Multi-Port Engine Radiator Layout for Auxiliary Cooling Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cooling modules for vehicles with high heat dissipation requirements lack an efficient method to connect an engine radiator to an auxiliary radiator, leading to insufficient cooling performance.
Innovation Solution
The cooling module incorporates an engine radiator with additional coolant inlet and outlet ports, allowing easy connection to a separate auxiliary radiator, enhancing cooling performance by improving heat exchange efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single inlet port and outlet port are provided in the engine radiator, then the structure is simple, but it is difficult to connect an auxiliary radiator
Solution Approach 1:
The single inlet/outlet port structure is segmented into multiple ports: a main inlet port, a main discharge port, an auxiliary inlet port, and an auxiliary discharge port. This segmentation allows independent connection to both the engine and auxiliary radiator, resolving the contradiction between structural simplicity and adaptability to auxiliary cooling systems.
2Temperature
If an additional auxiliary radiator is connected to improve cooling performance, then heat dissipation capability is improved, but additional connection structures are required
Solution Approach 1:
The engine radiator and auxiliary radiator are merged into a unified cooling system through the multi-port configuration. The engine radiator incorporates both main ports (for engine connection) and auxiliary ports (for auxiliary radiator connection), allowing seamless integration and improving cooling performance without requiring separate standalone connection structures.
3Ease of operation
If the auxiliary ports are positioned to extend toward the third radiator, then connection to the auxiliary radiator is facilitated, but interference with other heat exchangers may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The ports are positioned with distinct spatial orientations: the auxiliary inlet and discharge ports extend toward the upstream side to facilitate connection to the auxiliary radiator, while the main inlet and discharge ports extend toward the downstream side for engine connection. This localized quality differentiation enables easy connection while minimizing interference with other heat exchangers in the system.
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 configuration enables efficient connection and operation of the engine and auxiliary radiators, significantly improving engine cooling performance and reducing interference between coolant ports and other heat exchangers.
Implementation Method 1
a condenser and a radiator are spaced apart from each other at a predetermined distance and stacked in parallel, and a fan shroud assembly is provided on one surface of the radiator, such that the condenser and the radiator perform heat exchange by means of a flow of air
Implementation Method 2
the first radiator includes a main inlet port connected to an engine so that a coolant is introduced through the main inlet port; a main discharge port through which the coolant is discharged
Implementation Method 3
a condenser and a radiator are spaced apart from each other at a predetermined distance and stacked in parallel
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a cooling module including a first radiator, and a second radiator stacked and disposed at an upstream side of the first radiator based on a flow direction of cooling air, in which the first radiator includes a main inlet port connected to an engine so that a coolant is introduced through the main inlet port, a main discharge port through which the coolant is discharged, an auxiliary discharge port connected to a third radiator, which is installed at a position that does not overlap the first radiator and the second radiator in the flow direction of the cooling air, so that the coolant is discharged through the auxiliary discharge port, and an auxiliary inlet port through which the coolant is introduced, such that the first radiator may be easily connected to the third radiator, which may improve cooling performance.