parallel to the first portion ( 40 ) and connected thereto by a fourth interconnection device ( 45 ).

Assignees

• Valeo Systemes Thermiques

Inventors

• Saab Samer
• Aoun Bernard

Classifications

• B60H1/2221

  arrangements of electric heaters for heating an intermediate liquid (B60H1/034 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60H2001/00307

  Component temperature regulation using a liquid flow · CPC title

• B60H1/2215

  the heat being derived from electric heaters · CPC title

• B60H1/00385

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

• B60H1/3222

  characterised by the compressor driving arrangements, e.g. clutches, transmissions or multiple drives (B60H1/3208, B60H1/3226 take precedence) · CPC title