CPC B60H 1/00921 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00314 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00307 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00928 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00949 (2013.01)] | 7 Claims |
1. A method for thermal conditioning within a vehicle, comprising:
providing a fluid circuit that heats and cools a combustion engine of the vehicle, wherein the fluid circuit comprises one or more valves configurable to fluidically separate the fluid circuit into a first sub-circuit and a second sub-circuit, and to fluidically combine the first sub-circuit and the second sub-circuit into the fluid circuit;
providing a heat pump circuit that heats air flowing into a passenger compartment of the vehicle;
transferring heat from the heat pump circuit to the fluid circuit, or the second sub-circuit of the fluid circuit, via configuring the one or more valves, such that the transferred heat heats the air flowing into the passenger compartment; and
transferring heat from the first sub-circuit of the fluid circuit to the heat pump circuit and from the heat pump circuit to the second sub-circuit, via configuring the one or more valves, such that the transferred heat heats the air flowing into the passenger compartment.
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