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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2001
Roland Burk, Stuttgart, DE;
Hans-Joachim Krauss, Stuttgart, DE;
Christoph Walter, Stuttgart, DE;
Marcus Weinbrenner, Stuttgart, DE;
Behr GmbH & Co., Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
An air-conditioning system is designed at least for an air-conditioning mode for cooling a thermal control medium ( ) and a heat-pump mode for heating the thermal control medium. The system comprises a refrigerant circuit with a compressor ( ) and an evaporator ( ), a coolant circuit with a heat-generating unit ( ) to be cooled and a heater ( ) for heating the thermal control medium, and also a first refrigerant/coolant heat exchanger ( ) functioning on the refrigerant side as a condenser/gas cooler. The evaporator is formed by a second refrigerant/coolant heat exchanger ( ). A cooling body ( ) for cooling the thermal control medium is connected downstream of heat exchanger ( ) on the coolant side.