Heat exchanger
AssigneeAptiv Technologies AG
InventorsMichal Cieszynski, Monika Pieszka, Miroslaw Gorol, Pawel Kozak
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Abstract
A heat exchanger for a vehicle heat management system including a first cooling loop and a second cooling loop which is separate from the first cooling loop. The heat exchanger is configured to enable a thermal coupling of the first cooling loop and the second cooling loop. In a coupled condition, the first cooling loop, the second cooling loop and the heat exchanger are configured such that heat can be dissipated from one or more vehicle elements of a vehicle to the first cooling loop and can be further dissipated from the first cooling loop to the second cooling loop via the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is configured to electrically isolate the first cooling loop from the second cooling loop.
Claims16
A heat exchanger for a vehicle heat management system, the heat exchanger comprising:
- at least one first hollow flow plate configured to be connected to a first cooling loop;
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- at least one second hollow flow plate configured to be connected to a second cooling loop,
- wherein the heat exchanger is configured to thermally couple the first cooling loop and the second cooling loop such that, in a coupled condition, heat is transferable from one or more vehicle elements to the first cooling loop and from the first cooling loop to the second cooling loop via the heat exchanger,
- wherein the heat exchanger is further configured to electrically isolate the first cooling loop from the second cooling loop,
- wherein each of the at least one first hollow flow plate and the at least one second hollow flow plate comprises at least one inlet configured to allow inflow of a cooling agent and at least one outlet configured to allow outflow of the cooling agent, and
- wherein each of the at least one first hollow flow plate and the at least one second hollow flow plate has an essentially rectangular shape, with the at least one inlet and the at least one outlet arranged in diagonally opposite corners to enable an essentially diagonal flow of fluid through hollow portions thereof.
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