Air conditioning and humidity control system for mobility vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsJong Won Kim, Sang Shin Lee
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Abstract
An air-conditioning and humidity control system for a mobility vehicle that includes a cold air generating part configured to cool air by allowing the air to exchange heat with a refrigerant, a warm air generating part configured to heat air by allowing the air to exchange heat with the refrigerant, a moisture capturing part configured to capture condensate water generated by the heat exchange in the cold air generating part, and a moisture providing part configured to selectively transfer the condensate water captured by the moisture capturing part to the warm air generating part.
Claims9
An air-conditioning and humidity control system for a mobility vehicle, the air-conditioning and humidity control system comprising:
- a refrigerant circuit comprising a compressor, an internal condenser, an external condenser, an expander, and an evaporator, wherein the refrigerant circuit is configured to allow a refrigerant to circulate therethrough;
- a coolant circuit comprising a heat exchanger, a first coolant line, a second coolant line, and a valve unit;
- wherein the coolant circuit is configured to allow a coolant to circulate therethrough and the heat exchanger is configured to allow the refrigerant to circulate through the refrigerant circuit and the coolant to exchange heat with the refrigerant;
- wherein the first coolant line comprises a battery;
- wherein the second coolant line comprises an electrical component;
- wherein the first coolant line and the second coolant line are connected to the heat exchanger;
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- wherein the valve unit is configured to change a flow direction of the coolant that exchanges heat with the heat exchanger;
- a moisture capturing part configured to capture condensate water generated when the evaporator absorbs heat;
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- a moisture providing part configured to selectively transfer the condensate water captured by the moisture capturing part to the internal condenser.
A vehicle comprising a vehicle interior and an air-conditioning and humidity control system coupled to the vehicle interior, wherein the air-conditioning and humidity control system for a mobility vehicle, the air-conditioning and humidity control system comprising:
- a refrigerant circuit comprising a compressor, an internal condenser, an external condenser, an expander, and an evaporator, wherein the refrigerant circuit is configured to allow a refrigerant to circulate therethrough;
- a coolant circuit comprising a heat exchanger, a first coolant line, a second coolant line, and a valve unit;
- wherein the coolant circuit is configured to allow a coolant to circulate therethrough and the heat exchanger is configured to allow the refrigerant to circulate through the refrigerant circuit and the coolant to exchange heat with the refrigerant;
- wherein the first coolant line comprises a battery;
- wherein the second coolant line comprises an electrical component;
- wherein the first coolant line and the second coolant line are connected to the heat exchanger;
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- wherein the valve unit is configured to change a flow direction of the coolant that exchanges heat with the heat exchanger;
- a moisture capturing part configured to capture condensate water generated when the evaporator absorbs heat;
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- a moisture providing part configured to selectively transfer the condensate water captured by the moisture capturing part to the internal condenser.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.