Abstract: A vehicular heat management system includes a heat pump cycle capable of heating a heat-exchanging-object fluid by using exhaust heat of an in-vehicle device as a heat source that radiates heat during operation, and an exhaust-heat refrigerant circuit that releases the exhaust heat to outside air through an exhaust-heat refrigerant. The heat pump cycle includes a recovery heat exchange portion that performs heat exchange between a heated air heated by the exhaust heat and a cycle refrigerant circulating in the heat pump cycle. The exhaust-heat refrigerant circuit includes an exhaust-heat exchange portion that performs heat exchange between the heated air and the exhaust-heat refrigerant. The recovery heat exchange portion and the exhaust-heat exchange portion are integrally formed as a combined heat exchanger capable of transferring heat between the cycle refrigerant and the exhaust-heat refrigerant.

Abstract: A thermal management system for a vehicle includes a heating refrigerant circulation circuit, a heat pump cycle and a heat-discharge refrigerant circulation circuit A heating circulation section of the heating refrigerant circulation circuit, a recovery circulation section of the heat pump cycle, and a heat-discharge circulation section of the heat-discharge refrigerant circulation circuit are integrally configured as a combined heat exchanger that is capable of performing heat transfers at least between the cycle refrigerant and the heating refrigerant and between the heat-discharge refrigerant and the heating refrigerant. Furthermore, the heating refrigerant, the cycle refrigerant and the heat-discharge refrigerant are heat mediums each of which has a phase change during the heat transfer.

Abstract: A refrigerant evaporator includes a first core, a second core, a first plate, and a second plate. The first core and the second core respectively include a plurality of first tubes and a plurality of second tubes extending along a tube longitudinal direction and stacked along a tube stacking direction. The first plate houses one end portions of the first tubes and the second tubes. The second plate faces the first core and the second core across the first plate and is joined to the first plate in the tube longitudinal direction. The second plate includes a plurality of ribs. The ribs and the first plate define a plurality of intermediate passageways therein. Each of the intermediate passageways allows communication between a corresponding one of the first tubes and a corresponding one of the second tubes.

Abstract: A heat pump cycle includes a compressor, a heat exchanger, a gas-liquid separator, and an outdoor heat exchanger. The heat pump cycle includes a main circuit connecting the compressor, the heat exchanger, the gas-liquid separator, and the outdoor heat exchanger such that refrigerant flows therethrough. The heat pump cycle includes an exhaust-heat recovery heat exchanger, and an exhaust-heat recovery circuit forming a flow path leading to the compressor not through the outdoor heat exchanger but through the exhaust-heat recovery heat exchanger. The heat pump cycle includes an expansion valve that is disposed upstream of the exhaust-heat recovery heat exchanger in the exhaust-heat recovery circuit and expands the refrigerant such that the refrigerant changes from liquid phase to gas phase in the exhaust-heat recovery heat exchanger.

Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle includes: a condenser that includes a core for allowing heat exchange between a refrigerant discharged from a compressor of a refrigeration cycle and air; and a switching unit that switches a refrigerant passage in the condenser. The switching unit switches the refrigerant passage between a first refrigerant passage that allows the refrigerant to flow throughout the core, and a second refrigerant passage that allows the refrigerant to flow through a part of the core by allowing the refrigerant discharged from the compressor to flow into a middle part of the core.

Abstract: A thermal management system for a vehicle includes a heating refrigerant circulation circuit, a heat pump cycle and a heat-discharge refrigerant circulation circuit A heating circulation section of the heating refrigerant circulation circuit, a recovery circulation section of the heat pump cycle, and a heat-discharge circulation section of the heat-discharge refrigerant circulation circuit are integrally configured as a combined heat exchanger that is capable of performing heat transfers at least between the cycle refrigerant and the heating refrigerant and between the heat-discharge refrigerant and the heating refrigerant. Furthermore, the heating refrigerant, the cycle refrigerant and the heat-discharge refrigerant are heat mediums each of which has a phase change during the heat transfer.

Abstract: A vehicular heat management system includes a heat pump cycle capable of heating a heat-exchanging-object fluid by using exhaust heat of an in-vehicle device as a heat source that radiates heat during operation, and an exhaust-heat refrigerant circuit that releases the exhaust heat to outside air through an exhaust-heat refrigerant. The heat pump cycle includes a recovery heat exchange portion that performs heat exchange between a heated air heated by the exhaust heat and a cycle refrigerant circulating in the heat pump cycle. The exhaust-heat refrigerant circuit includes an exhaust-heat exchange portion that performs heat exchange between the heated air and the exhaust-heat refrigerant. The recovery heat exchange portion and the exhaust-heat exchange portion are integrally formed as a combined heat exchanger capable of transferring heat between the cycle refrigerant and the exhaust-heat refrigerant.

Abstract: A heat pump cycle includes a compressor, a heat exchanger, a gas-liquid separator, and an outdoor heat exchanger. The heat pump cycle includes a main circuit connecting the compressor, the heat exchanger, the gas-liquid separator, and the outdoor heat exchanger such that refrigerant flows therethrough. The heat pump cycle includes an exhaust-heat recovery heat exchanger, and an exhaust-heat recovery circuit forming a flow path leading to the compressor not through the outdoor heat exchanger but through the exhaust-heat recovery heat exchanger. The heat pump cycle includes an expansion valve that is disposed upstream of the exhaust-heat recovery heat exchanger in the exhaust-heat recovery circuit and expands the refrigerant such that the refrigerant changes from liquid phase to gas phase in the exhaust-heat recovery heat exchanger.

Abstract: A refrigerant evaporator includes a first core, a second core, a first plate, and a second plate. The first core and the second core respectively include a plurality of first tubes and a plurality of second tubes extending along a tube longitudinal direction and stacked along a tube stacking direction. The first plate houses one end portions of the first tubes and the second tubes. The second plate faces the first core and the second core across the first plate and is joined to the first plate in the tube longitudinal direction. The second plate includes a plurality of ribs. The ribs and the first plate define a plurality of intermediate passageways therein. Each of the intermediate passageways allows communication between a corresponding one of the first tubes and a corresponding one of the second tubes.

Abstract: A vehicle anti-fogging device is applied to a vehicle provided with an air conditioning apparatus for controlling a temperature of air blown into a vehicle interior, and includes a thermosiphon. The thermosiphon is formed separately from the air conditioning apparatus and exchanges heat with vehicle interior air to condense the vehicle interior air. The thermosiphon includes a first heat exchanger configured to radiate heat from the refrigerant to the vehicle exterior air, a second heat exchanger configured to absorb heat from the vehicle interior air into the refrigerant, and a refrigerant pipe that connects the first heat exchanger to the second heat exchanger to form a closed loop refrigerant circuit through which the refrigerant circulates.

Abstract: A refrigeration system includes a primary evaporator that cooperates with a compressor, which compresses first refrigerant containing lubricant oil, to form a refrigeration cycle that circulates the first refrigerant. At the primary evaporator, the first refrigerant absorbs heat from second refrigerant and is thereby evaporated. The refrigeration system further includes a condenser, at which the second refrigerant releases heat to the first refrigerant and is thereby condensed. The refrigeration system also includes a secondary evaporator that cooperates with the condenser to form a refrigerant circulation circuit, in which the second refrigerant is circulated. At the secondary evaporator, the secondary evaporator absorbs heat from a primary cooling subject and is thereby evaporated. A refrigerant flow passage of the primary evaporator and a refrigerant flow passage of the condenser are independently formed, so that the refrigeration cycle and the refrigerant circulation circuit are independently formed.

Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle includes: a condenser that includes a core for allowing heat exchange between a refrigerant discharged from a compressor of a refrigeration cycle and air; and a switching unit that switches a refrigerant passage in the condenser. The switching unit switches the refrigerant passage between a first refrigerant passage that allows the refrigerant to flow throughout the core, and a second refrigerant passage that allows the refrigerant to flow through a part of the core by allowing the refrigerant discharged from the compressor to flow into a middle part of the core.

Abstract: A refrigeration system includes a primary evaporator that cooperates with a compressor, which compresses first refrigerant containing lubricant oil, to form a refrigeration cycle that circulates the first refrigerant. At the primary evaporator, the first refrigerant absorbs heat from second refrigerant and is thereby evaporated. The refrigeration system further includes a condenser, at which the second refrigerant releases heat to the first refrigerant and is thereby condensed. The refrigeration system also includes a secondary evaporator that cooperates with the condenser to form a refrigerant circulation circuit, in which the second refrigerant is circulated. At the secondary evaporator, the secondary evaporator absorbs heat from a primary cooling subject and is thereby evaporated. A refrigerant flow passage of the primary evaporator and a refrigerant flow passage of the condenser are independently formed, so that the refrigeration cycle and the refrigerant circulation circuit are independently formed.

Abstract: A vehicle anti-fogging device is applied to a vehicle provided with an air conditioning apparatus for controlling a temperature of air blown into a vehicle interior, and includes a thermosiphon. The thermosiphon is formed separately from the air conditioning apparatus and exchanges heat with vehicle interior air to condense the vehicle interior air. The thermosiphon includes a first heat exchanger configured to radiate heat from the refrigerant to the vehicle exterior air, a second heat exchanger configured to absorb heat from the vehicle interior air into the refrigerant, and a refrigerant pipe that connects the first heat exchanger to the second heat exchanger to form a closed loop refrigerant circuit through which the refrigerant circulates.