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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2022
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Jong Won Kim, Cheonan-si, KR;
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Proposed is a thermal management system for a vehicle, the thermal management system including an accumulator at which vapor-liquid separation of a refrigerant is performed, a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant, an inner condenser at which heat exchange is performed between a refrigerant and heating air, an outer condenser at which heat exchange is performed between a refrigerant and external air, a first expansion valve configured to expand a refrigerant, an evaporator at which heat exchange is performed between a refrigerant and heating air, a refrigerant recirculation line diverging from a refrigerant line between the compressor and the inner condenser, connected to the accumulator, and provided to selectively recirculate a refrigerant compressed by the compressor to the accumulator, and a discharge valve installed in the refrigerant recirculation line and provided to be able to selectively discharge a refrigerant, which has passed through the refrigerant recirculation line, into the accumulator.