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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2016
Atieva, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jean-Philippe Gauthier, San Francisco, CA (US);
Benson Tsai, Mountain View, CA (US);
ATIEVA, INC., Newark, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of operating the thermal management system in a vehicle is provided, where the thermal management system includes a heat exchanger (e.g., a radiator) and a heat source (e.g., battery pack, drive train, power electronics, etc.). After characterizing the thermal management system, whenever the system controller issues a cooling demand an appropriate set of operating settings is determined that minimizes the amount of power consumed by the system's actuators (e.g., blower fan, coolant pump) while still meeting the cooling demand. As a result, the heat source is cooled to the degree required with a minimum expenditure of power, thereby minimizing the impact on driving range and vehicle performance.