A heating device for heating fluids, such as water or a liquid coolant, for application in electric or hybrid vehicles, where the absence of an internal combustion engine or its shorter time of use requires using heating devices for heating either the passenger compartment or other parts of the vehicle that require it. The heating device is provided with a configuration which limits the temperature to the temperature at which heat exchange occurs between the heat generation source and the liquid to be heated, such that the liquid does not generate precipitates, prolonging the service life of the device.

A multi-environment integrative thermal management method for a fuel cell vehicle is provided. The method can ensure the accuracy and the stability of the control for a temperature of a fuel cell system of the fuel cell vehicle in a complicated and changeable environment, decrease the energy consumption of the entire vehicle, and increase the economical efficiency of the entire vehicle.

Disclosed in an embodiment is a fluid heater including a main body including a partitioning part having a plate shape and a flow passage forming part forming a flow passage on the other surface of the partitioning part, a heating plate disposed on the flow passage forming part and having a plate shape and including a heating pattern having a shape corresponding to the flow passage, a circuit board disposed on one surface of the partitioning part and configured to control the heating pattern to generate heat, and a bus bar electrically connecting the heating pattern and the circuit board, wherein the flow passage forming part includes a turning vane disposed in a curved flow passage of the flow passage.

A heat pump system for the vehicle includes a cooling apparatus, which includes a radiator and a water pump connected by a coolant line and circulating a coolant in the coolant line to cool at least one heating element provided on the coolant line. The heat pump system further includes a branched line including one end connected to a valve on the coolant line between the radiator and the heating element and the other end connected to the coolant line between the radiator and the water pump. The heat pump system further includes an air conditioner device circulating a refrigerant along the refrigerant line to adjust an indoor temperature of the vehicle.

A method is described for operating a refrigeration system having a heat pump function for motor vehicle, including the following steps: setting a heat pump operation, in which the refrigerant is routed from the refrigerant compressor into the secondary line; setting an expansion valve assigned to the third heat exchanger such that a total mass flow of refrigerant flows through the third heat exchanger; detecting the temperature of the coolant in the third heat exchanger. The total mass flow of refrigerant is routed through the third heat exchanger when the temperature of the coolant is greater than an upper limiting temperature.

A vehicle temperature control system, for electric motor-powered vehicles or hybrid vehicles, includes a heater (18), which can be operated electrically or/and with fuel, with a first heat exchanger device (16) for transferring heat provided in the heater (18) to a first heat carrier medium provided in a first heat carrier medium circuit (12). An operating material tank (20) holds a liquid operating material (24). A second heat exchanger device (26) provides heat transfer between the first heat carrier medium provided in the first heat carrier medium circuit (12) and energy storage material (36) contained in the operating material tank (20). A third heat exchanger device (38) provides heat transfer between the first heat carrier medium provided in the first heat carrier medium circuit (12) and a second heat carrier medium provided in a second heat carrier medium circuit (40).

A heat pump system for the vehicle includes a cooling apparatus, which includes a radiator and a water pump connected by a coolant line and circulating a coolant in the coolant line to cool at least one heating element provided on the coolant line. The heat pump system further includes a branched line including one end connected to a valve on the coolant line between the radiator and the heating element and the other end connected to the coolant line between the radiator and the water pump. The heat pump system further includes an air conditioner device circulating a refrigerant along the refrigerant line to adjust an indoor temperature of the vehicle.

A vehicle warm-up control apparatus includes: a motor; an inverter; an electric storage device; a boost converter connected to a low-voltage-side power line and a high-voltage-side power liner; and a control unit for controlling the inverter and the boost converter, the boost converter including a first switching device as an upper arm, a second switching device as a lower arm, and a reactor. Further, the second switching device is composed of a semiconductor device variable in resistance value, and when warm-up is requested, the control unit executes warm-up control to set the resistance value of the second switching device higher than the resistance value during operation when the warm-up is not requested, and supply heat generated in the second switching device by passing current through the second switching device to a device for which the warm-up is requested.

A motor vehicle, especially an electrically operated motor vehicle, having a heating fluid circuit by which a heating fluid, especially water, can be taken to at least one component of the motor vehicle which is to be heated, and a heating device to heat the heating fluid, wherein the heating device comprises a basic component mounted in the motor vehicle, comprising a heating duct, which is part of the heating fluid circuit, and electrical connectors, which are connected to an onboard network of the motor vehicle, wherein the basic component comprises multiple interfaces for heating modules configured separately from the basic component, each of them comprising a current connection to the power supply of the respective heating module and being adapted to hold the respective heating module, while at least one of the interfaces is occupied by a heating module the operation of which provides heat for heating the heating fluid carried through the heating duct.

The present invention relates to a coolant heater. The purpose of the present invention, a coolant heater which effectively heats coolant of a vehicle by means of a heating unit, is to provide a coolant heater having improved sensitivity and responsiveness to over-heating and assured stability by utilizing a temperature fuse to prevent over-heating. Another purpose of the present invention is to provide a coolant heater having enhanced durability of the temperature fuse coupling part by improving the structure by which the temperature fuse is fixed.