TEMPERATURE CONTROL UNIT, ESPECIALLY VEHICLE TEMPERATURE CONTROL UNIT

摘要

A vehicle temperature control unit includes an annular temperature control body (12) of magnetocaloric material over and/or around which heat transfer medium flows and a magnetic field arrangement (24), rotatable about an axis of rotation (A), providing magnetic field heating areas (36) and cooling areas (38) between the heating areas (36). A plurality of heat transfer medium flow zones (40), following one another in the circumferential direction are provided with the temperature control body (12), include two heat transfer medium flow zones (40) adjacent to one another that are associated with a heat transfer medium circulation sector (S). Heat input fluid flows through and/or around at least one heat transfer medium flow zone (50) for feeding heat into this heat transfer medium flow zone (50), or/and heat discharge fluid flows through and/or around at least one heat transfer medium flow zone (52) for discharging heat from the flow zone (52).

主权项

1. A temperature control unit comprising:
at least one annular temperature control body made of magnetocaloric material and through which or around which or both through and around which heat transfer medium flows; a magnetic field arrangement rotatable about an axis of rotation, the magnetic field arrangement providing magnetic field heating areas arranged following one another in a circumferential direction about the axis of rotation and cooling areas between the magnetic field heating areas; a plurality of circulation heat transfer medium flow zones following one another in the circumferential direction and provided with the temperature control body, at least two of the plurality of circulation heat transfer medium flow zones being adjacent to one another in the circumferential direction to provide a heat transfer medium circulation sector; and at least one of an input heat transfer medium flow zone, through which heat input fluid can flow through or around or both through and around, for feeding heat into the input heat transfer medium flow zone, or a discharge heat transfer medium flow zone, through which heat discharge fluid can flow through or around or both through and around, for discharging heat from the discharge heat transfer medium flow zone or both an input heat transfer medium flow zone, through which heat input fluid can flow through or around or both through and around, for feeding heat into the input heat transfer medium flow zone and a discharge heat transfer medium flow zone, through which heat discharge fluid can flow through or around or both through and around, for discharging heat from the discharge heat transfer medium flow zone.