Thermal management device for vehicle
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorTetsuo Kozasa
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Abstract
A thermal management system for a vehicle includes a heating refrigerant circulation circuit, a heat pump cycle and a heat-discharge refrigerant circulation circuit A heating circulation section of the heating refrigerant circulation circuit, a recovery circulation section of the heat pump cycle, and a heat-discharge circulation section of the heat-discharge refrigerant circulation circuit are integrally configured as a combined heat exchanger that is capable of performing heat transfers at least between the cycle refrigerant and the heating refrigerant and between the heat-discharge refrigerant and the heating refrigerant. Furthermore, the heating refrigerant, the cycle refrigerant and the heat-discharge refrigerant are heat mediums each of which has a phase change during the heat transfer.
Claims14
A thermal management system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a heating refrigerant circulation circuit in which a heating refrigerant circulates, the heating refrigerant circulation circuit configured for the heating refrigerant to absorb exhaust heat of an in-vehicle device that generates heat during operation;
- a heat pump cycle configured for a cycle refrigerant to absorb heat from the heating refrigerant and to heat a fluid to be heat exchanged by using the absorbed heat from the heating refrigerant as a heating source;
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- a heat-discharge refrigerant circulation circuit configured for a heat-discharge refrigerant to absorb heat from the heating refrigerant, and configured to dissipate the absorbed heat from the heating refrigerant to an outside air, wherein
- the heating refrigerant circulation circuit includes a heating circulation section in which the heating refrigerant having heat-absorbed from the exhaust heat flows;
- the heat pump cycle includes a recovery circulation section in which the cycle refrigerant flows,
- the heat-discharge refrigerant circulation circuit includes a heat-discharge circulation section in which the heat-discharge refrigerant flows,
- the heating circulation section, the recovery circulation section, and the heat-discharge circulation section are integrally configured as a combined heat exchanger that is capable of performing heat transfers at least between the cycle refrigerant and the heating refrigerant and between the heat-discharge refrigerant and the heating refrigerant, and
- the heating refrigerant, the cycle refrigerant and the heat-discharge refrigerant are heat mediums each of which has a phase change during the heat transfer.
A thermal management system for the vehicle, comprising:
- a heating refrigerant circulation circuit in which a heating refrigerant circulates, the heating refrigerant circulation circuit configured for the heating refrigerant to absorb exhaust heat of an in-vehicle device that generates heat during operation;
- a heat pump cycle configured for a cycle refrigerant to absorb heat from the heating refrigerant and to heat a fluid to be heat exchanged by using the absorbed heat from the heating refrigerant as a heating source;
- a heat-discharge refrigerant circulation circuit configured for a heat-discharge refrigerant to absorb heat from the heating refrigerant, and configured to dissipate the absorbed heat from the heating refrigerant to an outside air;
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- a combined heat exchanger including a heating circulation passage in which the heating refrigerant having heat-absorbed from the exhaust heat flows, a recovery circulation passage in which the cycle refrigerant flows, and a heat-discharge circulation passage in which the heat-discharge refrigerant flows,
- wherein the heating circulation passage, the recovery circulation passage, and the heat-discharge circulation passage are arranged in the combined heat exchanger to perform heat transfers at least between the cycle refrigerant and the heating refrigerant and between the heat-discharge refrigerant and the heating refrigerant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.