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    [The invention relates to a thermal management device comprising a heat transfer fluid circuit of a hybrid vehicle comprising main branches (1, 2, 3) in each of which is arranged at least one functional member (4, 7, 8, 9 , 40,) to be cooled, each of the main branches having a nominal operating temperature threshold, the device comprising secondary branches (37, 44, 45), the device comprising cooling branches (20, 22, 24) of the fluid coolant circulating in the circuit with a coolant passing through radiators (6, 33, 46). The device comprises fluid connection means (15, 60, 61, 62) able to connect at least one of the cooling branches (20, 22, 24) to at least one of the secondary branches (37, 44, 45) and / or at least one of the main branches (1, 2, 3) to create a circulation loop isolated from the rest of the circuit, or a circulation loop connected to the rest of the circuit so as to connect a main branch (1 , 2, 3) with at least two cooling branches (20, 22, 24) according to an instantaneous operating situation (M (i)) of the vehicle chosen from among several (M1, M2, M3, M4, M5) predefined situations. Figure for the abstract: Fig. 1]
    公开号:FR3090501A1
    申请号:FR1873752
    申请日:2018-12-21
    公开日:2020-06-26
    发明作者:Robert Yu
    申请人:Renault SAS；Nissan Motor Co Ltd；
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    Description
    Title of the invention: Device for thermal management of a heat transfer fluid circuit of a hybrid vehicle
    The present invention relates to a thermal management device for a vehicle, which includes different types of powertrain functional members, the thermal management of which must be checked.
    In a current vehicle, there is a need for thermal management with several thresholds or temperature levels. For example, it is necessary to operate thermal management according to a first temperature threshold which may be between 90 ° and 105 ° C for a first type of functional component. Other thermal management needs are also necessary for second and third functional organs according to second and third temperature thresholds respectively between 40 and 80 ° for one and between 0 and 40 ° C for the other.
    It is thus necessary to control the temperature of different portions of a circuit for circulating a heat transfer fluid of a vehicle in order to adapt the temperature of the heat transfer fluid as closely as possible to the nominal operating temperature of the organ to be cooled. Among the different portions of the heat transfer fluid circulation circuit, we will subsequently adopt the acronyms "TBT", for Very Basic Temperature corresponding to the third temperature threshold, "BT" for Low Temperature corresponding to the second temperature threshold, and "HT For High Temperature corresponding to the first temperature threshold.
    The TBT portion includes a main branch which may be intended for the thermal management of an energy storage means, such as an electric energy storage battery. In the case of a vehicle with electric or hybrid propulsion, the main branch of the TBT portion may also include a cooler intended for the transfer of frigories from a coolant to a heat transfer fluid. The TBT portion can also include a heater, in particular of the electrical type, such as thermistors with a positive temperature coefficient intended for the transfer of calories to the heat transfer fluid. The main branch of the TBT portion can also comprise a hydraulic pump which is intended for the flow of the heat-transfer fluid through the functional organs previously mentioned, namely the cooler and / or the heater and / or the battery. Preferably, these functional organs in heat exchange with the heat transfer fluid are arranged in series in the main branch of the TBT portion.
    In the case of a vehicle with electric or hybrid propulsion, a main branch of the LV portion may include heat exchangers aimed respectively at cooling a control module comprising power electronics, an electromotive machine, often a motor electric vehicle drive. The LV portion of the heat transfer fluid circulation circuit for a vehicle equipped with a heat engine can also include a charge air cooler and / or a condenser. Preferably, these functional organs in heat exchange with the heat transfer fluid are arranged in parallel in the main branch of the LV portion.
    In the case of a vehicle having a heat engine, the main branch of the HT portion can comprise the engine itself in which internal channels are formed through which the heat transfer fluid is able to carry out a heat exchange, but also a degassing tank, an air heater for heating the passenger compartment, an oil cooler and a pump to control the setting in motion of the heat transfer fluid in the HT portion. Preferably, these functional organs in heat exchange with the heat transfer fluid are arranged in parallel in the main branch of the HT portion.
    It is known to associate the main branch of the TBT, BT or HT portion with a cooling branch in which a radiator is arranged. This is the reason why traditional hybrid vehicles include separate radiators which are respectively adapted to the nominal cooling needs of the TBT, BT and HT portions. These cooling requirements impose specific sizing of the radiators which are then allocated each to an exclusive operation to one of the TBT, BT or HT portions. This is the reason why each of the radiators is arranged in a cooling branch which is connected to one of the main branches of the TBT, BT and HT portions. There are difficulties in installing these radiators on the front face of the vehicle, due to an increase in the heat exchange bundles to meet the growing need for heat exchanges with the cooling air.
    A drawback noted lies in the very design of the circulation circuit of the heat transfer fluid and in particular in the fact that the circuit portions are each associated with a single heat exchanger shaped according to the cooling requirement of the portion considered. Such a consequence contradicts the style and environmental requirements which aim to reduce the consumption of the vehicle. This also creates integration problems given the increasingly limited space which is allocated to the positioning of the cooling elements.
    The object of the present invention aims to provide a solution to the drawbacks by proposing a thermal management device comprising a coolant circuit of a hybrid vehicle comprising main branches in each of which is arranged at least one functional member to cooling, each of the main branches having a nominal operating temperature threshold, the device comprising secondary branches, the device comprising branches for cooling the coolant circulating in the circuit with a coolant passing through radiators.
    In particular, the thermal management device comprises fluid connection means able to connect at least one of the cooling branches to at least one of the secondary branches and / or to at least one of the main branches for create a circulation loop isolated from the rest of the circuit, or a circulation loop connected to the rest of the circuit so as to connect a main branch to at least two cooling branches so that at least two radiators are intended to be crossed by the coolant according to an instantaneous operating situation of the vehicle chosen from several predetermined operating modes (MI, M2, M3, M4, M5). The device for managing the invention may also include the following characteristics, taken separately or in combination with one another.
    The management device can comprise at least first, second and third main branches, the first main branch has a nominal temperature between 90 ° C and 105 ° C, the second main branch has a nominal temperature between 40 ° C and 80 ° C, and the third main branch has a nominal temperature between 0 ° C and 40 ° C.
    The device may include a high temperature radiator, a low temperature radiator and a very low temperature radiator arranged respectively in the first, second and third cooling branches.
    The device may include at least first, second and third secondary branches, each being of the type of a fluid circulation pipe.
    The device is characterized in that the predetermined operating modes include at least one pure thermal mode, one pure electric mode, one hybrid mode, one mode of recharging the batteries via a charger integrated into the vehicle, and one mode of recharging. batteries via a charger external to the vehicle.
    The device is characterized in that each of the secondary branches can be connected to any one of the main branches by said fluid connection means.
    The device is characterized in that each of the main branches can be connected to several cooling branches by said fluid connection means, so that the radiators can be used in series or in parallel for different predetermined operating modes of the vehicle.
    The device is characterized in that the fluid connection means comprises four-way valves and a three-way valve.
    The device is characterized in that the fluid connection means is able to connect in series or in parallel the first and third cooling branches in the operating mode either in pure thermal or in hybrid when the ambient temperature is higher than a thermal threshold value between 20 ° and 40 ° C in order to cool the thermal engine in particular, either by pure electric or by recharging the batteries via a charger integrated in the vehicle when the battery temperature is lower than a thermal threshold value between 40 ° C and 55 ° C, in order to use only the heat transfer fluid to cool the battery. In addition, when the temperature of the battery is greater than a thermal threshold value of between 40 ° C and 55 ° C, the battery 40 is cooled by the coolant of the coolant / coolant type.
    The device is characterized in that the fluid connection means is able to connect in series the second and third cooling branches in the modes of operation in pure thermal or hybrid when a temperature of the heat transfer fluid taken out of the second main branch is greater than or equal to 70 ° C., and in that the battery is arranged in an independent cooling loop putting the third main branch in series with the third secondary branch so that only a heat exchanger type cooler enters the heat transfer fluid and a refrigerant fluid is capable of cooling the battery. In this case, the first cooling branch is dissociated from the second and third cooling branches so that the heat transfer fluid circulates in the first cooling branch independently of the heat transfer fluid circulating in the second and third cooling branches. The cooling circuit thus comprises three separate loops for circulation of the heat transfer fluid. The HT and BT loops allow cooling of the coolant on air, the TBT loop allows cooling of the coolant on the refrigerant for cooling the battery.
    The device is characterized in that the fluid connection means is capable of connecting the first and second cooling branches in the operating mode in pure electric mode or in recharging the batteries via a charger integrated into the vehicle. The cooling bundle thus consists of heat exchangers through which the heat transfer fluid passes through the first and second cooling branches in series, which improves the cooling of the power electronics and the electrical machine. The third cooling branch is dissociated from the first and second cooling branches so that the battery can be cooled either by the third cooling branch when the temperature of the battery is below a thermal threshold value between 40 ° C and 55 ° C. If additional cooling of the battery is required, frigories of a coolant are transmitted to the coolant via a heat exchanger between the coolant and a coolant disposed upstream of the battery.
    The device is characterized in that the fluid connection means is capable of connecting the third main branch to the first, second and third cooling branches when the vehicle is in an operating mode recharging the batteries via an external charger to the vehicle, so that all the heat exchangers of the first and third cooling branches are arranged in parallel, this heat exchanger assembly being arranged in series with the second cooling branch when the temperature of the battery is lower than a thermal threshold value between 40 ° C and 55 ° C and that the ambient temperature is lower than a thermal threshold value between 20 ° and 40 ° C.
    The device is characterized in that the fluid connection means is able to connect the second main branch to the first, second and third cooling branches when the vehicle is in an operating mode in pure electric mode or in recharging the batteries via a charger integrated into the vehicle, such that a set of heat exchangers of the first and third cooling branches are arranged in parallel, this set of heat exchangers being arranged in series with the second cooling branch, the third main branch being dissociated from the second main branch so that the batteries are cooled by the refrigerant, when the ambient temperature is above a thermal threshold value between 20 ° and 40 ° C.
    Other advantages and characteristics of the invention will appear during the following description of a preferred embodiment of the invention, given by way of non-limiting example, with reference to the accompanying drawings.
    [Fig.l] schematically illustrates a circulation circuit of a heat transfer fluid of a hybrid vehicle, according to the invention.
    [Fig-2] schematically illustrates the means for controlling the flow of the fluid used in the circuit of FIG. 1.
    [Fig-3] schematically illustrates a table of operating states of the control means of Figure 2 allowing different modes of operation of the circulation circuit of the heat transfer fluid according to the type of vehicle traction mode.
    Figure 1 shows a thermal management device for a circulation circuit of a heat transfer fluid of a hybrid vehicle comprising HV, LV and TBT cooling portions in which are arranged first, second and third main branches 1, 2, 3 of heat exchanges with a functional organ. Taking into account the typology of the functional organ, it is positioned in one of the first, second and third main branches 1, 2, 3 in order to regulate it thermally both by supplying frigories and calories according to the thermal target predefined. When the vehicle is started, it is sometimes useful to warm it up, which will then be transformed by cooling.
    The first main branch 1 comprises functional members arranged in parallel, so that each of these bodies to be thermally managed is positioned in one of the main sub-branches. One of the main sub-branches comprises the motor 4, another comprises a degassing tank 7, another comprises an air heater 8 and finally another comprises an oil cooler 9. A main pump 5 is positioned directly upstream of 'an engine block 4. A circulation of the heat transfer fluid through these functional members makes it possible to create a heat exchange so that it is made possible to take calories from the engine 4 to restore them to the air heater 8 and / or to the oil cooler 9. Transfer of calories from the oil cooler 9 to the air heater 8 and / or the engine 4 can also be carried out during a temperature rise phase of the engine 4 when the main pump 5 is activated . The main pump 5 is preferably of the mechanical type in the sense that it is rotated by means of an accessory belt connected by means of a pulley to the crankshaft of the combustion engine 4. The first main branch 1 is a constituent part of an HT portion of the circulation circuit of the heat transfer fluid.
    The second main branch 2 comprises functional members arranged in parallel, so that each of these bodies to be thermally managed is positioned in one of the main sub-branches 30, 31, 32 parallel to each other. One of the main sub-branches 30 includes the power electronics controlling the operation of an electric machine arranged in another sub-branches 31 provided with a dedicated heat exchanger. A third main sub-branch 32 comprises an air conditioning condenser, a recirculated gas heat exchanger, known by the acronym EGR for Exhaust Gas Recirculation, as well as a charge air exchanger known by the acronym RAS. These three main sub-branches are connected upstream at the same inlet junction point, downstream at the same outlet junction point, the terms “upstream” and “downstream” being determined according to a direction of circulation of the fluid given by the putting a secondary pump 35 into operation. The secondary pump 35 is preferably of the electrical type and is positioned upstream of the inlet junction point so that a circulation of the heat transfer fluid through these functional members makes it possible to create heat exchange. It is in this way made possible to either take calories from the electronics of the sub-branch 30, from the electric machine of the sub-branch 31 and / or from the charge air cooler, from an air conditioning condenser, d '' a recirculated gas heat exchanger, as well as an over-supply air exchanger belonging to the third main sub-branch 32, i.e. to heat these functional organs by effecting a transfer of calories from the heat transfer fluid previously heated by others functional members when the secondary pump 35 is activated, for example by positioning in series at least two of the main branches 1, 2, 3. The second main branch 2 is a constituent part of a portion BT of the circulation circuit of the heat-transfer fluid.
    The third main branch 3 of the circuit comprises functional members arranged in series. A second secondary pump 43, a cooler 42 of the coolant / coolant type, a heater 41 in particular of the thermistor type with a positive temperature coefficient, are arranged upstream of a battery pack for storing electrical energy 40. cooler 42 is positioned upstream of the battery pack 40 so that it is capable of supplying frigories to the heat transfer fluid circulating in the third main branch 3, when the second secondary pump 43 is activated. The latter may be of the electrical type. The heater 41 is positioned upstream of the battery pack 40 so that it is able to supply calories to the heat transfer fluid circulating in the third main branch 3, when the second secondary pump 43 is activated and that simultaneously the heater 41 is supplied in electricity. The third main branch 3 is a constituent part of a TBT portion of the heat transfer fluid circulation circuit.
    The circulation circuit of a heat transfer fluid also comprises cooling branches, each comprising a radiator intended to be traversed by a cooling air in order to cool the heat transfer fluid. By means of fluid connection means, preferably multi-way valves, the cooling branches can be arranged in series. This opens up the possibility of circulation of the heat transfer fluid in at least two radiators positioned in series in the circulation circuit of the heat transfer fluid by means of said fluid connection means. It thus becomes possible to communicate bundles of radiators, which makes it possible to reduce the size so that their bulk on the front face of the vehicle is facilitated.
    A first cooling branch 20 includes a radiator 6 which is designed to receive a heat transfer fluid from the HT portion of the circuit. The cooling branch also includes a thermostat 10 positioned upstream of the radiator 6 which controls the flow of the heat transfer fluid within the radiator according to its temperature so that above a certain threshold value, the heat transfer fluid circulates inside the radiator 6 to be cooled by the cooling air passing through the latter's beam. Cooling air can be obtained by moving the vehicle or by means of a fan.
    A bypass branch 19 allows the need to create with the first main branch an HT loop in which the heat transfer fluid is not cooled by the cooling air. Such an operating situation occurs for example in the engine starting phase during which a rapid rise in temperature of the engine 4 is sought in order to limit the emissions of pollutants.
    The circuit includes a second cooling branch 24 in which a second radiator 33, a thermostat 34 and a second bypass branch 36 are interconnected. The thermostat 34 is positioned upstream of the second radiator 33. The second bypass path 36 is by one of its ends connected to the thermostat 34, by the other of its ends at the outlet of the second radiator 33. The thermostat 34 is calibrated so that the heat transfer fluid circulates in the second radiator 33 when its temperature is between 60 ° C and 70 ° C in order to thermally regulate the functional members of the sub-branches 30, 31, 32 parallel arranged downstream of the second radiator 33 Below this temperature, the heat transfer fluid circulates through the second bypass branch 36. A suitable ventilation means allows the need to create a forced air passing through the second radiator 33. It can be the same means used for force the air to circulate through the radiator 6 of the HT portion of the circuit, when the first and second radiators 6 and 33 are arranged in a stack of one against the other.
    The circuit includes a third cooling branch 24 in which is disposed a third radiator 46 which is adapted to maintain the temperature of the heat transfer fluid in a temperature range between 0 and 40 ° C. The third radiator 46 is thus preferably designed to thermally regulate the temperature of the heat transfer fluid circulating in the TBT portion of the circuit.
    The device comprising secondary branches 37, 44, 45 connecting fluid connection means therebetween to produce either isolated circuit loops in which are arranged at least one of the main branches, or loops comprising several cooling branches in communication with at least one of the main branches.
    To do this, the thermal management device comprises fluid connection means which are directly connected to the secondary branches. Said connection means are preferably multi-way valves. The management device thus comprises first, second and third valves 60, 61, 62 four-way and a three-way valve 15. The four-way valves are designed so that at least one way can be linked to at least one of the other three routes. Valve three is designed so that at least one channel can be connected to one of the other two channels.
    The first secondary branch 37 connects the second and third valves 61, 62 four-way. The second secondary branch 44 connects the first four-way valve to the three-way valve 15. The third secondary branch 45 connects the first and second four-way valves 60, 61.
    The circuit includes junction points with several portions of circuits. The first junction point A is able to connect the outlet of the first main branch 1 to the first cooling branch 20 and to the bypass branch 19. The second junction point B is able to connect the first four-way valve 60 to the first cooling branch 20 and the inlet of the first main branch 1. The third junction point C is able to connect the outlets of the third cooling branch 24 and of the second bypass valve 36 to the inlet of the second main branch 2, which includes a branch with three sub-branches referenced 30, 31, 32 in FIG. 1. The fourth junction point D is able to connect the output of the second main branch 2, namely each of the sub branches 30, 31, 32 forming the branch associated with the functional members to be cooled. to the second four-way valve 61. The three sub-branches 30, 31, 32 are here arranged in parallel with one another. The fifth junction point E is able to connect the set of valves formed by the first and third four-way valves 60, 62 with the three-way valve 15.
    The first valve 60 comprises four channels numbered 1-60, 2-60, 3-60 and 4-60 as shown in Figure 2. The channel no. 1-60 is connected to the first main branch 1 as well as a flange 12 of the first radiator 6 by the first cooling branch 20, each being connected to a second junction point B. Track No. 2-60 is connected to a flange 17 of the third radiator 46 by a pipe 21. Track No. 3-60 is connected to Track No. l-61 of the second four-way valve 61 by the third secondary branch 45. The track n ° 4-60 is directly connected to a fifth junction point E ensuring the connection in fluid with the three-way valve 15 and a track n ° 2-62 of the third four-way valve 62.
    The second four-way valve 61 includes four ways numbered 1-61, 2-61, 3-61 and 4-61 as shown in Figure 2. The track n ° l-61 is connected to the track No. 3-60 via the third secondary branch 45. Track No. 2-61 is connected to the entrance to the third main branch 3. Track No. 3-61 is connected to the second main branch 2, in particular by via the fourth junction point D. Track no. 4-61 is connected directly to track no. 3-62 of the third four-way valve 62 by the first secondary branch 37.
    Such a circuit architecture optimizes the use of the first, second and third radiators 6, 33 and 46 according to the different modes of operation of the vehicle among pure thermal mode MI, a pure electric mode M2, a hybrid thermal and electric mode M3, a recharging mode by the use of an on-board charger on the vehicle M4 and a recharging mode by the use of a recharging station charger M5, therefore external to the vehicle. The connection means are controlled so as to associate at least two radiators, or even three radiators, to an operating mode. This advantageously makes it possible to increase the area of the heat exchange bundle. Each of the radiators can thus be of reduced size, which facilitates their integration into the vehicle.
    Figure 3 describes a control table of the connection means according to the different modes of operation of the vehicle in order to achieve four possible combinations of radiators.
    The connection means further comprise a means for measuring the temperature of the heat transfer fluid at the outlet of the engine 4, as well as a means for measuring the ambient air, such as a temperature sensor well known in the field, so that for a temperature T4 between 70 ° C and 100 ° C and an ambient air temperature is higher than a thermal threshold value between 20 ° and 40 ° C, the first and third radiators 6 and 46 are crossed by the heat transfer fluid. This makes it possible in particular to increase the cooling of the vehicle engine 4 in pure thermal mode Ml. For this same temperature range, in hybrid thermal and electric mode M3, the first and third radiators 6 and 46 are also traversed by the heat transfer fluid so that they allow the cooling in particular of the heat engine 4, while the cooler 42 is crossed by a heat transfer fluid circulating in a loop independent of the loop of the heat engine in order to cool the battery 40. In pure electric driving mode M2 or in recharging mode by vehicle charger M4, when the battery temperature is below a thermal threshold value of 40 ° C to 55 ° C, the first and third radiators 6 and 46 are crossed by the heat transfer fluid to cool the battery 40 only. The first and second cooling branches 20 and 22 are arranged in series by said connection means which are controlled so as to connect together tracks to make the series arrangement of the first and third radiators 6 and 46 suitable.
    The connection means are able to create the association of the second and third radiators 33 and 46 taking into account a measured temperature of the heat transfer fluid at the outlet of the second main branch 2 and the ambient temperature Ta so that that for a temperature T3 greater than 70 ° C and an ambient temperature greater than the thermal threshold value between 20 ° and 40 ° C, the second and third radiators 33 and 46 are successively traversed by the heat transfer fluid. This makes it possible to cool the components of the sub-branches 32 in pure thermal mode M1. Still for a temperature T3 greater than 70 ° C., in hybrid thermal and electric mode M3, the second and third radiators 33 and 46 are also successively traversed by the heat transfer fluid so that the second and third radiators cool the sub-branch 32 while that the cooler 42 cools the battery 40 then placed in an independent cooling loop. The second and third cooling branches 22 and 24 are arranged in series by said connection means, the tracks of which are connected to each other in order to make the series arrangement of the second and third radiators 33 and 46 suitable. The third branch main 3 is connected to the first secondary branch 37 so that they form a cooling loop independent of the rest of the circuit, where only the cooler 42 transmits frigories to the battery. The connection means are controlled so as to create a cooling loop comprising second and third cooling branches 22 and 24 then positioned in series.
    The connection means are also suitable for placing the first and second radiators 6 and 33 in series when the vehicle is in pure electric driving mode M2 or in recharging mode via the charger on board the vehicle M4. For the pure electric driving mode M2 or the charging mode via the on-board charger on the vehicle M4, when the ambient temperature is above a thermal threshold value between 20 ° and 40 ° C, the first and second cooling branches 20, 22 are arranged in series in order to cool the second main branch 2 containing the power electronics and the electrical machine of the sub-branches 30 and 31. The third main branch 3 containing the batteries 40 is cooled only by the cooler 42 of the this third main branch is connected to the first secondary branch 37 in order to form a cooling loop isolated from the rest of the circuit.
    The connection means are also able to arrange the first and third radiators 6 and 46 in parallel, these radiators being arranged in series with the second radiator 33 in the cooling circuit when the vehicle is in pure electric driving mode M2 or in charging mode via the charger on board the vehicle M4 to cool the second main branch 2, or in charging mode on station M5 to cool the battery as long as the battery temperature is below a thermal threshold value between 40 ° and 55 ° C. Above a temperature of the battery greater than the threshold value, the cooler 42 will intervene to cool the battery 40.
    The second main branch 2 is dedicated to cooling functional organs at low temperatures, for example between 40 and 80 ° C. This branch includes main sub-branches 30, 31, 32 in which are arranged functional organs. One of the main sub-branches 30 includes power electronics such as an inverter and a charger. A second of the main sub-branches 31 comprises the electric traction member, such as an electric machine. A third main sub-branch 32 comprises an air conditioning condenser, a recirculated gas heat exchanger, known by the acronym EGR for Exhaust Gas Recirculation, as well as a charge air exchanger known by the acronym RAS. The temperature of the heat transfer fluid circulating in this second main branch 2 must be between 40 and 80 ° C, the thermal management device performs cooling in two stages so that the exchanger for EGR and RAS are cooled first by the heat transfer fluid circulating in the first cooling branch 20, before circulating through the radiator 33 at low temperature.
    A third main branch 3 is intended for the circulation of a heat transfer fluid at a very low temperature, that is to say below 40 ° C., and includes in series the battery 40 to be cooled, the thermal cooler 42 between the heat transfer fluid and the refrigerant fluid as well as a heating means 41 by heating resistance and a pump 43. The third main branch 3 is devoid of a radiator which makes it possible to refine the temperature of the battery in particular in a phase starting the vehicle. The third cooling branch 24 includes the radiator 46 to cool the battery under current climatic conditions with a temperature below 25 or 35 ° C to avoid the use of frigories from a loop of an air conditioning circuit in which circulates the refrigerant. The very particular connection of this radiator 46 with the rest of the circuit, in particular with the heat engine radiator 6, allows use of the radiator 46 also for cooling all the other members.
    The secondary branches 37, 44, 45 are not only dedicated to a specific cooling loop HT, BT or TBT. On the contrary, they are intended for connection with at least one of the main branches 1, 2, 3 according to the vehicle operating mode, which can be: pure electric, pure thermal, hybrid, or in charge to charge the battery. or to thermally precondition the battery, the combustion engine or the passenger compartment of the vehicle. Said fluid connection means comprising the three 4-way valves 60, 61, 62 as well as the three-way valve 15 control the operation of the circulate in order to achieve thermal management of the circulation circuit of the vehicle by connecting the main branches together, secondary branches and cooling branches.
    The architecture of the cooling circuit is such that the heat transfer fluid cannot circulate without one or more secondary branches being connected to one of the main branches 2 and 3. Each of the secondary branches can advantageously be shared with at least one of the main branches. The connection between the main branches and the secondary branches is ensured by 3 or 4-way valves, and the control of these valves allows complete thermal management of the system.
    The LV branch integrates the radiator 33, because in all modes of cooling, this radiator is necessary, except when starting the heat engine where it is desired a rapid rise in temperature of the engine which is obtained in particular by bypassing the radiator 33, the heat transfer fluid then circulating in the bypass branch 36. This is not the case for the third main branch 3, called TBT branch, where the battery is located. Indeed, the battery radiator 46 is disposed in an independent branch, which is either used for cooling the battery when a TBT loop is isolated from the rest of the circuit, or when the third main branch 3 is connected to at least one other main branches 1, 2 of the fluid circuit, is used for cooling the other functional members to be cooled, such as for example the heat engine of the first main branch 1, or all the members present in the second main branch.
    The concept of the invention is to use the main branches dedicated to the organs to be cooled with the secondary branches which are common to all the organs, and to control the valves 60, 61, 62, 15 to have a number of increased circuit operating configurations in order to make it efficient in its thermal management.
    We propose below which consists of three independent HV, BT and TBT cooling loops with each a radiator, respectively 6, 33 and 46. These loops are connected together by special four-way valves 60, 61 , 62 or three-way 15. Depending on the heat exchange requirements, which depend on the operating modes of the vehicle but also on the nominal operating temperature of the organs to be cooled that it contains, the functional organs of these three loops can be cooled either independently in the sense that each loop is isolated from the others in order to allow thermal regulation at a specific temperature level HT, BT or TBT, or independently so that at least one of the first, second or third main branches can be thermally assisted by the radiator (s) of at least one other loop, or even by the cooler of the third branch. In addition, when the temperature of the heat engine 4 or of the battery 40 has not yet reached its optimum operating temperature, the calories released by certain other functional members can be used to heat the heat engine and / or the traction battery. electric. When heating of the passenger compartment has been requested, these calories transmitted to the heat transfer fluid by the functional members can also be used to heat the passenger compartment of the vehicle, the heat transfer fluid then circulating through the air heater 8.
    The three radiators 6, 33 and 46 can not only be integrated into the three separate cooling loops at very different temperatures, they can be used by the other loops according to the operating mode of the vehicle, which can be a recharge of the electric battery on a charging station or in preconditioning via an electrical connection to a terminal of an electricity distribution network, which can be in pure electric traction in order to reduce to zero the polluting emissions linked to the running of the vehicle, which can be in pure thermal traction when the electric traction part is deactivated, or which can be in hybrid traction mode in order to combine thermal energy and electric energy as vehicle traction mode.
    Another feature of this device lies in the design of the third HT / TBT 46 radiator, which can be an integral part of HT 6 radiator, which is then made up of two distinctive parts: HT 6 and HT / TBT 46. This radiator unique has vertical water boxes connected together by a bundle of horizontal tubes. The separation of two radiators is materialized by a partition 14 inserted on one side of the water box and by a pierced plug 18 forming vertical passages, which pierced plug is inserted in the other side of the water box located at the same height. This unique radiator has four connections 11, 12, 16 and 17 for connection to the circuit. The heat transfer fluid circulating in the radiator bundle 6 is in communication with the radiator bundle 46 by means of the plug 18 acting as a reducer. When these two radiators 6 and 46 are used by two loops having different temperatures, the plug 18 reduces the circulation of the fluid from one loop to another loop having a different regulation temperature. Here the connector 11 is connected to the output of the thermostat 10 of the engine 4, the other connector 12 allows a connection to the input of the mechanical pump 5 of the engine. These first two connections 11, 12 are located on the HT part of the single radiator. The other two connections 16 and 17 are located on the LV / THT part of this single radiator.
    According to an alternative embodiment, the single radiator having an HT beam and a TBT beam can be replaced by two separate radiators, each having an interconnection orifice capable of receiving a tube ensuring the function of the abovementioned reduction plug. With this alternative embodiment, the two radiators can be arranged in two different planes, with in particular the possibility of creating a stack aimed at placing the HT / TBT radiator in front of the HT radiator.
    The advantage of the thermal management device is that it achieves all the configurations of an efficient and optimized cooling circuit according to the operating mode of the vehicle. It allows on one side to thermally control the three cooling loops HT, BT and TBT completely independently and according to three temperature levels. It also allows better integration of the exchangers on the front of the vehicle, due to the sharing of radiators for the same vehicle operating mode. The design of the radiators takes account of this possibility of using the same radiator in different HV, LV and / or TBT thermal regulation loops. The thermal management device is capable of simultaneously using the first and third radiators 6 and 46, the second and third radiators 33 and 46, the first and second radiators 6 and 33, as well as the first, second and third radiators 6, 33, and 46. Because of this possibility of communalization of the radiators, each can be minimized in size, which makes their integration in the vehicle even easier.
    In particular modes of operation, certain functional organs are not operational and therefore do not need to be cooled. In this case, the connection means make the circulation of the heat transfer fluid suitable in the cooling branches which are normally allocated to them. The performance of the cooling system is thus optimized since it becomes possible to make full use of the cold source, especially the coolers of the cooler, to cool the functional organs. Compared to conventional solutions, where each radiator must be dimensioned under the most severe conditions, the dimension of the radiators with the device for managing the invention is reduced. It thus becomes possible to use the same heat transfer fluid circuit for different powertrains, some having increased powers. Advantageously also, on cold starting, the connection of the first, second and / or third main branches allows the heat transfer fluid to take calories from organs in operation to heat the heat engine, the battery, and / or the vehicle interior.
    The thermal management device of the invention is remarkable in that it allows a circulation of the heat transfer fluid through a series of radiators arranged in series or in parallel in the heat transfer fluid circuit according to both the vehicle operating mode from a pure electric mode, a thermal mode, a hybrid mode, a charging mode, and the instantaneous temperatures of the air and / or the heat-transfer fluid. This makes it possible to design a heat transfer fluid circuit with cooling components calibrated for nominal operation of the vehicle operating in an environment at predetermined ambient temperature, and to maintain the operation of the vehicle in a chosen mode even if the latter operates under other temperature conditions. This is made possible by the use of at least one other of the radiators, which was previously in an inactive state, at least not crossed by a heat transfer fluid given the mode of operation of the vehicle. It is thus made possible to use radiators designed and dedicated to a particular mode of operation of the vehicle, for at least one other of the modes of operation of the vehicle. This brings about a communalization of the cooling components for different modes of operation of the vehicle. Consequently, the cooling components, mainly the radiators, can be more compact, which facilitates their integration under the engine hood, while at the same time reducing manufacturing costs. By way of example, with the management device which is the subject of the invention, the battery can be cooled during the operation of the vehicle in a standard environment by a dedicated radiator and can be further cooled by another radiator, for example the radiator dedicated to the cooling of a heat engine, when the ambient air temperature becomes critical, that is to say higher than the nominal operating temperature. In this case of thermal management of the battery, cooling air is favored over the refrigerant passing through the cooler to cool the battery, which makes it possible to reduce the range of use of the cooler crossed by a coolant, therefore the circuit of vehicle air conditioning, which reduces vehicle consumption and its pollutant emissions accordingly.
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    Claims [Claim 1] Device for thermal management of a heat transfer fluid circuit of a hybrid vehicle comprising main branches (1, 2, 3) in each of which is arranged at least one functional member (4, 7, 8, 9, 40,) to cooling, each of the main branches having a nominal operating temperature threshold, the device comprising secondary branches (37, 44, 45), the device comprising cooling branches (20, 22, 24) of the heat transfer fluid circulating in the circuit with a cooling fluid passing through radiators (6, 33, 46), characterized in that the device comprises means of fluid connection (15, 60, 61, 62) capable of connecting at least one of the cooling branches (20, 22, 24) to at least one of the secondary branches (37, 44, 45) and / or to at least one of the main branches (1, 2, 3) to create a circulation loop isolated from the rest of the circuit , or a circulation loop connected to the rest of the circuit so as to connect er a main branch (1, 2, 3) with at least two cooling branches (20, 22, 24) so that at least two radiators are intended to be traversed by the cooling fluid according to an instantaneous operating situation of the vehicle chosen from several predetermined operating modes (Ml, M2, M3, M4, M5). [Claim 2] Device according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises at least first, second and third main branches (1,2, 3), the first main branch (1) has a nominal temperature (HT) of between 90 ° C and 105 ° C, the second main branch (2) has a nominal temperature (BT) between 40 ° C and 80 ° C, and the third main branch (3) has a nominal temperature (TBT) between 0 ° C and 40 ° C. [Claim 3] Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it comprises a high temperature radiator (6), a low temperature radiator (33) and a very low temperature radiator (46) arranged respectively in the first, second and third branches ( 20, 22, 24) cooling. [Claim 4] Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises at least first, second and third secondary branches (37, 44, 45), each being of the type of a fluid circulation pipe.
    [Claim 5] Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the predetermined operating modes (Ml, M2, M3, M4, M5) comprise at least one pure thermal mode (Ml), one pure electric mode (M2), one hybrid mode (M3), a mode of recharging the batteries via a charger integrated (M4) in the vehicle, and a mode of recharging the batteries via a charger external to the vehicle (M5). [Claim 6] Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that each of the secondary branches (37, 44, 45) can be connected to any one of the main branches (1, 2, 3) by said fluid connection means ( 15, 60, 61, 62). [Claim 7] Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that each of the main branches (1, 2, 3) can be connected to several cooling branches (20, 22, 24) by said fluid connection means (15, 60 , 61, 62), so that the radiators (6, 33, 46) can be used in series or in parallel for different predetermined operating modes (MI, M2, M3, M4, M5) of the vehicle. [Claim 8] Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the fluid connection means comprises four-way valves (60, 61, 62) and a three-way valve (V3). [Claim 9] Device according to any one of the preceding claims in combination with claim 6, characterized in that the fluid connection means (15, 60, 61, 62) is capable of connecting the first and third cooling branches in series or in parallel. (20, 24) in the operating mode either in pure thermal (Ml), or in hybrid (M3) when the ambient temperature is higher than a thermal threshold value between 20 ° and 40 ° C, or in pure electric ( M2) or recharging the batteries via a charger built into the vehicle (M4) when the battery temperature is below a thermal threshold value between 40 ° C and 55 ° C in order to use only the coolant to cool the battery (40). [Claim 10] Device according to any one of the preceding claims taken in combination with claim 5, characterized in that the fluid connection means (15, 60, 61, 62) is capable of connecting the second and third cooling branches (22) in series , 24) in the modes of operation in pure thermal (Ml) or in hybrid (M3) when a temperature (T3) of the heat transfer fluid sampled at the outlet of
    the second main branch (2) is greater than or equal to 70 ° C, and in that the battery (40) is arranged in an independent cooling loop putting the third main branch (3) in series with the third secondary branch (37 ) so that only a cooler (42) of the heat exchanger type between the coolant and a refrigerant is able to cool the battery (40). [Claim 11] Device according to any one of the preceding claims in combination with claim 5, characterized in that the fluid connection means (15, 60, 61, 62) is capable of connecting the first and second cooling branches (20, 22) in the pure electric (M2) operating mode or recharging the batteries via a charger integrated into the vehicle (M4). [Claim 12] Device according to any one of the preceding claims in combination with claim 5, characterized in that the fluid connection means (15, 60, 61, 62) is capable of connecting the third main branch (3) to the first, second and third cooling branches (20, 22, 24) when the vehicle is in an operating mode recharging the batteries via a charger external to the vehicle (M5), so that all of the heat exchangers of the first and third branches of cooling are arranged in parallel, this set of heat exchangers being arranged in series with the second cooling branch, when the temperature of the battery is below a thermal threshold value of between 40 ° C and 55 ° C and the temperature ambient is less than a thermal threshold value between 20 ° and 40 ° C. [Claim 13] Device according to any one of Claims 1 to 11 in combination with Claim 5, characterized in that the fluid connection means (15, 60, 61, 62) is capable of connecting the second main branch (2) to the first, second and third cooling branches (20, 22, 24) when the vehicle is in a pure electric (M2) operating mode or when recharging the batteries via a charger integrated into the vehicle (M4), so that a set heat exchangers of the first and third cooling branches are arranged in parallel, this set of heat exchangers being arranged in series with the second cooling branch, the third main branch (3) being dissociated from the second main branch so that the batteries are cooled by the refrigerant, when the ambient temperature is
    greater than a thermal threshold value between 20 ° and 40 ° C.
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