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US 12,691,729 B2Granted
Heat pump system for a vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsHoyoung Jeong, Hochan An, Yeonho Kim, Gwi Taek Kim, Man Hee Park, Yeong Jun Kim, Jae Yeon Kim, Jeawan Kim
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Abstract
A heat pump system for a vehicle may efficiently adjust a temperature of a battery module by using a chiller where a refrigerant and a coolant exchange heat. Additionally, the heat pump system for a vehicle may efficiently recollect ambient air heat and waste heat of electrical components to be used for heating the vehicle interior.
Claims16
A heat pump system for a vehicle, comprising:
- an air conditioner unit including a compressor, an internal condenser, a heat-exchanger, a first expansion valve, an evaporator, and an accumulator connected via a refrigerant line through which a refrigerant flows;
- a chiller provided on a first connection line connected to the refrigerant line, and configured to adjust a temperature of a coolant by exchanging heat between the refrigerant supplied from the air conditioner unit via the refrigerant line and a coolant;
- a second expansion valve provided on the first connection line at an upstream end of the chiller;
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- a third expansion valve provided on the refrigerant line between the internal condenser and the heat-exchanger,
- wherein the air conditioner unit further includes:
- an internal heat-exchanger provided inside the accumulator and configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant selectively supplied from the internal condenser or the heat-exchanger and the refrigerant selectively supplied from the evaporator or the chiller, wherein the internal heat-exchanger is configured to supply a liquid refrigerant among the heat-exchanged refrigerant to the first expansion valve or the second expansion valve;
- a second connection line including:
- a first end connected to the refrigerant line between the internal condenser and the heat-exchanger, and a second end connected to the refrigerant line between the evaporator and the accumulator;
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- a third connection line including:
- a first end connected to the third expansion valve, and a second end connected to the refrigerant line between the heat-exchanger and the internal heat-exchanger, and
- wherein a flow of the refrigerant is controlled based on at least one mode for a temperature adjustment of a vehicle interior or for a temperature adjustment of a battery module.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.