A heat exchange system for a vehicle includes: a heat exchange module disposed at a rear, in a length direction, of a vehicle body, formed of a plurality of plate-shaped plates including a plurality of through-holes; a radiator installed at a front, in the length direction, of the vehicle body; a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) module disposed at the rear, including an air conditioning cases that includes an evaporator, an indoor condenser, and an opening/closing door provided therein; an electric compressor; a rear driving motor disposed at the rear; an autonomous driving controller disposed at the rear; and a switching valve including a first valve installed on a first refrigerant line, a second valve installed on a second refrigerant line; and a third valve installed on a third refrigerant line.

The application provides a vehicle thermal management system, a vehicle thermal management method and a vehicle. The system includes: a flow path switching valve; a compressor, an in-cabin thermal management flow path; an out-cabin thermal management flow path; and at least one battery module thermal management flow path. A flow path switching valve of the system is used for switching the on/off and flow direction of an intake port of the compressor, an exhaust port of the compressor, the in-cabin thermal management flow path, the out-cabin thermal management flow path, and the battery module thermal management flow path.

A thermal system for a vehicle having a comprehensive cooling circuit, a refrigeration circuit, a cooling circuit, a heating circuit, and a plurality of switched states is disclosed. The cooling circuit is connected with a heat source of the vehicle. The cooling circuit has a high-voltage accumulator (HVA) circuit to which a high-voltage accumulator for supplying power to an electric drivetrain of the vehicle is connected. An ambient cooler is connected to the cooling circuit downstream of the heat source. A chiller for transferring heat from the HVA circuit into the refrigeration circuit is also connected to the refrigeration circuit. A first switched state, in which the HVA circuit downstream and upstream of the heat source is connected to the cooling circuit, can be set such that an extended HVA circuit, in which the high-voltage accumulator and the heat source are connected in series is configured.

A heat pump system for a vehicle may adjust a temperature of a battery module by use of one chiller that performs heat exchange between a refrigerant and a coolant, and improve heating efficiency by use of waste heat generated from an electrical component and the battery module, in increasing the flow rate of the refrigerant by operating the gas injection unit in the heating mode or the heating/dehumidification mode of the vehicle, thereby reducing power consumption of a compressor and maximizing heating performance.

The present disclosure relates to a gas injection type heat management system for a vehicle, which adopts a heat exchanger capable of reducing the amount of use of a separate heater during an initial heating process by using energy consumed by a compressor during a heating process using heat exchange between circulating refrigerants.

The present invention concerns a thermal management device comprising an indirect air-conditioning circuit (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising: a first refrigerant loop (A) comprising, in the direction of flow of the refrigerant, a compressor (3), a two-fluid heat exchanger (5), a first expansion device (7), a first heat exchanger (9) arranged inside a first heating, ventilation and air-conditioning device (X), a second expansion device (11), a second heat exchanger (13), and a first bypass duct (30) comprising a first stop valve (33), a first inner heat exchanger (19), a second inner heat exchanger (19′), a second bypass duct (40) comprising a third expansion device (17) arranged upstream from a first cooler (15), a third bypass duct (80) comprising a first additional heat exchanger (9′) arranged in a second heating, ventilation and air-conditioning device (Y), a second heat transfer fluid loop (B).

The present invention relates to a thermal management system including: a refrigerant circulation line including a refrigerant circulator, a first heat exchanger, a first expander and a third heat exchanger, wherein refrigerant circulates in the refrigerant circulation line; a heating line for heating the interior by circulating cooling water exchanging heat with the refrigerant through the first heat exchanger; and a cooling line for cooling heating sources by exchanging heat between the cooling water and air or exchanging heat between the cooling water and the refrigerant.

The present application relates to a thermal management system including a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, a first valve control device, a first indoor heat exchanger, a second indoor heat exchanger and a second valve control device connected by pipelines. The thermal management system includes a heating and dehumidifying mode. In the heating and dehumidifying mode, the compressor, the first indoor heat exchanger, the second valve control device, the second indoor heat exchanger, the first valve control device and the outdoor heat exchanger are in communication to form a loop. The first valve control device and the second valve control device both include a communication mode and a throttle mode. In the heating and dehumidifying mode, the second valve control device is in the throttle mode, and the first valve control device is in the throttle mode or the communication mode. In the cooling mode, the first valve control device is in the throttle mode, and the second valve control device is in the communication mode or the throttle mode.

A heat management system includes a high-temperature heat medium circuit, a low-temperature heat medium circuit, a circuit connection part, and a circuit switching part. The high-temperature heat medium circuit connects a heat medium and refrigerant heat exchanger and a heater core. The low-temperature heat medium circuit connects a radiator and a heat generation equipment. The circuit connection part connects the high-temperature heat medium circuit and the low-temperature heat medium circuit such that the heat medium can flow in and out. The heat management system is switched by the circuit switching part between an operation mode in which the heat medium heated by the heat medium and refrigerant heat exchanger is circulated through the heater core and an operation mode in which the heat medium heated by the heat generation equipment and the heat medium and refrigerant heat exchanger is circulated through the heater core.

A heat pump system for a vehicle includes a cooling apparatus including a radiator, a first water pump, a first valve, and a reservoir tank, a battery cooling apparatus including a battery coolant line connected to the reservoir tank through a second valve, a second water pump and a battery module, a chiller in a first branch line and connected to the battery coolant line through the second valve, a heating apparatus including a first connection line connected to the coolant line through a second valve, and a third water pump and a heater in the first connection line, an air conditioner including a second connection line connected to the battery coolant line through a fourth valve, and a fourth water pump and a cooler in the second connection line, and a centralized energy device connected to the first and second connection lines.