Thermal management system
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTomoaki Suzuki
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Abstract
A thermal management system includes: an electrical storage device configured to exchange heat with a first flow path; a drive device configured to exchange heat with a second flow path; a radiator provided on a third flow path; a chiller device provided on a fourth flow path; and a switching device. In the thermal management system, during heating control for the electrical storage device, the switching device are controlled so that a connection flow path connecting the first flow path and the fourth flow path is formed and that the connection flow path, the second flow path, and the third flow path are disconnected from and independent of each other.
Claims9
A thermal management system mounted on an electrical apparatus, the thermal management system comprising:
- a first flow path, a second flow path, a third flow path, and a fourth flow path, each configured to allow a heat medium to flow through;
- an electrical storage device configured to exchange heat with the heat medium in the first flow path;
- a drive device configured to exchange heat with the heat medium in the second flow path and to supply a driving force to the electrical apparatus;
- a radiator provided on the third flow path;
- a chiller device provided on the fourth flow path;
- a switching device configured to switch a connection state among the first flow path, the second flow path, the third flow path, and the fourth flow path, wherein the switching device is configured to form a heating circuit when heating the electrical storage device by causing a current to flow through the electrical storage device, the heating circuit being a flow path circuit in which a connection flow path connecting the first flow path and the fourth flow path is formed;
- and the connection flow path, the second flow path, and the third flow path are disconnected from and independent of each other, and
- the first flow path, the second flow path, the third flow path, and the fourth flow path are independently controlled by the switching device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.