Patent ID: 8127564

Claim:
A cooling system, comprising: a load drive device having a power storage mechanism configured to be chargeable/dischargeable, and a drive circuit receiving supply of electric power from said power storage mechanism and driving an electric load; a cooling device cooling said load drive device; and a control device controlling an operation of said load drive device and an operation of said cooling device, said cooling device including a cooling medium path allowing a cooling medium to pass therethrough, said power storage mechanism being disposed to share said cooling medium path with said drive circuit, said control device including a temperature-raising control unit performing temperature-raising control of said power storage mechanism when a temperature of said power storage mechanism is below a prescribed temperature lower limit value, and said temperature-raising control unit including an estimation unit estimating an amount of heat generated from said drive circuit, and a drive control unit controlling said drive circuit such that a power loss generated at said drive circuit becomes larger than a power loss during normal control, when the amount of heat generated from said drive circuit, estimated by said estimation unit, falls short of an amount of heat required for warming said power storage mechanism.