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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Kevin Mackenzie, Canton, MI (US);
Sunil Katragadda, Canton, MI (US);
Ronald Richard Semel, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A thermal management system for an electrified vehicle and a method for managing such a system, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a first cooling circuit, a second cooling circuit, and a third cooling circuit. The first cooling circuit cools a battery pack and includes a battery chiller in fluid communication with a cooling system inlet to the battery pack. The second cooling circuit cools the battery chiller and includes at least a first compressor and a first condenser in fluid communication with the battery chiller. The third cooling circuit cools a passenger cabin and includes at least a second compressor and a second condenser, and wherein the third cooling circuit is independent of the second cooling circuit.