Cooling system
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYuichi Ohno, Kazuhide Uchida, Yoshiaki Kawakami
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Abstract
A three-way valve switches between flow of refrigerant from a heat exchanger toward a cooling portion via a gas-liquid separator and flow of refrigerant from a heat exchanger toward the cooling portion via the gas-liquid separator. A refrigerant line provides fluid communication between the heat exchanger and the gas-liquid separator. A refrigerant line provides fluid communication between the heat exchanger and the gas-liquid separator. A selector valve switches between flow of refrigerant from the cooling portion toward the heat exchanger via a refrigerant line and flow of refrigerant from the cooling portion toward the heat exchanger via a refrigerant line.
Claims6
A cooling system cooling a heat generating source, comprising:
- a compressor configured to compress refrigerant circulating in the cooling system;
- a first heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant and outside air;
- a second heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant and outside air;
- a first decompressor configured to decompress the refrigerant;
- a third heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant and air-conditioning air;
- a reservoir configured to store the refrigerant in a liquid phase, the refrigerant being condensed in the first heat exchanger or the second heat exchanger;
- a cooling portion configured to cool the heat generating source using the refrigerant in a liquid phase;
- a first selector valve configured to switch between flow of the refrigerant from the first heat exchanger toward the cooling portion via the reservoir and flow of the refrigerant from the second heat exchanger toward the cooling portion via the reservoir;
- a first line providing fluid communication between the first heat exchanger and the reservoir;
- a second line providing fluid communication between the second heat exchanger and the reservoir;
- a third line, the refrigerant in a liquid phase flowing from the reservoir toward the cooling portion through the third line;
- a first flow regulating valve provided in the first line, the first flow regulating valve being configured to adjust a flow rate of the refrigerant flowing through the cooling portion;
- a second flow regulating valve provided in the second line, the second flow regulating valve being configured to adjust the flow rate of the refrigerant flowing through the cooling portion;
- a fourth line providing fluid communication between an outlet side of the cooling portion and the first line between the first heat exchanger and the first flow regulating valve;
- a fifth line providing fluid communication between the outlet side of the cooling portion and the second line between the second heat exchanger and the second flow regulating valve;
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- a second selector valve configured to switch between flow of the refrigerant from the cooling portion toward the first heat exchanger via the fourth line and flow of the refrigerant from the cooling portion toward the second heat exchanger via the fifth line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.