Vehicle heat exchange module
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional gas injection systems for vehicle heat management systems are inefficient in terms of space, cost, and workability due to separate installation of components like condensers, receiver dryers, and heat exchangers, which reduces the traveling distance of electric and hybrid electric vehicles.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle heat exchange module is developed by integrating a water-cooled condenser, receiver dryer, and heat exchangers into a single module, forming a refrigerant flow path with modularized components, including a mounting frame for coupling and branching refrigerant flows.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If components (condenser, receiver dryer, heat exchangers) are installed separately in a conventional gas injection system, then each component can be independently manufactured and maintained, but space efficiency is lowered and packaging becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the condenser, receiver dryer, and heat exchangers into a single modular assembly where multiple components are coupled together through shared mounting structures and integrated refrigerant flow paths. This merging of previously separate components achieves compact packaging while maintaining individual component functionality.
2Ease of manufacture
If components are installed separately, then manufacturing and maintenance are simplified, but cost and workability are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated assembly is designed as a modular system where components can be manufactured separately and then assembled into a complete unit. The segmentation allows for independent manufacturing of each component while the modular design enables straightforward assembly, maintaining manufacturing simplicity while achieving integration benefits.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a heat management system is applied to electric and hybrid electric vehicles, then a heat source is secured for cooling and heating, but traveling distance is reduced due to battery usage
Solution Approach 1:
The system utilizes waste heat from the battery and motor as a useful heat source for vehicle heating, and uses the heat exchangers to cool the battery during operation. This self-service approach converts previously wasted energy into useful thermal energy for climate control, reducing the need for additional battery energy consumption.
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 integration achieves cost reduction, lightweight design, and improved workability by packaging the components into a single module, enhancing the efficiency of heat management systems in electric and hybrid electric vehicles.
Implementation Method 1
the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger may include a plurality of stacked main plates through which a first refrigerant flows, first plates which are stacked between the main plates at positions corresponding to lower portions of the main plates and through which a second refrigerant flows
Implementation Method 2
the water-cooled condenser, the receiver dryer, the first heat exchanger, and the second heat exchanger may be sequentially coupled into a single module to form a refrigerant flow path
Implementation Method 3
the heat management system has a cycle in which liquid refrigerant is evaporated in an evaporator, the evaporated refrigerant takes heat from the surroundings to become a gas
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a vehicle heat exchange module. The vehicle heat exchange module used in a gas injection system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a water cooling-type condenser, a receiver dryer, a first heat exchanger, and a second heat exchanger that can be combined, in this order, into a single module to form a refrigerant flow path.