Thermal management systems and methods for a vehicle

Abstract

A thermal management system for a vehicle, the thermal management system including: a refrigerant loop including a liquid cooled condenser and a coolant chiller; a coolant loop including a hot circuit and a cold circuit; where the liquid cooled condenser and the coolant chiller of the refrigerant loop are coupled between the hot circuit and the cold circuit of the coolant loop; a first multi-way valve assembly coupling a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system including a first heat exchanger/heater and a second heat exchanger/cooler to the hot circuit and the cold circuit of the coolant loop; a second multi-way valve assembly coupling a battery system, an electric drive (ED) system, and an ambient heat exchanger to the hot circuit and the cold circuit of the coolant loop; and third multi-way valve assembly coupling the battery system, the electric drive system, and the ambient heat exchanger to one another.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.