Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle may be configured to adjust a temperature of a vehicle interior by selectively exchanging heat between coolant and thermal energy generated from refrigerant at the time of condensation and evaporation. The system may use the heat-exchanged low-temperature or high-temperature coolant to improve the heating efficiency of the vehicle by selectively using ambient air heat, waste heat of electrical components, and waste heat of a battery module, at the time of heating the vehicle interior. The system may increase the overall travel distance of the vehicle by efficiently adjusting the temperature of the battery module for optimal performance of the battery module.

Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle may be configured to adjust a temperature of a vehicle interior by selectively exchanging heat between coolant and thermal energy generated from refrigerant at the time of condensation and evaporation. The system may use the heat-exchanged low-temperature or high-temperature coolant to improve the heating efficiency of the vehicle. The system may selectively use ambient air heat, waste heat of electrical components, and waste heat of a battery module, at the time of heating the vehicle interior. The system may increase the overall travel distance of the vehicle by efficiently adjusting the temperature of a battery module for optimal performance of the battery module.

Abstract: A slim-type heat management system for an electric vehicle is provided. The system includes various heat management modes using a number of parts including at least two three-way expansion valves. The various heat management modes include a heat pump dehumidification mode and a dehumidification max mode, which are for defogging, in addition to an indoor cooling mode, a battery cooling mode, and a heat pump mode for heating.

Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle may efficiently adjust the temperature of heating elements by using a chiller where a refrigerant and a coolant exchange heat. At the same time, the heat pump system may efficiently perform cooling and heating of a rear seat by using a rear heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) module provided with a heat-exchanger.

Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle may efficiently adjust the temperature of heating elements by using one chiller where a refrigerant and a coolant exchange heat. At the same time, the heat pump system may efficiently perform cooling and heating of a rear seat by using a rear heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) module provided with one heat-exchanger.

Abstract: A reservoir tank assembly and a heat pump system including the same are disclosed. The reservoir tank assembly may include a reservoir tank configured to remove air contained in a coolant and an adapter fluidly connecting the reservoir tank and a coolant line along which the coolant flows. A part of the coolant flowing along the coolant line is introduced into any one degassing chamber among a plurality of degassing chambers through the adapter. The coolant passing through the plurality of degassing chambers is discharged to the coolant line through the adapter.

Abstract: In order to efficiently perform heating of a vehicle interior in a state in which the external temperature is low and heat generated by a heating element is not sufficient in an early stage of driving the vehicle, a heat pump system for a vehicle is provided. The heat pump system utilizes various heat sources in a general heating mode of the vehicle interior, and at the same time, maximizes the system performance by increasing flow of the refrigerant. The heat pump system may include: a compressor, a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) module; a heat-exchanger; a first expansion valve; a first connection line; a chiller; a second expansion valve; a second connection line; a third connection line; and a fourth connection line.

Abstract: An embodiment method for controlling a compressor of a vehicle includes selectively controlling an operation of the compressor by determining and comparing a discharge pressure of the compressor and a temperature of an inverter with predetermined values based on data detected in real time when the compressor is operated to cool or heat an interior of the vehicle and operating a protection mode to prevent thermal burnout of the inverter in response to a determination that the discharge pressure of the compressor is higher than an operation stop pressure.

Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle may include: a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant; and a heat, ventilation, and air condition (HVAC) module including an internal condenser, an evaporator connected to the compressor via a refrigerant line, and an opening/closing door configured to adjust air having passed through the evaporator to be selectively introduced into the internal condenser depending on a cooling mode or a heating mode of the vehicle. The heat pump system may also include: a heat-exchanger connected to the internal condenser via the refrigerant line; a first expansion valve provided in the refrigerant line between the heat-exchanger and the evaporator; a first connection line; a chiller provided in the first connection line so as to adjust the temperature of a coolant by exchanging heat between the refrigerant and the coolant introduced selectively; and a sub-heat-exchanger provided in the refrigerant line.

Abstract: A cooling apparatus may include an electric water pump to pump coolant, a coolant channel in fluid communication with a cooling target and the electric water pump, and a thermoelectric device including a higher-temperature part and a lower-temperature part. The thermoelectric device may cool the coolant flowing into the coolant channel. The cooling apparatus may include a first heat sink disposed adjacent to the higher-temperature part, a second heat sink disposed adjacent to the coolant channel, and a cooling fan provided adjacent to the first heat sink. The cooling apparatus may include an air duct forming a first fluid line where air passes through only the first heat sink and is then discharged by operation of the cooling fan and forming a second fluid line where air passes through the first heat sink and the second heat sink and is then discharged by the operation of the cooling fan.

Abstract: A refrigerant module for a vehicle includes: a heat exchanger for exchanging heat between a refrigerant introduced therein and a working fluid; a valve manifold connected to the heat exchanger and having a refrigerant flow path formed inside to supply the refrigerant to the heat exchanger or to bypass the refrigerant; and a plurality of valve assemblies mounted on the valve manifold to control a flow of the refrigerant flowing in the refrigerant flow path.

Abstract: An embodiment heat pump system includes a valve module for controlling a flow of a coolant, a first line connected to the valve module, an electrical component on the first line, a second line connected to the first line and the valve module, a radiator on the second line, a third line connected to the valve module, wherein the battery module is on the third line, a fourth line connected to the valve module and the third line, a fifth line connected to the valve module, a chiller on the fifth line, a sixth line connected to the first line, and a seventh line connected to the third line, wherein an end of the sixth line and an end of the seventh line are respectively connected to the chiller such that the sixth line and the seventh line may be connected to the fifth line through the chiller.

Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle includes a valve, an electrical component cooling device, a battery cooling device, an indoor heating device, an indoor cooling device, a centralized energy device, and a chiller to improve heating efficiency by regulating a temperature of a battery module by use of one chiller in which a cooler and a refrigerant exchange heat, recovers various heat sources in a heating mode of the vehicle and utilizes the recovered heat sources for indoor heating.

Abstract: An embodiment heat pump system for a vehicle includes a valve module for controlling a flow of a coolant according to a selected mode for temperature adjustment of a vehicle interior and temperature adjustment of a battery module, a first line connected to the valve module, an electrical component on the first line, a second line connected to the first line and the valve module, a radiator on the second line, a third line connected to the valve module, wherein the battery module is on the third line, a fourth line connected to the valve module and the third line, a fifth line connected to the valve module, a chiller on the fifth line, a sixth line connected to the first line and the fifth line, and a seventh line connected to the third line and the fifth line.

Abstract: An embodiment multi-way coolant valve includes an outer housing including first to third outer inlets, first to third outer outlets, and a pump mount portion coupled to one of the outer outlets, an inner housing rotatably provided within the outer housing and including penetration holes corresponding to the outer inlets and outlets, a coolant line defined by a selective connection of the penetration holes such that the outer inlets and outlets are selectively connected, pads interposed between an interior circumference of the outer housing and an exterior circumference of the inner housing at locations of the outer inlets and outlets, respectively, and a driving device connected to a rotation center of the inner housing to selectively rotate the inner housing within the outer housing, wherein the inner housing is configured to rotate by a preset interval according to a selected vehicle mode.

Abstract: A thermal management system includes: a first radiator, a first electric water pump, and a first coolant line configured to allow a coolant to be circulated by the first electric water pump; a second radiator, a second electric water pump, and a second coolant line configured to allow a coolant to be circulated by the second electric water pump; and a first flow control device and a second flow control device installed at front ends and rear ends of the first radiator and the second radiator so as to control a coolant flow direction between the first coolant line, the second coolant line, and a third coolant line. The third coolant line is installed so as to connect the first flow control device and the second flow control device to each other.

Abstract: An embodiment method for controlling a compressor of a vehicle includes selectively controlling an operation of the compressor by determining and comparing a discharge pressure of the compressor and a temperature of an inverter with predetermined values based on data detected in real time when the compressor is operated to cool or heat an interior of the vehicle and operating a protection mode to prevent thermal burnout of the inverter in response to a determination that the discharge pressure of the compressor is higher than an operation stop pressure.

Abstract: Proposed is a slim-type heat management system for an electric vehicle, wherein implementation of various heat management modes may be easily accomplished by using a minimum number of parts including two three-way expansion valves and the like, wherein the various heat management modes include a heat pump dehumidification mode, a dehumidification max mode, and the like, which are for defogging, in addition to an indoor cooling mode, a battery cooling mode, and a heat pump mode for heating. Accordingly, the system is capable of being usefully applied to an electric vehicle being small and an electric vehicle having priority of profitability over performance.

Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle includes a valve, an electrical component cooling device, a battery cooling device, an indoor heating device, an indoor cooling device, a centralized energy device, and a chiller to improve heating efficiency by regulating a temperature of a battery module by use of one chiller in which a cooler and a refrigerant exchange heat, recovers various heat sources in a heating mode of the vehicle and utilizes the recovered heat sources for indoor heating.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an integrated reservoir tank assembly for a vehicle. The integrated reservoir tank assembly for a vehicle includes an integrated reservoir tank in which an inner space is partitioned into a first chamber configured to store cooling water of a first cooling circuit and a second chamber configured to store cooling water of a second cooling circuit by a partition wall; a first electric water pump integrally coupled to the first chamber of the integrated reservoir tank and configured to transmit the cooling water stored in the first chamber along a cooling water line of the first cooling circuit; and a second electric water pump integrally coupled to the second chamber of the integrated reservoir tank and configured to transmit the cooling water stored in the second chamber along a cooling water line of the second cooling circuit.