Patent ID: 9097446
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: B60H,F25B

Abstract:
1. An air-conditioning apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: an evaporator core and a heater core disposed on a ventilation channel overlapping each other; a thermoelectric device having a heat generating surface and a heat absorbing surface; a cooling line including a first cooling channel through which cooling water circulates around the heat absorbing surface and the evaporator core, and a second cooling channel through which the cooling water circulates around the heat absorbing surface and an engine; a heating line including a first heating channel through which the cooling water circulates around the heat generating surface and the heater core, and a second heating channel through which the cooling water circulates around the engine and the heater core; and a controller configured to control concurrent circulation through the second cooling channel and the first heating channel or circulation through the second heating channel in a heating mode via control of one or more valves.