CN218228572U - Runner plate of thermal management system, integrated module, thermal management system and vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a thermal management system's runner plate, collection moulding piece, thermal management system and vehicle, thermal management system's runner plate includes: the first plate body is provided with a plurality of first grooves; the second plate body is fixed to the first plate body so as to seal the plurality of first grooves, a plurality of external refrigerant flow channels used for circulating refrigerants are limited by the plurality of first grooves and the second plate body, and the cross section of at least one part of the external refrigerant flow channels is formed into a rectangle. According to the utility model discloses thermal management system's runner plate is convenient for reduce pipeline design complexity through setting up the runner plate, sets up the cross section through at least a part runner in with the runner plate into the rectangle and is convenient for when guaranteeing the interior refrigerant flow of runner, reduces refrigerant flow resistance simultaneously.

Description

Runner plate, integrated module, thermal management system and vehicle of thermal management system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a vehicle technical field particularly, relates to a thermal management system's runner plate, collection moulding piece, thermal management system and vehicle.

Background

The vehicle thermal management system needs to design a complex pipeline structure, and in the related art, part of flow channels, valves and the like are integrated together, but due to space limitation, the flow resistance of a refrigerant is large.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses aim at solving one of the technical problem that exists among the prior art at least. Therefore, the utility model provides a thermal management system's runner plate, this thermal management system's runner plate is convenient for reduce pipeline design complexity through setting up the runner plate, sets up to the rectangle through the cross section with at least a part runner in the runner plate simultaneously, is convenient for when guaranteeing the interior refrigerant flow of runner, reduces refrigerant flow resistance.

The utility model discloses still provide one kind and have integrated module, thermal management system and the vehicle of runner plate.

According to the utility model discloses thermal management system's runner plate of first aspect embodiment includes: the first plate body is provided with a plurality of first grooves; the second plate body is fixed to the first plate body so as to seal the first grooves, a plurality of external refrigerant runners for circulating refrigerants are limited by the first grooves and the second plate body, and the cross section of at least one part of the external refrigerant runners is rectangular.

According to the utility model discloses thermal management system's runner plate is convenient for reduce the pipeline design complexity through setting up the runner plate, sets up to the rectangle through the cross section with at least a part runner in the runner plate simultaneously, is convenient for when guaranteeing the interior refrigerant flow of runner, reduces refrigerant flow resistance.

In addition, the runner plate of the thermal management system according to the above embodiment of the present invention may further have the following additional technical features:

according to the utility model discloses a some embodiments, the inside of first plate body is equipped with a plurality of inside runners that are used for circulating the refrigerant, at least part inside runner's cross section forms to the rectangle.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, at least part external refrigerant runner with inside runner intercommunication.

In some examples, any adjacent sidewalls of the internal flow passage are connected by a rounded corner; and/or any adjacent side walls of the external refrigerant flow channel are connected through a fillet.

According to the utility model discloses a some embodiments, in the thickness direction of first plate body, the height of inside runner is less than the height of first recess.

According to the utility model discloses a some embodiments, all be equipped with the mounting hole on the adjacent lateral wall of first plate body, the mounting hole be suitable for with the automobile body cooperation of vehicle with the runner plate is fixed.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, deviating from of first plate body one side of second plate body is equipped with a plurality of disk seats, the disk seat orientation deviates from the direction protrusion of second plate body, every the disk seat is injectd and is had at least one the valve pocket of external refrigerant runner intercommunication, every be suitable for in the disk seat to set up and be used for controlling the refrigerant break-make and/or carry out the automatically controlled valve that the throttle decompression to the refrigerant.

In some embodiments, the wall thickness of each valve cavity ranges from 3mm to 4mm.

In some embodiments, the distance between the centers of two adjacent valve cavities is L, wherein L > R1+ R2+ a, wherein R1 is the inner diameter of one of the valve cavities, R2 is the inner diameter of the other valve cavity, and a ranges from 8mm to 15mm.

According to the utility model discloses a second aspect embodiment provides a vehicle's thermal management system's collection moulding piece, vehicle's thermal management system's collection moulding piece includes according to the embodiment of the first aspect of the utility model the flow field board of thermal management system.

According to the utility model discloses thermal management system's of vehicle collection moulding piece, through utilizing according to the utility model discloses a thermal management system's runner plate, be convenient for reduce pipeline design complexity through setting up the runner plate, set up to the rectangle through the cross section with at least some runners in the runner plate simultaneously, be convenient for when guaranteeing the interior refrigerant flow of runner, reduce refrigerant flow resistance.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, an embodiment of the present invention provides a thermal management system, comprising an integrated module of a thermal management system according to an embodiment of the second aspect of the present invention.

According to the utility model discloses thermal management system, through utilizing according to the utility model discloses an embodiment of second aspect the integrated module, be convenient for reduce the pipeline design complexity through setting up the runner plate, set up to the rectangle through the cross section with at least a part runner in the runner plate simultaneously, be convenient for in guaranteeing the runner when the refrigerant flow, reduce refrigerant flow resistance.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vehicle comprising a thermal management system according to an embodiment of the third aspect of the present invention.

According to the utility model discloses vehicle, through utilizing according to the utility model discloses a third aspect's embodiment thermal management system, be convenient for reduce pipeline design complexity through setting up the runner plate, set up to the rectangle through the cross section with at least a part runner in the runner plate simultaneously, be convenient for in guaranteeing the runner when the refrigerant flow, reduce refrigerant flow resistance.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a flow field plate according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a first plate body according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 isbase:Sub>A cross-sectional view atbase:Sub>A-base:Sub>A in fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view at B-B in fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of the first plate body according to the embodiment of the present invention in one direction.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of the first plate body according to the embodiment of the present invention in another direction.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of the first plate body according to the embodiment of the present invention in another direction.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a second plate according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals: the flow field plate 10, the first plate 101, the valve seat 1011, the mounting hole 1012, the first recess 1013, the second plate 102,

the refrigerant cooling system comprises an internal flow passage 11, an external refrigerant flow passage 12, a main branch passage 121 and a branch passage 122.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

The following describes a flow field plate 10 of a thermal management system according to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to the drawings.

As shown in fig. 1-8, a flow field plate 10 of a thermal management system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first plate 101 and a second plate 102.

The first plate 101 is provided with a plurality of first grooves 1013, the second plate 102 is fixed to the first plate 101 to seal the plurality of first grooves 1013, the plurality of first grooves 1013 and the second plate 102 define a plurality of external refrigerant channels 12, the external refrigerant channels 12 are used for circulating a refrigerant, wherein the external refrigerant channels 12 can be used for being connected with an external pipeline, and further, the refrigerant can flow in the channel plate 10 and in an external component in a circulating manner.

That is to say, the flow channel plate 10 can be used to realize the circulation flow of the refrigerant in the flow channel plate 10 and the external components, which is convenient to reduce the design of the pipeline, the complexity of the pipeline design, and the production cost.

Specifically, through set up a plurality of external refrigerant runners 12 on flow channel plate 10, can realize the circulation flow of refrigerant in different runners, this kind of mode need not complicated pipeline setting, only need with flow channel plate 10 install to corresponding position can, be convenient for reduce the complexity of installation.

At least a part of the external refrigerant channel 12 is formed to have a rectangular cross section, so that the flow rate of the refrigerant in the external refrigerant channel 12 can be increased and the flow resistance of the refrigerant in the external refrigerant channel 12 can be reduced under the condition of the same area. In the embodiment of the flow channel plate 10 applied to the vehicle, the arrangement can improve the charging efficiency of the electric vehicle, and the development trend of the high-power charging technology of the electric vehicle is met. It should be noted that the cross section of a part of the external refrigerant flow channel 12 is formed as a rectangle, and the cross section of another part of the external refrigerant flow channel 12 may be formed as another shape, such as a circle.

Therefore, according to the utility model discloses thermal management system's runner plate 10 is convenient for reduce pipeline design complexity through setting up runner plate 10, sets up the cross section through at least partly runner in with the runner plate into the rectangle simultaneously, is convenient for when guaranteeing the interior refrigerant flow of runner, reduces the refrigerant flow resistance.

The following describes a flow field plate 10 of a thermal management system according to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to the drawings.

As shown in fig. 1 to 8, a flow field plate 10 of a thermal management system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first plate 101 and a second plate 102.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the inside of the first plate 101 is provided with a plurality of internal runners 11, the internal runners 11 are used for circulating the refrigerant, and the cross section of at least a part of the internal runners 11 is formed into a rectangle, so as to increase the flow rate of the refrigerant in the internal runners 11 under the condition that the area is the same, and reduce the flow resistance of the refrigerant in the internal runners 11 at the same time. In the embodiment of the flow channel plate 10 applied to a vehicle, the arrangement can improve the charging efficiency of the electric vehicle, and the development trend of the high-power charging technology of the electric vehicle is met.

It should be noted that, the cross section of at least a part of the external refrigerant channel 12 may be formed as a rectangle, and the cross section of the internal channel 111 may be formed as another shape, for example, a circle; alternatively, at least a part of the inner channel 11 may be formed to have a rectangular cross section, and the outer refrigerant channel 12 may be formed to have another cross section, for example, a circular cross section. Or at least a part of the external refrigerant flow channel 12 and at least a part of the internal flow channel 11 may be formed to have rectangular cross sections.

The utility model discloses an in some embodiments, each and a plurality of internal flow channels 11 intercommunication in at least some external refrigerant runner 12 to can realize a plurality of internal flow channels 11 parallel connection's purpose, so that the refrigerant homoenergetic in the internal flow channel 11 can flow to the outside pipeline through at least some external refrigerant runner 12, and then realize the circulation flow of refrigerant in outside pipeline and runner plate 10.

In some optional embodiments of the utility model, at least one first recess 1013 is equipped with main branch 121 and a plurality of branch 122, a plurality of branch 122 and main branch 121 intercommunication, main branch 121 and at least one internal flow channel 11 intercommunication, every branch 122 and one internal flow channel 11 intercommunication, thereby can realize a plurality of internal flow channel 11 parallel connection's purpose, so that the refrigerant in external refrigerant runner 12 flows to internal flow channel 11 through main branch 121 or branch 122 in, and then realize the circulation flow of refrigerant in different flow paths, and then utilize runner plate 10 to make refrigerant internal flow channel 11 and different external refrigerant runners 12 between flow, realize the refrigerant in runner plate 10 with different external spare parts between circulation flow.

The utility model discloses a in some embodiments, the inner wall of every branch way 122 and main tributary way 121's junction is the radius angle to realize the even transition of branch way 122 and main tributary way 121, avoid the junction of branch way 122 and main tributary way 121 to produce the contained angle, avoid the refrigerant can remain in contained angle department, influence the flow that the refrigerant flowed in flow field plate 10.

The utility model discloses an in some optional embodiments, arbitrary adjacent lateral wall of inside runner 11 all links to each other through the radius angle to realize the even transition of inside runner 11, avoid the junction of inside runner 11 to produce the contained angle, avoid the refrigerant can remain in contained angle department, influence the flow that the refrigerant flowed in inside runner 11.

The utility model discloses an in some optional embodiments, arbitrary adjacent lateral wall of external refrigerant runner 12 all links to each other through the radius to realize the even transition of refrigerant runner 12, avoid refrigerant runner 12's junction can produce the contained angle, avoid the refrigerant can remain in contained angle department, influence the flow that the refrigerant flowed in refrigerant runner 12.

The utility model discloses an in some embodiments, on the thickness direction of first plate body 101, the height that highly is less than first recess 1013 of inside runner 11 to increase external refrigerant runner 12's flow area, and then increase external pipeline and external refrigerant runner 12's cooperation area, make the refrigerant in the external refrigerant runner 12 can flow to corresponding outside spare part in through external pipeline smoothly.

In some embodiments, the side surface of the second plate 102 further includes a second recess communicating with the first recess 1013 when the second plate 102 is fixed to the first plate 101 to enclose the plurality of first recesses 1013, and the first recesses 1013 and the second recesses define the external refrigerant channel 12.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the adjacent side walls of the first plate 101 are provided with mounting holes 1012, the mounting holes 1012 are adapted to cooperate with the body of the vehicle to fix the flow channel plate 10, and the flow channel plate 10 is utilized to realize the circulation flow of the refrigerant between the components in the vehicle.

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, in some embodiments, a plurality of mounting holes 1012 are provided on adjacent side walls of the first plate 101, for example, a plurality of mounting holes 1012 arranged at intervals are provided at the upper side wall and the lower side wall of the first plate 101, and/or a plurality of mounting holes 1012 arranged at intervals are provided at the left side wall and the right side wall of the first plate 101.

Specifically, when the mounting hole 1012 reserved for the flow path plate 10 by the vehicle is located at the upper end or the lower end of the flow path plate 10, the first plate body 101 may be mounted to the vehicle using the mounting hole 1012 on the upper side wall and/or the lower side wall of the first plate body 101, and thus the flow path plate 10 may be mounted to the vehicle.

When the mounting hole 1012 reserved for the flow field plate 10 by the vehicle is located at the left end or the right end of the flow field plate 10, the first plate 101 may be mounted to the vehicle by using the mounting hole 1012 on the left side wall and/or the right side wall of the first plate 101, and then the flow field plate 10 may be mounted to the vehicle.

In some embodiments, the contour of mounting hole 1012 may be designed according to shape of first plate 101 or the component on first plate 101, and this profiling design method may reduce the mass of first plate 101 as much as possible on the premise of ensuring the structural strength, thereby achieving the light weight standard of the entire vehicle.

Specifically, mounting hole profiling means determining the shape of mounting hole 1012 according to the contour shape of first plate 101 or the shape of the corresponding component on first plate 101, so that the shape of mounting hole 1012 is more suitable for the space where it is installed, and mounting first plate 101 in a suitable space on the vehicle, thereby avoiding the space occupied by first plate 101 from being too large.

The utility model discloses an in some embodiments, one side that deviates from second plate body 102 of first plate body 101 is equipped with a plurality of disk seats 1011, disk seat 1011 orientation deviates from the direction protrusion of second plate body 102, the valve pocket is injectd to every disk seat 1011, the valve pocket is communicate with at least one external refrigerant runner 12, be suitable for in every disk seat 1011 to set up automatically controlled valve, automatically controlled valve is used for controlling the refrigerant break-make and/or carries out the throttle step-down to the refrigerant, control the valve pocket through automatically controlled valve, and then control external refrigerant runner 12 with the valve pocket intercommunication, for example, the control corresponds the interior refrigerant of external refrigerant runner 12 flow direction or carries out the throttle step-down to the refrigerant that corresponds in the external refrigerant runner 12.

In addition, through setting up the automatically controlled valve at disk seat 1011, be convenient for realize the integrated setting of runner plate and automatically controlled valve to follow-up direct mount is convenient for reduce the complexity of installation.

In some embodiments, at least one internal flow channel 11 is communicated with the valve cavity, an electronic control valve is suitably disposed in each valve seat 1011, and the electronic control valve is used for controlling on/off of the refrigerant and/or throttling and depressurizing the refrigerant, so as to control the corresponding valve cavity through the electronic control valve, and further control the internal flow channel 11 communicated with the valve cavity, for example, control the flow direction of the refrigerant in the corresponding external internal flow channel 11 or throttling and depressurizing the refrigerant in the corresponding internal flow channel 11.

The utility model discloses a some optional embodiments, the value range of the wall thickness of every valve pocket is 3mm-4mm, is convenient for alleviate the runner plate 10 quality like this under the structural strength prerequisite of guaranteeing, and then is convenient for realize the lightweight design of runner plate 10.

Further, the thickness of the valve cavity may be 3mm, 3.2mm, 3.4mm, 3.6mm, 3.8mm or 4mm.

The utility model discloses an in some optional embodiments, the central distance of two adjacent valve chambeies is L, wherein L > R1+ R2+ a, wherein R1 is the internal diameter of one of them valve chamber, R2 is the internal diameter of another valve chamber, the value scope of a is 8mm-15mm, it provides the installation environment for spare part on the flow field plate 10 to set up like this, make spare parts such as automatically controlled valve can install to flow field plate 10 smoothly, set up like this simultaneously and can provide the space that can be used to mounting tool for spare parts such as installation automatically controlled valve, so that follow-up utilize the instrument to install spare parts such as automatically controlled valve to disk seat 1011.

Further, a may be 8mm, 10mm, 12mm, 14mm or 15mm.

An integrated module according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below. According to the utility model discloses the integrated module includes according to the utility model discloses the runner plate 10 of the thermal management system of above-mentioned embodiment.

According to the utility model discloses integrated module, through utilizing according to the utility model discloses the runner plate 10 of the thermal management system of above-mentioned embodiment is convenient for reduce the pipeline design complexity through setting up runner plate 10, sets up to the rectangle through the cross section with at least some subchannels in the runner plate simultaneously, is convenient for when guaranteeing the interior refrigerant flow of runner, reduces refrigerant flow resistance.

A thermal management system according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below. According to the utility model discloses thermal management system includes according to the utility model discloses the collection moulding piece of above-mentioned embodiment.

According to the utility model discloses heat management system, through utilizing according to the utility model discloses the integrated module of above-mentioned embodiment is convenient for reduce pipeline design complexity through setting up runner plate 10, sets up the cross section through an at least partial runner in the runner plate into the rectangle simultaneously, is convenient for when guaranteeing the interior refrigerant flow of runner, reduces refrigerant flow resistance.

A vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below. According to the utility model discloses vehicle includes according to the utility model discloses above-mentioned embodiment's thermal management system.

According to the utility model discloses vehicle, through utilizing according to the utility model discloses the thermal management system of above-mentioned embodiment is convenient for reduce pipeline design complexity through setting up runner plate 10, sets up to the rectangle through the cross section with at least a part runner in the runner plate simultaneously, is convenient for when guaranteeing the interior refrigerant flow of runner, reduces refrigerant flow resistance.

Other constructions and operations according to embodiments of the invention are known to those of ordinary skill in the art and will not be described in detail herein.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", and the like, indicate the orientation or positional relationship indicated based on the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified. In the description of the present invention, the first feature being "on" or "under" the second feature may include the first and second features being in direct contact, and may also include the first and second features not being in direct contact but being in contact via another feature therebetween.

In the description of the invention, "on", "above" and "above" a second feature includes that the first feature is directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or merely means that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

While embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims (12)

1. A flow field plate for a thermal management system, the flow field plate comprising:

the first plate body is provided with a plurality of first grooves;

the second plate body is fixed to the first plate body to seal the first grooves, a plurality of external refrigerant flow channels used for circulating refrigerants are limited by the first grooves and the second plate body, and at least one part of the external refrigerant flow channels are rectangular in cross section.

2. The runner plate of a thermal management system of claim 1, wherein a plurality of internal runners for flowing a refrigerant are formed in the first plate, and at least a portion of the internal runners have a rectangular cross-section.

3. The runner plate of a thermal management system of claim 2, wherein at least a portion of the outboard coolant runners are in communication with the internal runners.

4. The runner plate of a thermal management system of claim 3, wherein any adjacent sidewalls of the internal runners are connected by rounded corners; and/or

Any adjacent side walls of the external refrigerant flow channel are connected through a fillet.

5. The runner plate of the thermal management system of claim 2, wherein a height of the internal runner in a thickness direction of the first plate body is smaller than a height of the first groove.

6. The runner plate of the thermal management system of claim 1, wherein adjacent side walls of the first plate body each have a mounting hole therein adapted to engage a body of a vehicle to secure the runner plate.

7. The runner plate of the thermal management system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a plurality of valve seats are disposed on a side of the first plate body facing away from the second plate body, the valve seats protrude in a direction facing away from the second plate body, each valve seat defines a valve cavity communicated with at least one external refrigerant flow channel, and an electric control valve for controlling on/off of the refrigerant and/or throttling and depressurizing the refrigerant is disposed in each valve seat.

8. The flow field plate of the thermal management system of claim 7, wherein the wall thickness of each of said valve cavities ranges from 3mm to 4mm.

9. The flow field plate of the thermal management system of claim 7, wherein the distance between centers of two adjacent valve cavities is L, wherein L > R1+ R2+ a, wherein R1 is the inner diameter of one of the valve cavities, R2 is the inner diameter of the other valve cavity, and a ranges from 8mm to 15mm.

10. An integrated module for a thermal management system for a vehicle, comprising:

a flow field plate according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

11. A thermal management system for a vehicle, comprising the integrated module of claim 10.

12. A vehicle comprising a thermal management system according to claim 11.

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