WO2008111906A1 - Cooling arrangement in a vehicle - Google Patents

Cooling arrangement in a vehicle Download PDF

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WO2008111906A1
WO2008111906A1 PCT/SE2008/050262 SE2008050262W WO2008111906A1 WO 2008111906 A1 WO2008111906 A1 WO 2008111906A1 SE 2008050262 W SE2008050262 W SE 2008050262W WO 2008111906 A1 WO2008111906 A1 WO 2008111906A1
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Zoltan Kardos
Erik SÖDERBERG
Hans WIKSTRÖM
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Scania Cv Ab
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Priority to BRPI0807932-3A2A priority patent/BRPI0807932A2/en
Priority to EP08724209A priority patent/EP2137390A4/en
Priority to JP2009553548A priority patent/JP2010521614A/en
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
    • B60K11/00—Arrangement in connection with cooling of propulsion units
    • B60K11/02—Arrangement in connection with cooling of propulsion units with liquid cooling
    • B60K11/04—Arrangement or mounting of radiators, radiator shutters, or radiator blinds
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01P—COOLING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; COOLING OF INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01P5/00—Pumping cooling-air or liquid coolants
    • F01P5/02—Pumping cooling-air; Arrangements of cooling-air pumps, e.g. fans or blowers
    • F01P5/06—Guiding or ducting air to, or from, ducted fans
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01P—COOLING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; COOLING OF INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01P5/00—Pumping cooling-air or liquid coolants
    • F01P5/02—Pumping cooling-air; Arrangements of cooling-air pumps, e.g. fans or blowers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B29/00—Engines characterised by provision for charging or scavenging not provided for in groups F02B25/00, F02B27/00 or F02B33/00 - F02B39/00; Details thereof
    • F02B29/04—Cooling of air intake supply
    • F02B29/0406—Layout of the intake air cooling or coolant circuit
    • F02B29/0412—Multiple heat exchangers arranged in parallel or in series
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B29/00—Engines characterised by provision for charging or scavenging not provided for in groups F02B25/00, F02B27/00 or F02B33/00 - F02B39/00; Details thereof
    • F02B29/04—Cooling of air intake supply
    • F02B29/0406—Layout of the intake air cooling or coolant circuit
    • F02B29/0425—Air cooled heat exchangers
    • F02B29/0431—Details or means to guide the ambient air to the heat exchanger, e.g. having a fan, flaps, a bypass or a special location in the engine compartment
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B29/00—Engines characterised by provision for charging or scavenging not provided for in groups F02B25/00, F02B27/00 or F02B33/00 - F02B39/00; Details thereof
    • F02B29/04—Cooling of air intake supply
    • F02B29/045—Constructional details of the heat exchangers, e.g. pipes, plates, ribs, insulation, materials, or manufacturing and assembly
    • F02B29/0475—Constructional details of the heat exchangers, e.g. pipes, plates, ribs, insulation, materials, or manufacturing and assembly the intake air cooler being combined with another device, e.g. heater, valve, compressor, filter or EGR cooler, or being assembled on a special engine location
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M26/00—Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding exhaust gases to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture, e.g. by exhaust gas recirculation [EGR] systems
    • F02M26/02—EGR systems specially adapted for supercharged engines
    • F02M26/04—EGR systems specially adapted for supercharged engines with a single turbocharger
    • F02M26/05—High pressure loops, i.e. wherein recirculated exhaust gas is taken out from the exhaust system upstream of the turbine and reintroduced into the intake system downstream of the compressor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M26/00—Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding exhaust gases to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture, e.g. by exhaust gas recirculation [EGR] systems
    • F02M26/13—Arrangement or layout of EGR passages, e.g. in relation to specific engine parts or for incorporation of accessories
    • F02M26/22—Arrangement or layout of EGR passages, e.g. in relation to specific engine parts or for incorporation of accessories with coolers in the recirculation passage
    • F02M26/23—Layout, e.g. schematics
    • F02M26/24—Layout, e.g. schematics with two or more coolers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M26/00—Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding exhaust gases to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture, e.g. by exhaust gas recirculation [EGR] systems
    • F02M26/13—Arrangement or layout of EGR passages, e.g. in relation to specific engine parts or for incorporation of accessories
    • F02M26/22—Arrangement or layout of EGR passages, e.g. in relation to specific engine parts or for incorporation of accessories with coolers in the recirculation passage
    • F02M26/23—Layout, e.g. schematics
    • F02M26/27—Layout, e.g. schematics with air-cooled heat exchangers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
    • B60K13/00—Arrangement in connection with combustion air intake or gas exhaust of propulsion units
    • B60K13/04—Arrangement in connection with combustion air intake or gas exhaust of propulsion units concerning exhaust
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01P—COOLING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; COOLING OF INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01P3/00—Liquid cooling
    • F01P3/18—Arrangements or mounting of liquid-to-air heat-exchangers
    • F01P2003/187—Arrangements or mounting of liquid-to-air heat-exchangers arranged in series
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01P—COOLING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; COOLING OF INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01P2060/00—Cooling circuits using auxiliaries
    • F01P2060/02—Intercooler
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
    • Y02T10/00—Road transport of goods or passengers
    • Y02T10/10—Internal combustion engine [ICE] based vehicles
    • Y02T10/12—Improving ICE efficiencies

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  • the present invention relates to a cooler arrangement in a vehicle according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the cooling system for cooling the combustion engine is increasingly being used for cooling other components and systems of the vehicle. If the cooling system is too heavily loaded, however, there is risk of its not coping satisfactorily with its main function of cooling the combustion engine.
  • EGR exhaust gas recirculation
  • exhaust gas recirculation exhaust gas recirculation
  • a mixture of air and exhaust gases is thus supplied via the inlet line to the cylinders of the engine in which the combustion takes place.
  • Adding exhaust gases to the air causes a lower combustion temperature, resulting inter alia in a reduced content of nitrogen oxides NO x in the exhaust gases.
  • This technique is used for both Otto engines and diesel engines.
  • the exhaust gases are at a relatively high temperature and have therefore to be cooled before they are led, together with the air, into the combustion spaces of the combustion engine.
  • Conventional EGR coolers use the coolant of the vehicle's ordinary cooling system for cooling the recirculating exhaust gases.
  • the air led to a combustion engine is usually compressed to enable as large an amount of air as possible to be led into the combustion engine.
  • the air undergoes heating during the compression.
  • the compressed air has therefore to be cooled before it is led to the combustion engine.
  • the compressed air is usually cooled in a charge air cooler which has air at the temperature of the surroundings flowing through it.
  • the compressed air can thus be cooled to a temperature only a few degrees above the temperature of the surroundings.
  • the charge air cooler is usually situated in front of the ordinary radiator which cools the coolant.
  • the coolant in the ordinary cooling system therefore undergoes less effective cooling when it is cooled by air which is at a higher temperature than the surroundings. The capacity of the ordinary cooling system is thus reduced when such a charge air cooler is used.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a cooler arrangement in a vehicle in which various components and systems can be cooled effectively by substantially the same air as flows through the radiator of the vehicle's ordinary cooling system, without thereby appreciably impairing the capacity of the ordinary cooling system.
  • Such a tubular casing leads all the air which has passed through the first cooling element to the further cooling element situated downstream.
  • the cooling effect undergone by the second medium in the further cooling element depends on the temperature difference ⁇ t between the second medium and the cooling air which flows through the further cooling element. If the second medium is at a high temperature, the result is a relatively large temperature difference even if the cooling air flow is at a somewhat higher temperature than the temperature of the surroundings. Another factor which affects the cooling effect is the amount of cooling air which flows through the further cooling element per unit time.
  • the presence of the tubular casing thus ensures that the same large air flow which passes through the first cooling element also passes through the further cooling element. It is thus possible for there to be both a relatively large temperature difference and a large cooling air flow, resulting in good cooling of the second medium in the further cooling element.
  • the fact that the further cooling element is situated downstream of the first cooling element does not impair at all the cooling of the coolant in the first cooling element and hence likewise does not impair the function of the vehicle's ordinary cooling system.
  • the further cooling element is an air-cooled EGR cooler for cooling of recirculating exhaust gases which are led from an exhaust line of the combustion engine to an inlet line for air to the combustion engine.
  • the exhaust gases from a combustion engine are usually at a temperature of about 500-600 0 C.
  • the temperature of the recirculating exhaust gases is so high that they are cooled almost as effectively by air which is at a somewhat raised temperature after it has passed through the first cooling element as by air at the temperature of the surroundings.
  • the recirculating exhaust gases thus undergo effective cooling in said EGR cooler situated within the tubular casing.
  • said air-cooled EGR cooler is adapted to subjecting the returning exhaust gases to a first step of cooling
  • the cooler arrangement comprises a second EGR cooler for subjecting the returning exhaust gases to a second step of cooling.
  • the exhaust gases cannot be cooled to a temperature below the temperature of the cooling air flow within the tubular casing. Since it is often desirable to cool the exhaust gases to a temperature in the vicinity of the temperature of the surroundings, it is advantageous to use a second EGR cooler for subjecting the recirculating exhaust gases to a second step of cooling.
  • the second EGR cooler is so situated that it has air at the temperature of the surroundings flowing through it. In that case the second EGR cooler may be situated upstream of the first cooling element with respect to the intended direction of air flow through the first cooling element.
  • the cooling of the coolant in the first cooling element is thereby somewhat impaired, since the cooling air flow which cools the coolant in the first cooling element will be at a somewhat raised temperature, but the temperature rise of the cooling air flow is relatively moderate, since the recirculating exhaust gases reaching the second EGR cooler will not be at too high a temperature, having already undergone the first step of cooling.
  • the further cooling element is an air-cooled charge air cooler for cooling of compressed air which is led to the combustion engine.
  • the compressed air is at a high temperature.
  • the compressed air is therefore cooled almost as effectively by air which is at a somewhat raised temperature as by air at the temperature of the surroundings.
  • the charge air thus undergoes effective cooling in said charge air cooler situated within the tubular casing.
  • said air-cooled charge air cooler is adapted to subjecting the compressed air to a first step of cooling and the cooler arrangement comprises a second charge air cooler for subjecting the compressed air to a second step of cooling. Although it may undergo effective cooling in said first charge air cooler, the compressed air cannot be cooled to a temperature below the temperature of the cooling air flow within the tubular casing.
  • the second charge air cooler is so situated that it has air at the temperature of the surroundings flowing through it.
  • the second charge air cooler may be situated upstream of the first cooling element with respect to the intended direction of air flow through the first cooling element.
  • the cooling of the coolant in the first cooling element is thus somewhat impaired, since the cooling air flow which cools the coolant in the first cooling element will be at a somewhat raised temperature, but the temperature rise of the cooling air flow is relatively moderate, since the compressed air reaching the second charge air cooler will not be at a relatively low temperature, having already undergone the first step of cooling.
  • the tubular casing defines a flow passage which comprises an inlet aperture and one or more outlet apertures.
  • the inlet aperture may be arranged close to the first cooling element to ensure that all the air which passes through the first cooling element is led into the flow passage defined by the tubular casing.
  • Said further cooling element is with advantage situated close to the outlet aperture or apertures of the tubular casing.
  • a plurality of elements e.g. an EGR cooler and a charge air cooler, to be situated one after another in the tubular casing or in parallel, e.g. close to an outlet aperture.
  • the cooler arrangement comprises flow-limiting means adapted to preventing air from passing through the flow passage in particular situations.
  • Said flow-limiting devices may be activated to block the air flow through the flow passage.
  • Said flow-limiting devices may comprise a plurality of slatlike elements arranged in parallel and pivotable between a blocking position which prevents air from passing through the flow passage and a non-blocking position which allows air to pass through the flow passage.
  • Such a louvre-like configuration is a relatively easy way of stopping/resuming the air flow through the flow passage.
  • Said flow-limiting devices may of course be configured in some other way.
  • Fig. 1 depicts a cooler arrangement in a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • Fig. 1 depicts an arrangement for recirculation of the exhaust gases of a supercharged combustion engine in a vehicle 1.
  • the combustion engine is here exemplified as a diesel engine 2.
  • EGR exhaust gas recirculation
  • Adding exhaust gases to the compressed air which is led to the cylinders of the engine lowers the combustion temperature and hence also the content of nitrogen oxides (NO x ) which are formed during the combustion processes.
  • the diesel engine 2 may be intended to power a heavy vehicle 1.
  • the exhaust gases from the cylinders of the diesel engine 2 are led via an exhaust manifold 3 to an exhaust line 4.
  • the exhaust gases in the exhaust line 4 which are at above atmospheric pressure, are led to a turbine 5.
  • the turbine 5 is thus provided with driving power which is transmitted via a connection to a compressor 6.
  • the compressor 6 thereupon compresses air which is led via an air filter 7 into an inlet line 8.
  • a first charge air cooler 9a and a second charge air cooler 9b are arranged in the inlet line 8 to subject the compressed air to two steps of cooling before it is led to the diesel engine 2.
  • An arrangement for recirculation of part of the exhaust gases in the exhaust line 4 comprises a return line 11 which extends between the exhaust line 4 and the inlet line 8.
  • the return line 11 comprises a EGR valve 12 by which the exhaust flow in the return line 11 can be shut off.
  • the EGR valve 12 may also be used for steplessly controlling the amount of exhaust gases which is led from the exhaust line 4 to the inlet line 8 via the return line 11.
  • a control unit 13 is adapted to controlling the EGR valve 12 on the basis of information about the current operating state of the diesel engine 2.
  • the control unit 13 may be a computer unit provided with suitable software.
  • the return line 11 comprises a first EGR cooler 15a for subjecting the exhaust gases to a first step of cooling and a second EGR cooler 15b for subjecting the exhaust gases to a second step of cooling.
  • the pressure of the exhaust gases in the exhaust line 4 will be lower than the pressure of the compressed air in the inlet line 8.
  • the exhaust gases in the return line 11 can be led directly into the inlet line 8, since in substantially all operating states of an Otto engine the exhaust gases in the exhaust line 4 will be at a higher pressure than the compressed air in the inlet line 8.
  • the mixture is led via a manifold 17 to the respective cylinders of the diesel engine 2.
  • the diesel engine 2 is cooled in a conventional manner by a cooling system which contains a circulating coolant.
  • the coolant is cooled in a cooling element 20 fitted close to a forward portion of the vehicle 1.
  • a radiator fan 10 is adapted to generating an air flow through the cooling element 20 to cool the circulating coolant.
  • the radiator fan 10 is enclosed in a tubular casing 21 which serves as a flow passage 22 for the air flow.
  • the flow passage 22 has here an inlet aperture 22a and two outlet apertures 22b, c.
  • the cooling element 20 is arranged close to the inlet aperture 22a.
  • the first charge air cooler 9a is arranged close to a first outlet aperture 22b.
  • the first EGR cooler 15a is arranged close to a second outlet aperture 22c.
  • the second charge air cooler 9b is arranged in a peripheral region A of the vehicle 1, which in this case is at a front portion of the vehicle 1. The compressed air is thus cooled in the second charge air cooler 9b by air which is at the temperature of the surroundings.
  • the second EGR cooler 15b is also arranged in the peripheral region A of the vehicle 1.
  • the returning exhaust gases are thus cooled in the second EGR cooler 15b likewise by air which is at the temperature of the surroundings.
  • the second charge air cooler 9b and the second EGR cooler 15b are arranged upstream of the cooling element 20 with respect to the intended direction of air flow.
  • a first flow-limiting device 23 a is arranged in a portion of the flow passage 22 in the vicinity of the first outlet aperture 22b, and a second flow-limiting device 23b is arranged in a portion of the flow passage 22 in the vicinity of the second outlet aperture 22b.
  • the flow-limiting devices 23a, b each comprise a plurality of slatlike elements arranged in parallel and pivotable between an open position in which they are substantially parallel with the main direction of air flow and a blocking position in which they are substantially perpendicular to the main direction of air flow and thereby prevent air from flowing out through the respective outlet apertures 22b, c.
  • the control unit 13 is adapted to regulating the flow-limiting devices 23 a, b by means of respective schematically depicted switching devices 24a, b.
  • the exhaust gases in the exhaust line 4 drive the turbine 5 before they are led out to the surroundings.
  • the turbine 5 is thereby provided with driving power which drives the compressor 6.
  • the compressor 6 compresses air which is led via the air filter 7 into the inlet line 8.
  • the compression of the air also raises its temperature.
  • the compressed air is cooled first in the first charge air cooler 9a arranged within the flow passage 22 close to the first outlet aperture 22b.
  • the radiator fan 10 in combination with the motion of the vehicle 1, generates an air flow which passes initially through the second charge air cooler 9b, the second EGR cooler 15b and the cooling element 20.
  • the air is thereafter led in through the inlet aperture 22a of the flow passage 22.
  • the air is at a raised temperature relative to the surroundings, since it has been used for cooling the media in the cooling elements 9b, 15b, 20 situated upstream, but is usually at a definitely lower temperature than the compressed air in the first charge air cooler 9a.
  • the compressed air can be subjected to a first step of cooling by the air which flows through the first charge air cooler 9a.
  • the compressed air is thereafter led to the second charge air cooler 9b, in which it is subjected to a second step of cooling by air at the temperature of the surroundings, thereby cooling the compressed air to a temperature only a few degrees above the temperature of the surroundings.
  • the control unit 13 keeps the EGR valve 12 open so that part of the exhaust gases in the exhaust line 4 is led into the return line 11.
  • the exhaust gases in the exhaust line 4 are usually at a temperature of about 500- 600 0 C when they reach the first EGR cooler 15a.
  • the first EGR cooler 15a is arranged within the tubular casing 21 close to the second outlet 22c.
  • the cooling air flow here is thus at a temperature which is higher than the surroundings but definitely lower than the temperature of the exhaust gases in the first EGR cooler 15a. This air flow can therefore be used for subjecting the returned exhaust gases to a first step of cooling.
  • the returning exhaust gases can thus be subjected to a first step of cooling to a temperature in the vicinity of the temperature of this air, which may be in the range 70- 9O 0 C.
  • the exhaust gases are thereafter led to the second EGR cooler 15b situated in the peripheral region A of the vehicle alongside the second charge air cooler 9b.
  • the second EGR cooler 15b is thus assured of having air at the temperature of the surroundings flowing through it.
  • the returned exhaust gases can be cooled by the air flow to a temperature substantially corresponding to the temperature of the surroundings.
  • Exhaust gases in the return line 11 can thus undergo cooling to substantially the same temperature as the compressed air in the second charge air cooler 9b.
  • the mixture of the cooled exhaust gases and the compressed air is thereafter led to the respective cylinders of the diesel engine 2 via the inlet line 8 and the manifold 17.
  • both the recirculating exhaust gases and the compressed air are at a relatively high temperature, they can be cooled almost as effectively by air which is at a somewhat raised temperature after it has passed through the first cooling element 20 as by air at the temperature of the surroundings.
  • the compressed air thus undergoes a first step of effective cooling in the first charge air cooler 9a and the recirculating exhaust gases undergo a first step of effective cooling in the first EGR cooler 15 a.
  • the fact that the first charge air cooler 9a and the first EGR cooler 15a are situated downstream of the first cooling element 20 means that the first step of cooling of the compressed air and the exhaust gases has relatively little effect on the cooling of the coolant in the first cooling element 20 and hence on the cooling of the combustion engine 2.
  • the second charge air cooler 9b and the second EGR cooler 15b are here situated upstream of the first cooling element 20 with respect to the intended direction of air flow through the first cooling element.
  • control unit 13 may activate the flow-limiting devices 23a, b. Air is prevented from flowing out through the outlet apertures 22b, c so that the air flow through the flow passage 22 is halted. The air which during operation of the vehicle flows towards a front portion of the vehicle will therefore flow round the vehicle, which in many cases may reduce the vehicle's air resistance and save fuel.
  • Said flow-limiting devices comprise here louvre-like configurations with a plurality of slatlike elements arranged in parallel and pivotable between a blocking position which prevents air from passing through the flow passage and a non-blocking position which allows air to pass through the flow passage.
  • the tubular casing 21 may, for example, have any desired number of inlet apertures and outlet apertures. Both an EGR cooler and a charge air cooler may be arranged within the tubular casing close to one and the same outlet aperture.
  • the tubular casing 21 need not contain both an EGR cooler and a charge air cooler but only one of said coolers.

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a cooler arrangement in a vehicle (1) powered by a combustion engine. The cooler arrangement comprises a first cooling element (20) for cooling a first medium in the form of a circulating coolant, and a radiator fan (10) adapted to generating an air flow through the first cooling element (20) for cooling the coolant when it circulates through the first cooling element (20). The cooler arrangement comprises also a tubular casing (21) adapted to serving as a flow passage (22) for the air which passes through the first cooling element (20) and at least one further cooling element (9a, 15a) for cooling a second medium, which further cooling element (9a, 15 a) is arranged in the flow passage (22) at a position downstream of the first cooling element (20) with respect to the intended direction of flow of the cooling air through the flow passage (22).

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Cooling arrangement in a vehicle
BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION AND STATE OF THE ART
The present invention relates to a cooler arrangement in a vehicle according to the preamble of claim 1.
Particularly in heavy vehicles, the cooling system for cooling the combustion engine is increasingly being used for cooling other components and systems of the vehicle. If the cooling system is too heavily loaded, however, there is risk of its not coping satisfactorily with its main function of cooling the combustion engine.
The technique called EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) is a known way of leading part of the exhaust gases from a combustion process in a combustion engine back, via a return line, to an inlet line for supply of air to the combustion engine. A mixture of air and exhaust gases is thus supplied via the inlet line to the cylinders of the engine in which the combustion takes place. Adding exhaust gases to the air causes a lower combustion temperature, resulting inter alia in a reduced content of nitrogen oxides NOx in the exhaust gases. This technique is used for both Otto engines and diesel engines. However, the exhaust gases are at a relatively high temperature and have therefore to be cooled before they are led, together with the air, into the combustion spaces of the combustion engine. Conventional EGR coolers use the coolant of the vehicle's ordinary cooling system for cooling the recirculating exhaust gases.
The air led to a combustion engine is usually compressed to enable as large an amount of air as possible to be led into the combustion engine. The air undergoes heating during the compression. For an optimum amount of air to be supplied to the combustion engine, the compressed air has therefore to be cooled before it is led to the combustion engine. The compressed air is usually cooled in a charge air cooler which has air at the temperature of the surroundings flowing through it. The compressed air can thus be cooled to a temperature only a few degrees above the temperature of the surroundings. To achieve such cooling, the charge air cooler is usually situated in front of the ordinary radiator which cools the coolant. The coolant in the ordinary cooling system therefore undergoes less effective cooling when it is cooled by air which is at a higher temperature than the surroundings. The capacity of the ordinary cooling system is thus reduced when such a charge air cooler is used.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the present invention is to provide a cooler arrangement in a vehicle in which various components and systems can be cooled effectively by substantially the same air as flows through the radiator of the vehicle's ordinary cooling system, without thereby appreciably impairing the capacity of the ordinary cooling system.
This object is achieved with the arrangement of the kind mentioned in the introduction which is characterised by the features indicated in the characterising part of claim 1. Such a tubular casing leads all the air which has passed through the first cooling element to the further cooling element situated downstream. The cooling effect undergone by the second medium in the further cooling element depends on the temperature difference Δt between the second medium and the cooling air which flows through the further cooling element. If the second medium is at a high temperature, the result is a relatively large temperature difference even if the cooling air flow is at a somewhat higher temperature than the temperature of the surroundings. Another factor which affects the cooling effect is the amount of cooling air which flows through the further cooling element per unit time. The presence of the tubular casing thus ensures that the same large air flow which passes through the first cooling element also passes through the further cooling element. It is thus possible for there to be both a relatively large temperature difference and a large cooling air flow, resulting in good cooling of the second medium in the further cooling element. The fact that the further cooling element is situated downstream of the first cooling element does not impair at all the cooling of the coolant in the first cooling element and hence likewise does not impair the function of the vehicle's ordinary cooling system. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the further cooling element is an air-cooled EGR cooler for cooling of recirculating exhaust gases which are led from an exhaust line of the combustion engine to an inlet line for air to the combustion engine. The exhaust gases from a combustion engine are usually at a temperature of about 500-6000C. The temperature of the recirculating exhaust gases is so high that they are cooled almost as effectively by air which is at a somewhat raised temperature after it has passed through the first cooling element as by air at the temperature of the surroundings. The recirculating exhaust gases thus undergo effective cooling in said EGR cooler situated within the tubular casing. With advantage, said air-cooled EGR cooler is adapted to subjecting the returning exhaust gases to a first step of cooling, and the cooler arrangement comprises a second EGR cooler for subjecting the returning exhaust gases to a second step of cooling. Although effective cooling of the recirculating exhaust gases can be effected in said EGR cooler, the exhaust gases cannot be cooled to a temperature below the temperature of the cooling air flow within the tubular casing. Since it is often desirable to cool the exhaust gases to a temperature in the vicinity of the temperature of the surroundings, it is advantageous to use a second EGR cooler for subjecting the recirculating exhaust gases to a second step of cooling. With advantage, the second EGR cooler is so situated that it has air at the temperature of the surroundings flowing through it. In that case the second EGR cooler may be situated upstream of the first cooling element with respect to the intended direction of air flow through the first cooling element. The cooling of the coolant in the first cooling element is thereby somewhat impaired, since the cooling air flow which cools the coolant in the first cooling element will be at a somewhat raised temperature, but the temperature rise of the cooling air flow is relatively moderate, since the recirculating exhaust gases reaching the second EGR cooler will not be at too high a temperature, having already undergone the first step of cooling.
According to another embodiment of the invention, the further cooling element is an air-cooled charge air cooler for cooling of compressed air which is led to the combustion engine. After the compression, the compressed air is at a high temperature. The compressed air is therefore cooled almost as effectively by air which is at a somewhat raised temperature as by air at the temperature of the surroundings. The charge air thus undergoes effective cooling in said charge air cooler situated within the tubular casing. With advantage, said air-cooled charge air cooler is adapted to subjecting the compressed air to a first step of cooling and the cooler arrangement comprises a second charge air cooler for subjecting the compressed air to a second step of cooling. Although it may undergo effective cooling in said first charge air cooler, the compressed air cannot be cooled to a temperature below the temperature of the cooling air flow within the tubular casing. Since it is often desirable to cool the exhaust gases to a temperature in the vicinity of the temperature of the surroundings, it is advantageous to use a second charge air cooler for subjecting the compressed air to a second step of cooling. With advantage, the second charge air cooler is so situated that it has air at the temperature of the surroundings flowing through it. In this case the second charge air cooler may be situated upstream of the first cooling element with respect to the intended direction of air flow through the first cooling element. The cooling of the coolant in the first cooling element is thus somewhat impaired, since the cooling air flow which cools the coolant in the first cooling element will be at a somewhat raised temperature, but the temperature rise of the cooling air flow is relatively moderate, since the compressed air reaching the second charge air cooler will not be at a relatively low temperature, having already undergone the first step of cooling.
According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, the tubular casing defines a flow passage which comprises an inlet aperture and one or more outlet apertures. The inlet aperture may be arranged close to the first cooling element to ensure that all the air which passes through the first cooling element is led into the flow passage defined by the tubular casing. Said further cooling element is with advantage situated close to the outlet aperture or apertures of the tubular casing. It is also possible for a plurality of elements, e.g. an EGR cooler and a charge air cooler, to be situated one after another in the tubular casing or in parallel, e.g. close to an outlet aperture. According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, the cooler arrangement comprises flow-limiting means adapted to preventing air from passing through the flow passage in particular situations. The presence of such a flow passage inevitably results in air being pushed through the flow passage against a certain resistance. This usually leads to a vehicle with such a flow passage being subject to a somewhat heightened air resistance during operation. In certain operating states when the air flow through the flow passage is not necessary, said flow-limiting devices may be activated to block the air flow through the flow passage. The result during operation of the vehicle is that the air led towards a front portion of the vehicle will flow round the vehicle, making it possible in many cases to reduce the vehicle's air resistance and save fuel. Said flow-limiting devices may comprise a plurality of slatlike elements arranged in parallel and pivotable between a blocking position which prevents air from passing through the flow passage and a non-blocking position which allows air to pass through the flow passage. Such a louvre-like configuration is a relatively easy way of stopping/resuming the air flow through the flow passage. Said flow-limiting devices may of course be configured in some other way.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
A preferred embodiment of the invention is described below by way of example with reference to the attached drawing in which:
Fig. 1 depicts a cooler arrangement in a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION
Fig. 1 depicts an arrangement for recirculation of the exhaust gases of a supercharged combustion engine in a vehicle 1. The combustion engine is here exemplified as a diesel engine 2. Such recirculation is usually called EGR (exhaust gas recirculation). Adding exhaust gases to the compressed air which is led to the cylinders of the engine lowers the combustion temperature and hence also the content of nitrogen oxides (NOx) which are formed during the combustion processes. The diesel engine 2 may be intended to power a heavy vehicle 1. The exhaust gases from the cylinders of the diesel engine 2 are led via an exhaust manifold 3 to an exhaust line 4. The exhaust gases in the exhaust line 4, which are at above atmospheric pressure, are led to a turbine 5. The turbine 5 is thus provided with driving power which is transmitted via a connection to a compressor 6. The compressor 6 thereupon compresses air which is led via an air filter 7 into an inlet line 8. A first charge air cooler 9a and a second charge air cooler 9b are arranged in the inlet line 8 to subject the compressed air to two steps of cooling before it is led to the diesel engine 2.
An arrangement for recirculation of part of the exhaust gases in the exhaust line 4 comprises a return line 11 which extends between the exhaust line 4 and the inlet line 8. The return line 11 comprises a EGR valve 12 by which the exhaust flow in the return line 11 can be shut off. The EGR valve 12 may also be used for steplessly controlling the amount of exhaust gases which is led from the exhaust line 4 to the inlet line 8 via the return line 11. A control unit 13 is adapted to controlling the EGR valve 12 on the basis of information about the current operating state of the diesel engine 2. The control unit 13 may be a computer unit provided with suitable software. The return line 11 comprises a first EGR cooler 15a for subjecting the exhaust gases to a first step of cooling and a second EGR cooler 15b for subjecting the exhaust gases to a second step of cooling. In certain operating states of supercharged diesel engines 2, the pressure of the exhaust gases in the exhaust line 4 will be lower than the pressure of the compressed air in the inlet line 8. In such operating states, it is not possible to mix the exhaust gases in the return line 11 with the compressed air in the inlet line 8 without special auxiliary means. To this end it is possible to use, for example, a venturi 16. If the combustion engine 2 is instead a supercharged Otto engine, the exhaust gases in the return line 11 can be led directly into the inlet line 8, since in substantially all operating states of an Otto engine the exhaust gases in the exhaust line 4 will be at a higher pressure than the compressed air in the inlet line 8. When the exhaust gases have mixed with the compressed air in the inlet line 8, the mixture is led via a manifold 17 to the respective cylinders of the diesel engine 2. The diesel engine 2 is cooled in a conventional manner by a cooling system which contains a circulating coolant. The coolant is cooled in a cooling element 20 fitted close to a forward portion of the vehicle 1.
A radiator fan 10 is adapted to generating an air flow through the cooling element 20 to cool the circulating coolant. The radiator fan 10 is enclosed in a tubular casing 21 which serves as a flow passage 22 for the air flow. The flow passage 22 has here an inlet aperture 22a and two outlet apertures 22b, c. The cooling element 20 is arranged close to the inlet aperture 22a. The first charge air cooler 9a is arranged close to a first outlet aperture 22b. The first EGR cooler 15a is arranged close to a second outlet aperture 22c. The second charge air cooler 9b is arranged in a peripheral region A of the vehicle 1, which in this case is at a front portion of the vehicle 1. The compressed air is thus cooled in the second charge air cooler 9b by air which is at the temperature of the surroundings. The second EGR cooler 15b is also arranged in the peripheral region A of the vehicle 1. The returning exhaust gases are thus cooled in the second EGR cooler 15b likewise by air which is at the temperature of the surroundings. The second charge air cooler 9b and the second EGR cooler 15b are arranged upstream of the cooling element 20 with respect to the intended direction of air flow.
A first flow-limiting device 23 a is arranged in a portion of the flow passage 22 in the vicinity of the first outlet aperture 22b, and a second flow-limiting device 23b is arranged in a portion of the flow passage 22 in the vicinity of the second outlet aperture 22b. The flow-limiting devices 23a, b, each comprise a plurality of slatlike elements arranged in parallel and pivotable between an open position in which they are substantially parallel with the main direction of air flow and a blocking position in which they are substantially perpendicular to the main direction of air flow and thereby prevent air from flowing out through the respective outlet apertures 22b, c. The control unit 13 is adapted to regulating the flow-limiting devices 23 a, b by means of respective schematically depicted switching devices 24a, b.
During operation of the diesel engine 2, the exhaust gases in the exhaust line 4 drive the turbine 5 before they are led out to the surroundings. The turbine 5 is thereby provided with driving power which drives the compressor 6. The compressor 6 compresses air which is led via the air filter 7 into the inlet line 8. The compression of the air also raises its temperature. The compressed air is cooled first in the first charge air cooler 9a arranged within the flow passage 22 close to the first outlet aperture 22b. During operation of the diesel engine 2, the radiator fan 10, in combination with the motion of the vehicle 1, generates an air flow which passes initially through the second charge air cooler 9b, the second EGR cooler 15b and the cooling element 20. The air is thereafter led in through the inlet aperture 22a of the flow passage 22. At this stage the air is at a raised temperature relative to the surroundings, since it has been used for cooling the media in the cooling elements 9b, 15b, 20 situated upstream, but is usually at a definitely lower temperature than the compressed air in the first charge air cooler 9a. Thus the compressed air can be subjected to a first step of cooling by the air which flows through the first charge air cooler 9a. The compressed air is thereafter led to the second charge air cooler 9b, in which it is subjected to a second step of cooling by air at the temperature of the surroundings, thereby cooling the compressed air to a temperature only a few degrees above the temperature of the surroundings.
In most operating states of the diesel engine 2, the control unit 13 keeps the EGR valve 12 open so that part of the exhaust gases in the exhaust line 4 is led into the return line 11. The exhaust gases in the exhaust line 4 are usually at a temperature of about 500- 6000C when they reach the first EGR cooler 15a. The first EGR cooler 15a is arranged within the tubular casing 21 close to the second outlet 22c. The cooling air flow here is thus at a temperature which is higher than the surroundings but definitely lower than the temperature of the exhaust gases in the first EGR cooler 15a. This air flow can therefore be used for subjecting the returned exhaust gases to a first step of cooling. The returning exhaust gases can thus be subjected to a first step of cooling to a temperature in the vicinity of the temperature of this air, which may be in the range 70- 9O0C. The exhaust gases are thereafter led to the second EGR cooler 15b situated in the peripheral region A of the vehicle alongside the second charge air cooler 9b. The second EGR cooler 15b is thus assured of having air at the temperature of the surroundings flowing through it. With a suitably dimensioned second EGR cooler 15b the returned exhaust gases can be cooled by the air flow to a temperature substantially corresponding to the temperature of the surroundings. Exhaust gases in the return line 11 can thus undergo cooling to substantially the same temperature as the compressed air in the second charge air cooler 9b. The mixture of the cooled exhaust gases and the compressed air is thereafter led to the respective cylinders of the diesel engine 2 via the inlet line 8 and the manifold 17.
Since both the recirculating exhaust gases and the compressed air are at a relatively high temperature, they can be cooled almost as effectively by air which is at a somewhat raised temperature after it has passed through the first cooling element 20 as by air at the temperature of the surroundings. The compressed air thus undergoes a first step of effective cooling in the first charge air cooler 9a and the recirculating exhaust gases undergo a first step of effective cooling in the first EGR cooler 15 a. The fact that the first charge air cooler 9a and the first EGR cooler 15a are situated downstream of the first cooling element 20 means that the first step of cooling of the compressed air and the exhaust gases has relatively little effect on the cooling of the coolant in the first cooling element 20 and hence on the cooling of the combustion engine 2. Since it is often desirable to cool the compressed air and the recirculating exhaust gases to a temperature in the vicinity of the temperature of the surroundings, it is advantageous to use a second charge air cooler 9b and a second EGR cooler 15b for subjecting the compressed air and the recirculating exhaust gases to a second step of cooling. For practical reasons, the second charge air cooler 9b and the second EGR cooler 15b are here situated upstream of the first cooling element 20 with respect to the intended direction of air flow through the first cooling element. This inevitably somewhat impairs the cooling of the coolant in the first cooling element 20, since the cooling air flow which cools the coolant in the first cooling element 20 will acquire a somewhat raised temperature, but the temperature rise of the cooling air flow is relatively moderate, since the compressed air reaching the second charge air cooler 9b and the recirculating exhaust gases reaching the second EGR cooler 15b will not be at a particularly high temperature, having already undergone a first step of cooling.
In certain operating states in which there is no need for the compressed air to be cooled in the first charge air cooler 9a and/or no need for the recirculating exhaust gases to be cooled in the first EGR cooler 15 a, the control unit 13 may activate the flow-limiting devices 23a, b. Air is prevented from flowing out through the outlet apertures 22b, c so that the air flow through the flow passage 22 is halted. The air which during operation of the vehicle flows towards a front portion of the vehicle will therefore flow round the vehicle, which in many cases may reduce the vehicle's air resistance and save fuel. Said flow-limiting devices comprise here louvre-like configurations with a plurality of slatlike elements arranged in parallel and pivotable between a blocking position which prevents air from passing through the flow passage and a non-blocking position which allows air to pass through the flow passage.
The invention is in no way limited to the embodiments described with reference to the drawing but may be varied freely within the scopes of the claims. The tubular casing 21 may, for example, have any desired number of inlet apertures and outlet apertures. Both an EGR cooler and a charge air cooler may be arranged within the tubular casing close to one and the same outlet aperture. The tubular casing 21 need not contain both an EGR cooler and a charge air cooler but only one of said coolers.

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1. A cooler arrangement in a vehicle (1) powered by combustion engine, which cooler arrangement comprises a first cooling element (20) for cooling a first medium in the form of a circulating coolant, and a radiator fan (10) adapted to generating an air flow through the first cooling element (20) for cooling the coolant when it circulates through the first cooling element (20), characterised in that the cooler arrangement comprises a tubular casing (21) adapted to serving as a flow passage (22) for the air which passes through the first cooling element (20) and at least one further cooling element (9a, 15a) for cooling a second medium, which further cooling element (9a, 15a) is arranged in the flow passage (22) at a position downstream of the first cooling element (20) with respect to the intended direction of flow of the cooling air through the flow passage (22).
2. A cooler arrangement according to claim 1 , characterised in that the further cooling element is an air-cooled EGR cooler (15a) for cooling of recirculating exhaust gases which are led from an exhaust line (4) of the combustion engine to an inlet line (8) for air to the combustion engine.
3. A cooler arrangement according to claim 2, characterised in that said air-cooled
EGR cooler (15a) is adapted to subjecting the returning exhaust gases to a first step of cooling and that the cooler arrangement comprises a second EGR cooler (15b) for subjecting the returning exhaust gases to a second step of cooling.
4. A cooler arrangement according to claim 3. characterised in that the second EGR cooler (15b) is situated upstream of the first cooling element (20) with respect to the intended direction of air flow through the first cooling element (20).
5. A cooler arrangement according to claim 1, characterised in that the further cooling element is an air-cooled charge air cooler (9a) for cooling of compressed air which is led to the combustion engine (2).
6. A cooler arrangement according to claim 5, characterised in that said air-cooled charge air cooler (9a) is adapted to subjecting the compressed air to a first step of cooling and that the cooler arrangement comprises a second air-cooled EGR cooler (9b) for subjecting the compressed air to a second step of cooling.
7. A cooler arrangement according to claim 6, characterised in that the second EGR cooler (9b) is situated upstream of the first cooling element (20) with respect to the intended direction of flow of the cooling air through the first cooling element (20).
8. A cooler arrangement according to any one of the foregoing claims, characterised in that the tubular casing (21) defines a flow passage (22) which comprises an inlet aperture (22a) and one or more outlet apertures (22b, c).
9. A cooler arrangement according to any one of the foregoing claims, characterised in that the cooler arrangement comprises flow- limiting devices (23 a, b) adapted to preventing air from passing through the flow passage (22) in particular situations.
10. A cooler arrangement according to claim 9, characterised in that said flow-limiting devices comprise a plurality of slatlike elements (23a, b) arranged in parallel and pivotable between a blocking position which prevents air from passing through the flow passage (22) and a non-blocking position which allows air to pass through the flow passage (22).
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