THERMAL VEHICLE SYSTEMS WITH LOW TO HIGH QUALITY FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT, STORAGE, RECOVERY AND OPTIMIZATION

摘要

A method for continuously managing thermal energy in a motor vehicle includes initializing a continuous thermal energy management loop within a controller disposed in the motor vehicle, calculating an amount of stored energy in a vehicle-mounted thermal management system, calculating an amount of thermal energy waste in the thermal management system whether heat energy is needed within a component of the thermal management system, selectively generating thermal energy, selectively transporting thermal energy to the thermal management system component, determining a heat storage capacity of the thermal management system, determining if there is a thermal energy deficit within the thermal management system, and directing a flow of a thermal energy carrying fluid to a thermal energy storage.