It is proposed a thermal management system for a fuel cell vehicle comprising: a first cooling circuit filled with a first coolant, having at least a first pump, a second cooling circuit filled with a second coolant, having at least a second pump, a third cooling circuit filled with a third coolant, having at least a third pump, wherein the first, second and third cooling circuits are fluidically independent from one another, wherein there is provided at least a selective heat exchanger arrangement, for selectively coupling thermally the third cooling circuit with the first cooling circuit and/or with the second cooling circuit, under predefined conditions.

A thermal management system for a vehicle includes a cooling device including a radiator, at least one electrical component, and first and second water pumps that are connected to a coolant line, the cooling device configured to circulate coolant through the coolant line so that the coolant is supplied to the at least one electrical component; and first and second oil coolers connected to cool at least one driving motor and supplied with the coolant from the cooling device, where the second oil cooler is provided on the coolant line, and the first oil cooler is disposed in parallel with the second oil cooler provided on the coolant line through a parallel line provided on the coolant line.

A method for controlling air conditioning of a vehicle includes: determining whether an air conditioning control entry condition for battery cooling wind backseat backflow compensation is satisfied from environment information collected from the vehicle; starting air conditioning control for the battery cooling wind backseat backflow compensation if it is determined that the entry condition is satisfied; determining a compensation value corresponding to a current operating level of a battery cooling fan when the air conditioning control for the battery cooling wind backseat backflow compensation is started; compensating for a current control variable value of an air conditioning device component using the determined compensation value; and performing an air conditioning operation for compensation in accordance with a backflow of a battery cooling wind having cooled a battery toward a backseat by controlling a state of the air conditioning device component in accordance with the compensated control variable value.

An indoor heating line is arranged to pass through a heater core for a coolant heater and indoor air conditioning, and is provided with a first pump so that coolant can flow. A battery heating line is branched from a downstream point of the heater core and connected to an upstream point of the coolant heater after passing through a battery heat exchange part for temperature-raising a high voltage battery, where the battery heating line includes a first heat exchange flow passage that connects a downstream point of the heater core to a first side of the battery heat exchange part, and a second heat exchange flow passage that connects a second side thereof and an upstream point of the coolant heater, where the first heat exchange flow passage and the second heat exchange flow passage are configured to mutually exchange heat.

A heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a vehicle having a rechargeable energy storage system includes a refrigerant circuit having a flow of refrigerant circulated therethrough. The refrigerant circuit includes a compressor, an internal condenser, and a chiller heat exchanger. A coolant circuit is fluidly connected to the refrigerant circuit and has a flow of coolant circulated therethrough. The coolant circuit includes the internal condenser, a heater core, and a rechargeable energy storage system (RESS). The refrigerant circuit and the coolant circuit exchange thermal energy at the internal condenser. When operated in an HVAC operating mode, the HVAC system is configured to heat one or more of the heater core and the RESS with thermal energy generated at the compressor.

A heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a vehicle having a rechargeable energy storage system includes a refrigerant circuit having a flow of refrigerant circulated therethrough. The refrigerant circuit includes a compressor, an internal condenser, and a chiller heat exchanger. A coolant circuit is fluidly connected to the refrigerant circuit and has a flow of coolant circulated therethrough. The coolant circuit includes the chiller heat exchanger, the internal condenser, a heater core, a rechargeable energy storage system (RESS), and a three-way coolant valve to selectably direct the flow of coolant through the RESS and/or along a bypass passage to bypass the RESS.

An integrated controller can be equipped with an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) of a vehicle. The integrated controller includes a printed circuit board, a housing of a heat dissipation fin structure positioned to surround the at least one printed circuit board, a thermal grease provided on a surface of the printed circuit board and on a surface of the housing, and a bolt fastening portion connecting the printed circuit board to the housing.

A vehicle includes an engine, a generator driven by the engine to generate an electric power, and a high-voltage battery charged with the electric power. An air heating in a vehicle interior is implemented by waste heat of the engine through which a heat medium is circulated and heated, and an air heating in the vehicle interior is implemented by a heat pump device consuming the electric power of the electric storage device. A hybrid ECU performs air conditioning control, and includes a determination device that determines whether to implement the air heating by the waste heat or the air heating by the heat pump device based on an engine body temperature, and a heating control device that selectively implements the air heating by the waste heat and the air heating by the heat pump device based on a determination result of the determination device.

A system includes heat generating components in a vehicle and a coolant flow path connected to the heat generating components. The system includes a coolant pump that circulates coolant through the coolant flow path and a reversing mechanism that reverses a direction of circulation of coolant.

The disclosure relates to a battery pack with a function of discharging venting gas and a control system for the same, in which air for cooling is allowed to flow during a normal state, and venting gas generated in a battery cell during thermal runaway is discharged outward from a vehicle but prevented from flowing back to a vehicle interior.

The battery pack with a function of discharging venting gas includes an outlet duct including a channel selectively set to discharge air that returns from cooling a battery cell to an interior of a vehicle, or discharge venting gas that is generated due to thermal runaway of the battery cell to an outside of the vehicle; a switching wall provided inside the outlet duct, and setting a channel inside the outlet duct; and an actuator actuating the switching wall to discharge the venting gas to the outside of the vehicle when the thermal runaway occurs in the battery cell.