EP1146210A2 - Système de refroidissement en forme de caisson pour véhicule automobile - Google Patents

Système de refroidissement en forme de caisson pour véhicule automobile Download PDF

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EP1146210A2
EP1146210A2 EP01106769A EP01106769A EP1146210A2 EP 1146210 A2 EP1146210 A2 EP 1146210A2 EP 01106769 A EP01106769 A EP 01106769A EP 01106769 A EP01106769 A EP 01106769A EP 1146210 A2 EP1146210 A2 EP 1146210A2
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Werner Zobel
Michael Ehlers
Frank Vetter
Jörg Soldner
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F9/00—Casings; Header boxes; Auxiliary supports for elements; Auxiliary members within casings
    • F28F9/02—Header boxes; End plates
    • F28F9/0231—Header boxes having an expansion chamber
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01P—COOLING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; COOLING OF INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01P11/00—Component parts, details, or accessories not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F01P1/00 - F01P9/00
    • F01P11/02—Liquid-coolant filling, overflow, venting, or draining devices
    • F01P11/029—Expansion reservoirs
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D1/00—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators
    • F28D1/02—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid
    • F28D1/04—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits
    • F28D1/0408—Multi-circuit heat exchangers, e.g. integrating different heat exchange sections in the same unit or heat exchangers for more than two fluids
    • F28D1/0426—Multi-circuit heat exchangers, e.g. integrating different heat exchange sections in the same unit or heat exchangers for more than two fluids with units having particular arrangement relative to the large body of fluid, e.g. with interleaved units or with adjacent heat exchange units in common air flow or with units extending at an angle to each other or with units arranged around a central element

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  • the invention relates to a box-shaped cooling system for motor vehicles, consisting of box-shaped composed of a cooling network with flat tubes and fins and collecting boxes having coolant coolers, charge air coolers and possibly other coolers or Heat exchangers, an internally rotating radial fan as well as a front and one Rear wall and with at least one expansion tank.
  • the object of the invention is to provide an expansion tank for the cooling system mentioned, which fully meets the requirements of the users both in terms of the total costs of the cooling system and in terms of its function.
  • the expansion tank is arranged so that its projection surface covers the surface of the cooling network of at least one cooler to a substantial extent and the expansion tank derives the cooling air.
  • the expansion tank 4 contains cooling liquid and is fluidically in a manner not shown z. B. connected to the coolant cooler 3 and is part of the circuit. It is arranged at the highest point of the cooling system 1 so that gas inclusions can escape from the cooling liquid.
  • a filler neck 13 is arranged on the expansion tank 4.
  • the expansion tank 4 is at a distance a from the cooling network 8 of the charge air cooler 2.
  • the expansion tank 4 covers the entire area of the cooling network 8 in this exemplary embodiment.
  • the expansion tank 4 can be designed with the same capacity with a lower overall height, as a result of which the overall overall height of the cooling system 1 is reduced.
  • the base 5 of the expansion tank 4 is not at a constant distance a from the cooling network 8.
  • the distance a increases from the front to the rear of the cooling system 1, as a result of which the base 5 assumes the function of an air baffle and the majority of the cooling air flowing out (arrows in Fig. 1) either for further use or in the open.
  • expansion tank 4 only insignificantly affects the cooling capacity and is an excellent compromise with regard to a high cooling capacity with a compact design of the entire cooling system and the requirement for the arrangement of the expansion tank 4 as a prerequisite for a functioning cooling system of the motor vehicle.
  • the expansion tank 4 has been fastened to the charge air cooler 2 by means of a holder 12.
  • An advantageous attachment of the expansion tank has been shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.
  • the two figures only show the charge air cooler 2 or a part thereof and the expansion tank 4.
  • the attachment shown is mainly used when a expansion tank 4 can be used, which covers a smaller part of the surface of the cooling network 8 than in FIG. 1 to 3 was shown.

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  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Heat-Exchange Devices With Radiators And Conduit Assemblies (AREA)
  • Motor Or Generator Cooling System (AREA)
EP01106769A 2000-04-12 2001-03-17 Système de refroidissement en forme de caisson pour véhicule automobile Expired - Lifetime EP1146210B1 (fr)

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DE10018089A DE10018089A1 (de) 2000-04-12 2000-04-12 Kastenförmige Kühlanlage für Kraftfahrzeuge
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