Device for cooling a component intended to be fitted to a vehicle and associated vehicle
The invention relates to a device for cooling a component for use in a vehicle. Said component comprises a first side face and a second side face opposite each other and cooling channels running between the first side face and the second side face. The cooling device comprises a first opening, a second opening and a set of baffles configured such that movement of the vehicle generates an airflow entering one of the first opening and the second opening and exiting the other, the set of baffles being configured to guide the airflow through the cooling channels of the component.
1 . A module comprising:
a component comprising:
a first side face;
a second side face opposite the first side face; and
cooling channels passing through the component between the first side face and the second side face; and
a cooling device for the component,
wherein the module is configured to be fitted to a vehicle configured to move in a longitudinal direction, and
wherein
the cooling device comprising a first opening, a second opening, and a set of baffles configured such that movement of the vehicle in the longitudinal direction generates a flow of air entering through one of the first opening or the second opening and exiting through the other,
the set of baffles being configured to guide the air flow by passing it through the cooling channels of the component, and
the first opening and the second opening being arranged laterally on the same side of the component.
2 . The module according to claim 1 , wherein the set of baffles is configured to guide the air flow through the component transversely in a first transverse direction through a first group of cooling channels and then in a second opposite transverse direction through a second group of cooling channels or vice versa.
3 . The module according to claim 2 , wherein the set of baffles comprises an intermediate baffle arranged on one of the first side face or the second side face of the component to guide the air flow exiting from the cooling channels of the first group towards the channels of the second group or vice versa.
4 . The module according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling device comprises an inner baffle arranged within the component to prevent airflow longitudinally through the component.
5 . The module of claim 4 , wherein the inner baffle extends between the first side face and the second side face of the component and divides the component between a first region and a second region.
6 . The module according to claim 5 , wherein at least one cooling channel is arranged in the first region and at least one cooling channel is arranged in the second region.
7 . The module according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling device comprises a first grid disposed across the first opening and/or a second grid disposed across the second opening.
8 . The module according to claim 1 , wherein the module is configured such that when the vehicle moves in a first direction, the air flow flows from the first opening to the second opening, and when the vehicle moves in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the air flow flows from the second opening to the first opening.
9 . A vehicle configured to move in a longitudinal direction, the vehicle comprising a module according to claim 1 .
10 . The vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein the vehicle is a railway vehicle.
11 . The module according to claim 2 , wherein the set of baffles is configured to guide the air flow through the component transversely in the first transverse direction between the first side face and the second side face through the first group of cooling channels and then in the second opposite transverse direction between the first side face and the second side face through the second group of cooling channels or vice versa.
12 . The module according to claim 3 , wherein the intermediate baffle is positioned outside of the component on one of the first side face or the second side face of the component.