Air conditioning apparatus and system for electric motor vehicles
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsGee Young Shin, Dae Hee Lee, Myung Hoe Kim, Dong Ho Kwon
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Abstract
An air conditioning apparatus for electric motor vehicles includes a sub-heat exchanger provided between a heat exchanger and an electric heater, and the sub-heat exchanger is moved towards the heat exchanger or the electric heater so that heat is conducted to the sub-heat exchanger depending on whether or not the heat exchanger and the electric heater are operated depending on a heating condition, thereby increasing a heat dissipation area through the sub-heat exchanger during heating and thus being capable of improving heating performance.
Claims17
An air conditioning apparatus for electric motor vehicles, comprising:
- a housing provided with an air inlet and at least one air outlet such that air is circulated through the air inlet and the at least one outlet;
- a heat exchanger and an electric heater both configured to heat the air circulated in the housing;
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- a sub-heat exchanger provided between the heat exchanger and the electric heater and configured to move between the heat exchanger and the electric heater such that heat generated by the heat exchanger and the electric heater is conducted to the sub-heat exchanger.
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