Thermal management system for electrified vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsChristian Brent Schoeneman, Michael Joseph Giunta
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Abstract
An exemplary thermal management system includes, among other things, a valve, a radiator loop configured to be connected to the valve, a power electronics loop configured to be connected to the valve, a heater loop configured to be connected to the valve, and a battery loop configured to be connected to the valve. The valve is configured to connect one or more of the radiator, power electronics, heater, and battery loops together and the valve is configured to isolate at least one of the radiator, power electronics, heater, and battery loops from any remaining loops of the radiator, power electronics, heater, and battery loops.
Claims24
A thermal management system comprising:
- a valve;
- a radiator loop configured to be connected to the valve;
- a power electronics loop configured to be connected to the valve;
- a heater loop configured to be connected to the valve;
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- a battery loop configured to be connected to the valve, wherein the valve is configured to connect one or more of the radiator loop, the power electronics loop, the heater loop, and the battery loop together and wherein the valve is configured to isolate at least one of the radiator loop, the power electronics loop, the heater loop, and the battery loop from any remaining loops of the radiator loop, the power electronics loop, the heater loop, and the battery loop.
A method comprising:
- controlling a single valve to fluidly connect one or more of a radiator loop, a power electronics loop, a heater loop, and a battery loop together;
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- controlling the single valve to isolate one or more of the radiator loop, the power electronics loop, the heater loop, and the battery loop from any remaining loops of the radiator loop, the power electronics loop, the heater loop, and the battery loop, and wherein fluid connection and isolation of the radiator loop, the power electronics loop, the heater loop, and the battery loop is determined based on a desired thermal operational condition for an electrified vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.