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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2017
Eric M Lott, Oxford, MI (US);
Alfred Piggott, Novi, MI (US);
Eric M Lott, Oxford, MI (US);
Alfred Piggott, Novi, MI (US);
FCA US LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A chiller system includes an intercooler configured to cool compressed charge air received from a turbocharger or a supercharger, a low temperature cooling circuit fluidly coupled to the intercooler, the low temperature cooling circuit circulating a coolant to provide cooling to the intercooler and including a low temperature radiator configured to cool the coolant, a chiller-accumulator loop having a combined chiller-accumulator, a chiller bypass line bypassing the chiller-accumulator, and a charging valve configured to selectively provide coolant to at least one of the chiller-accumulator loop and the chiller bypass line, and an air conditioner circuit circulating a refrigerant and having a primary circuit and a bypass circuit. Refrigerant is selectively supplied to the chiller-accumulator to further cool the coolant in the chiller-accumulator loop after the coolant is cooled by the low temperature radiator, thereby providing increased cooling to the intercooler and the compressed charge air to increase engine performance.