Back to results
US 2026/0084488 A1Published application
Heat pump system for a vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsJeawan Kim, Hochan An, Yeonho Kim, Hoyoung Jeong, Man Hee Park, Yeong Jun Kim, Jae Yeon Kim, Gwi Taek Kim
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A heat pump system for a vehicle may include an ejector configured to increase the pressure of the introduced refrigerant and discharge the refrigerant with the increased pressure to increase the pressure and flow amount of the refrigerant, thereby being capable of decreasing the refrigerant load of the compressor by reducing the compression ratio of the compressor, and reducing the cooling load and improving the cooling performance.
Claims14
A heat pump system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant;
- a vehicle interior condenser connected to the compressor through a refrigerant line;
- a heat-exchanger connected to the vehicle interior condenser through the refrigerant line, and configured to condense or evaporate the refrigerant by heat-exchanging the supplied refrigerant with an ambient air;
- a first expansion valve connected to the heat-exchanger through the refrigerant line;
- an evaporator connected to the first expansion valve through the refrigerant line, and configured to evaporate the refrigerant by heat-exchanging the supplied refrigerant with the ambient air;
- a first connection line having a first end connected to the refrigerant line at a downstream end of the evaporator, and having a second end connected to the refrigerant line between the heat-exchanger and the first expansion valve;
- a chiller disposed on the first connection line, the chiller configured to adjust a temperature of the coolant by heat-exchanging the refrigerant introduced into the first connection line with a selectively introduced coolant;
- a second expansion valve disposed on the first connection line at an upstream end of the chiller;
- an ejector disposed on the refrigerant line between the evaporator and the compressor, the ejector configured to discharge the refrigerant at a pressure greater than a pressure of the introduced refrigerant;
- and
- a second connection line having a first end connected to the ejector, and having a second end connected to the refrigerant line between the heat-exchanger and the first expansion valve.
8 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.