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Automotive Engineering ›› 2023, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (11): 2001-2013.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2023.11.002

Special Issue: 新能源汽车技术-电驱动&能量管理2023年

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Performance Analysis of a Thermal Management System for Electric Vehicles Based on the Three-Fluid Heat Exchanger

Tianchan Yu1,Yuan Wang1,Wenxing Shi1(),Chenjiyu Liang1,Xianting Li1,Junping Cen2,Min Luo2   

  1. 1.Department of Building Science,Tsinghua University,Beijing 100084
    2.Shanghai Victory Auto Heat Transfer Manufacturing Co. ,Ltd. ,Shanghai 201500
  • Received:2023-07-25 Online:2023-11-25 Published:2023-11-27
  • Contact: Wenxing Shi E-mail:wxshi@ tsinghua.edu.cn

Abstract:

The electric vehicle can achieve energy conservation, emission reduction, energy storage and peak shaving, which is of great significance for the realization of China's "carbon peaking and carbon neutrality" goals. For the problems of the current thermal management system for electric vehicles of complex heat exchange processes, low system energy efficiency, and the difficulty in integration and lightweight, in this paper, a thermal management system based on the three-fluid heat exchanger for electric vehicles is proposed. The calculation model of the three-fluid heat exchanger is established through prototype experiments and tests, and the performance model of the thermal management system of the three-fluid heat exchanger is established by combining the load model and heat pump model. Besides, the operating performance of the proposed thermal management system under different conditions is analyzed and compared with the existing typical thermal management systems for electric vehicles. The results show that the energy consumption of the thermal management system with the three-fluid heat exchanger is 2.3% and 15.1% lower than that of the existing air-cooled condenser system and liquid-cooled condenser system respectively at 36 ℃ and 60 km/h in summer. And the energy consumption of the thermal management system with the three-fluid heat exchanger in the outdoor waste heat recovery mode and indoor waste heat recovery mode is reduced by 5.9% and 19.7% respectively compared with the system without waste heat recovery at 0 ℃ and 60 km/h in winter.

Key words: electric vehicle, three-fluid heat exchanger, thermal management system, performance analysis