Thermal energy storage system with heat pump, reduced heater core, and integrated battery cooling and heating
AssigneeVisteon Global Technologies, Inc.
InventorsLakhi Nandlal Goenka, Thomas Finn
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Abstract
A control module for a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning system includes a housing having an air flow conduit formed therein. An evaporator core is disposed in the air flow conduit, wherein at least a portion of the evaporator is configured to receive a fluid from a fluid source therein. An internal thermal energy exchanger is disposed in the air flow conduit downstream of at least a portion of the evaporator core and upstream of a blend door disposed in the air flow conduit. The internal thermal energy exchanger is configured to receive another fluid from at least another fluid source therein to provide a heating and cooling thereto.
Claims20
A heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a control module including a housing having an air flow conduit formed therein, the air flow conduit in fluid communication with a passenger compartment of the vehicle;
- an evaporator core disposed in the air flow conduit, at least a portion of the evaporator core configured to receive a first fluid from a first fluid source;
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- a thermal energy exchanger disposed in the air flow conduit downstream of the at least a portion the evaporator core, the thermal energy exchanger configured to receive a second fluid from a second fluid source and at least one of a third fluid from a third fluid source and a fourth fluid from a fourth fluid source, wherein the first fluid and the second fluid are different fluid types.
A heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a control module including a housing having an air flow conduit formed therein, the air flow conduit in fluid communication with a passenger compartment of the vehicle;
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- an evaporator core having a plurality of layers disposed in the air flow conduit, wherein at least one of the layers is configured to receive a first fluid from a first fluid source therein, and at least another one of the layers is configured to receive a second fluid from a second fluid source and at least one of a third fluid from a third fluid source and a fourth fluid from a fourth fluid source, and wherein the first fluid and the second fluid are different fluid types.
A heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system of a vehicle, comprising:
- a control module including a housing having an air flow conduit formed therein;
- an evaporator core disposed in the air flow conduit, the evaporator core configured to receive a first fluid from a first fluid source therein;
- a thermal energy exchanger disposed in the air flow conduit, the thermal energy exchanger configured to receive a second fluid from a second fluid source therein, wherein the first fluid and the second fluid are different fluid types;
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- a condenser disposed in the air flow conduit downstream of the thermal energy exchanger, wherein the condenser is configured to receive a working fluid from a heat pump system of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.