Method from the thermal conditioning of an internal combustion engine and/or of a passenger compartment of a vehicle, and vehicle
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsPeter SATZGER, Felix SCHEDEL
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Abstract
Thermal conditioning of a combustion engine of a vehicle is achieved by means of a fluid circuit or a sub-circuit of the fluid circuit and/or the air flowing into a passenger compartment of the vehicle by means of a heat pump circuit. In at least one operational state of the vehicle, heat is transferred from the fluid circuit or the sub-circuit of the fluid circuit to the heat pump circuit.
Claims19
A method for the thermal conditioning of a combustion engine of a vehicle using a fluid circuit or a sub-circuit of the fluid circuit and/or air flowing into a passenger compartment of the vehicle by means of a heat pump circuit,
- wherein, in at least one operational state of the vehicle, heat is transferred from the fluid circuit or the sub-circuit of the fluid circuit to the heat pump circuit.
A vehicle comprising:
- a combustion engine;
- a fluid circuit that is provided for cooling and/or preheating the combustion engine;
- and
- a heat pump circuit, wherein at least one heat exchanger is provided via which the fluid circuit or a sub-circuit of the fluid circuit is thermally coupled with the heat pump circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.