US 12,466,239 B2
Electric or hybrid traction vehicle equipped with an air conditioning system, with heat recovery from cooling of electrical and/or electronic components
Adolfo Palombo, Naples (IT); Annamaria Buonomano, San Felice a Cancello (IT); Giovanni Barone, Naples (IT); Cesare Forzano, Naples (IT); Beniamino Cascone, Naples (IT); and Pietro Venanzio, Naples (IT)
Assigned to HITACHI RAIL STS S.P.A., Naples (IT)
Filed by HITACHI RAIL STS S.P.A., Naples (IT); Adolfo Palombo, Naples (IT); Annamaria Buonomano, San Felice a Cancello (IT); Giovanni Barone, Naples (IT); and Cesare Forzano, Naples (IT)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/229,925.
Prior Publication US 2025/0042223 A1, Feb. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. B60H 1/22 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/03 (2006.01); B60H 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/2215 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00321 (2013.01); B60H 1/004 (2013.01); B60H 1/00885 (2013.01); B60H 1/039 (2019.05); B60H 1/143 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00307 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric or hybrid traction vehicle (1), comprising:
a passenger compartment (11);
an air conditioning system (15) for conditioning said passenger compartment (11) by means of at least one air flow;
at least one electrical and/or electronic component (8) which tends to heat up during normal operating conditions;
the air conditioning system (15) comprising:
a waste heat dissipation and recovery system (35) comprising:
a) a first circuit (36), in which a heat transfer fluid flows, in use;
b) a first heat exchanger (38) for removing heat from said electrical and/or electronic component (8); and
c) at least one second heat exchanger (28) for transferring the heat removed by said first heat exchanger (38) to said air flow;
an aeraulic duct (20) conveying said air flow towards said passenger compartment (11);
a refrigerating assembly (30) comprising a third heat exchanger or evaporator (27), arranged along said aeraulic duct (20) and configured to remove heat from said air flow;
said second heat exchanger (28) being arranged along said aeraulic duct (20) in series with, and downstream of, said third heat exchanger or evaporator (27);
the waste heat dissipation and recovery system (35) further comprising:
a further heat exchanger (39) for transferring, to a fluid, at least a part of the heat which has been removed by said first heat exchanger (38);
moving means (40) for forcedly making said fluid circulate through said further exchanger (39);
a bypass pipe (41) arranged in parallel to said second exchanger (28); and
a three-way regulating valve (42) controlled so as to adjust the heat exchanged by said second exchanger (28) by splitting the flow rate of said heat transfer fluid between said second exchanger (28) and said bypass pipe (41);
wherein said further exchanger (39) is arranged in series with, and downstream of, said second exchanger (28) and said bypass pipe (41) and upstream of said first exchanger (38).