RAIL VEHICLE WITH COOLER ASSEMBLY

DRIVE March 4, 2015
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The present invention relates to a rail vehicle cooler arrangement (2) of a rail vehicle (1), having a cooler (3) which is integrated into a cooling circuit (4) for conducting a liquid coolant and through which a cooling air path (5) for conducting a cooling air flow (6) is routed, with at least one separator (7) arranged in the cooling air path (5) upstream of the cooler (3) for separating liquid and/or solid contaminants from the cooling air flow (6), wherein the respective separator (7) has a separation structure (8) which is permeable to the cooling air flow (6) and which supplies separated contaminants to a collection box (10). Increased reliability even at high vehicle speeds is achieved when the respective collection box (10) is closed off from a high-pressure region (15) which can form during travel of the rail vehicle (1) at an underside (14) of a vehicle floor (13), and when the respective collection box (10) is fluidically connected to a low-pressure region (16) in which the pressure during travel of the rail vehicle (1) is lower than in the high-pressure region (15).

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