Thermal management of vehicle systems using thermal energy storage on the vehicle
AssigneeThe University of Birmingham
InventorsYulong Ding, Hui Cao, Yanqi Zhao, Binjian Nie
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Abstract
Disclosed is a vehicle charging station (1) comprising a first reservoir (5) arranged to contain a first charging fluid and a charging fluid delivery system (3) arranged to deliver at least part of the first charging fluid (5) into a heat exchange relationship with a vehicle thermal energy storage material (108) of a vehicle (100) selectively connected to the vehicle charging station (1), thereby charging the vehicle thermal energy storage material (108) by changing its temperature and/or phase and/or chemistry.
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A vehicle charging station comprising a first reservoir arranged to contain a first charging fluid and a charging fluid delivery system arranged to deliver at least part of the first charging fluid into a heat exchange relationship with a vehicle thermal energy storage material of a vehicle selectively connected to the vehicle charging station, thereby charging the vehicle thermal energy storage material by changing at least one of its temperature, phase, or chemistry such that upon disconnection, a vehicle fluid is selectively circulatable around a loop from the vehicle thermal energy storage material to one or more vehicle systems.
A vehicle comprising a thermal management system, the thermal management system comprising a vehicle thermal energy storage material and being arranged to place the vehicle thermal energy storage material and a first charging fluid of a vehicle charging station selectively connected with the vehicle into a heat exchange relationship with each other, the first charging fluid thereby charging the vehicle thermal energy storage material by changing at least one of its temperature, phase, or chemistry and where the thermal management system further comprises a loop from the vehicle thermal energy storage material to one or more vehicle systems arranged to circulate a vehicle fluid upon disconnection.
A vehicle charging method comprising charging a vehicle thermal energy storage material of a vehicle selectively connected to a vehicle charging station by delivering at least part of a first charging fluid contained in the vehicle charging station into a heat exchange relationship with the vehicle thermal energy storage material, thereby changing at least one of the temperature, phase, or chemistry of the vehicle thermal energy storage material disconnecting and selectively circulating a vehicle fluid around a loop from the vehicle thermal energy storage material to one or more vehicle systems.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.