Motor vehicle heat exchanger system

Abstract

A motor vehicle heat exchanger system with a closed circuit for an operating medium is disclosed, which includes an evaporator for evaporating the operating medium and a condenser for condensing the vaporous operating medium. Between the condenser and the evaporator a compensation container for receiving the operating medium is integrated. The compensation container is arranged in the cooling fluid stream and can be cooled by the cooling fluid stream.

What is claimed as new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent is set forth in the appended claims and includes equivalents of the elements recited therein: 
     
       What is claimed is:
 A motor vehicle heat exchanger system with a closed circuit for circulating an operating medium, said heat exchanger system comprising: 
 an evaporator for evaporating the operating medium; 
 a condenser for condensing the operating medium from a vaporous state, said condenser being integrated in a cooling fluid stream; and 
 a compensation container for receiving the operating medium, said compensation container provided between the condenser and the evaporator, and being coolable by the cooling fluid stream. 
 
     
     
         2 . The motor vehicle heat exchanger system of claim  1 , wherein the compensation container is arranged in the cooling fluid stream upstream of the condenser. 
     
     
         3 . The motor vehicle heat exchanger system of claim  1 , wherein the compensation container is arranged in the cooling fluid stream downstream of the condenser. 
     
     
         4 . The motor vehicle heat exchanger system of claim  1 , wherein the compensation container is integrated in the condenser. 
     
     
         5 . The motor vehicle heat exchanger system of claim  1 , wherein the condenser and the compensation container together form a structural unit. 
     
     
         6 . The motor vehicle heat exchanger system of claim  1 , wherein the compensation container is arranged below the condenser. 
     
     
         7 . The motor vehicle heat exchanger system of claim  1 , wherein the evaporator includes multiple evaporator modules. 
     
     
         8 . The motor vehicle heat exchanger system of claim  1 , further comprising means for a pressure compensation between the evaporator and the compensation container. The motor vehicle heat exchanger system of  claim 7 , wherein the evaporator or the evaporator modules have a housing and a capillary structure arranged in the housing. 
     
     
         10 . The motor vehicle heat exchanger system of claim  9 , wherein the capillary structure is formed by a porous plate body made of a sintered material. 
     
     
         11 . The motor vehicle heat exchanger system of claim  1 , wherein the evaporator is integrated in the exhaust gas stream of the internal combustion engine.