Methods of forming thermal management systems and thermal management methods
First Claim
1. A method of forming a thermal management system for a vehicle, the method comprising:
- thermally coupling a first coolant loop configured to circulate a first coolant mixture to a battery module and a first heat exchanger having a thermal energy storage material disposed therein located within the first coolant loop, wherein thermally coupling the first coolant loop to the battery module and the first heat exchanger comprises;
coupling a first side of the first coolant loop to the battery module configured to flow the first coolant mixture from the first heat exchanger to the battery module; and
coupling a second side of the first coolant loop to the battery module configured to flow the first coolant mixture from the battery module to the first heat exchanger;
thermally coupling a second coolant loop configured to circulate a second coolant mixture distinct from the first coolant mixture of the first coolant loop to the first heat exchanger;
coupling a second heat exchanger configured to cool the first coolant mixture to the first side of the first coolant loop between the first heat exchanger and the battery module;
providing an interface between the second coolant loop and an internal combustion engine of a vehicle configured to transfer heat generated by the internal combustion engine to the first heat exchanger, via the second coolant loop, for storage within the thermal energy storage material;
providing a first bypass fluid path permitting the first coolant mixture to bypass the first heat exchanger and circulate between the second heat exchanger and the battery module in order to cool the first coolant mixture and thereby reduce a temperature TBatt of the battery module below a maximum desirable temperature Tmax; and
providing a second bypass fluid path permitting the first coolant mixture to bypass the second heat exchanger.
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Abstract
A thermal management system for a vehicle includes a heat exchanger having a thermal energy storage material provided therein, a first coolant loop thermally coupled to an electrochemical storage device located within the first coolant loop and to the heat exchanger, and a second coolant loop thermally coupled to the heat exchanger. The first and second coolant loops are configured to carry distinct thermal energy transfer media. The thermal management system also includes an interface configured to facilitate transfer of heat generated by an internal combustion engine to the heat exchanger via the second coolant loop in order to selectively deliver the heat to the electrochemical storage device. Thermal management methods are also provided.
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1. A method of forming a thermal management system for a vehicle, the method comprising:
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thermally coupling a first coolant loop configured to circulate a first coolant mixture to a battery module and a first heat exchanger having a thermal energy storage material disposed therein located within the first coolant loop, wherein thermally coupling the first coolant loop to the battery module and the first heat exchanger comprises; coupling a first side of the first coolant loop to the battery module configured to flow the first coolant mixture from the first heat exchanger to the battery module; and coupling a second side of the first coolant loop to the battery module configured to flow the first coolant mixture from the battery module to the first heat exchanger; thermally coupling a second coolant loop configured to circulate a second coolant mixture distinct from the first coolant mixture of the first coolant loop to the first heat exchanger; coupling a second heat exchanger configured to cool the first coolant mixture to the first side of the first coolant loop between the first heat exchanger and the battery module; providing an interface between the second coolant loop and an internal combustion engine of a vehicle configured to transfer heat generated by the internal combustion engine to the first heat exchanger, via the second coolant loop, for storage within the thermal energy storage material; providing a first bypass fluid path permitting the first coolant mixture to bypass the first heat exchanger and circulate between the second heat exchanger and the battery module in order to cool the first coolant mixture and thereby reduce a temperature TBatt of the battery module below a maximum desirable temperature Tmax; and providing a second bypass fluid path permitting the first coolant mixture to bypass the second heat exchanger. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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