Thermal-management system for a vehicle

A thermal-management method for a vehicle comprising a thermal-management system for a vehicle comprising:

• at least one calories and/or frigories storage (S1, S2) forming a source of calories or frigories,
• at least one element of the vehicle to be heated or cooled,
• at least one additional source of calories or frigories,
• detection means adapted to detect whether calories or frigories are available at one of the said sources,
• control means able to distribute the calories or frigories available at the sources to the elements to be heated or cooled, according to transient or nominal needs,
• characterized in that it comprises prediction means capable of making at least one prediction aimed at determining:
• whether calories or frigories will be available at a later date from any of the said sources and/or,
• whether a need for calories or frigories will exist at a later date at one of the said elements to be heated or cooled,
• and in that it comprises management means capable of:
• defining a thermal need for one or more of the elements of the vehicle to be heated or cooled and/or an electrical need for one or more of the elements of the vehicle to be supplied electrically, on the basis of input data relating to the state of the elements of the vehicle to be heated or cooled, and relating to the state of the sources of calories or frigories, of a request from a user and/or of a prediction,
• defining an operating mode of the system on the basis of the said thermal need, the said electrical need and/or a prediction,
• operating the system's actuators, so as to operate the system according to the chosen operating mode;
• the method characterised in that it comprises the steps that consist in:
• making at least one prediction to determine:
• whether calories or frigories will be available at a later date from any of the said sources and/or,
• whether a need for calories or frigories will exist at a later date at one of the said elements to be heated or cooled,
• distributing the calories or frigories available at the sources to the elements to be heated or cooled, as required, in particular according to the said prediction.