HEAT PUMP ARRANGEMENT WITH INDIRECT BATTERY HEATING FOR BATTERY-OPERATED MOTOR VEHICLES AND METHOD OF OPERATING A HEAT PUMP ARRANGEMENT

A heat pump arrangement and a method of operating a heat pump arrangement. The heat pump arrangement has a refrigerant circuit and a coolant circuit, wherein the coolant circuit is configured for indirect battery heating. The refrigerant circuit includes a compressor, a heating condenser, a 3/2-way expansion valve, an external heat exchanger, at least one evaporator with an associated expansion element as well as a 3/2-way expansion valve arranged in parallel to the evaporator, and a battery chiller. The coolant circuit includes a coolant cooler and a battery heat exchanger with an associated coolant pump and at least one drive train cooler with an associated coolant pump arranged in parallel to the battery heat exchanger.