Integrated thermal management module
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of vehicle thermal management, and relates to an integrated thermal management module.
Background
In the thermal management module of an automobile, the waterway substrate is a component used in the thermal management system of the automobile, and can reduce the number of connected cooling pipelines, reduce flow resistance, reduce heat loss and improve convenience of whole automobile assembly and after-sales maintenance. The waterway substrate is generally matched with an electronic water pump to ensure that the heat exchange medium can form circulating flow.
At present, when designing a thermal management module, in order to reduce the installation volume of the thermal management module, an electronic water pump is installed on a waterway substrate in an embedded manner, and a common embedded manner is to set an installation groove on the waterway substrate, and then the volute part of the electronic water pump is embedded and fixed.
In order to solve the above problems, the waterway substrate needs to be improved, and on the premise of ensuring the overall integration level, the noise generated after the electronic water pump is embedded and installed is reduced, and meanwhile, the heat dissipation problem of the electronic water pump motor is solved.
Disclosure of utility model
In view of this, the present utility model provides an integrated thermal management module, in which an outer housing is integrally formed on a waterway substrate, and the whole pumping device is integrally embedded into the outer housing to form a heat exchange cavity, so that not only is the heat dissipation problem of the pumping device solved, but also the noise reduction effect of the outer housing is further improved, and the integral integration level of the waterway substrate is ensured.
The utility model discloses an integrated heat management module, which comprises a waterway substrate and a pumping device for driving a medium to circularly flow in the waterway substrate, wherein an outer shell is integrally formed on the waterway substrate, the pumping device is arranged in the outer shell, and a heat exchange cavity is formed by a gap between the outer wall surface of the pumping device and the inner wall surface of the outer shell.
Further, the pumping device comprises a volute, the volute is provided with a water pump inlet and a water pump outlet, the waterway base plate is provided with an inlet runner, the water pump inlet is communicated with the inlet runner, and the water pump outlet is communicated with the volute and the heat exchange cavity.
Further, the shell body is provided with a water inlet, the water inlet is arranged on the bottom surface of the shell body, the inlet runner is communicated with the water inlet, and the water pump inlet is inserted into the water inlet.
Further, the outer shell is also provided with a water outlet, the waterway base plate is provided with an inner runner, and the heat exchange cavity is communicated with the inner runner through the water outlet.
Further, the pumping device further comprises a driving source and an impeller, wherein the driving source and the volute are sequentially arranged in the shell body from top to bottom, the volute is fixedly arranged at the lower end of the driving source in the axial direction, the impeller is arranged in the volute, the driving source is provided with a driving shaft, and the driving shaft extends into the volute and is connected with the impeller to drive the impeller to rotate.
Further, the water inlet is of a stepped structure with the diameter gradually reduced from top to bottom, the water pump inlet is of a stepped structure which is in shape with the water inlet, and the water pump inlet is inserted into the water inlet.
Further, the sealing cover plate is also included, the outer shell is of a cylindrical cavity structure with an open top, the sealing cover plate covers the top of the outer shell to seal the outer shell, and the bottom surface of the sealing cover plate is attached to and abutted against the top surface of the driving source.
Further, the device also comprises a temperature sensor, and the temperature sensor is provided with a heat exchange cavity.
The utility model has the beneficial effects that:
The utility model discloses an integrated heat management module, which is characterized in that an outer shell is integrally formed on a waterway substrate, the whole pumping device is integrally embedded into the outer shell to form a heat exchange cavity, the installation mode of full-package embedding can isolate noise generated in the working process of the pumping device so as to achieve the purpose of noise reduction, meanwhile, the arrangement of the heat insulation cavity not only solves the heat dissipation problem of the pumping device, but also further improves the noise reduction effect of the outer shell, and ensures the integral integration level of the waterway substrate.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is an isometric view of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a front view of the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a top view of the present utility model;
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken at A-A of FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing the internal structure of the outer casing of the present utility model;
FIG. 6 is a front view of the pumping device of the present utility model;
Fig. 7 is a schematic exploded view of the structure of the pumping device of the present utility model.
Detailed Description
It should be noted that, in the description of the present specification, the terms "upper," "lower," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, merely to facilitate description of the present utility model and simplify the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements being referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present utility model.
As shown in the figure, the utility model discloses an integrated thermal management module, which comprises a waterway substrate 1 and a pumping device for driving a medium to circularly flow in the waterway substrate 1, wherein an outer shell 2 is integrally formed on the waterway substrate 1, the pumping device is arranged in the outer shell 2, and a heat exchange cavity is formed by a gap between the outer wall surface of the pumping device and the inner wall surface of the outer shell 2. The pumping means in the present embodiment is mainly used to pump the cooling medium so that the cooling medium circulates in the waterway substrate 1. In this embodiment, the mode integrated into one piece through integrative moulding plastics has set up an shell body 2 on waterway base plate 1, with whole pumping device wholly imbeds in shell body 2, the installation mode of full package embedding can be isolated the noise that produces in the pumping device work in order to reach the purpose of making an uproar that falls, the clearance between the internal face of shell body 2 and pumping device's the external wall face just has formed the heat transfer chamber, thermal-insulated intracavity can be full of heat transfer medium during operation, heat transfer medium not only can take away the heat that pumping device operation in-process produced, cooling medium has filled up the heat transfer chamber simultaneously, also can play the effect of making an uproar that absorbs vibration and falls, further promoted and reduced whole waterway base plate 1 noise, and ensured that waterway base plate 1 is holistic integrated level is enough.
In this embodiment, the pumping device includes a volute 10, the volute 10 is provided with a water pump inlet 8 and a water pump outlet 12, the waterway substrate 1 is provided with an inlet runner 4, the water pump inlet 8 is communicated with the inlet runner 4, and the water pump outlet 12 communicates the volute 10 with the heat exchange cavity. In this embodiment, the outer casing 2 is provided with a water inlet 9, the water inlet 9 is disposed on the bottom surface of the outer casing 2, the inlet runner 4 is communicated with the water inlet 9, and the water pump inlet 8 is inserted into the water inlet 9. In this embodiment, the outer casing 2 is further provided with a water outlet 11, the waterway base plate 1 is provided with an inner runner, and the heat exchange cavity is communicated with the inner runner through the water outlet 11. As shown in the drawing, in this embodiment, the volute 10 is of a cavity structure, the water pump outlet 12 thereof is disposed along the circumferential direction of the volute 10, the water pump inlet 8 is disposed along the axial direction of the volute 10 on the bottom surface of the volute 10, the cooling medium is sucked into the volute 10 from the inlet runner 4, and then pumped to the heat exchange cavity through the water pump outlet 12, and the cooling medium can raise the temperature thereof while absorbing the heat generated by the pumping device. The inlet flow passage 4 in this embodiment comprises a vertically arranged longitudinal flow passage and a horizontally arranged transverse flow passage, wherein the transverse flow passage is in communication with the water inlet 9 and the water pump inlet 8. The internal flow path of the waterway substrate 1 is an integrated flow path (not shown) inside the waterway substrate 1, which is set according to the need, and can be a single layer or multiple layers, and the heat exchange medium in the waterway substrate 1 is distributed to various places as required by the internal flow path, and then flows back to the waterway substrate 1 through the inlet flow path 4 after heat exchange circulation (cooling), which is understood by those skilled in the art and is not repeated herein.
In this embodiment, the pumping device further includes a driving source 5 and an impeller 7, the driving source 5 and the volute 10 are sequentially disposed in the outer casing 2 from top to bottom, the volute 10 is fixedly mounted at the axial lower end of the driving source 5, the impeller 7 is disposed in the volute 10, the driving source 5 has a driving shaft 6, and the driving shaft 6 extends into the volute 10 and is connected to the impeller 7 to drive the impeller 7 to rotate. In this embodiment, the driving source 5 is a motor, a motor with a waterproof function is used, and the impeller 7 is driven by the motor to rotate, so as to realize a water pumping function.
In this embodiment, the water inlet 9 is of a stepped structure with a diameter gradually decreasing from top to bottom, the water pump inlet 8 is of a stepped structure which is in shape with the water inlet 9, and the water pump inlet 8 is inserted into the water inlet 9. In this embodiment, the outer casing 2 further includes a sealing cover plate 3, the outer casing 2 is a cylindrical cavity structure with an open top, the sealing cover plate 3 is covered on the top of the outer casing 2 to seal the outer casing 2, and the bottom surface of the sealing cover plate 3 is adhered to and abutted against the top surface of the driving source 5. The water inlet 9 in this embodiment is the multistage ladder structure as shown in the drawing, installs in the installation cavity through multistage ladder structure with the mode of pegging graft when pumping device installs, and multistage ladder structure can form fixedly to pumping device in radial and grafting degree of depth, sets up sealed apron 3 simultaneously and supports from the top surface and hold actuating source 5, so just so fixed this structure simple to operate with whole pumping device in the axial. The outer shell 2 is designed to be an open-top shell and is matched with the sealing cover plate 3 to be closed, so that the pumping device is more convenient to install.
In this embodiment, the heat exchanger further comprises a temperature sensor, and the temperature sensor is provided with a heat exchange cavity. The temperature sensor is arranged in the heat exchange cavity, the temperature in the heat exchange cavity can be monitored in real time, the heat management system of the whole vehicle can achieve the aim of assisting in adjusting the heat management of the whole vehicle by using parameters such as the rotating speed of the temperature adjusting pumping device measured by the temperature sensor, and the specific adjustment is a conventional technical means in the field and is not repeated herein.
Finally, it is noted that the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present utility model and not for limiting the same, and although the present utility model has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that modifications and equivalents may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solution of the present utility model, which is intended to be covered by the scope of the claims of the present utility model.