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: A heat pump system for a vehicle is provided to improve cooling and heating performance by applying a gas injection device selectively operating during air conditioning of a vehicle interior by increasing a flow rate of the refrigerant circulating in a refrigerant line of the heat pump system. The heat pump system for a vehicle may include: a compressor, a first condenser, a receiver dryer, a second condenser, an evaporator, a gas injection device, a refrigerant connection line, and a chiller. The flow of the refrigerant is controlled according to at least one mode for adjusting a temperature of a vehicle interior or adjusting a temperature of a battery module.

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 semiconductor light emitting device includes a Group-III nitride semiconductor layer on a buffer layer. The buffer layer includes a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer in that order. Each of the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer includes a composition which includes aluminum (Al), nitrogen (N), and oxygen (O). A minimum or average value of an oxygen concentration (atoms/cm3) of each of the first layer and the third layer is greater than an oxygen concentration (atoms/cm3) of the second layer.