A thermal management module is provided. The module includes a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, a first flange located between the first heat exchanger and second heat exchanger, in which there are fluid channels connecting the first heat exchanger to the second heat exchanger for fluid exchange, and a first receiver for a first valve assembly, a second flange on the first heat exchanger or second heat exchanger, which has a second receiver for a second valve assembly. This results in a compact structure and a means of supplying fluid to the first heat exchanger and second heat exchanger from different directions.

A thermal management module is provided that results in significantly improved collision behavior. The thermal management model includes a first module part, a second module part, a mount that has a first mount part and second mount part, the first module part is attached to the first mount part, and the second module part is attached to the second mount part, the two module parts are connected to one another for fluid exchange by connecting lines, the mount is designed such that it breaks apart between the first mount part and second mount part when subjected to the effects of a predefined force.

A vehicle having a heating and cooling system includes a refrigerant loop having first and second heat exchangers, a compressor, and an expansion device, and a coolant loop. The coolant loop is connected, in one embodiment, to allow a first flow of coolant to be directed through each of a plurality of heat exchangers and an auxiliary coolant loop and to allow a second flow of coolant to be directed through each of the plurality of heat exchangers and the auxiliary coolant loop dependent upon a mode of operation. A control module controls the first and second flows of coolant dependent upon the mode of operation. In one other embodiment, the coolant loop includes first and second manifolds and reservoirs with regulating sending and receiving ports for directing the first and second flows. The auxiliary coolant loop is for heating/cooling one or more components, such as a battery, dependent upon the mode of operation.

An air conditioning system (100) for a vehicle and a vehicle having same are provided. The air conditioning system (100) includes: a compressor (1), including a compressor inlet (12) and a compressor outlet (12); a first plate heat exchanger (2), including a pair of first inlet (21) and first outlet (22), and a pair of second inlet (23) and second outlet (24); a heat radiator (3), connected between the second inlet (23) and the second outlet (24), disposed inside the vehicle; a second plate heat exchanger (71), including a pair of third inlet (711) and third outlet (712), and a pair of fourth inlet (713) and fourth outlet (714), and disposed downstream of the first plate heat exchanger (2); an external air heat exchanger (72), disposed outside of the vehicle, connected between the fourth inlet (713) and the fourth outlet (714); a first throttle control assembly (5), disposed between the first outlet (22) and the third inlet (711); and an internal refrigeration assembly (9), disposed between the compressor inlet (11) and the third outlet (712). And provided a vehicle comprising the air conditioning system (100). The air conditioning system (100) for the vehicle solves some problems existing in the prior art and caused by the direction switching of the refrigerant, such as a cooling or heating delay of, and a poor comfort, and also, the air conditioning system (100) for the vehicle shows a low power consumption.

A heat pump system for a motor vehicle comprises at least two heat exchangers 10, 12, through which, for heating and/or cooling the motor vehicle interior, a flow is conducted, and at least two coolant circulations 14, 16 separable from one another, of which at least one is connectable, independently of the other coolant circulation, with one, two or more heat exchangers 10, 12 such that through these, in the presence of a connection with two or more heat exchangers 10, 12, a flow is successively conducted and the other coolant circulation is connectable with at least one heat exchanger 10, 12.

A climate control system that includes a sensor configured to collect sensor signals from an interior of an enclosure and a climate control module configured to determine, based on the sensor signals, whether an air quality parameter is above or below an air quality threshold. When the air quality parameter is below the air quality threshold, the climate control system is configured to draw air from an exterior of the enclosure through a first filter and into the interior of the enclosure and draw the air from the interior of the enclosure through a second filter and return the air to the interior of the enclosure.

A temperature adjusting device includes a heat radiation portion and a refrigeration cycle device. The heat radiation portion radiates heat of a target object to outside air. The refrigeration cycle device has a condenser and an evaporator. The condenser condenses a high-pressure refrigerant discharged from a compressor that compresses and discharges a refrigerant. The evaporator evaporates a low-pressure refrigerant pressure-reduced in a pressure reducing portion that reduces a pressure of the high-pressure refrigerant. The condenser radiates heat of the high-pressure refrigerant to at least part of the outside air that has passed through the heat radiation portion. The heat radiation portion radiates the heat of the target object to the outside air before heat of the outside air is absorbed in the condenser.

The invention relates to a heat-producing unit intended to be fitted to a motor vehicle, the heat-producing unit including at least a heat-transport fluid circuit and a refrigerant-fluid circuit and having a plurality of components selected from at least one refrigerant compression member, a refrigerant expansion member and at least one heat exchanger configured to exchange heat energy between the refrigerant fluid and the heat-transport fluid. The heat-producing unit includes at least one fluid interface intended to connect the heat-transport fluid circuit to an installation external to the heat-producing unit. The heat-producing unit includes a thermal and acoustic insulation device.

A thermal management system for a vehicle may be selectively controlled to supply heat from any one of a plurality of different heat sources, to any one of a plurality of different heat sinks. The heat sources may include: an internal combustion engine, a cylinder head, an exhaust gas heat recovery system, an exhaust gas recirculation system, or a turbocharging system. The heat sinks may include: the internal combustion engine, the cylinder heat, an engine oil cooler, a transmission oil cooler, and a heating core. Each of an engine oil cooler control valve, a transmission oil cooler control valve, a heating core control valve, an engine block control valve, a cylinder head control valve, a bypass control valve, and a heat transfer control valve are controlled to effectuate a desired operating mode for the thermal management system.

A waste heat utilization system may include an air conditioning circuit for air conditioning a vehicle interior of the electric vehicle, wherein a working medium may circulate in the air conditioning circuit, which may have arranged therein a compressor for compressing the working medium, a condenser for condensing the working medium, and an evaporator for evaporating the working medium. The system may also include a cooling circuit for cooling at least one of the electric motor and the battery, wherein a coolant may circulate in the cooling circuit, which may have arranged therein the electric motor in a first branch and the battery in a second branch fluidically connected in parallel with the first branch, a first heat exchanger for discharging heat from the coolant into surroundings of the waste heat utilization system, a first delivery device for driving the coolant in the cooling circuit, a first chiller via which heat may be transferrable from the first branch into the air conditioning circuit, and a second chiller via which heat may be transferrable from the second branch into the air conditioning circuit. The system may further include a heating circuit, in which a heating medium circulates, and in which a second delivery device for driving the heating medium and a second heat exchanger for giving off heat from the heating medium into the vehicle interior may be arranged. The condense may be an indirect heat exchanger via which heat is transferrable from the air conditioning circuit into the heating circuit.