Thermal management system
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTomoaki Suzuki
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Abstract
A thermal management system includes: a first flow path, a second flow path, a third flow path, and a fourth flow path; an electrical storage device configured to exchange heat with a heat medium in the first flow path; a drive device configured to exchange heat with a heat medium in the second flow path; a radiator provided on the third flow path; a chiller device provided on the fourth flow path; and a switching device configured to switch a connection state between the first to the fourth flow path. The switching device is configured to provide a heating circuit. The heating circuit is a flow path circuit in which a connection flow path connecting the first flow path, the third flow path, and the fourth flow path and the second flow path are disconnected from and independent of each other.
Claims9
A thermal management system provided in 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 the flow path;
- 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 generate a driving force;
- a radiator provided on the third flow path;
- a chiller device provided on the fourth flow path;
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- a switching device configured to switch a connection state between the first flow path, the second flow path, the third flow path, and the fourth flow path, wherein:
- the switching device is configured to provide a heating circuit when performing heating of the electrical storage device by a current flowing through the electrical storage device;
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- the heating circuit is a flow path circuit in which a connection flow path and the second flow path are disconnected from and independent of each other, and the connection flow path connects the first flow path, the third flow path, and the fourth flow path.
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