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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2014
Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp., Daejeon, KR;
Lakhi Nandlal Goenka, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
HANON SYSTEMS, Daejeon-si, KR;
Abstract
A thermal energy storage system of a vehicle is disclosed. The thermal energy storage system includes a refrigerant circuit conveying a refrigerant therethrough. The refrigerant circuit includes an evaporator receives a flow of the refrigerant and a flow of air. The thermal energy storage system also includes a coolant circuit conveying a coolant therethrough. The coolant circuit includes a coolant heat exchanger disposed downstream from the evaporator with respect to a direction of the flow of air through the evaporator and an auxiliary heat exchanger receiving a flow of the coolant. The thermal energy storage system further includes a cold storage device in thermal communication with the coolant circuit and a WCAC in fluid communication with the auxiliary heat exchanger.