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- the invention relates to a cooling fan module for a motor vehicle.
- the invention relates to a cooling fan module with a first fan motor for driving a first cooling fan and with a second fan motor for driving a second cooling fan.
- cooling fan modules for motor vehicles.
- the module is also referred to as a double module.
- more than one cooling fan There are a number of reasons for using more than one cooling fan:
- the space available in the motor vehicle is often restricted.
- the fan output required is often an argument for using a number of cooling fans. Since for higher outputs the fan motors employed are of greater length, it often makes sense, as regards the length of module needed, to divide the module up into two smaller, shorter fan motors. If high cooling power is required, a separation into two (or more) cooling fans is often sensible and/or necessary, since, because of its inadequate heat removal, a single fan motor cannot provide the power needed.
- cooling fan modules can be used if—for example for reasons of availability—a redundancy is to be achieved.
- a cost-effective and compact fan cooling can be provided by a cooling fan module for a motor vehicle, comprising a brushless first fan motor for driving a first cooling fan and a second fan motor for driving a second cooling fan, a control unit being assigned to the first fan motor, which, at the same time as operating the first fan motor, also operates the second fan motor.
- the first fan motor and the second fan motor may be connected in parallel.
- the second fan motor may be a dc motor with brushgear which on the one hand is connected via a phase-dependent number of rectifiers to connection elements of the first fan motor and on the other hand to the power supply line or the ground line of the control unit.
- the second fan motor may be an asynchronous motor or a synchronous motor which is connected directly to the connection elements of the first motor.
- a method for operating a cooling fan module for a motor vehicle may comprise the steps of: assigning a control unit to the first fan motor, which, as well as operating the first fan motor also operates the second fan motor at the same time, and controlling the first fan motor via the control unit with speed regulation and the speed of the second fan motor being set as a function of the speed of the first fan motor.
- FIG. 1 a schematic block diagram of a parallel double module
- FIG. 2 a switching diagram of a parallel double module with a second motor with brushgear in a version with a plus-side connection
- FIG. 3 a switching diagram of a parallel double module with a second motor with brushgear in a version with ground-side connection and
- FIG. 4 a switching diagram of a parallel double module with an asynchronous motor.
- the cooling fan module has a brushless first fan motor for driving a first cooling fan and a second fan motor for driving of a second cooling fan, with the first fan motor being assigned a control unit which operates the first fan motor at the same time as it operates the second fan motor.
- Such a cooling fan module allows a method to be implemented with which the first fan motor is activated via the control unit with its speed regulated and the speed of the second fan motor is set as a function of the speed of the first fan motor.
- a hybrid arrangement of a brushless fan motor with a second fan motor is provided.
- this arrangement only one electronics unit is used for the brushless fan motor and this is used for the second fan motor as well.
- the second fan motor (which does not have a control unit of its own) is operated automatically and inevitably as soon as the first fan motor is operated. Only a single control unit is employed in this case.
- a higher system efficiency overall can be achieved since the brushless fan motor as a rule has an approximately 10-15% higher efficiency.
- the first fan motor and the second fan motor are connected in parallel, so that a “parallel double module” is produced.
- control unit is connected to a power supply line and a ground line and has a number of connection elements for connecting the first fan motor.
- the control unit in such cases can be arranged on the one hand in the housing of the first fan motor. On the other hand however it can also be provided outside the housing of the first fan motor as an external control unit.
- the first fan motor may be preferably a brushless motor with any number of phases, for example with three or five phases, which is operated in bipolar or unipolar mode.
- the second fan motor may be preferably a dc motor with brushgear, which on the one hand is connected via a phase-dependent number of rectifiers to the connection elements of the first fan motor and on the other hand is linked to the power supply line or the ground line of the control unit.
- the use of a direct current motor with brushgear enables the cooling fan module to be produced in a more cost-effective manner than comparable solutions with two brushless fan motors.
- an asynchronous motor or a synchronous motor can also be used instead of a dc motor with brushgear. This can then be connected directly to the connection elements of the first motor.
- the use of an asynchronous motor or synchronous motor enables the number of components needed to be further reduced.
- asynchronous motors are not only extremely robust, but are also comparatively cheap to manufacture.
- the speed of the first motor is regulated in accordance with a further embodiment in the control unit, which receives setpoint speed information as an input signal.
- a cooling fan module for a motor vehicle features a first fan motor 2 for driving a first cooling fan 3 and a second fan motor 4 for driving a second cooling fan 5 .
- FIG. 1 shows such a double configuration in a greatly simplified illustration, in which the power supply line 9 as well as the further connecting lines are only shown schematically.
- the integrated control unit 6 of the first fan motor 2 serves as the sole control unit for simultaneous operation of the second fan motor which is connected in parallel with the first fan motor 2 .
- the integrated control unit 6 in this case is arranged in the housing 7 of the first fan motor 2 , while the housing 8 of the second fan motor remains free and can accordingly be designed smaller.
- a cooling fan motor for a motor vehicle has a brushless motor 11 as its first fan motor and a dc motor with brushgear 12 as its second fan motor.
- the cooling fans 3 , 5 themselves are not shown in order to improve the clarity of FIG. 2 .
- Fan motors 11 , 12 are connected in parallel.
- the brushless motor 11 features an integrated control unit 13 , while no separate control unit is required according to various embodiments for the dc motor with brushgear 12 .
- the brushless motor 11 is a three-phase, bipolar-operated motor (ac motor).
- the control unit 13 has control electronics 14 , which for supplying the fan motors 11 , 12 with a supply voltage, is connected to a standard vehicle main power supply line 15 (“terminal 30”) of the motor vehicle and a corresponding ground line 16 (“terminal 31”).
- a standard vehicle main power supply line 15 (“terminal 30”) of the motor vehicle and a corresponding ground line 16 (“terminal 31”).
- the control unit 13 is equipped in its power section with the functionality of a converter.
- An arrangement of electronic switching transistors 17 , 17 ′ power transistors, MOSFETs
- the control unit 13 of the brushless ac motor 11 is also used for the operation of the dc motor with brushgear 12 , it must be designed for both motor currents, i.e. in the design of the control unit 13 a corresponding power dissipation must be taken into account in the dimensioning.
- the control electronics 14 is connected via an access line 22 to an external signal generator (not shown) which provides setpoint speed information.
- the control unit 13 has three phase connections 19 which are connected accordingly to the electronic switching transistors 17 , 17 ′.
- the dc motor with brushgear 12 is on the one hand connected via three rectifiers 21 (power diodes) to these phase connections 19 .
- a direct current is created again from the three-phase ac system by the rectifiers 21 .
- the dc motor with brushgear 12 is connected to the dc power supply line 15 .
- the dc power supply line 15 also serves as common reference point for the two fan motors 11 , 12 .
- the said three-phase connections 19 must additionally be provided.
- any types of terminal contacts can be used, for example screw or clamp contacts.
- the rectifiers 21 are also preferably arranged, because of the cooling facilities already provided there (as illustrated in FIG. 2 ), in the housing 7 of the brushless ac motor 11 or alternatively in the housing 8 of the dc motor with brushgear 12 . Accordingly just a single connection or also three connections must be brought out of the housing 7 of the brushless ac motor 11 .
- a three-phase brushless ac motor 11 is again used as the first fan motor and a dc motor with brushgear 12 as the second fan motor.
- the layout of the cooling fan module and the wiring in this case corresponds to the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 2 , with the difference that the dc motor with brushgear 12 is not connected to the dc power supply line 15 but to the ground line 16 .
- the ground line 16 serves as a common reference point for the two fan motors 11 , 12 .
- the three rectifiers 21 (diodes) are accordingly connected in the reverse direction.
- the current in the brushless ac motor 11 with integrated control unit 13 the current is also limited in the dc motor with brushgear 12 without additional electronic components or other measures being necessary.
- This enables both a blocking protection function and also a short-circuit protection function to be achieved in a simple manner for the dc motor with brushgear 12 .
- the prerequisite for an effective protection function is that both motor currents are recorded for current measurement in the control unit 13 .
- the easiest way to achieve this is for the two currents to be directed via the same current measurement device (not shown), e.g. a shunt. Any overcurrent switch-off or similar protection functions in the integrated control unit 13 of the brushless ac motor 11 also protects the dc motor with brushgear 12 .
- a further advantage of the arrangement according to various embodiments is that, no further electronic components are required in addition to the rectifiers 21 for the dc motor with brushgear 12 . Since the dc motor with brushgear 12 does not have a separate control unit, no power dissipation occurs through electronic components. This also reduces the cooling effort required.
- the parallel connection according to various embodiments of the two fan motors 11 , 12 also has effects on the operating behavior of the two cooling fans 3 , 5 .
- the brushless ac motor 11 is operated via the control unit 13 with speed regulation.
- the speed of a motor always depends directly on the equivalent voltage at the motor.
- a voltage is also predetermined via the rectifiers 21 for the dc motor with brushgear 12 corresponding to the speed of the brushless ac motor 11 and the speed of the dc motor with brushgear 12 . This corresponds to a speed setting similar to that undertaken with a PWM controller.
- the speed of the dc motor with brushgear 12 is not controlled in this case.
- an asynchronous motor 23 can also be provided as the second fan motor, cf. FIG. 4 .
- the asynchronous motor 23 is connected in this case directly to the phase terminals 19 of the brushless ac motor 11 . In such cases three connections are brought out from housing 7 of the first fan motor 11 .
- the asynchronous motor 23 in this configuration follows the three-phase power predetermined by the integrated control unit 13 of the brushless ac motor 11 .
- This embodiment in addition to the characteristics already described, has the further advantage of not requiring any rectifiers.
- first and second fan motors preferably brushless ac motors 11 .
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Abstract
A cooling fan module for a motor vehicle. has a first fan motor which is used to drive a first cooling fan and a second fan motor which is used to drive a second cooling fan. A control unit (6, 13) is associated with the first fan motor (2, 11), which operates the first fan motor (2, 11) and the second fan motor (4, 12, 23) simultaneously, in order to provide an economical and compact technical solution for the cooling fan.
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- This application is a U.S. national stage application of International Application No. PCT/EP2006/066021 filed Sep. 5, 2006, which designates the United States of America, and claims priority to German application number 10 2005 048 887.0 filed Oct. 12, 2005, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
- The invention relates to a cooling fan module for a motor vehicle. In particular the invention relates to a cooling fan module with a first fan motor for driving a first cooling fan and with a second fan motor for driving a second cooling fan.
- Frequently two or more cooling fans are used in cooling fan modules for motor vehicles. When two cooling fans are used the module is also referred to as a double module. There are a number of reasons for using more than one cooling fan:
- One is that the space available in the motor vehicle is often restricted. Another is that the fan output required is often an argument for using a number of cooling fans. Since for higher outputs the fan motors employed are of greater length, it often makes sense, as regards the length of module needed, to divide the module up into two smaller, shorter fan motors. If high cooling power is required, a separation into two (or more) cooling fans is often sensible and/or necessary, since, because of its inadequate heat removal, a single fan motor cannot provide the power needed.
- In addition it can be necessary, because of the design of a motor vehicle or for other reasons, to use heat exchangers which have a more rectangular shape. By contrast with a cube shape, a double-fan configuration makes more sense for a more rectangular shape, since a greater coverage of the heat exchanger can be achieved with this shape and the air flow from the corners of the heat exchanger is improved.
- Finally two or more cooling fan modules can be used if—for example for reasons of availability—a redundancy is to be achieved.
- Previously such double modules have featured two direct current motors with brushgear which have been operated either in series or in parallel, in order to obtain specific speeds and thereby power output stages. In newer applications the direct current motors with brushgear have been operated with internal, external PWM actuating units or units integrated into one of the two motors.
- Increased demands in respect of module length, power and costs have also demanded new approaches to solutions for double modules.
- According to an embodiment, a cost-effective and compact fan cooling can be provided by a cooling fan module for a motor vehicle, comprising a brushless first fan motor for driving a first cooling fan and a second fan motor for driving a second cooling fan, a control unit being assigned to the first fan motor, which, at the same time as operating the first fan motor, also operates the second fan motor.
- According to a further embodiment, the first fan motor and the second fan motor may be connected in parallel. According to a further embodiment, the second fan motor may be a dc motor with brushgear which on the one hand is connected via a phase-dependent number of rectifiers to connection elements of the first fan motor and on the other hand to the power supply line or the ground line of the control unit. According to a further embodiment, the second fan motor may be an asynchronous motor or a synchronous motor which is connected directly to the connection elements of the first motor.
- According to another embodiment, a method for operating a cooling fan module for a motor vehicle, wherein the cooling fan module has a brushless first fan motor for driving a first cooling fan and a second fan motor for driving a second cooling fan, may comprise the steps of: assigning a control unit to the first fan motor, which, as well as operating the first fan motor also operates the second fan motor at the same time, and controlling the first fan motor via the control unit with speed regulation and the speed of the second fan motor being set as a function of the speed of the first fan motor.
- The invention will be described below with reference to exemplary embodiments which are explained in greater detail with the aid of drawings. The drawings show the following simplified diagrams:
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FIG. 1 a schematic block diagram of a parallel double module, -
FIG. 2 a switching diagram of a parallel double module with a second motor with brushgear in a version with a plus-side connection, -
FIG. 3 a switching diagram of a parallel double module with a second motor with brushgear in a version with ground-side connection and -
FIG. 4 a switching diagram of a parallel double module with an asynchronous motor. - The cooling fan module according to various embodiments has a brushless first fan motor for driving a first cooling fan and a second fan motor for driving of a second cooling fan, with the first fan motor being assigned a control unit which operates the first fan motor at the same time as it operates the second fan motor.
- Such a cooling fan module allows a method to be implemented with which the first fan motor is activated via the control unit with its speed regulated and the speed of the second fan motor is set as a function of the speed of the first fan motor.
- According to an embodiment, a hybrid arrangement of a brushless fan motor with a second fan motor is provided. In this arrangement only one electronics unit is used for the brushless fan motor and this is used for the second fan motor as well. In other words the second fan motor (which does not have a control unit of its own) is operated automatically and inevitably as soon as the first fan motor is operated. Only a single control unit is employed in this case.
- The various embodiments are thus in complete contrast with previously known approaches in which a single control unit can only be used to operate two fan motors because the control unit has two separate actuation units, namely one for each fan motor. Strictly speaking, such known control units consist of two individual control units which are accommodated in one and the same housing.
- Because a brushless fan motor is used, considerably higher reliability and service life of the cooling fan can be achieved compared to solutions known from the prior art.
- The use of a brushless fan motor also makes it possible to implement a double or multiple fan configuration with a very short physical length. Despite a restricted length it is possible with this design to integrate the control unit into the brushless cooling fan. With dc motors with brushgear, as are used in the prior art, this approach is not possible without increasing the length.
- A higher system efficiency overall can be achieved since the brushless fan motor as a rule has an approximately 10-15% higher efficiency.
- According to an embodiment the first fan motor and the second fan motor are connected in parallel, so that a “parallel double module” is produced.
- According to a further embodiment, the control unit is connected to a power supply line and a ground line and has a number of connection elements for connecting the first fan motor. The control unit in such cases can be arranged on the one hand in the housing of the first fan motor. On the other hand however it can also be provided outside the housing of the first fan motor as an external control unit.
- The first fan motor may be preferably a brushless motor with any number of phases, for example with three or five phases, which is operated in bipolar or unipolar mode. The second fan motor may be preferably a dc motor with brushgear, which on the one hand is connected via a phase-dependent number of rectifiers to the connection elements of the first fan motor and on the other hand is linked to the power supply line or the ground line of the control unit. The use of a direct current motor with brushgear enables the cooling fan module to be produced in a more cost-effective manner than comparable solutions with two brushless fan motors. Since no separate control unit has to be provided for the dc motor with brushgear, none of the components listed below are needed either: Voltage regulator, microcontroller, resonators or similar, power components such as MOSFETs or diodes, driver stages, interface switching elements, etc. This reduces the manufacturing costs.
- Alternatively, instead of a dc motor with brushgear, an asynchronous motor or a synchronous motor can also be used. This can then be connected directly to the connection elements of the first motor. The use of an asynchronous motor or synchronous motor enables the number of components needed to be further reduced. In addition asynchronous motors are not only extremely robust, but are also comparatively cheap to manufacture.
- The speed of the first motor is regulated in accordance with a further embodiment in the control unit, which receives setpoint speed information as an input signal.
- According to an embodiment, a cooling fan module for a motor vehicle features a
first fan motor 2 for driving a first cooling fan 3 and asecond fan motor 4 for driving asecond cooling fan 5.FIG. 1 shows such a double configuration in a greatly simplified illustration, in which the power supply line 9 as well as the further connecting lines are only shown schematically. The integratedcontrol unit 6 of thefirst fan motor 2 serves as the sole control unit for simultaneous operation of the second fan motor which is connected in parallel with thefirst fan motor 2. The integratedcontrol unit 6 in this case is arranged in thehousing 7 of thefirst fan motor 2, while thehousing 8 of the second fan motor remains free and can accordingly be designed smaller. - In a first exemplary embodiment (cf.
FIG. 2 ) a cooling fan motor for a motor vehicle has abrushless motor 11 as its first fan motor and a dc motor withbrushgear 12 as its second fan motor. The coolingfans 3, 5 themselves are not shown in order to improve the clarity ofFIG. 2 .Fan motors brushless motor 11 features anintegrated control unit 13, while no separate control unit is required according to various embodiments for the dc motor withbrushgear 12. In the exemplary embodiment shown thebrushless motor 11 is a three-phase, bipolar-operated motor (ac motor). - The
control unit 13 hascontrol electronics 14, which for supplying thefan motors brushless ac motor 11 with a three-phase ac system thecontrol unit 13 is equipped in its power section with the functionality of a converter. An arrangement ofelectronic switching transistors brushless ac motor 11. Since thecontrol unit 13 of thebrushless ac motor 11 is also used for the operation of the dc motor withbrushgear 12, it must be designed for both motor currents, i.e. in the design of the control unit 13 a corresponding power dissipation must be taken into account in the dimensioning. - The
control electronics 14 is connected via anaccess line 22 to an external signal generator (not shown) which provides setpoint speed information. - To connect the
brushless ac motor 11 thecontrol unit 13 has threephase connections 19 which are connected accordingly to theelectronic switching transistors brushgear 12 is on the one hand connected via three rectifiers 21 (power diodes) to thesephase connections 19. A direct current is created again from the three-phase ac system by therectifiers 21. On the other hand the dc motor withbrushgear 12 is connected to the dcpower supply line 15. The dcpower supply line 15 also serves as common reference point for the twofan motors - For connecting dc motors with
brushgear 12 as second fan motors according to an embodiment only the said three-phase connections 19 must additionally be provided. In such cases any types of terminal contacts can be used, for example screw or clamp contacts. Therectifiers 21 are also preferably arranged, because of the cooling facilities already provided there (as illustrated inFIG. 2 ), in thehousing 7 of thebrushless ac motor 11 or alternatively in thehousing 8 of the dc motor withbrushgear 12. Accordingly just a single connection or also three connections must be brought out of thehousing 7 of thebrushless ac motor 11. - In a second exemplary embodiment (cf.
FIG. 3 ) a three-phasebrushless ac motor 11 is again used as the first fan motor and a dc motor withbrushgear 12 as the second fan motor. The layout of the cooling fan module and the wiring in this case corresponds to the exemplary embodiment shown inFIG. 2 , with the difference that the dc motor withbrushgear 12 is not connected to the dcpower supply line 15 but to theground line 16. In other words theground line 16 serves as a common reference point for the twofan motors - The parallel connection of the two
fan motors - By limiting the current in the
brushless ac motor 11 withintegrated control unit 13 the current is also limited in the dc motor withbrushgear 12 without additional electronic components or other measures being necessary. This enables both a blocking protection function and also a short-circuit protection function to be achieved in a simple manner for the dc motor withbrushgear 12. The prerequisite for an effective protection function is that both motor currents are recorded for current measurement in thecontrol unit 13. The easiest way to achieve this is for the two currents to be directed via the same current measurement device (not shown), e.g. a shunt. Any overcurrent switch-off or similar protection functions in theintegrated control unit 13 of thebrushless ac motor 11 also protects the dc motor withbrushgear 12. - A further advantage of the arrangement according to various embodiments is that, no further electronic components are required in addition to the
rectifiers 21 for the dc motor withbrushgear 12. Since the dc motor withbrushgear 12 does not have a separate control unit, no power dissipation occurs through electronic components. This also reduces the cooling effort required. - The parallel connection according to various embodiments of the two
fan motors fans 3, 5. Thebrushless ac motor 11 is operated via thecontrol unit 13 with speed regulation. The speed of a motor always depends directly on the equivalent voltage at the motor. A voltage is also predetermined via therectifiers 21 for the dc motor withbrushgear 12 corresponding to the speed of thebrushless ac motor 11 and the speed of the dc motor withbrushgear 12. This corresponds to a speed setting similar to that undertaken with a PWM controller. The speed of the dc motor withbrushgear 12 is not controlled in this case. - Alternatively, instead of a dc motor with
brushgear 12, anasynchronous motor 23 can also be provided as the second fan motor, cf.FIG. 4 . Theasynchronous motor 23 is connected in this case directly to thephase terminals 19 of thebrushless ac motor 11. In such cases three connections are brought out fromhousing 7 of thefirst fan motor 11. Theasynchronous motor 23 in this configuration follows the three-phase power predetermined by theintegrated control unit 13 of thebrushless ac motor 11. This embodiment, in addition to the characteristics already described, has the further advantage of not requiring any rectifiers. - In a further exemplary embodiment (not illustrated) there is provision for using identical motors as first and second fan motors, preferably
brushless ac motors 11.
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1. A cooling fan module for a motor vehicle, comprising a brushless first fan motor for driving a first cooling fan and a second fan motor for driving a second cooling fan, a control unit being assigned to the first fan motor, which, at the same time as operating the first fan motor, also operates the second fan motor.
2. The cooling fan module according to claim 1 , wherein the first fan motor and the second fan motor are connected in parallel.
3. The cooling fan module according to claim 1 , wherein the second fan motor is a dc motor with brushgear which on the one hand is connected via a phase-dependent number of rectifiers to connection elements of the first fan motor and on the other hand to the power supply line or the ground line of the control unit.
4. The cooling fan module according to claim 1 , wherein the second fan motor is an asynchronous motor which is connected directly to the connection elements of the first motor.
5. A method for operating a cooling fan module for a motor vehicle, wherein the cooling fan module has a brushless first fan motor for driving a first cooling fan and a second fan motor for driving a second cooling fan, the method comprising the steps of:
assigning a control unit to the first fan motor, which, as well as operating the first fan motor also operates the second fan motor at the same time, and
controlling the first fan motor via the control unit with speed regulation and the speed of the second fan motor being set as a function of the speed of the first fan motor.
6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the first fan motor and the second fan motor are connected in parallel.
7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the second fan motor is a dc motor with brushgear which on the one hand is connected via a phase-dependent number of rectifiers to connection elements of the first fan motor and on the other hand to the power supply line or the ground line of the control unit.
8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the second fan motor is an asynchronous motor which is connected directly to the connection elements of the first motor.
9. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the second fan motor is a synchronous motor which is connected directly to the connection elements of the first motor.
10. The cooling fan module according to claim 1 , wherein the second fan motor is a synchronous motor which is connected directly to the connection elements of the first motor.
11. A cooling fan module for a motor vehicle, comprising
a brushless first fan motor driving a first cooling fan and a second fan motor driving a second cooling fan, a control unit being assigned to the first fan motor, the control unit being operable to set the speed of the second fan motor as a function of the speed of the first fan motor.
12. The cooling fan module according to claim 11 , wherein the first fan motor and the second fan motor are connected in parallel.
13. The cooling fan module according to claim 11 , wherein the second fan motor is a dc motor with brushgear which on the one hand is connected via a phase-dependent number of rectifiers to connection elements of the first fan motor and on the other hand to the power supply line or the ground line of the control unit.
14. The cooling fan module according to claim 11 , wherein the second fan motor is an asynchronous motor which is connected directly to the connection elements of the first motor.
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