Cooling apparatus and vehicle including the same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsTae Hee Kim, Wan Je Cho, Seong-Bin Jeong, Hyunjae Lee, Minseob Shin, Yong Woong Cha, Jae-Eun Jeong
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AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsTae Hee Kim, Wan Je Cho, Seong-Bin Jeong, Hyunjae Lee, Minseob Shin, Yong Woong Cha, Jae-Eun Jeong
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A cooling apparatus may include an electric water pump to pump coolant, a coolant channel in fluid communication with a cooling target and the electric water pump, and a thermoelectric device including a higher-temperature part and a lower-temperature part. The thermoelectric device may cool the coolant flowing into the coolant channel. The cooling apparatus may include a first heat sink disposed adjacent to the higher-temperature part, a second heat sink disposed adjacent to the coolant channel, and a cooling fan provided adjacent to the first heat sink. The cooling apparatus may include an air duct forming a first fluid line where air passes through only the first heat sink and is then discharged by operation of the cooling fan and forming a second fluid line where air passes through the first heat sink and the second heat sink and is then discharged by the operation of the cooling fan.
A cooling apparatus, comprising:
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