Hanon Systems

Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Corporation

Doowon Climate Control Co., Ltd.

Kia Motors Corporation

Halla Visteon Climate Control Corporation

Hyundai Motor Gompany

Hae Jun Lee

Sung Je Lee

Jae Yeon Kim

Seong Hun Kim

Yong Nam Ahn

In Guk Hwang

Yeonho Kim

Man Hee Park

Yeong Jun Kim

Hochan An

Yun Jin Kim

Beom Seok Joo

Jeawan Kim

Hoyoung Jeong

Moo Joong Kim

Jun Young Choi

Hyeong Kyu Jin

Wan Je Cho

Sang Min Lee

Yong Jun Jee

Jae Chun Ryu

Jeong Hoon Lee

Gwi Taek Kim

Se Min Lee

Tae Young Park

DongWook Lee

Jae Won Jeong

Eun Gi Min

Won Suk Lee

Jae Hoon Kim

Dong Woo Hwang

SungJe Lee

Soon-Jong Lee

Daehui Lee

Mingyu Lee

Seong Wan Jeong

A heat pump system for a vehicle cools or heats the vehicle interior by using a natural refrigerant, and efficiently adjusts the temperature of a battery module by using a single chiller that exchanges heat between refrigerant and coolant.

Heat pump system for a vehicle

A refrigerant circulating apparatus of a vehicle includes a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant, at least one heat-exchanger configured to exchange with the refrigerant, at least one valve configured to selectively provide the refrigerant to the at least one heat-exchanger, a bracket that supports the compressor, and a fluid line plate that is coupled to the bracket and disposed adjacent to the at least one heat-exchanger and the at least one valve. The fluid line plate includes a plurality of fluid lines defined inside the fluid line plate and configured to provide the refrigerant to the at least one heat-exchanger based on operation of the at least one valve.

Refrigerant circulating apparatus of vehicle

A vehicle thermal management system including a heating heat exchanger which exchanges heat with air within an air-conditioning case to heat the air, and a cooling heat exchanger which exchanges heat with air to cool the air; a refrigerant line circulating through a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and a chiller; a first coolant line that passes through the heating heat exchanger and exchanges heat with the condenser of the refrigerant line; a second coolant line that passes through the cooling heat exchanger and exchanges heat with the chiller of the refrigerant line; a radiator that exchanges heat between the coolant and outside air; a third coolant line that passes through the radiator and exchanges heat with a battery of a vehicle; and a mixing tank provided to mix the coolant of the first coolant line, the second coolant line, and the third coolant line.

Thermal management system for vehicle

A heat pump system for a vehicle is configured to perform cooling or heating of the vehicle interior by using a natural refrigerant, and efficiently adjust the temperature of the battery module by using a single chiller that heat-exchanges refrigerant and coolant.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a vehicle heat pump system including a compressor configured to compress and circulate a refrigerant, a condenser configured to condense the compressed refrigerant, a first expansion valve configured to expand the condensed refrigerant, an evaporator configured to evaporate the refrigerant expanded by the first expansion valve by allowing the refrigerant to exchange heat with a coolant, a cabin cooler configured to cool a vehicle interior by allowing the coolant having passed through the evaporator to exchange heat with air, and a radiator configured to allow the coolant for cooling an electrical component to exchange heat with outside air, in which the coolant having passed through the radiator flows into the evaporator in a heating mode.

Vehicle heat pump system

An embodiment heat pump system for a vehicle includes an air conditioner unit and a chiller. The air conditioner unit includes a compressor, first through third heat-exchangers, a first expansion valve, and an evaporator interconnected by a refrigerant line for circulating a refrigerant through the refrigerant line, and the chiller is connected to the refrigerant line through a first connection line for adjusting a temperature of a coolant by heat-exchanging the refrigerant with the coolant. The air conditioner unit further includes a second expansion valve on the first connection line upstream of the chiller, a first valve on the refrigerant line between the first and second heat-exchangers, a third expansion valve on the refrigerant line between the first valve and the second heat-exchanger, a second valve on the refrigerant line between the evaporator and the compressor, and a fourth expansion valve on a second connection line.

Heat pump system for vehicle

The present invention provides a vapor injection module including a first expansion means having an inlet port into which a refrigerant is introduced, and first line and second line connected to the inlet port so that the introduced refrigerant flows therethrough, the first expansion means being disposed at a connection portion between the first line and the second line and configured to control a flow direction of the refrigerant and whether to expand the refrigerant depending on an air conditioning mode, a gas-liquid separator connected to the first line and configured to separate the introduced refrigerant into a liquid refrigerant and a gaseous refrigerant, a second expansion means connected to a movement passage through which the liquid refrigerant separated in the gas-liquid separator flows, the second expansion means being configured to expand the introduced refrigerant, and a first outlet port connected to the second line and the second expansion means.

Vapor injection module and heat pump system using same

A vapor injection module may include an expansion valve configured to allow a condensed refrigerant to pass therethrough or expand a condensed refrigerant in accordance with an air conditioning mode, and a gas-liquid separator configured to receive the refrigerant from the expansion valve and separate the refrigerant into a gaseous refrigerant and a liquid refrigerant, in which the expansion valve has a plurality of expansion regions and performs operations of allowing the refrigerant to pass therethrough, performing first-stage expansion on the refrigerant, or performing second-stage expansion on the refrigerant in accordance with arrangement positions of the expansion regions.

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.

Thermal management system

A vehicular air conditioning system includes: a heat pump side refrigerant circulation line including a compressor, a water-cooled heat exchanger, a heat pump mode expansion valve, an air-cooled heat exchanger, an air conditioner mode expansion valve and an evaporator, the heat pump side refrigerant circulation line configured to generate cold energy in the evaporator in an air conditioner mode and to generate heat in the water-cooled heat exchanger in a heat pump mode, the air-cooled heat exchanger configured to allow a refrigerant to exchange heat with an ambient air in the air conditioner mode and the heat pump mode; and a heat exchange air switching part configured to switch the type of the air heat-exchanged in the air-cooled heat exchanger depending on the air conditioner mode or the heat pump mode.

Vehicular air conditioning system and method for controlling the same

The present invention relates to a vehicle thermal management system which comprises multiple means of thermal management for electronic components (electronic units) for an autonomous vehicle and allows for efficient interworking between the multiple means. The vehicle thermal management system, which is a system for cooling electronic components required for the autonomous driving of a vehicle, is configured to cool electronic components by applying at least two systems among a first system for cooling the electronic components through the cooling structure thereof, a second system for cooling the electronic components by using a refrigerant cycle for air-conditioning a vehicle interior, and a third system for cooling the electronic components by using a separate refrigerant or a coolant cycle.

Disclosed is a thermal management system for a vehicle including: a refrigerant circulation line including a refrigerant loop having a compressor, a water-cooling condenser, a first expander, an air-cooling condenser, a second expander and an evaporator, and a third expander and a chiller which are connected with the second expander and the evaporator in parallel in order to circulate refrigerant; a cooling line in which a radiator exchanging heat with the air to cool coolant, an electronic part, the chiller and a battery are connected in parallel and in which the coolant flows; and a heating line which circulates the coolant heated by exchanging heat with the refrigerant in the water-cooling condenser to heat the interior, and which is connected with the cooling line or blocked from the cooling line according to heating and cooling modes.

The present invention relates to a heat pump system for a vehicle which can enhance heating performance of a plug-in hybrid vehicle by heating engine coolant necessary for heating using a refrigerant cycle. The heat pump system for a vehicle includes: an evaporator disposed inside an air-conditioning case to exchange heat between air and refrigerant; a heater core disposed inside the air-conditioning case to exchange heat between air and coolant; a first coolant line connecting an engine with the heater core so that the coolant is circulated; a first refrigerant circulation loop which circulates a compressor for compressing and discharging the refrigerant, an air-cooled condenser for exchanging heat between the refrigerant and air, a first expansion means for expanding the refrigerant, and the evaporator in a cooling mode; and a second refrigerant circulation loop which circulates the compressor, a water-cooled heat exchanger for exchanging heat between the refrigerant and the coolant, a second expansion means for expanding the refrigerant, and the air-cooled condenser in a heating mode. The water-cooled heat exchanger is disposed in the first coolant line between the engine and the heater core to exchange heat between the refrigerant of high temperature and high pressure passing through the compressor and the coolant of the first coolant line.

A vehicle thermal management system for thermally managing electronic components for an autonomous vehicle. The thermal management system includes a refrigerant line, a compressor which sucks in and compresses a refrigerant and then discharges the refrigerant in a high-temperature, high-pressure, gaseous state, a condenser for condensing the refrigerant by subjecting the refrigerant to heat exchange with air, a first expansion valve for expanding the refrigerant, and an evaporator which is provided inside an air-conditioning case and subjects the refrigerant to heat exchange with the air being discharged into a vehicle interior for air-conditioning the vehicle interior. A cooling system of the electronic components required for autonomous driving of the vehicle is connected to a branched refrigerant line branched from the refrigerant line.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Hae Jun Lee