Embodiments for heating a vehicle cabin are disclosed. In one example, a method for heating a vehicle cabin comprises closing an exhaust throttle while diverting at least a portion of throttled exhaust gas through an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooler coupled upstream of the throttle, and transferring heat from the EGR cooler to a heater core configured to provide heat to the vehicle cabin. In this way, exhaust heat may be directly routed to the cabin heating system.
Exhaust throttling for cabin heating
2017-05-02
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60H ARRANGEMENTS OR ADAPTATIONS OF HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATING, OR OTHER AIR-TREATING DEVICES SPECIALLY FOR PASSENGER OR GOODS SPACES OF VEHICLES , Anordnung oder Einbau der Heizung, Kühlung, Lüftung oder anderer Luftbehandlungsvorrichtungen für die Fahrzeugräume für Reisende oder Fracht / F01N GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL , Schalldämpfer oder Auspuffvorrichtungen für Gase von Kraft- und Arbeitsmaschinen oder von Kraftmaschinen allgemein / F01P Kühlung von Kraft- und Arbeitsmaschinen oder Kraftmaschinen allgemein , COOLING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL / F02D CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES , Steuern oder Regeln von Brennkraftmaschinen / F02M Zuführen von Brennstoff-Luft-Gemischen oder deren Bestandteilen bei Brennkraftmaschinen allgemein , SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF / F02P IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES , Zündung von Brennkraftmaschinen mit innerer Verbrennung, ausgenommen Kompressionszündung |
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