A thermal management system and method for a vehicle includes a cooling system having a variable cooling capacity and which is connectable to a heat-producing system of the vehicle. A control system is configured to increase the cooling capacity of the cooling system to a first predetermined level in response to the at least one input indicating an increase in the future heat load of the heat-producing system when a temperature of the cooling system is at least a predetermined temperature and the cooling system is operating below the first predetermined level. The control system is also configured to inhibit increasing the cooling capacity of the cooling system to the first predetermined level in response to the at least one input indicating an increase in the future heat load of the heat-producing system when the temperature of the cooling system is less than the predetermined temperature.

A method is disclosed for improving fuel economy in an internal combustion engine. The method may involve sensing a temperature of an engine block and determining a block thermal energy representing an ability of the block to reject heat. An open loop control scheme may be used together with the block thermal energy to predict if a coolant in the block is about to enter a boiling condition and, when this is about to occur, to open a block valve to permit a flow of coolant through the block. A closed loop control scheme may be used together with the sensed temperature of the block to determine if a coolant boiling condition is about to occur, and to control the block valve to permit a flow of coolant through the block which is just sufficient to prevent the onset of coolant boiling in the block.

Methods and systems are provided for selectively re-cooling intake air downstream of a charge air cooler. In one example, a system may include a cylinder head defining a plurality of cylinders, the cylinder head including a plurality of inlet ports each fluidically coupled to a respective cylinder, a refrigerant supply, and a refrigerant passage surrounding each inlet port and fluidically coupled to the refrigerant supply, the refrigerant passage shaped to correspond to an outer profile of each inlet port.

Methods and systems are provided for selectively re-cooling intake air downstream of a charge air cooler. In one example, a system may include a cylinder head defining a plurality of cylinders, the cylinder head including a plurality of inlet ports each fluidically coupled to a respective cylinder, a refrigerant supply, and a refrigerant passage surrounding each inlet port and fluidically coupled to the refrigerant supply, the refrigerant passage shaped to correspond to an outer profile of each inlet port.

The influenced of condensed water on an EGR device is alleviated. A device (100) that controls a cooling system including adjusting means for being able to adjust a circulation amount of coolant in a first flow passage, including an engine cooling flow passage, an EGR cooling flow passage and a radiator flow passage, and a second flow passage, including the engine cooling flow passage, the EGR cooling flow passage and a bypass flow passage and not including the radiator flow passage, includes: measuring means for measuring a temperature of the coolant; limiting means for limiting circulation of the coolant at starting an internal combustion engine; and control means for circulating the coolant preferentially through the second flow passage via control over the adjusting means based on the measured temperature in a period in which circulation of the coolant is limited.

A system and method of thermal management for an engine are provided. The system includes an engine, an electrical water pump, and a controller. The controller has a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which is recorded instructions. Executing the recorded instructions causes the processor to continuously monitor the temperature of the cylinder head and the temperature of the coolant. If the monitored temperatures of the cylinder head and the coolant are below predetermined thresholds, the processor executes a first control action, in which the pump remains off and the coolant remains stagnant. If either of the monitored temperatures of the cylinder head or coolant reaches the respective predetermined threshold, the controller initiates a second control action, which requires the controller to signal the pump to turn on and circulate coolant. The controller then determines the desired operating speed of the electrical water pump based on engine load.

An aircraft hydraulic thermal management system utilizes fuel to cool hydraulic fluid by means of a heat exchanger. A hydraulic pump includes a case drain flow of hydraulic fluid at a first temperature to drive a hydraulic motor; the hydraulic motor circulates hydraulic fluid to a reservoir at a second temperature. The heat exchanger is positioned remotely of the fuel tank, and has first and second channels positioned in thermal communication to transfer heat from the hydraulic fluid to the fuel. The hydraulic motor is mechanically coupled to the fuel pump; the hydraulic motor, driven by case drain flow through the first channel, thus operates the fuel pump to move fuel through the second channel. The thermal management system is configured to assure that a) the hydraulic pump circulates hydraulic fluid to the reservoir at the second temperature, and b) the second temperature is always lower than the first temperature.

A thermal management control valve includes a housing assembly having a first housing section and a second housing section, a rotary actuator coupled to a drive shaft, and a louver plate assembly. The louver plate assembly includes a louver plate, a first seal plate, and a second seal plate. The louver plate is coupled to the drive shaft so that rotation of the drive shaft is configured to selectively move the louver plate along a louver direction between a first position and a second position. The first seal plate includes one or more first seal plate slots that are elongated in a direction that is generally parallel to the louver direction, and the second seal plate includes one or more first seal plate slots that are elongated in a direction that is generally perpendicular to the louver direction.

An engine cooling device includes: a block lower portion that is a lower portion of a cylinder block; a block upper portion that is an upper portion of the cylinder block; a cylinder head of the engine; an exhaust cooling portion that cools an exhaust gas of the engine; a radiator that dissipates heat of a coolant; a first path that bypasses the radiator to cause the coolant to circulate through the block lower portion, the block upper portion, the cylinder head, and the exhaust cooling portion; a second path that bypasses the block lower portion to cause the coolant to circulate through the radiator, the block upper portion, the cylinder head, and the exhaust cooling portion; and a flow rate control mechanism that increases a flow rate of the coolant flowing through the second path with respect to a flow rate of the coolant flowing through the first path.

Transmission device between an engine and a fan comprises an input device, configured to be driven in rotation by the engine, and an output device, configured to be linked to the fan so as to drive the fan in rotation. Advantageously, the transmission device also comprises a first clutch, which is linked to the output device, a second clutch, which is linked to the input device, a shaft, which connects mechanically the first clutch to the second clutch, and an electric motor, which is arranged on the shaft between the first clutch and the second clutch. The first clutch and the second clutch are switchable, between their respective open and closed states, independently from each other.