Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Chiller-accumulator system for an engine with a forced induction system
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Application No.: US15417629Application Date: 2017-01-27
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Publication No.: US10363795B2Publication Date: 2019-07-30
- Inventor: Eric M Lott , Alfred Piggott
- Applicant: Eric M Lott , Alfred Piggott
- Applicant Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Assignee: FCA US LLC
- Current Assignee: FCA US LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Agent Ralph E. Smith
- Main IPC: F02B29/04
- IPC: F02B29/04 ; B60H1/00 ; F02B37/16 ; B60H1/32

Abstract:
A chiller system includes an intercooler configured to cool compressed charge air received from a turbocharger or a supercharger, a low temperature cooling circuit fluidly coupled to the intercooler, the low temperature cooling circuit circulating a coolant to provide cooling to the intercooler and including a low temperature radiator configured to cool the coolant, a chiller-accumulator loop having a combined chiller-accumulator, a chiller bypass line bypassing the chiller-accumulator, and a charging valve configured to selectively provide coolant to at least one of the chiller-accumulator loop and the chiller bypass line, and an air conditioner circuit circulating a refrigerant and having a primary circuit and a bypass circuit. Refrigerant is selectively supplied to the chiller-accumulator to further cool the coolant in the chiller-accumulator loop after the coolant is cooled by the low temperature radiator, thereby providing increased cooling to the intercooler and the compressed charge air to increase engine performance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180215234A1 CHILER-ACCUMULATOR SYSTEM FOR AN ENGINE WITH A FORCED INDUCTION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2018-08-02
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