Vehicle air comfort systems and methods. The systems and methods may comprise: (1) a plurality of flow tunnels for passage of a heat-transfer fluid; (2) a thermoelectric cooler in thermal communication with the flow tunnels for thermally conditioning the heat-transfer fluid in the flow tunnels; (3) an air inlet for receiving unconditioned air; (4) a thermal exchange assembly for facilitating thermal exchange between the thermally conditioned heat-transfer fluid and the unconditioned air to result in conditioning of the air; and (5) an air outlet for outputting the conditioned air into the vehicle.

A heat exchanger arrangement, especially for a vehicle heater, includes a pot-like heat exchanger housing (12) with an inner wall (22, 24) and with an outer wall (18, 20). A heat carrier medium flow space is formed between the inner wall (22, 24) and the outer wall (18, 20). A first flow opening (54) is provided on the outer wall (18, 20) and, adjoining this, a pump housing (58) made integrally with the outer wall (18, 20) for a heat carrier medium pump is provided.

The invention relates to an electric fluid heating device (1) comprising: at least one fluid inlet (7), at least one fluid outlet (11), at least one heating element (13), at least one first temperature sensor (21) for measuring the temperature of said at least one heating element (13), and a control module (15) of the at least one heating element (13). According to the invention, the device (1) comprises at least a second temperature sensor (23) for measuring the temperature of the fluid at the at least one outlet (11), and the control module (15) comprises at least one processing means (17, 19, 35) for: using the temperature information (T.sub.21, T.sub.23) from the temperature sensors (21, 24), and for generating a command for the at least one heating element (13) according to the temperature information (T.sub.21, T.sub.23). The invention also relates to an associated heating circuit and method for managing the temperature.

An object of the present disclosure is to achieve a reduction in the space taken up by a temperature management system in an electric automobile. A temperature management system for an electric automobile includes: an air-conditioning refrigerant circuit through which a refrigerant for adjusting a temperature in a passenger compartment of the electric automobile flows; a high-voltage device refrigerant circuit through which a refrigerant for cooling a high-voltage device flows; a battery refrigerant circuit through which a refrigerant for cooling a battery flows; and a tank that stores a refrigerant, wherein the air-conditioning refrigerant circuit, the high-voltage device refrigerant circuit, and the battery refrigerant circuit are connected to the tank, and a refrigerant is supplied from the tank to the air-conditioning refrigerant circuit, the high-voltage device refrigerant circuit, and the battery refrigerant circuit.

A heating arrangement for recreational vehicles. The heating arrangement comprises a heating apparatus and a heat distribution unit. The heating apparatus comprises a heating unit configured to generate hot air. Furthermore, the heating apparatus comprises a first heat exchanging unit and a second heat exchanging unit. The first heat exchanging unit is configured for heat exchange between the hot air and a heating liquid in a heating liquid circuit. The second heat exchanging unit is configured for heat exchange between the hot air and ventilation air from an indoor room. The heat distribution unit comprises a third heat exchanging unit. The third heat exchanging unit is configured to be coupled to an external liquid supply line leading from a cold liquid supply to a hot liquid output device.

A thermal management system includes a refrigerant system, which includes a compressor, a flow control device, a valve member, a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, and a third heat exchanger. The flow control device includes a first throttle unit, a second throttle unit, and a valve assembly; the flow control device includes a first port, a second port, and a third port; a first connection port of the first heat exchanger is in communication with the second port, and a first connection port of the second heat exchanger is in communication with the third port, while a first connection port of the third heat exchanger is in communication with the first port. The thermal management system includes a first operating state and a second operating state.

A liquid to refrigerant heat exchanger includes a coolant volume that is at least partially defined by a plastic housing and by a metal closure plate. The plastic housing is sealingly joined to the closure plate along an outer periphery of the closure plate. The metal closure plate can be part of a brazed assembly that defines a continuous refrigerant flow path through the heat exchanger between a refrigerant inlet port and a refrigerant outlet port.

An electric power converter device may include first and second housings separated by a fluid-impermeable plate, at least one power electronics unit electrically connected to an electric power input and output, at least one fluid chamber fluidically connected to a fluid inlet and outlet, and at least one heater electrically connected to the electric power input and output, the fluid chamber and heater thermally coupled such that waste heat generated by the power electronics unit may be used to heat a fluid flowing through the fluid chamber. The electric power converter device may have first and second operation modes, the waste heat being increased in the second operation mode. The first housing and the plate may form a first space area in which the power electronics unit and the heater may be arranged, and the plate and the second chamber form the fluid chamber with a second space area. The power electronics unit may form a DC-to-DC converter which converts a high voltage of 400 V to a low voltage of 12 V, wherein a heating power in the range of 3 kW to 4 kW.

A thermal management method and system in a vehicle include a chiller to cause heat transfer between a coolant loop that defines a path in which a coolant circulates and a refrigerant loop that defines a path in which a refrigerant circulates. The system includes an electronic expansion valve (EXV) in the refrigerant loop to control a flow of the refrigerant into a first part of the chiller, and a coolant pump in the coolant loop to control a flow of the coolant into a second part of the chiller. A controller controls the EXV and the coolant pump based on a target amount for the heat transfer.

A vehicular heat management system is provided with a heat pump type refrigerant circulation line that cools and heats specific air conditioning regions by generating a hot air or a cold air depending on a flow direction of a refrigerant. The system includes a compressor configured to suck, compress and discharge the refrigerant, a high-pressure side heat exchanger configured to dissipate heat of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger configured to allow the refrigerant to exchange heat with an air outside the vehicle, an expansion valve configured to depressurize the refrigerant flowing out of the high-pressure side heat exchanger or the outdoor heat exchanger, and one or more low-pressure side heat exchangers configured to evaporate the depressurized refrigerant. The outdoor heat exchanger and the low-pressure side heat exchangers are connected in series or in parallel depending on an air conditioning mode.