Patent ID: 9677457
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: B61C,B61D,F01P,Y02T

Claim:
1. A vehicle having at least one component to be cooled, the vehicle comprising: at least one conveying device for delivering to the at least one component a cooling air mass flow, the cooling air mass flow having a predetermined nominal value which, for an assumed maximum thermal loading of the at least one component, provides a cooling action adequate for the operation of the at least one component; a control device configured for controlling an intensity of the cooling air mass flow and for dimensioning the cooling air mass flow, taking into consideration thermal demands of the component at least in an upper traveling speed range of the vehicle, such that a sum total of a power consumption of the at least one component, of the at least one conveying device, and of a fraction of a traction power of the vehicle allotted to conveying the cooling air mass flow is lower than a sum total of the power consumption of the at least one component, of the at least one conveying device and of a fraction of a traction power of the vehicle allotted to the conveying of the cooling air mass flow with its predetermined nominal value; said control device configured such that the cooling air mass flow assumes the predetermined nominal value below a predetermined traveling speed of the vehicle.