A thermal management system having a battery and an electric motor, the temperature of both of which is to be controlled, wherein the electric motor is oil-cooled. The thermal management system has a monitoring system for monitoring an oil flow generated by an oil pump, in an oil cooling circuit including the electric motor. The monitoring system in this case has a first pressure sensor at a first point of the oil cooling circuit and a second pressure sensor at a second point of the oil cooling circuit and/or a speed sensor assigned to the oil pump. Also proposed is a vehicle having a thermal management system of this type.

Systems, apparatuses, and methods for an enhanced heat pump are provided. An example embodiment includes a housing, the housing having a particular number of connection ports, each connection port being connected to a component of the electric vehicle, and the connection ports being configured to pass fluid; and a stemshell positioned within the housing, the stemshell comprising a plurality of channels, wherein at least a portion of the channels are in fluidic connection with the connection ports, wherein the stemshell is configured to rotate within the housing, and wherein rotation causes adjustment of the connection ports correspond which correspond to the channels.

An embodiment integrated thermal management module for a vehicle includes a gas-liquid separator having an internal space configured to accommodate a first refrigerant that is introduced from an evaporator, the gas-liquid separator being configured to supply to a compressor a portion of the first refrigerant that is in a gas state in the internal space, and a refrigerant heat exchanger provided on a refrigerant inlet side of the gas-liquid separator, the refrigerant heat exchanger being configured to exchange heat of the first refrigerant discharged from the evaporator with heat of a second refrigerant having a flow path between a condenser and an expansion valve before the first refrigerant is introduced into the internal space of the gas-liquid separator.

A condenser for a vehicle includes an integrally formed receiver-drier and a plurality of stacked plates. The condenser may be used in an air conditioning having an expansion valve expanding liquid refrigerant, an evaporator evaporating the refrigerant expanded at the expansion valve through heat-exchange with air, and a compressor receiving from the evaporator and compressing gaseous refrigerant, may be provided between the compressor and the expansion valve, and may circulate coolant supplied from a radiator so as to condense the refrigerant supplied from the compressor through heat-exchange with the coolant and the refrigerant.

A first outward passage and a second outward passage are branched from a branch portion to guide refrigerants to a first evaporator and a second evaporator, respectively. In the second outward passage with a longer refrigerant flow path of the first and second outward passages, a second decompressor is disposed closer to the branch portion rather than the second evaporator in the second outward passage. Further, a part of the second outward passage located on the downstream side of the refrigerant flow with respect to the second decompressor is defined by an inner pipe of a double pipe, and a part of a second return passage is defined by an outer pipe of the double pipe.

A thermal management system for controlling the temperature in a cabin and an energy storage system of an electric vehicle including a vehicle component is provided. The system provides for a heat exchanger arranged to heat the energy storage system, a heater for heating the cabin and the heat exchanger, a first valve arranged to receive a fluid that has been used for cooling the vehicle component, and to provide fluid to the heater, a temperature sensor arranged to measure the temperature of the fluid entering the first valve, a second valve receiving the fluid from the heater and having a first outlet in fluid communication with the cabin, and a second outlet in fluid communication with the heat exchanger, and a control unit.

An injection-type heat exchange module includes an outer tank connected to an external condenser or an indoor condenser and a lower chamber connected to an evaporator and a compressor, an inner tank disposed so as to exchange heat with a refrigerant in the outer tank and connected to the compressor, the evaporator, or a lower portion of the outer tank, a first valve disposed at an upper end of the inner tank, a second valve rotatably coupled to a lower end of the inner tank, and an actuator connected to the first valve and the second valve to simultaneously rotate the same. The first and second valves are configured to permit flow of, expand, or block the flow of the refrigerant by rotation thereof.

An embodiment heat exchanger includes a first flow path through which a refrigerant discharged from a condenser and drawn into an expansion valve flows and a second flow path through which the refrigerant discharged from a vapor-liquid separator and drawn into a compressor flows, wherein the heat exchanger is configured to perform a heat exchange between the refrigerant flowing through the first flow path and the refrigerant flowing through the second flow path.

A refrigerant circulating apparatus for a vehicle, includes at least one heat exchanger configured to heat-exchange a refrigerant; at least one valve provided to selectively flow the refrigerant to the at least one heat exchanger; and a refrigerant distribution unit having a first surface on which the at least one heat exchanger and the at least one valve are provided and a second surface on which at least one flow path through which the refrigerant circulates through the at least one heat exchanger and the at least one valve is provided.

An internal heat exchanger (IHX) assembly for use in a vehicle includes at least three plates joined together to form two or more separate compartments or channels and at least one flat structure on an external surface of the IHX assembly. One compartment or channel contains a high pressure fluid and the other compartment or channel contains a low pressure fluid. The compartment or channel containing the high pressure fluid is in thermal communication with the compartment or channel containing the low pressure fluid, such that heat is transferred from the high pressure fluid to the low pressure fluid. The IHX assembly acts as a structural member in the vehicle upon which one or more refrigerant components are mounted onto the flat structure.