Provided is a downsizable valve unit. A valve unit 1 includes a valve case 4 including a valve case main body 4A where a thermo valve 2 is housed and a valve seat 4Aa which a valve body 2b unseats from and seats on is formed, and a sleeve 4B formed protruding outward from the valve case main body 4A; a sub-flow path R2 formed to include a cooling water storage chamber S formed inside the sleeve 4B, a lead-out passage 4Ae communicating the upstream side of the valve seat 4Aa in the valve case main body 4A with the cooling water storage chamber S, and a lead-in passage 4Af communicating the downstream side of the valve seat 4Aa in the valve case main body 4A with the cooling water storage chamber S; and a sub-valve 3 attached to a sleeve 4B to open and close a sub-flow path R2.

A heat management system of the present invention comprises: a coolant heater for heating coolant; a first coolant pump which is connected to a coolant inlet or a coolant outlet of the coolant heater to pump the coolant and is coupled to the coolant heater; and a second coolant pump which is connected to a battery side to pump the coolant and is coupled to the coolant heater, wherein the coolant heater, the first coolant pump, and the second coolant pump are arranged in an engine room of a vehicle. Thus, a loss of coolant pressure can be reduced in a pipe which connects components constituting a coolant system of the vehicle, such that the performance of the system is improved and noise and vibration in the interior of the vehicle may be reduced.

An engine cooling system is provided, which includes a water jacket through which coolant flows, a heat exchanger that cools the coolant, a first bypass passage that bypasses the heat exchanger and recirculates the coolant to the water jacket, a radiator passage that recirculates the coolant to the water jacket via the heat exchanger, and a flow control device that is installed at a location where a coolant passage branches into the first bypass passage and the radiator passage and performs a water flow control to adjust a coolant amount flowing into the water jacket by adjusting a coolant amount flowing through the first bypass passage. A thermally-actuated valve connected with the radiator passage via a second bypass passage is provided to the first bypass passage, and when this valve opens, the coolant flowing through the first bypass passage flows into the radiator passage through the second bypass passage.

A heat management system of the present invention comprises: a coolant heater for heating coolant; a first coolant pump which is connected to a coolant inlet or a coolant outlet of the coolant heater to pump the coolant and is coupled to the coolant heater; and a second coolant pump which is connected to a battery side to pump the coolant and is coupled to the coolant heater, wherein the coolant heater, the first coolant pump, and the second coolant pump are arranged in an engine room of a vehicle. Thus, a loss of coolant pressure can be reduced in a pipe which connects components constituting a coolant system of the vehicle, such that the performance of the system is improved and noise and vibration in the interior of the vehicle may be reduced.

A vehicle thermal management system is disclosed comprising a first and a second coolant circuit each comprising a coolant pump. The first coolant circuit comprises a coolant duct configured to conduct coolant flow through a portion of the first coolant circuit, and an expansion tank connected to the coolant duct. The system further comprises a first connecting conduit connecting the second coolant circuit to the coolant duct, and valve controllable between a first state in which the valve hinders flow of fluid through the first connecting conduit, and a second state in which the valve allows flow of fluid through the first connecting conduit. The present disclosure further relates to a vehicle comprising a vehicle thermal management system.

Models that employ both measurable engine parameters as well as predictable engine parameters may be used to determine when a thermostat is malfunctioning before the thermostat malfunction results in an engine breakdown. Particular models may be used to provide an estimated coolant temperature and an estimated thermostat position. The estimated coolant temperature can be compared to an actual measured engine coolant temperature. The estimated thermostat position can be evaluated with respect to what the thermostat position should be given a particular engine coolant temperature. In some cases, comparison between a healthy model and a faulty model may be used to ascertain thermostat health.

A housing has a housing main body and an outlet port. The housing main body includes a cylindrical housing inner wall that defines an internal space therein. The outlet port fluidly connects the internal space and an outside of the housing main body to each other. The valve has a valve body rotatable about an rotation axis along a rotation axis of the cylindrical housing inner wall. The valve is configured to selectively open and close the outlet port depending on a rotation position of the valve. The housing inner wall is formed such that a distance between the housing inner wall and the axis of the housing inner wall varies in a circumferential direction.

An engine cooling system is provided, which includes a water jacket through which coolant flows, a heat exchanger that cools the coolant, a bypass passage that bypasses the heat exchanger and recirculates the coolant to the water jacket, a first radiator passage that recirculates the coolant to the water jacket via the heat exchanger, a flow control device installed at a location where a coolant passage branches into the bypass passage and the first radiator passage, a second radiator passage that bypasses the flow control device and is connected to the first radiator passage, and a thermally-actuated valve installed in the second radiator passage. The flow control device performs a water flow control to adjust a coolant amount flowing into the water jacket by adjusting a coolant amount flowing through the bypass passage. The coolant flows into the first radiator passage through the second radiator passage, when the valve opens.

An engine cooling device includes a heater circulation passage including an exhaust-side channel and a heater channel, the exhaust-side channel extending through an exhaust port-side portion of a cylinder head, the heater channel extending through a heater core; an auxiliary device circulation passage including a main channel and an auxiliary device channel, the main channel extending through a portion of the cylinder head other than the exhaust port-side portion, the auxiliary device channel extending through an auxiliary device; a temperature detecting portion configured to detect a temperature of an engine; and a channel switching valve configured to perform connection between the main channel and the auxiliary device channel and connection between the heater circulation passage and the auxiliary device circulation passage depending on the detected temperature falling within one of three temperature ranges.

A split cooling system of an internal combustion engine may include a water pump configured to circulate cooling water; a cylinder head and a cylinder block configured to be supplied with the cooling water from the water pump; an integrated flow control valve configured to include an inlet provided to be supplied with the cooling water of the cylinder head and a plurality of valves that are configured to be opened or closed to distribute the cooling water introduced through the inlet to an oil heat exchanger, a heater core, and a radiator; and a split cooler configured to be mounted at the cylinder block to provide a split cooling channel in the cylinder block and the cylinder header.