Heating And Ventilation (G2200062): Overview
The heating and ventilation system provides the heating and ventilation for the passenger compartment.
The heating and ventilation system consists of:
- HVAC Control Module
- An air intake panel
- A climate control assembly with air inlets and outlets
- Ventilation outlets
- High Voltage (HV) interior heater
- Climate control indirect condenser
- Climate control changeover valve
- Climate control coolant pump.
Fresh or recirculated air flows into the climate control assembly from the intake duct. The blower, and/or the ram effect when the vehicle is moving, forces the air through the climate control assembly. Air from the vehicle interior exits through the ventilation outlets.
Heat for the passenger compartment through the heater core in the climate control assembly and climate control coolant is provided from 2 sources:
- HV interior heater.
- Climate control indirect condenser.
- Heat recovered from the electric drive temperature control system.
- For additional information, Refer to: ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY TEMPERATURE CONTROL .
- Heat recovered from the outside air by the Air Conditioning (A/C) system and recovery heat exchanger.
- For additional information, refer to: AIR CONDITIONING .
The HVAC Control Module selects the most efficient heat source to optimize the distance traveled by the vehicle from the Electric Vehicle (EV) battery.
Vehicles are equipped with either a 2 zone or a 4 zone automatic climate control system:
- The 2 zone climate control system provides different temperature settings for the left and right sides of the passenger compartment.
- The 4 zone climate control system provides different temperature settings for all 4 occupants of the passenger compartment.
The system is equipped with a pollution sensor to control the quality of air in the passenger compartment.
The HVAC controls operation of the blower via the blower control module.
For additional information, refer to: AIR DISTRIBUTION AND FILTERING .
For additional information, refer to: AIR CONDITIONING .
For additional information, refer to: CONTROL COMPONENTS .
The HV interior heater is also used to increase the EV battery internal temperature before and during EV battery charging.
For additional information, Refer to: ONBOARD CHARGING MODULE .