A thermal management system includes a refrigerant loop, a battery coolant loop, and a motor coolant loop. The refrigerant loop includes a compressor selectively communicating with at least two of a condenser, an evaporator, and a heat exchanger. The battery coolant loop includes a first bypass path connected to the heat exchanger. The motor coolant loop includes a second bypass path connected to the radiator. A valve package includes ten outer ports and eight inner channels. Three outer ports connect to the heat exchanger, one of which being connected to the first bypass path. Two outer ports connect to the power supply system. Two outer ports connect to the powertrain system. Three outer ports connect to the radiator, one of which being connected to the second bypass path. Eight of the ten outer ports selectively communicate with four of the eight inner channels.

A motor-vehicle includes one or more electrically-operated valves, arranged on the structure of the motor-vehicle in a lower position with respect to the windows, for providing a communication between a passenger compartment and the external environment, and one or more electronic control units programmed to activate a ventilation mode of the passenger compartment when the motor-vehicle is parked with the engine off, even with the driver outside the vehicle. The ventilation mode includes controlling at least partial opening of one or more windows and the opening of one or more of the valves to generate a flow of natural air from the bottom upwards through the passenger compartment of the motor-vehicle.

The present disclosure provides a cooling system for a vehicle including: a first cooling device including a first radiator and a first water pump connected by a first coolant line; a second cooling device including a second radiator and a second water pump connected by a second coolant line; a battery module provided in the second coolant line; a coolant connection line selectively connected to the first coolant line through a first valve; a battery module provided in the second coolant line; an autonomous driving controller provided on the coolant connection line; and at least one chiller connected to each of the first coolant line and the second coolant line. Temperatures of the battery module and the autonomous driving controller may be adjusted by the first coolant or the second coolant passing through the at least one chiller.

A cooling system for a vehicle including a coolant loop configured to exchange heat with a battery. The coolant loop includes a proportional valve for directing a coolant from the battery to at least one of a first chiller and a second chiller. The cooling system for a vehicle also includes a first refrigerant loop comprising the first chiller. The first chiller is configured to exchange heat between the first refrigerant loop and the coolant loop. The cooling system for a vehicle also includes a second refrigerant loop comprising the second chiller. The second chiller is configured to exchange heat between the second refrigerant loop and the coolant loop.

Vehicle platforms and thermal management systems, subsystems, and components for use therewith are described. Thermal management architectures and systems incorporate thermal management cycles for one or more of drive train, energy storage and passenger cabin systems. Thermal manage architectures are provided such that the flow of heating and cooling fluids through such thermal management cycles may be combined in various configurations. Systems having thermal management cycles for drive train (e.g., motor, transmission, etc.) and energy storage (e.g., battery) that may be operated through a combined heating/cooling fluid loop are also provided. Embodiments are also directed to systems having thermal management cycles for the HVAC that is fluidly isolated, but thermally coupled to one or both of the drivetrain and energy storage components. Heating/cooling loops for these thermal management cycles may be functionally linked through one or more valves such that the fluid flow through such cycles may be combined together, isolated from each other or mixed in various desired configurations.

The invention relates to a refrigerant circuit (1), in particular for use in a vehicle, preferably a motor vehicle, comprising: an air conditioning compressor (2), a main condenser (4), at least one connectable condenser (5), and a switching means (3) which is designed to connect one or more of the switchable condensers (5) to the refrigerant circuit (1), wherein a pressure equalising means (6) is configured to equalise an internal pressure of the at least one connectable condenser (5) with an internal pressure of the main condenser (4).

A cooling and battery cooling mode is performed to release the heat from the refrigerant in a heat releasing unit and an outdoor heat exchanger and to absorb the heat into the refrigerant in a heat absorbing unit and a refrigerant-heat medium heat exchanger, and a heating and battery cooling mode is performed to release the heat from the refrigerant in the heat releasing unit and to absorb the heat into the refrigerant in the outdoor heat exchanger and the in-vehicle device heat exchanger. In a case where the cooling and battery cooling mode is performed, when a temperature of the heat absorbing unit is lower than a target value of the temperature of the heat absorbing unit even though the flowing of the refrigerant into the heat absorbing unit is blocked, the operation mode is moved to the heating and battery cooling mode.

A transportation refrigeration unit (TRU) system is provided and includes a damper assembly configured to direct air flows through first or second pathways and an evaporator disposed in the first pathway, a coil element surrounded by phase change material (PCM) and disposed in the second pathway and a routing assembly configured to direct refrigerant through the evaporator or the coil element. With the PCM pre-cooled, the damper and routing assemblies are controllable to respectively direct the air flows through the first pathway and the refrigerant through the evaporator when first conditions are met and to respectively direct the air flows through the second pathway when second conditions are met.

A vehicle air conditioning system includes: air conditioners provided to respectively correspond to air conditioning zones; and a cooler that cools a target equipment mounted on a vehicle. The cooler includes a cooling circuit through which a heat medium for exchanging heat with the target equipment flows. Of the plurality of air conditioners, the air conditioner that air-conditions a door side zone is a door side air conditioner and the air conditioner that air-conditions a panel side zone is a panel side air conditioner. An amount of heat absorbed from the heat medium during equipment temperature control, in which cooling of the interior and temperature control of the target equipment are respectively performed by the plurality of air conditioners, is smaller in the panel side air conditioner than in the door side air conditioner.

A temperature management system for a vehicle is disclosed. The temperature management system includes a refrigerant circuit and a heat transfer fluid loop. The refrigerant circuit includes a compression device, an expansion member, a first heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant and an air flow external to a vehicle interior, a second heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant and the heat transfer fluid circulating in the loop, and a fourth heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant and an air flow inside the vehicle interior. The the heat transfer fluid loop includes, on a main line, the second heat exchanger and a primary radiator configured to exchange heat between the air flow external to the vehicle interior and the heat transfer fluid.