EP4529487A1 - Drucklufterzeugungsvorrichtung und verfahren zum betreiben derselben - Google Patents
Drucklufterzeugungsvorrichtung und verfahren zum betreiben derselbenInfo
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- B60T—VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a compressed air generating device, with a control and regulating device, with at least one controllable and regulatable electric motor, with at least one air compressor that can be driven by the electric motor, with an air inlet via which ambient air can be sucked into the at least one air compressor, with at least one air cooler, which is connected to the output of the at least one air compressor, to an air dryer, the input of which is connected to the output of the at least one air cooler, to a coolant inlet opening, via which a liquid coolant can be supplied to the at least one air cooler and other components of the compressed air generating device, and with a coolant outlet opening through which heated coolant can be removed from the compressed air generating device.
- the invention also relates to a method for operating such a compressed air generating device.
- the intercooler can therefore increase the efficiency of the second compression stage. Furthermore, before or after the first compression stage, additional ones can be used Facilities for processing the air used may be arranged, such as further cooling devices or air drying devices.
- Facilities for processing the air used may be arranged, such as further cooling devices or air drying devices.
- One disadvantage is that the compressor described is designed as a reciprocating piston compressor, which disadvantageously requires a lubricant.
- the design of the cooling system is not described further.
- a system for generating dry compressed air which has a cooled compressor for sucking in and compressing ambient air.
- the compressor is followed by a cooler in the direction of flow of the compressed air, which serves to cool the compressed air generated.
- the cooling effect of the cooler is achieved by means of a fan and water droplets directed onto the surface of the cooler, which evaporate there and thereby remove heat from the cooler and indirectly from the compressed air.
- the cooler is followed by an air dryer which contains a desiccant that removes moisture from the compressed air and thereby lowers the dew point of this compressed air.
- the compressed air dried in this way has an air humidity of less than 35% at the outlet of the air dryer, which should be sufficient to protect devices subsequently supplied with this compressed air from corrosion or freezing due to the formation of water ice.
- a compressor system for generating dry compressed air in which an air-cooled radiator is used to cool the compressed air generated by a compressor.
- a water separator downstream of the radiator by means of which water droplets can be removed from the compressed air, which are formed by condensation when the compressed air cools down. Since the compressed air is not yet sufficiently dry to be able to avoid freezing at low temperatures when used in pressure medium consumers, the water separator is followed by an air dryer in which the compressed air is further dried.
- the liquid coolant comes, for example, from a cooling circuit of a vehicle and in the compressed air generating device first supplies a cooling device of the electric motor, then the intercooler and then a cooling device of the first air compressor. From there, the coolant goes to the aftercooler and then to a cooling device of the second air compressor before the coolant is returned to the vehicle's cooling circuit.
- An air dryer is neither shown nor described in this compressed air generating device.
- a water-cooled and oil-free two-stage air compressor is known from US 2010/0 303 658 A1, which has a water-cooled intercooler which is arranged between a first air compressor and a second air compressor with regard to the air flow.
- the air compressed by the first air compressor is cooled by the intercooler, and the air compressed by the second air compressor is cooled by an aftercooler whose cooling water inlet is hydraulically connected to the cooling water outlet of the intercooler.
- a compressed air supply system for locomotives and a method for operating the same in which the air sucked in and compressed by a compressor is cooled in an air cooler and then fed to a first compressed air storage. From this first compressed air reservoir, the compressed air travels via a check valve that closes in the return flow direction to a prefilter which has a drainage valve. After separating liquid and aerosolized water from the compressed air in the pre-filter, the compressed air goes to an air dryer. A temperature sensor arranged at the air flow inlet of the air dryer or in its immediate vicinity is connected to a control unit via a sensor line.
- the temperature sensor can display the actual Measure the temperature of the compressed air flowing into the air dryer and make this measured value available to the control unit.
- the controller can calculate an appropriate purge cycle time for the drain valve based on the saturation partial pressure of water vapor at the measured actual temperature of the compressed air and control its operation to remove the water accumulated in the pre-filter.
- the desiccant of the air dryer of such generic compressed air generating devices must also be repeatedly freed from the moisture that has accumulated there, because if the moisture absorption capacity of its desiccant is saturated, it is no longer able to work in accordance with the task.
- the dry compressed air absorbs moisture from the desiccant of the air dryer and transports it outside into the environment of the compressed air generating device.
- the invention is based on the object of presenting a compressed air generating device with a compressor, a liquid cooling system and an air dryer, which is compact and can be produced inexpensively.
- this compressed air generating device should enable a lower consumption of dried compressed air during regeneration of a desiccant of the air dryer than with known compressed air generating devices.
- the volume of regeneration compressed air that is expected to be required for the respective regeneration of the drying agent should be able to be determined using a method.
- the invention initially relates to a compressed air generating device, with a control and regulating device, with at least one controllable and regulatable electric motor, with at least one air compressor that can be driven by the electric motor, with an air inlet via which ambient air can be sucked into the at least one air compressor, with at least one Air cooler, which is connected to the output of the at least one air compressor, with an air dryer, the input of which is connected to the output of the at least one air cooler, with a coolant inlet opening, via which a liquid coolant can be supplied to the at least one air cooler and other components of the compressed air generating device, and with a coolant outlet opening through which heated coolant can be removed from the compressed air generating device.
- the control and regulating device is designed and arranged in such a way that the operation of the electric motor, a drying operation and a regeneration operation of the air dryer, as well as the operation of a multi-circuit protection valve can be controlled and regulated , and that the air cooler, which is arranged as the last air cooler in front of the air dryer in the flow direction of the compressed air, is the first to be flowed through by the coolant when viewed in the flow direction of the coolant.
- an aftercooler is first flowed through by the still comparatively cold liquid coolant, which is arranged directly in front of the air dryer when viewed in the flow direction of the compressed air. This cools the compressed air as much as possible, so that some of the humidity contained in this compressed air precipitates in the form of small drops of water before it reaches the air dryer. This water will then for example, removed from the compressed air by a water separator in the aftercooler before it reaches the air dryer.
- a small amount of condensed water droplets can also be carried along by the comparatively strongly cooled compressed air via a short compressed air line to the air dryer, in the inlet collection area of which these water droplets collect and are removed during the next regeneration process with the regeneration compressed air flowing out of the air dryer. Because a comparatively large amount of moisture is removed from the compressed air before the air dryer reaches the drying agent, the air dryer is then required less to dry the compressed air. As a result, a regeneration process that consumes dried compressed air needs to be carried out on the air dryer less frequently.
- control and regulating device is designed and arranged in such a way that the operation of the electric motor, a drying operation and a regeneration operation of the air dryer, as well as the operation of a multi-circuit protection valve can be controlled and regulated, is a separate control and regulating device for controlling and regulating the electric motor or a separate control and regulating device for at least indirectly controlling and regulating a multi-circuit protection valve is not necessary. This saves manufacturing costs and installation space.
- the amount of liquid coolant passed every second through the coolable components of the compressed air generating device can be adjusted by means of a controllable coolant pump, which is controllably connected to the control and regulating device.
- the arrangement of at least one temperature sensor is provided, which is arranged in front of the coolant inlet and/or behind the coolant outlet of that air cooler for measuring the coolant temperature, and which is placed in the flow direction of the compressed air as the last air cooler in front of the air dryer, for example on a coolant line is.
- This temperature sensor is connected to the control and regulation device via a data or sensor line.
- the data or sensor line can be a CAN bus line.
- an optimally small volume of dry compressed air can be passed through the air dryer during a regeneration process for drying the desiccant. This minimizes the consumption of dry compressed air and reduces the number and/or duration of regeneration processes on the air dryer to a minimum.
- Such a compressed air generating device can have only one or more compressor stages, which can be driven, for example, by only one electric motor or by one electric motor each.
- the design of the compression stages and the number of air coolers are also not specified with regard to the use of the invention.
- the invention can be used in a compressed air generating device which has an electric motor and two air compressors that can be driven by this and operate one after the other.
- This compressed air generating device also has an air inlet through which ambient air can be sucked in by means of the first air compressor.
- the inlet of the intercooler is pneumatically connected to the outlet of the first air compressor
- the outlet of the intercooler is pneumatically connected to the inlet of the second air compressor
- the outlet of the second air compressor is pneumatically connected to the inlet of the aftercooler.
- an air dryer whose inlet is pneumatically connected to the outlet of the aftercooler.
- a coolant inlet opening through which a liquid coolant can be supplied to the intercooler as well as the aftercooler and other components of the compressed air generating device.
- a coolant outlet opening through which heated coolant can be removed.
- the aftercooler which is arranged as the last air cooler in front of the air dryer in the flow direction of the compressed air, is the first to be flowed through by the coolant when viewed in the flow direction of the coolant, that at least one temperature sensor is present, which with the control and regulating device is connected via a data or sensor line, that the temperature sensor for measuring the coolant temperature is arranged in front of the coolant inlet or behind the coolant outlet of the aftercooler, and that the control and regulating device is designed in such a way that with this in addition to the Operation of the electric motor, a drying operation and a regeneration operation of the air dryer as well as the operation of a multi-circuit protection valve can be controlled and regulated.
- the at least one temperature sensor it can be provided that it is arranged in front of the coolant inlet opening of the compressed air generating device for measuring the coolant temperature.
- a temperature sensor can be used particularly cost-effectively, which is anyway arranged on an external cooling device of a motor vehicle, in order to determine the temperature of the coolant at the output of this external cooling device and to communicate this to the control and regulating device of the motor vehicle.
- the line length for transporting the coolant from this external cooling device to the compressed air generating device is comparatively long, such an arrangement can be unfavorable because the coolant can cool or heat up in an uncontrolled manner on the way to the coolant inlet of the compressed air generating device.
- a temperature sensor is arranged both at the coolant inlet and at the coolant outlet of the aftercooler, which are connected to the control and regulating device in terms of signals. Using the temperature values measured by these two temperature sensors, a temperature difference can be determined in the control and regulating device, which is a measure of the cooling of the compressed air in the aftercooler. From this you can at least estimate how much water has condensed out of the compressed air as it flows through the aftercooler. If necessary, an additional temperature sensor is necessary for this, with which the temperature of the compressed air at the compressed air inlet of the aftercooler can be measured.
- the at least one electric motor, an inverter influencing the operation of the electric motor, the two air compressors, the intercooler, the aftercooler, the air dryer, the multi-circuit protection valve, which pneumatically connects the output of the air dryer with at least one external compressed air storage and external compressed air consumers connects, and a silencer is arranged in or on a common housing.
- the device components mentioned are connected to one another in a suitable manner via the electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic connecting lines mentioned and possibly arranged in the housing.
- the compressed air generating device is extremely compact, easy to assemble during production and easy to attach to a motor vehicle, for example a commercial vehicle.
- control and regulating device is arranged separately or in or on the housing, that the control and regulating device is connected via a first control line to the inverter for controlling and regulating the electric motor, that the control and control device is connected via a second control line to a 3/2-way solenoid switching valve, which is used to open or close a regeneration line that pneumatically at least indirectly connects the compressed air storage and the air dryer, and that the control and regulating device is connected to the multi-circuit protection valve via a sensor line is.
- a particularly compact variant of a compressed air generating device according to the invention can be achieved in that the control and Control device is structurally integrated in the inverter or in the multi-circuit protection valve.
- control and regulating device mentioned is the central control and regulating device of a vehicle. This saves additional costs and installation space for the provision of the device's own control and regulating device, but sensor and control lines for the operation of the compressed air generating device must be available from it to the control and regulating device of the vehicle.
- the compressed air generating device is constructed from several modules, which, together with the associated pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical lines, are arranged in or on a common housing are.
- a compressor module, a compressed air cooling module, a dryer module and a silencer module together with associated pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical lines are arranged in or on the housing of the compressed air generating device, the compressor module containing the electric motor Inverter, which has both air compressors and the control and regulating device, the compressed air cooling module having the intercooler and the aftercooler, the dryer module having the air dryer and the multi-circuit protection valve, the silencer module having the silencer with a sound-absorbing material, and in which the silencer module has at least one regeneration air outlet opening for discharging regeneration compressed air into the environment.
- the sound-absorbing material is designed in such a way that it also absorbs water droplets separated by the air dryer and also carries splash water into the silencer to a water outlet of the Silencer module can conduct.
- the integration of a solitary silencer module can be dispensed with.
- the compressor module, the dryer module and the silencer module are arranged one behind the other in this order, and that the at least one air cooler is in the silencer or in the silencer module is integrated.
- the air cooler in the design just mentioned it can be provided that only the intercooler or only the aftercooler is integrated in the installation space of the silencer. However, it is preferably provided that both the intercooler and the aftercooler are integrated in the silencer.
- the compressed air lines, coolant lines and sensor lines connected to the at least one air cooler are also arranged in the silencer or silencer module.
- the integration of the air coolers mentioned in the silencer creates several advantages, because the intercooler, the aftercooler or both air coolers are supplied with compressed air via pneumatic lines, which was heated by compression in the compressor stages.
- the pneumatic lines heat up due to the warm compressed air and transfer their heat to the sound-absorbing material of the silencer. If water is deposited on the sound-absorbing material, it is heated by the waste heat from the pneumatic lines and evaporates into water vapor, which is ultimately discharged from the silencer into the ambient air during the next regeneration process on the air dryer together with regeneration compressed air.
- Such a silencer does not require a water outlet opening to save money in order to drain away condensation that accumulates in the silencer or splash water that has penetrated into it.
- installation space is saved if the at least one air cooler is integrated into the installation space of the sound-absorbing material of the silencer.
- the sound-absorbing material arranged in this silencer can be formed as a package be, which is adapted to the dimensions and geometry of the at least one air cooler and can be replaced if necessary.
- the silencer is designed without a water outlet opening.
- a compressed air line leading from the at least one compressor to the at least one air cooler has a heating coil-shaped section in a sump area of the silencer.
- the sound-absorbing material of the silencer is arranged in such a way that it can be heated during operation of the compressed air generating device at least on the heating coil-shaped section of the compressed air line mentioned.
- the silencer is designed without a water outlet opening. It is further provided that the coolant line leading from the external cooling device to the at least one air cooler is guided through a sump area of the silencer, and that this coolant line is designed and arranged at least in this sump area of the silencer in such a way that during operation of the compressed air generating device, the coolant line provides the sound-absorbing Material of the silencer can heat up at an ambient temperature below the coolant temperature.
- An even more detailed design of the compressed air generating device provides that the intercooler and the aftercooler are integrated into the silencer, that the first air compressor is connected to the intercooler via a first compressed air line, that the intercooler is connected to the second air compressor via a second compressed air line, that the second air compressor is connected to the aftercooler via a third compressed air line, that the aftercooler is connected to the air dryer via a fourth compressed air line, and that the four compressed air lines mentioned are designed and arranged in the silencer in such a way that by means of the warm compressed air guided through these compressed air lines
- the water that has accumulated in the silencer can be heated up to such an extent that this water evaporates and can be removed from the silencer.
- Another variant of the compressed air generating device having the features of the invention is equipped with at least one electric motor, with which at least one air compressor can be driven, and which has an air inlet through which ambient air can be sucked in by means of the air compressor.
- This compressed air generating device has at least one air cooler in which the air compressed by the air compressor can be cooled.
- a coolant inlet opening is formed, via which a liquid coolant can be supplied to the air cooler.
- a coolant outlet opening through which heated coolant can be removed.
- This compressed air generating device is characterized in that the silencer has at least one regeneration air outlet opening for discharging regeneration exhaust air guided through it into the environment, that this at least one regeneration air outlet opening when the desiccant of the air dryer is not regenerated as an air inlet for sucking in ambient air which serves at least one air compressor, and that the ambient air sucked in by the silencer can be conducted downstream behind the silencer through an intake air line to the at least one air compressor.
- a further development of the compressed air generating device derived from this has the following: at least one electric motor, two air compressors that can be driven by the electric motor and act one after the other, an air inlet through which ambient air can be sucked in by means of the first air compressor, and an intercooler and an aftercooler, the inlet of the intercooler also is pneumatically connected to the output of the first air compressor, wherein the output of the intercooler is pneumatically connected to the input of the second air compressor, and wherein the output of the second air compressor is pneumatically connected to the input of the aftercooler, further comprising an air dryer, the input of which is connected to the output of the aftercooler, as well as with a coolant inlet opening, via which a liquid coolant can be supplied to the intercooler and the aftercooler, and with a coolant outlet opening, via which heated coolant can be removed.
- This further developed compressed air generating device is also characterized in that the silencer has at least one regeneration air outlet opening for discharging regeneration exhaust air guided through it into the environment, and that the at least one regeneration air outlet opening acts as an air inlet for sucking in ambient air when the desiccant of the air dryer is not regenerated serves towards the first air compressor, and that the ambient air sucked in through the silencer can be conducted downstream behind the silencer through an intake air line to the first air compressor.
- a separator for separating out is provided in front of or in the silencer Water and particles are arranged, which are designed and arranged in such a way that the ambient air sucked in through the at least one regeneration air outlet opening, which also serves as an air inlet, can be freed from entrained water droplets and particles.
- a separator can be designed, for example, as a cyclone separator, in which ambient air sucked in is directed in a circular or spiral movement.
- a separate air filter with a conventional air filter material is therefore not required in this design, because the sound-absorbing material arranged in the silencer also performs the task of an air filter material.
- a conventional air filter is arranged at the inlet of the intake line for ambient air.
- the inlet of the intake line for ambient air is connected to an opening in the silencer that serves as an outlet for sucked-in ambient air.
- Another compressed air generating device having the features of the invention also has at least one electric motor with which at least one air compressor can be driven.
- An air dryer is also arranged, the inlet of which is pneumatically connected to the outlet of the at least one air cooler. Furthermore, a coolant inlet opening is formed on the compressed air generating device, via which a liquid coolant can be supplied to the air cooler. Heated coolant can be returned to the external cooling device via a coolant outlet opening that is also present.
- a multi-circuit protection valve is arranged, which pneumatically connects the outlet of the air dryer to at least one external compressed air storage and external compressed air consumers. There is also a control and regulating device which is connected to the multi-circuit protection valve and the sensors arranged there via at least one sensor line.
- the multi-circuit protection valve can be separated from the other components of the compressed air generating device and can be operated remotely from these components, that the control and regulating device as well as that Multi-circuit protection valve have electrical connecting means which are releasably connected to one another via at least one flexible electrical line, and that the multi-circuit protection valve has pneumatic connecting means which are at least indirectly releasably connected to the outlet of the air dryer via at least one flexible pneumatic line.
- the invention also relates to further development of the variant of the compressed air generating device just described, with at least one electric motor, with two air compressors that can be driven by the electric motor and act one after the other, with an air inlet through which ambient air can be sucked in by means of the first air compressor, with an intercooler and an aftercooler, whereby the inlet of the intercooler is pneumatically connected to the outlet of the first air compressor is, wherein the output of the intercooler is pneumatically connected to the input of the second air compressor, and wherein the output of the second air compressor is pneumatically connected to the input of the aftercooler, with an air dryer, the input of which is connected to the output of the aftercooler, with a coolant inlet opening , via which a liquid coolant can be supplied to the intercooler and the aftercooler, with a coolant outlet opening through which heated coolant can be removed, with a multi-circuit protection valve, which pneumatically connects the output of the air dryer with at least one external compressed air storage and external compressed
- a dryer module having the air dryer has at least one electrical plug socket and at least one pneumatic plug socket, so that the electrical plug socket of the dryer module is connected to an electrical plug socket on the control and regulating device via the sensor line is that an electrical plug of an electrical connecting line can be releasably plugged into the electrical plug socket of the dryer module, that this electrical connecting cable has a second plug which can be releasably plugged into an electrical plug socket of the multi-circuit protection valve, that the pneumatic plug socket of the dryer module with the fifth compressed air line is pneumatically connected, through which dried compressed air coming from the air dryer can be conducted into this pneumatic socket of the dryer module a plug of a pneumatic connecting line can be detachably inserted, and that the pneumatic connecting line has a second plug, which can be detachably inserted into a pneumatic socket of the multi-circuit protection valve.
- a compressed air generating device having the features of the invention particularly compact, i.e. to save space, it has at least one electric motor with which at least one air compressor can be driven.
- This at least one air compressor can suck in ambient air via an air inlet.
- at least one air cooler in which the air compressed by the at least one air compressor can be cooled.
- An air dryer is also arranged, with which compressed air cooled by the air cooler can be dried.
- this compressed air generating device has a coolant inlet opening through which a liquid coolant can be supplied to the air cooler. Heated coolant can be discharged via a coolant outlet opening that is also designed.
- the already mentioned compressor module in particular is designed to be particularly compact, in which the at least one electric motor, the inverter, the two air compressors and the intercooler assigned to these air compressors are arranged.
- the control and regulating device is therefore structurally accommodated in a housing of the inverter or forms a structural unit with it, so that the control line from the control and regulating device to the electronics of the inverter is also optimally short.
- the construction described can also be reversed in terms of language and construction, namely that the inverter is an integral part of the control and regulation device.
- the compressed air generating device can also be designed as follows:
- two air compressors that can be driven by the electric motor and act one after the other, an air inlet through which ambient air can be sucked in by means of the first air compressor, an intercooler and an aftercooler, the inlet of the intercooler being pneumatically connected to the outlet of the first air compressor, wherein the output of the intercooler is pneumatically connected to the input of the second air compressor, and wherein the output of the second air compressor is pneumatically connected to the input of the aftercooler, and further comprising an air dryer whose input is connected to the output of the aftercooler, a coolant inlet opening, via which can be supplied with a liquid coolant to the intercooler and the aftercooler, a coolant outlet opening through which heated coolant can be removed, a multi-circuit protection valve which pneumatically connects the output of the air dryer to at least one external compressed air reservoir and to external compressed air consumers, an inverter which is used for control and regulation of the electric motor, as well as a control and regulating device
- the control and regulating device can also be integrated into the multi-circuit protection valve.
- a compressed air generating device having at least one electric motor, two air compressors that can be driven by the electric motor and act one after the other, an air inlet through which ambient air can be sucked in by means of the first air compressor, an intermediate cooler and an aftercooler, the inlet of the intercooler is pneumatically connected to the output of the first air compressor, wherein the output of the intercooler is pneumatically connected to the input of the second air compressor, and wherein the output of the second air compressor is connected to is pneumatically connected to the inlet of the aftercooler, as well as with an air dryer, the inlet of which is connected to the outlet of the aftercooler, a coolant inlet opening, via which a liquid coolant can be supplied to the intercooler and the aftercooler, a coolant outlet opening, via which heated coolant can be removed Multi-circuit protection valve, which pneumatically connects the output of the air dryer
- control and regulating device is not an integral part of the multi-circuit protection valve but rather an integral part of a, preferably central, vehicle control device.
- a regeneration process on the air dryer is therefore initiated by the control and regulation device and is largely controlled using the 3/2-way solenoid switching valve.
- dry regeneration compressed air is directed to the air dryer, and at the same time a control pressure is fed to a control pressure input of the pneumatic 2/2-way switching valve to open a regeneration air outlet of the air dryer.
- This control pressure is generated by a small portion of the regeneration compressed air, most of which comes from the compressed air storage and is passed into the air dryer for drying the desiccant there.
- the pressure-controlled 2/2-way switching valve is assigned to a collecting area of the air dryer, with the pneumatic control input of this 2/2-way switching valve via a second line branch with the output of the 3/2-way solenoid switching valve connected is.
- This 2/2-way switching valve is designed in such a way that it is closed when not actuated.
- the 2/2-way switching valve can also be switched from its closed position to its open position by means of regeneration compressed air supplied to the air dryer and via the second line branch.
- dry regeneration compressed air can be passed through the desiccant of the air dryer in a regeneration compressed air stream. After flowing through the drying agent, the regeneration compressed air can be directed into the collecting area of the air dryer and can entrain any condensed water that has accumulated there and remove it from it via at least one regeneration air outlet on the air dryer.
- the invention also relates to a method for operating a compressed air generating device with the features described.
- compressed air is cooled in at least one air cooler by means of the at least one air compressor.
- the cooled compressed air is then fed to an air dryer and dried there in order to then be directed to compressed air consumers and/or at least one compressed air storage.
- dry compressed air to the extent of the necessary regeneration compressed air volume is passed through the desiccant and then discharged into the environment.
- the regeneration compressed air volume required for the regeneration of the desiccant is calculated at least as a function of the temperature that the coolant has before and/or after it flows through the air cooler that is arranged as the last air cooler in front of the air dryer, and that this is then done in such a way A certain regeneration compressed air volume of dry compressed air is passed through the air dryer.
- the procedure presented here has the advantage that no additional temperature sensor is necessary to obtain information about what temperature the compressed air has before it reaches the air dryer and what water content in the form of air humidity this compressed air carries with it.
- every motor vehicle today has one Liquid cooling system measures the coolant temperature after leaving its radiator using a temperature sensor and its measured values are made available in the motor vehicle for a variety of purposes, for example via a CAN data bus. Knowing the temperature of the coolant directly after leaving the vehicle radiator or immediately before the air cooler mentioned, the temperature of the compressed air after leaving this air cooler can be inferred indirectly without requiring a separate temperature sensor.
- the operation of the compressed air generating device and in particular the supply of the coolant are then regulated so that the cooling effect of the last air cooler before the air dryer is maximum.
- the compressed air is cooled to the maximum in front of the air dryer, as a result of which the compressed air only contains comparatively little moisture that puts a strain on the air dryer.
- the desiccant of the air dryer must be regenerated less frequently or with less regeneration compressed air volume.
- the coolant temperature is measured behind the coolant outlet of the air cooler, which is arranged as the last air cooler in front of the air dryer in the direction of flow of the compressed air, and that the volume of regeneration compressed air required for drying the desiccant in the air dryer depends on the measured coolant temperature is controlled and/or regulated through the air dryer during a later regeneration process.
- the temperature of its electronics can be used as the temperature of the inverter.
- the arrangement of a temperature sensor in the area of the coolant lines and/or the air cooler mentioned can be dispensed with in a cost-saving manner.
- the following method steps can be provided: a) sucking in ambient air by means of the first air compressor, b) pre-compressing the sucked-in ambient air in the first air compressor to a first air pressure value, c) cooling an intercooler with a liquid coolant, d) Cooling the pre-compressed compressed air in the intercooler, e) further compressing the compressed air to a second, higher pressure value using a second air compressor, f) cooling an aftercooler with the liquid coolant, the aftercooler being the first air cooler, viewed in the flow direction of the coolant, being reached hydraulically by the coolant, g) cooling the compressed air further compressed in the second air compressor in the aftercooler, h) drying the cooled compressed air in an air dryer, i) forwarding the cooled and dried compressed air to compressed air consumers and/or to at least one compressed air storage.
- the compressed air that has left the second air compressor is cooled as it flows through the aftercooler to the extent that the freshly supplied liquid coolant allows.
- the liquid coolant is not first directed to a cooling device of the electric motor or to the intercooler in order to cool it during operation, as in the compressed air generating device according to DE 10 2039 139 424.6.
- the coolant is first directed to the aftercooler in order to cool it and, as a result, the compressed air as much as possible. This makes it possible according to the method to cool the compressed air generated so much before it reaches the air dryer that as much moisture as possible is separated and drained away from the compressed air.
- the following further process steps are provided in addition to the method mentioned: j) forwarding the liquid coolant from the aftercooler to the intercooler, k) forwarding the liquid coolant from the intercooler to a cooling device of the electric motor, l) forwarding the liquid coolant from the cooling device of the electric motor to a cooling device of the second air compressor, m) forwarding the liquid coolant from the cooling device of the second air compressor to a cooling device of the inverter, n) forwarding the liquid coolant from the cooling device of the inverter to a cooling device of the first air compressor, o) forwarding the liquid coolant from the cooling device of the first air compressor to an external cooling device.
- the regeneration of the drying agent of the air dryer is particularly important.
- the drying agent which has removed atmospheric moisture from the supplied compressed air in previous drying processes and has now greatly reduced its drying ability, is flowed through in the opposite direction by temporarily stored dry compressed air.
- the compressed air takes water from the desiccant and flows loaded with it out of the air dryer into the environment. The frequency with which such regeneration processes must be carried out and the volume of compressed air required for these regeneration processes influence the need for compressed air to be generated by the compressed air generating device when a vehicle is operating.
- the time interval between two regeneration processes for drying the desiccant of the air dryer is controlled and/or regulated depending on the temperature of the coolant which the coolant has at the outlet of the external cooling device or at the inlet of the aftercooler.
- the temperature of the coolant is decisive for how much water has already condensed out of the compressed air supplied to the aftercooler, a comparatively low coolant temperature causes a comparatively large separation of water from the compressed air already at the aftercooler, which is drained from there.
- the desiccant of the air dryer is less heavily loaded, so that the regeneration compressed air volume can be lower or, for example, the time interval between two regeneration processes can be greater than at a comparatively high coolant temperature.
- the ambient temperature of a vehicle must also be taken into account when carrying out regeneration processes of the type described, because the compressed air stored in a compressed air reservoir takes on the ambient temperature over the wall of the compressed air reservoir after some time. Since the compressed air stored in this compressed air storage is also used for the regeneration of the desiccant in the air dryer and the compressed air temperature determines the water storage capacity of the regeneration compressed air, knowledge of the ambient temperature is important for determining the necessary regeneration compressed air volume.
- the volume of regeneration compressed air required for drying the desiccant also depends on the average ambient temperature is controlled and/or regulated.
- the time interval between two regeneration processes for drying the desiccant of the air dryer is controlled and/or regulated as a function of the average ambient temperature.
- the average value of the ambient temperature can be determined over a predetermined period of time.
- the regeneration compressed air volume required for drying the desiccant or the duration and/or frequency of the regeneration processes in Depending on the difference between the ambient temperature and the coolant temperature is controlled and regulated during a later regeneration process.
- the air dryer is used to operate the presented compressed air generating device provided that a maximum high temperature value of the coolant to be expected during operation of the compressed air generating device is determined, that this value of the coolant temperature serves as the basis for determining a maximum regeneration compressed air volume, and that a related regeneration process for the desiccant is carried out with this maximum regeneration compressed air volume.
- Fig. 1 is a schematic representation of a compressed air generating device with an intercooler and an aftercooler, which are integrated in a silencer, and in which a coolant line is guided through a silencer sump
- Fig. 2 is a compressed air generating device similar to that according to Fig. 1, in which a compressed air line which connects a second air compressor with an aftercooler, is guided through a silencer sump,
- FIG. 3 shows a compressed air generating device similar to that according to FIG. 1, but with a separate compressed air cooling module, in which ambient air can be sucked in through the silencer by a first air compressor,
- FIG. 4 shows a compressed air generating device similar to that according to FIG. 3, but with a different arrangement of a coolant temperature sensor, and with a water and particle filter arranged in the silencer, through which sucked-in ambient air can be conducted to the first air compressor,
- FIG. 5 shows a compressed air generating device similar to that according to FIGS. 1 to 4, in which a multi-circuit protection valve can be operated arranged outside a dryer module,
- Fig. 6 shows a compressed air generating device similar to that according to Fig. 5, in which a multi-circuit protection valve is arranged outside the compressed air generating device and is connected to an electrical control and regulating device and the dryer module via flexible electrical and pneumatic lines, as well
- Fig. 7 shows a compressed air generating device similar to that according to Fig. 4, but in which the ambient air for the first air compressor can be sucked in through an air inlet in the compressor module.
- pneumatic lines that carry air or compressed air are shown with a solid line.
- Hydraulic lines that transport liquid coolant are shown with a dashed line, and electrical lines are shown with a dotted line.
- the compressed air generating device 2.7 shown in FIG. 7 has a closed but also openable housing 6, in which the components of the compressed air generating device 2.7 are combined into modules which are arranged one behind the other.
- the compressor 4 comprising an electric motor 24 including two drive shafts 30, 32, an inverter 26, a first air compressor 16, a second air compressor 18 and a control and regulating device 28, is arranged in a compressor module 90.
- a compressed air cooling module 92 is then arranged in the housing 6 and has an intercooler 20 and an aftercooler 22.
- These two air coolers 20, 22 serve to cool the compressed air generated by the compressor 4.
- the two air coolers 20, 22 use a liquid coolant which is supplied by an external cooling device 82.
- this external cooling device 82 is a cooling device of a commercial vehicle with a suitable heat exchanger, not shown here.
- the aftercooler 22 is arranged so that it is the first component to be supplied with cold liquid coolant by the external cooling device 82.
- this aftercooler 22 is the last air cooler which is arranged in front of an air dryer 40 in the compressed air stream coming from the second air compressor 18.
- At least one temperature sensor is arranged, which is connected to the control and regulating device 28 via a data or sensor line 59.
- the temperature sensor 73 can be arranged at the coolant outlet of the external cooling device 82.
- the most cost-effective arrangement of such a temperature sensor 73 is probably the arrangement at the coolant outlet of the external cooling device 82.
- the temperature reduction of the coolant as it flows through the aftercooler 22 can be determined by forming the difference between the measured values supplied by the two temperature sensors 73', 73" and thus the cooling effect the compressed air to be cooled can be determined.
- the reduction in the compressed air temperature that occurs due to the described energy transfer to the coolant at the aftercooler 22 can be determined, for example, if the temperature of the compressed air at the compressed air inlet of the aftercooler 22 and the per second compressed air volume flow through the aftercooler 22 are also known. Based on the reduction in the compressed air temperature that can be determined in this way, it can be determined which dew point shift in the compressed air has occurred and how much water is separated from the compressed air at the aftercooler 22 every second.
- a dryer module 94 is subsequently placed in the housing 6, in which the aforementioned air dryer 40 and a multi-circuit protection valve 50 are arranged.
- the air dryer 40 contains a desiccant 41 with which atmospheric moisture can be removed from the compressed air supplied to the air dryer 40.
- the drying agent 41 can release this moisture back into dry air, namely when dry compressed air is passed through the air dryer 40 in the opposite direction during a regeneration process.
- the multi-circuit protection valve 50 does not have to be part of the dryer module 94, but its arrangement in the common housing 6 is advantageous.
- the multi-circuit protection valve 50 it is possible to selectively deliver compressed air delivered by the air dryer 40 to different compressed air consumers 50, 51 via compressed air lines DL6, DL7 and/or to at least one compressed air reservoir 45 via a compressed air line DL8.
- the sixth compressed air line DL6 leading to the compressed air consumers 50, 51 and seventh compressed air line DL7 can also be connected to other compressed air storage units on the way there.
- at least one further compressed air consumer can be connected to the compressed air storage 45 shown.
- a 3/2 solenoid switching valve 72 arranged in the dryer module 94 enables the air dryer 40 to be switched into a drying mode or into a regeneration mode, the desiccant 41 of the air dryer 40 being able to be dried in the latter. This will be discussed further below.
- the 3/2 solenoid switching valve 72 is also referred to below as the regeneration switching valve.
- the compressed air generating device 2.7 has a silencer module 96, which is designed here as a silencer 43, which contains a sound-absorbing material 44, which is only partially shown in the figures to make other details easier to see.
- This sound-absorbing material 44 is able to dampen sound emissions that arise during a regeneration process when moisture-laden regeneration exhaust air AL is released from the air dryer 40.
- the silencer module 96 has a plurality of regeneration air outlet openings, of which only one regeneration air outlet opening 34 is shown, through which regeneration exhaust air AL can be released into the environment.
- the silencer module 96 or the silencer 43 has at least one water outlet opening 36 at its deepest point, through which water droplets separated from the compressed air in the air dryer 40 during normal operation and/or splash water that has penetrated through the regeneration air outlet opening 34 is removed via a water separation path 80 that forms can be.
- the silencer module 96, the silencer 43 or the sound-absorbing material 44 can be attached to the housing 6 in an easily replaceable manner.
- the components of the four modules 90, 92, 94, 96 described are connected to one another via pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical lines as far as necessary, which will be discussed separately in the description of the method for operating the compressed air generating device 2.7.
- the functionality and interaction of the components of the compressed air generating device 2.7 are as follows:
- the operation of the compressor 4 is controlled and regulated by means of the control and regulating device 28 already mentioned.
- the control and regulating device 28 is connected via a low-voltage line 57 to a low-voltage source (not shown), to the mentioned data or sensor line 59 of a vehicle-specific data communication system, such as a CAN bus, and via at least one control line 54 to an inverter 26.
- the inverter 26, which influences the operation of the electric motor 24, is electrically connected via a high-voltage line 58 to a high-voltage source, not shown separately.
- the electric motor 24 of the compressor 4 To start and operate the electric motor 24 of the compressor 4, it is controlled in the desired manner by means of the control and regulating device 28 and the inverter 26. This causes the two drive shafts 30, 32 of the electric motor 24 to rotate.
- the first drive shaft 30 is connected to the first air compressor 16 and the second drive shaft 32 to the second air compressor 18 in a driving manner.
- the two air compressors 16, 18 are known spiral compressors.
- the first air compressor 16 is connected to the ambient air L on the input side via an air inlet opening 8 in the housing 6. When the first air compressor 16 is operating, it sucks in ambient air L via a suction line DL and compresses it into compressed air with a first air pressure value.
- the first air compressor 16 is pneumatically connected on the output side via a first compressed air line DL1, the intercooler 20 and then via a second compressed air line DL2 to the inlet of the second air compressor 18.
- the intercooler 20 cools the precompressed compressed air, whereby water is condensed out and removed if necessary.
- the cooled compressed air is then further compressed to a desired second, higher air pressure value and then fed to the already mentioned aftercooler 22 via a third compressed air line DL3.
- the compressed air is further cooled in the aftercooler 22. Humidity from the compressed air condenses.
- the cooled and still residually moist compressed air reaches an inlet-side collecting area 49 of the air dryer 40 via a fourth compressed air line DL4.
- the already condensed water also reaches this collecting area 49 of the air dryer 40 in the form of entrained small droplets or as a film of water. From there, the water is separated from the air dryer 40 via a regeneration air outlet 42 during a later regeneration process. As a result, the condensed water did not get into the drying agent 41 of the air dryer 40, as shown schematically in FIG. 7 with small droplets.
- the compressed air which has been partially dewatered in this way and is still still moist, arrives from the short fourth compressed air line DL4 into the drying agent 41 of the air dryer 40, flows through this drying agent 41 in a drying air stream 23 and is dried there.
- the desiccant 41 is able to remove atmospheric moisture from the supplied compressed air and release it back into dry air during a later regeneration process.
- the dried compressed air then leaves the air dryer 40 via a spring-loaded first check valve 29 which shuts off in the direction of the air dryer 40, and then enters a fifth compressed air line DL5.
- This fifth compressed air line DL5 leads to the already mentioned multi-circuit protection valve 50, which is controlled at least indirectly by the control and regulating device 28.
- the multi-circuit protection valve 50 is connected to the control and regulating device 28 via a sensor line 56.
- the dried compressed air can be directed, for example, through the already mentioned sixth compressed air line DL6 and a compressed air outlet opening 10 in the housing 6 to the first compressed air consumer 51 and via the mentioned seventh compressed air line DL7 to the second compressed air consumer 52.
- the multi-circuit protection valve 50 can direct dried compressed air to the at least one compressed air reservoir 45 via the eighth compressed air line DL8.
- Other compressed air consumers and/or compressed air reservoirs (not shown) can also be supplied with compressed air if necessary via the compressed air storage 45. If necessary, the compressed air stored in the compressed air storage 45 can also be supplied to other compressed air consumers via the multi-circuit protection valve 50 or for one Regeneration of the desiccant 41 of the air dryer 40 is returned to the fifth compressed air line DL5.
- the compressed air generating device 2.7 has a regeneration line DL5a.
- This regeneration line DL5a is indirectly connected via the fifth compressed air line DL5 at least to the eighth compressed air line DL8 leading to the compressed air storage 45 and to the air dryer 40.
- the 3/2-way solenoid switching valve 72 already mentioned above is arranged in the regeneration line DL5a, which is connected to the control and regulating device 28 via a control line 55 and can be controlled by it.
- the regeneration line DL5a is closed as shown in FIG. 7, so that no compressed air can reach the air dryer 40 from the compressed air reservoir 45 via the multi-circuit protection valve 50.
- the 3/2-way solenoid switching valve 72 is actuated, as a result of which the regeneration line DL5a is opened.
- part of the dried compressed air from the compressed air reservoir 45 passes through a first line branch DL5b of the regeneration line DL5a to an aperture 75. There the dried compressed air is expanded, whereby it takes up a larger volume.
- the compressed air then passes through a second spring-loaded check valve 76 that opens in the direction of the air dryer 40 and then reaches the air dryer 40 via a regeneration compressed air inlet 70.
- the relaxed compressed air then flows through the air dryer 40 and the drying agent 41 arranged there in a regeneration compressed air stream 77, provided that a pressure-controlled, 2/2-way switching valve 39, which acts as a drain valve, is open at the collecting area 49 of the air dryer 40.
- a pressure-controlled, 2/2-way switching valve 39 which acts as a drain valve, is open at the collecting area 49 of the air dryer 40.
- another part of the dried compressed air is passed behind the outlet of the 3/2-way solenoid switching valve 72 through a second line branch DL5c to this pressure-controlled 2/2-way switching valve 39.
- the pressure-controlled 2/2-way switching valve 39 is constructed in such a way that in its unactuated switching position it closes a connection from the collecting area 49 of the air dryer 40 to the regeneration air outlet 42 of the air dryer 40 and opens it in the actuated switching state. Accordingly, the pressure-controlled 2/2-way switching valve 39 is opened when the 3/2-way solenoid switching valve 72 has also been switched to its open position.
- the 3/2-way solenoid switching valve 72 instead of the 3/2-way solenoid switching valve 72, there are two 2/2-way solenoid switching valves that can be controlled by the control and regulating device 28. These two 2/2-way solenoid switching valves are not shown in the figures, but their arrangement can be easily understood by a person skilled in the art based on the following description.
- the first 2/2-way solenoid switching valve is arranged in the flow direction of the regeneration compressed air in front of the orifice 75 in the first line branch DL5b
- the second 2/2-way solenoid switching valve is in front of the pressure-controlled 2/2-way switching valve 39 in the second Line branch DL5c arranged.
- the fifth compressed air line DL5 is connected directly to the first line branch DL5b and directly to the second line branch DL5c in the flow direction of the regeneration compressed air in front of the two 2/2-way solenoid switching valves.
- dry regeneration compressed air can be passed through the air dryer 40 into the silencer 43 with the pressure-controlled 2/2-way switching valve 39 also open in order to dry the desiccant 41.
- the collecting area 49 of the air dryer 40 can pass through the aftercooler 22 supplied compressed air can advantageously be freed from water W that has accumulated there.
- the pressure-controlled 2/2-way switching valve 39 When the pressure-controlled 2/2-way switching valve 39 is open, the relaxed compressed air flows through the desiccant 41 in the mentioned regeneration compressed air stream 77 in the direction of the silencer 43. Moisture is removed from the desiccant 41 .
- the compressed air enriched with moisture in this way and the water that has already condensed and accumulated in the collecting area 49 of the air dryer 40 then leave the air dryer 40 via its regeneration air outlet 42 and thus reach the silencer 43.
- the moist regeneration exhaust air AL then flows through the sound-absorbing material 44 arranged in the silencer 43 via an exhaust air path 78 to the at least one regeneration air outlet opening 34 of the silencer 43 of the compressed air generating device 2.7.
- Water droplets which may have formed in the regeneration compressed air stream or which form in the sound-absorbing material 44 of the silencer 43 when the regeneration compressed air stream flows through there, as well as the condensed water from the collecting area 49 of the air dryer 40, flow in the silencer 43 via the already mentioned water separation path 80 towards the at least one water outlet opening 36 of the silencer 43.
- the water outlet opening 36 of the silencer 43 also serves to remove any splash water that may have penetrated into the silencer 43 via the at least one regeneration air outlet opening 34.
- the regeneration process is ended when a predetermined, sufficiently large volume of regeneration compressed air has flowed through the drying agent 41 of the air dryer 40 in order to be able to use it for a further air drying phase.
- the flow path of the liquid coolant supplied by the external cooling device 82 is controlled and regulated with the control and regulating device 28.
- the current actual temperature of the coolant is measured with a first temperature sensor 73 at the output of the cooling device 82, and then the coolant temperature is regulated to a predetermined setpoint of the coolant temperature.
- the first temperature sensor 73 is connected to the control and regulating device 28 via the data and/or sensor line 59.
- the coolant passes from the external cooling device 82 through a coolant inlet opening 12 into the compressed air generating device 2.7 and into the compressed air cooling module 92.
- the coolant then flows through a first coolant line KL1 into the aftercooler 22 in order to cool the compressed air generated by the compressor 4 as much as possible . Since the coolant is first passed into the aftercooler 22, the lowest temperature of the coolant that it has within the compressed air generating device 2.7 can be used. As a result, the compressed air is cooled comparatively strongly before it enters the air dryer 40, as a result of which some of the air moisture carried condenses out and is at least partially separated in the aftercooler 22.
- the condensed water is also passed into the collecting area 49 of the air dryer 40 and from there discharged into the environment directly or via the silencer 43. This process removes a lot of moisture from the compressed air before it reaches the air dryer 40. This is all the more the lower the temperature of the coolant.
- the desiccant 41 of the air dryer 40 needs to be dried less frequently in regeneration operations compared to conventional compressed air generating devices, or such regeneration operations may be performed with a smaller volume of regeneration compressed air than usual.
- more of the dry compressed air stored in the compressed air storage 45 is available for the compressed air consumers 51, 52, so that the electric motor 24 of the compressor 4 of the compressed air generating device 2.7 has to be in operation less frequently.
- the consumption of electrical energy is reduced, which reduces the vehicle's exhaust emissions and thus its CC emissions.
- the frequency of the regeneration processes or the respectively required regeneration compressed air volume can therefore be smaller, the lower the temperature of the coolant at the inlet of the aftercooler 22. It is therefore advantageous if the regulation of the frequency of actuation and/or the regulation of the duration of actuation of the regeneration switching valve designed as a 3/2-way solenoid switching valve 72 is also carried out by means of the control and regulating device 28 as a function of the temperature of the coolant.
- a first temperature sensor 73 is arranged in the area of the outlet of the external cooling device 82 or in the area of the coolant inlet opening 12, by means of which the temperature of the liquid coolant can be measured.
- such a temperature sensor 73 is already a component of the external cooling device 82, so its use does not cause any additional manufacturing costs.
- the temperature measurements obtained in this way can be routed to the control and regulating device 28 via the data and/or sensor line 59 mentioned.
- the control and regulating device 28 then controls and regulates the regeneration of the desiccant 41 of the air dryer 40, taking into account the current coolant temperature, directly via the frequency of actuation and/or the duration of actuation of the 3/2-way solenoid switching valve 72 and indirectly by means of the pressure-controlled 2/2 -way switching valve 39.
- FIG. 7 also shows alternative solutions, according to which the temperature of the coolant at the coolant inlet of the aftercooler 22 can be measured by means of a second temperature sensor 73' and/or at the coolant outlet of the aftercooler 22 by means of a third temperature sensor 73''.
- These temperature sensors 73′, 73′′ are then also connected to the control and regulating device 28 via the data and/or sensor line 59.
- the data and/or sensor line 59 which is connected to the respective temperature sensor 73, 73', 73", can also, unlike shown in FIG. 7, be arranged completely within the compressed air generating device 2.7.
- the ambient temperature of the vehicle is also measured by means of an ambient temperature sensor 74 and displayed with a display element, the ambient temperature also represents the control and regulation of the operating time of the 3/2-way solenoid switching valve 72 and thus for the Control and regulation of the frequency and duration of a regeneration process on the air dryer 40 is available to the control and regulating device 28 via the data and/or sensor line 59 of the CAN bus.
- the regeneration compressed air volume and/or the frequency of the regeneration processes is therefore controlled and regulated by means of the control and regulating device 28 at a constant ambient temperature depending on the temperature of the coolant, and at a constant temperature of the coolant it is controlled and regulated depending on the ambient temperature.
- the duration and/or frequency of the regeneration processes is controlled and regulated depending on the difference between the two temperatures mentioned.
- the volume of regeneration compressed air required for a regeneration process must also cover the most unfavorable case, i.e. take into account the highest temperature of the coolant to be expected during operation of the compressed air generating device 2.7. As a result, such a regeneration process for the drying agent 41 would always take place with a previously determined maximum regeneration compressed air volume.
- the liquid coolant After the liquid coolant has flowed through the aftercooler 22, it reaches the intercooler 20 mentioned via a second coolant line KL2. There it cools the compressed air precompressed by the first air compressor 16. After cooling the pre-compressed compressed air in the intercooler 20, the liquid coolant is conducted via a third coolant line KL3 to a cooling device 25 of the electric motor 24. There the coolant cools, for example, the stator of the electric motor 24. The coolant then flows through a fourth coolant line KL4 to a cooling device 48 of the second air compressor 18 of the compressor 4, which is thereby cooled during its compression activity. The coolant then flows through a fifth coolant line KL5 to a cooling device 27 of the inverter 26 in order to cool this too.
- the coolant is passed through a sixth coolant line KL6 to a cooling device 46 of the first air compressor 16 of the compressor 4 in order to cool it.
- the heated coolant is passed through a coolant outlet opening 14 from the compressor module 90 and from the housing 6 of the compressed air generating device 2.7 via a coolant discharge line Kout to the external cooling device 82.
- a compressed air generating device 2.7 designed according to the invention is installed in a truck and for cooling it uses the liquid coolant of the cooling system, which also cools the internal combustion engine of the truck and serves as a heat source for interior heating.
- the internal combustion engine cold, i.e. starting it at a very low ambient temperature
- the electrically operated compressed air generating device 2.7 is immediately put into operation when the internal combustion engine is cold started to generate compressed air that is necessary for operation, it is cooled as far as possible by the liquid coolant.
- the waste heat thereby removed from the compressed air generating device 2.7 in particular the heat which is generated by the operation of the electric motor 24, the inverter 26 and the two air compressors 16, 18, then advantageously also serves indirectly for a Relieving the load on the vehicle battery.
- temperatures at which water ice can form can also be accepted at the aftercooler 22 and at the inlet of the air dryer 40. Since the warm-up phase is comparatively short, in the normal operating phase that follows, any water ice formed on the aftercooler 22 and at the inlet of the air dryer 40 will evaporate and be absorbed into the compressed air as atmospheric moisture.
- the compressed air generating device 2.1 there does not have a separate compressed air cooling module 92, because the two air coolers, i.e. the intercooler 20 and the aftercooler 22, are arranged in the installation space of the silencer module 96 * or in the installation space of the silencer 43 itself .
- the air coolers 20, 22 are connected to coolant lines KL1, KL2, KL2, which are also at least partially arranged in the installation space of the silencer module 96* or in the installation space of the silencer 43 .
- the silencer module 96* or the silencer 43 has a coolant inlet opening 12*, to which the coolant supply line Kin and the internal, first coolant line KL1 are connected .
- the compressed air generating device 2.1 By arranging the two air coolers 20, 22, the associated compressed air lines DL1, DL2, DL3, DL4 and the coolant lines KL1, KL2 mentioned in the installation space of the silencer module 96 * or in the installation space of the silencer 43, the compressed air generating device 2.1 in comparison
- the compressed air generating device 2.7 described above according to FIG. 7 has a shorter length, so that this compressed air generating device 2.1 requires little space in a motor vehicle.
- the silencer module 96 * or the silencer 43 unlike the compressed air generating device 2.7 according to FIG.
- the first coolant line KL1 is arranged in the sump area 98 of the silencer 43. This makes it possible for the water W accumulated there, be it condensation or splash water that has penetrated into the silencer 43, to evaporate into water vapor 86 at least when the temperature of the water W is lower than the temperature of the coolant supplied by the external cooling device 82 .
- the comparatively high temperature of the coolant required for this can be set for a short period of time using the control and regulating device on the external cooling device 82. Which temperature of the coolant is necessary for this is calculated using the ambient temperature measured by a fourth temperature sensor 74.
- the ambient temperature can be used as control information, since it can be assumed that the sump area 98 of the silencer 43 and the water W located therein have the ambient temperature.
- the water vapor 86 that forms passes inside the silencer 43 or the Silencer module 96* via the exhaust air path 78 in the silencer 43 to the regeneration air outlet opening 34 and from there into the ambient air.
- the silencer 43 or the silencer module 96* is connected or can be connected to the housing 6 of the compressed air generating device 2.1 and the lines there, but is not structurally integrated into this housing 6.
- the heating coil-shaped section 84 of the third compressed air line DL3 is partially surrounded by water W, which has accumulated there due to the supply of condensation or the penetration of splash water.
- the heating coil-shaped section 84 of the third compressed air line DL3 heats the water W during operation of the compressed air generating device 2.2 and water vapor 86 is formed, which is released at the latest during the next regeneration operation via the exhaust air path 78 in the silencer 43 to the regeneration air outlet opening 34 and from there into the ambient air.
- FIG. 3 of a compressed air generating device 2.3 having the features of the invention like the first embodiment of the compressed air generating device 2.1 according to FIG 94 is arranged.
- the compressed air generating device 2.3 according to FIG. 1 this air inlet 8* is identical to the at least one regeneration air outlet opening 34, which is only required by the compressed air generating device 2.3 when it is operated in regeneration mode.
- this at least one regeneration air outlet opening 34 serves as an air inlet 8 * through which ambient air L can be sucked in to the first air compressor 18.
- the ambient air L passes from this alternately usable opening 8 *, 34 via the sound-absorbing material 44 arranged in the silencer 43 and the intake line DL to the inlet of the first air compressor 16 in order to be compressed into compressed air in a first compression process.
- the compressed air follows the description of the compressed air generating device 2.1
- the fourth variant of the compressed air generating device 2.4 shown in FIG. 4 is designed largely identically to the compressed air generating device 2.3 according to FIG and dirt particles could be contaminated, a water and particle separator 88 is arranged in or on the silencer 43.
- the water W filtered out of the sucked-in ambient air L by this water and particle separator 88 is passed along with filtered-out dirt particles to the water outlet opening 36 of the silencer 43, where it is discharged into the environment.
- the multi-circuit protection valve 50 has output-side pneumatic connecting means 66, via which the multi-circuit protection valve 50 is releasably connected to the sixth, seventh and eighth compressed air lines DL6, DL7, DL8.
- these compressed air lines DL6, DL7, DL8 lead to compressed air consumers 51, 52 and to at least one compressed air reservoir 45.
- the multi-circuit protection valve 50 has electrical connection means 64, by means of which the multi-circuit protection valve 50 can be detached from electrical connection means 68 of the control and regulating device 28 connected is.
- the hydraulic connecting means 62, 66 are preferably designed as compressed air connection sockets into which compressed air plugs can be detachably inserted. These compressed air connectors are arranged on the compressed air lines DL5, DL6, DL7, DL8.
- the compressed air lines DL5, DL6, DL7, DL8 can be designed as flexible compressed air lines.
- the electrical connection means 64 on the multi-circuit protection valve 50 is preferably designed as an electrical socket.
- An electrical plug of a sensor line 56 can be detachably inserted into this, which has, for example, a second electrical plug at its other end, which can also be detachably inserted into an associated electrical connecting means 68 designed as a plug socket on the control and regulating device 28.
- the multi-circuit protection valve 50 can also be arranged remotely from the compressed air generating device 2.5, so that it does not have to be removed from the compressed air system of a vehicle for repair purposes if the compressed air generating device 2.5 is damaged.
- control and regulating device 28 is designed in such a way and is connected to the other components of the compressed air generating device 2.5 via sensor lines and control lines that the control and regulating device 28 controls the operation of the inverter 26 and thus the operation of the electric motor 24 as well can control and regulate, such as the dryer operation and the regeneration operation of the air dryer 40.
- control and regulating device 28 at least indirectly controls and regulates the operation of the multi-circuit protection valve 50.
- the control and regulating device 28 can be structurally integrated, for example, in the inverter 26 or in the multi-circuit protection valve 50. This prevents the control and regulating device 28 from remaining on the vehicle in the repair case described.
- FIG. 1 a sixth embodiment of a compressed air generating device 2.6 having the features of the invention is shown in FIG.
- the multi-circuit protection valve 50 can be separated from the other components of the compressed air generating device 2.6 and can be operated remotely from these components.
- the control and regulating device 28 and the multi-circuit protection valve 50 have electrical connection means 64; 68, which are at least indirectly releasably connected to one another via the at least one flexible electrical line 56.
- the multi-circuit protection valve 50 has pneumatic connecting means 62, which are at least indirectly releasably connected to the outlet of the air dryer 40 via at least one flexible pneumatic line 106.
- a coolant inlet opening 12 via which a liquid coolant can be supplied to the intercooler 20 and the aftercooler 22 from a first external cooling device 82. Heated coolant can be discharged to the external cooling device 82 via a coolant outlet opening 14.
- the compressed air generating device 2.6 feeds a multi-circuit protection valve 50 with compressed air, via which the output of the air dryer 40 is pneumatically connected to at least one external compressed air storage 45 and external compressed air consumers 51, 52.
- a control and regulating device 28 which is connected to the multi-circuit protection valve 50 and the sensors arranged there via at least one sensor line 56.
- a dryer module 94* having the air dryer 40 has at least one electrical socket 100 and at least one pneumatic socket 104.
- the electrical socket 100 of the dryer module 94* is connected to an electrical socket 68 on the control and regulating device 28 via the sensor line 56 mentioned.
- An electrical plug of an electrical connecting line 102 is detachably plugged into the electrical socket 100 of the dryer module 94.
- This electrical connecting line 102 has a second plug which is detachably plugged into an electrical plug socket 64 of the multi-circuit protection valve 50.
- the pneumatic socket 104 of the dryer module 94* is pneumatically connected to the fifth compressed air line DL5, through which dry compressed air coming from the air dryer 40 can be conducted to the compressed air consumers 51, 52 and to the compressed air storage 45.
- a plug of a pneumatic connecting line 106 is detachably inserted into this pneumatic socket 104 of the dryer module 94*.
- the pneumatic connecting line 106 has a second plug which can be detachably inserted into a pneumatic socket 62 of the multi-circuit protection valve 50.
- the multi-circuit protection valve 50 can be arranged comparatively far from the other components of the compressed air generating device 2.6.
- the realizable distance is determined in particular by the maximum sensible length of the electrical connecting line 102 and the pneumatic connecting line 106.
- the use of such a compressed air generating device 2.6 takes place, for example, in a vehicle train consisting of a towing vehicle and several trailer vehicles, in which the multi-circuit protection valve 50 is arranged on one of the trailer vehicles, but the core components of the compressed air generating device 2.6 are placed on the towing vehicle.
- the compressed air lines DL6, DL7, DL8 emanating from the multi-circuit protection valve 50 and leading to the compressed air consumers 51, 52 and the at least one compressed air reservoir 45 can be kept comparatively short. This reduces manufacturing costs and reduces the risk of cable damage due to the reduced overall cable length be reduced.
- the air dryer module 94* can be made narrower, which can be advantageous when space on a vehicle is limited.
- the multi-circuit protection valve 50 with all of its sensors and electromagnetic switching valves arranged there can be connected to a central control device 110 of the vehicle via a single electrical line 108.
- the central control device 110 would then also be electrically connected to the 3/2-way solenoid switching valve 72 or to the two 2/2-way solenoid switching valves used for this purpose via at least one control line 112.
- Such a central control device 110 of the vehicle would then also take over all other tasks of the control and regulating device 28 described.
- Coolant inlet opening (first embodiment)
- Output-side pneumatic connecting means on the multi-circuit protection valve Electrical connecting means on the control and regulating device Regeneration compressed air inlet of the air dryer 3/2-way solenoid switching valve
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