Charging Component Cooling Jacket for EV Thermal Regulation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current thermal systems in electric vehicles often fail to provide adequate temperature regulation for all components of the power system, particularly in scenarios requiring heating or cooling, leading to inefficient performance and potential damage from extreme temperatures.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a thermal regulation system that includes a regulation jacket surrounding charging components, allowing a fluid to circulate and cool these components, and a storage tank to store heated or cooled fluid for on-demand use, enabling efficient heating or cooling of the battery system and drive unit.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a thermal regulation system is implemented for charging components, then temperature management efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The regulation jacket is nested around the charging component, with the cooling fluid channel embedded within the jacket structure. This nested configuration allows the thermal regulation system to be integrated into the existing charging component geometry without requiring separate external cooling systems, thereby improving temperature management efficiency while minimizing additional system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
A regulation jacket serving as an intermediary component is introduced between the charging component and the thermal regulation fluid. The jacket acts as a mediator that distributes cooling fluid through channels formed around the charging component, enabling efficient heat transfer while maintaining a relatively simple system architecture that can be integrated into existing vehicle thermal management systems
2Reliability
If regulation jackets are added around charging components, then temperature control capability is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The regulation jacket is designed as a flexible or semi-flexible shell that can be manufactured as a pre-formed component and then installed around the charging component. This approach allows the jacket with embedded cooling channels to be produced separately using standard manufacturing techniques, reducing the complexity of integrating cooling channels directly into the charging component itself and simplifying the overall manufacturing process
Solution Approach 2:
The thermal regulation system is segmented into separate functional components: the charging component, the regulation jacket with cooling channels, and the thermal regulation fluid system. This segmentation allows each component to be manufactured independently using optimized processes, with the jacket serving as a modular assembly that can be produced separately and then installed, thereby improving temperature control capability while managing manufacturing complexity
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution ensures faster and more efficient temperature management, improving the performance and longevity of the vehicle's power system by maintaining optimal temperatures during startup, driving, and charging, even in extreme conditions.
Implementation Method 1
The regulation jacket is configured to receive a fluid within the channel to cool the charging component
Data Source
AI summary
Apparatuses and methods for temperature regulation of a charging system. A fluid is provided within a channel formed between a charging component of the charging system in a vehicle and a regulation jacket that surrounds the charging component. The charging component of the charging system is cooled via the fluid.