Cooling arrangement for at least one battery in a vehicle
AssigneeScania CV AB
InventorsAlexei Tsychkov, Magnus Kolasa
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Abstract
A cooler arrangement for at least one battery (8) in a vehicle (1) includes a cooling circuit (12a-f) with a circulating cooling medium, a circulator (13) to circulate the cooling medium in the cooling circuit (12a-f), and a cooling region (A) where the cooling medium cools the battery (8). The cooler arrangement includes a container (10) with an enclosed internal space (11), in which the battery (8) and the cooling circuit (12a-f) with the circulating cooling medium are situated, and the container (10) includes a heat release region (B) where cooling medium is intended to release heat to surrounding air.
Claims10
A cooler arrangement for at least one battery in a vehicle, which arrangement comprises:
- a cooling circuit for containing circulating cooling medium;
- a circulation device configured and operable for circulating the cooling medium in the cooling circuit;
- a cooling region where the cooling medium cools the battery;
- a container defining an enclosed internal space in which the battery and the cooling circuit with the circulating cooling medium are situated;
- the container comprises a heat release region where the cooling medium releases heat to surrounding air;
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- an air duct for surrounding air and in which the air comes into contact with an external surface of the heat release region outside the internal space, and a flow device providing a forced air flow through the air duct .
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