Hybrid intercooler system and control method thereof
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorDang-Hee Park
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Abstract
A hybrid intercooler system is provided and includes an air cooler that is configured to exchange heat with exterior air passing through an outer wall of a plurality of compressed intake air paths to cool a compressed intake air passing through the inside of the compressed intake air paths. Further, a water cooler is configured to exchange heat between a water cooler coolant enclosing the outer wall of the compressed intake air paths and the compressed intake air which is cooled in the air cooler. The water cooler includes a water cooler coolant tank that encloses the compressed intake air paths.
Claims13
A hybrid intercooler system, comprising:
- an air cooler configured to exchange heat with exterior air passing through an outer wall of a plurality of compressed intake air paths to cool a compressed intake air passing through the inside of the compressed intake air paths;
- a water cooler configured to exchange heat between a water cooler coolant enclosing the outer wall of the compressed intake air paths and the compressed intake air cooled in the air cooler, wherein the water cooler includes a water cooler coolant tank that encloses the compressed intake air paths;
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- a bypass line configured to be branched from a receiver drier, pass through the water cooler coolant tank, and communicate with a condensation line that connects a compressor and an air-conditioner condenser.
A control method of a hybrid intercooler system, including an air cooler configured to exchange heat with exterior air passing through an outer wall of a plurality of compressed intake air paths to cool a compressed intake air passing through the inside of the compressed intake air paths;
- a water cooler configured to exchange heat between a water cooler coolant enclosing the outer wall of the compressed intake air paths and the compressed intake air cooled in the air cooler wherein the water cooler includes a water cooler coolant tank that encloses the compressed intake air paths;
- a bypass line configured to be branched from a receiver drier, pass through the water cooler coolant tank, and communicate with a condensation line that connects a compressor and an air-conditioner condenser;
- a bypass valve installed on the bypass line to open or close the bypass line;
- and a water cooler coolant circulation pump installed on the bypass line at a back part of the bypass valve to exhaust an air-conditioner coolant in the bypass line to the condensation line, the method comprising:
- measuring, by a controller, a temperature of an intake air at an outlet of the hybrid intercooler system using a sensor;
- determining, by the controller, whether the measured temperature of the intake air is greater than a preset reference temperature;
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- opening, by the controller, the bypass valve and operating the water cooler coolant circulation pump when the measured temperature of the intake air is greater than the preset reference temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.