US 12,151,537 B2
Thermal management system control method for vehicle
Jae Yeon Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); Su Whan Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); Jeawan Kim, Gwangmyeong-si (KR); SeungRyeol Lee, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Yeonho Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/544,248.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0086227 (KR), filed on Jul. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0001766 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/32 (2006.01); B60L 58/26 (2019.01)
CPC B60H 1/00885 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00278 (2013.01); B60H 1/3205 (2013.01); B60L 58/26 (2019.02); B60H 2001/00307 (2013.01); B60H 2001/3266 (2013.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermal management system control method for a vehicle, comprising:
(A) a process in which a controller determines whether a track driving mode is selected based on data detected from a data detector before track driving of the vehicle, and determines an alignment position of a valve;
(B) a process in which the controller, through the process (A), determines the alignment position of the valve and controls a water pump or an oil pump, and operates an air conditioner; and
(C) a process in which, when the air conditioner is operated through the process (B), the controller controls a battery chiller expansion valve and a compressor, and ends the control;
wherein the process (A) further includes:
operating, by the controller, the track driving mode according to an operation of a track driving mode operating part by a manipulation or setting of a user before driving of the vehicle; and
determining, by the controller, whether an operating position of the valve is aligned based on the data detected from the data detector.