Thermal management system and flow control device
AssigneeHangzhou Sanhua Research Institute Co., Ltd.
InventorYongxiang Tan
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Abstract
A thermal management system includes a refrigerant system, which includes a compressor, a flow control device, a valve member, a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, and a third heat exchanger. The flow control device includes a first throttle unit, a second throttle unit, and a valve assembly; the flow control device includes a first port, a second port, and a third port; a first connection port of the first heat exchanger is in communication with the second port, and a first connection port of the second heat exchanger is in communication with the third port, while a first connection port of the third heat exchanger is in communication with the first port. The thermal management system includes a first operating state and a second operating state.
Claims20
A thermal management system, comprising:
- a flow control device,
- wherein the flow control device comprises a first throttling unit, a second throttling unit and a valve component,
- wherein the flow control device comprises a first end port, a second end port and a third end port;
- wherein a first connecting port of the second throttling unit and a first connecting port of the valve component are both communicable with the first end port of the flow control device, a second connecting port of the second throttling unit and a second connecting port of the valve component are both communicable with the second end port of the flow control device, a third connecting port of the valve component is communicable with a first connecting port of the first throttling unit, and a second connecting port of the first throttling unit is communicable with the third end port of the flow control device;
- wherein the thermal management system further comprises a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger and a third heat exchanger, the first end port of the flow control device is in communication with a first connecting port of the third heat exchanger, the second end port of the flow control device is in communication with a first connecting port of the first heat exchanger, and the third end port of the flow control device is in communication with a first connecting port of the second heat exchanger;
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- wherein the thermal management system comprises a first working state and a second working state, a refrigerant in the heat management system flows into the first end port of the flow control device from the first connecting port of the third heat exchanger in the first working state of the thermal management system, the refrigerant in the thermal management system flows into the second end port of the flow control device from the first connecting port of the first heat exchanger in the second working state, and the refrigerant in the thermal management system flows out of the flow control device through the third end port in the first working state and the second working state of the thermal management system.
A flow control device, comprising:
- a first throttling unit,
- a second throttling unit, and
- a valve component;
- wherein the flow control device comprises a first end port, a second end port, and a third end port, the first throttling unit and the second throttling unit both comprises two connecting ports, and the valve component comprises a first connecting port, a second connecting port, a third connecting port;
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- wherein the first connecting port of the second throttling unit is in communication with the first end port of the flow control device, the second connecting port of the second throttling unit is in communication with the second end port of the flow control device, the first connecting port of the valve component is in communication with the first end port of the flow control device, the second connecting port of the valve component is in communication with the second end port of the flow control device, the third connecting port of the valve component is in communication with the first connecting port of the first throttling unit, and the second connecting port of the first throttling unit is in communication with the third end port of the flow control device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.