Vehicular cooling system
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorMasashi Koshijima
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Abstract
A series-hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine for electric power generation and a motor generator for travelling. The internal combustion engine is cooled by a second coolant water circuit that has a main radiator. A first coolant water circuit having a sub radiator is used to cool a front wheel-side power train cooling part, a rear wheel-side power train cooling part, a water-cooled condenser, and a low temperature-side intercooler. When the vehicle is accelerating, an electrical compressor for an air conditioner comes to a stop, and the circulation of refrigerant to the water-cooled condenser is brought to a halt.
Claims3
A vehicular cooling system for a hybrid vehicle structured to drive a generator with an internal combustion engine including a supercharger, and travel by driving a motor section with electric power generated in the generator, the vehicular cooling system comprising:
- a water-cooled intercooler structured to cool supercharge intake air supplied to the internal combustion engine;
- a water-cooled condenser structured to cool coolant of a vehicle interior air conditioner of the hybrid vehicle, wherein the vehicle interior air conditioner includes an electric compressor;
- a first cooling-water circuit including the water-cooled intercooler and the water-cooled condenser;
- a first radiator structured to perform heat exchange between outside air and first cooling water circulating in the first cooling-water circuit;
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- a control unit configured to suspend a flow of the coolant in the water-cooled condenser by suspending the electric compressor, in response to satisfaction of a predetermined vehicle acceleration condition,
- wherein:
- the motor section includes a first motor and a second motor, wherein the first motor drives one of front wheels and rear wheels, and the second motor drives the other of the front wheels and the rear wheels;
- the first cooling-water circuit includes a second powertrain cooler structured to cool the second motor and an inverter unit joined to the second motor, wherein the second powertrain cooler is disposed upstream with respect to the water-cooled intercooler, adjacently to the water-cooled intercooler;
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- the control unit is configured to temporarily reduce an allotment of a driving force borne by the second motor, in addition to the suspension of the flow of the coolant, in response to satisfaction of the predetermined vehicle acceleration condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.