Vehicle air-conditioning device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10131208-B2
Application number	US-201715703415-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2017
Priority date	Nov 30, 2012
Publication date	Nov 20, 2018
Grant date	Nov 20, 2018

Abstract

There is disclosed a vehicle air-conditioning device in which a heating qualification by gas injection can sufficiently be obtained. The vehicle air-conditioning device comprises a compressor 2 which compresses a refrigerant, an air flow passage 3 through which air to be supplied into a vehicle interior flows, a radiator 4 disposed in the air flow passage to let the refrigerant radiate heat, a heat absorber 9 disposed in the air flow passage to let the refrigerant absorb heat, an outdoor heat exchanger 7 disposed outside the vehicle interior to let the refrigerant radiate or absorb heat, and a controller. The controller executes a heating mode in which the refrigerant discharged from the compressor 2 radiates heat in the radiator 4 and the refrigerant by which heat has been radiated is decompressed and then absorbs heat in the outdoor heat exchanger 7 . The vehicle air-conditioning device comprises an injection circuit 40 which distributes a part of the refrigerant flowing out from the radiator 4 to return the refrigerant to the middle of compression by the compressor 2 , and the injection circuit 40 has an expansion valve 30 , and a discharge side heat exchanger 35 which performs heat exchange between the refrigerant decompressed by the expansion valve 30 and the refrigerant discharged from the compressor 2 before flowing into the radiator 4.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle air-conditioning device comprising:
a compressor which compresses a refrigerant;
an air flow passage through which air to be supplied into a vehicle interior flows;
a radiator disposed in the air flow passage to let the refrigerant radiate heat;
a heat absorber disposed in the air flow passage to let the refrigerant absorb heat;
an outdoor heat exchanger disposed outside the vehicle interior to let the refrigerant radiate or absorb heat; and
control means,
at least the control means being configured to execute a heating mode in which the refrigerant discharged from the compressor radiates heat in the radiator and the refrigerant by which heat has been radiated is decompressed and then absorbs heat in the outdoor heat exchanger,
the vehicle air-conditioning device comprising:
an injection circuit which distributes a part of the refrigerant flowing out from the radiator to return the refrigerant to the middle of compression by the compressor; and
a water circulation circuit in which water heated by heating means is circulated by circulating means,
wherein the injection circuit has pressure reducing means, and a water-refrigerant heat exchanger which performs heat exchange between the refrigerant decompressed by the pressure reducing means and the water flowing in the water circulation circuit,
wherein the water circulation circuit has a water-air heat exchanger disposed on an air inflow side of the outdoor heat exchanger or in the air flow passage,
wherein the control means compares a demand heating qualification Qtgt which is a demanded radiator heating qualification with a heating qualification Qhp generated by the radiator, and allows the refrigerant to flow through the injection circuit by the pressure reducing means when the heating qualification Qhp is lower than the demand heating qualification Qtgt,
wherein the control means calculates the demand heating qualification Qtgt on the basis of one of indexes indicating a temperature of the air flowing into the radiator, a temperature of the air flowing out from the radiator, and a volume of the air passing the radiator, or any combination of these indexes, and indexes indicating specific heat of the air flowing into the radiator and a density of the air, and
the control means calculates the heating qualification Qhp on the basis of one of indexes indicating an outdoor temperature, the refrigerant flow rate, an air volume in the air flow passage, a velocity, a temperature of the heat absorber, a revolution number of the compressor, a refrigerant pressure of an outlet of the radiator, a refrigerant temperature of the radiator outlet, a refrigerant pressure of an inlet of the radiator, and a refrigerant temperature of the radiator inlet, or any combination of these indexes.

2. The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein the control means controls an amount of the refrigerant to be returned from the injection circuit to the compressor by the pressure reducing means, on the basis of one of a difference between the demand heating qualification Qtgt which is the demanded radiator heating qualification and the heating qualification Qhp generated by the radiator, a difference between the target radiator temperature and a temperature of the radiator, a difference between a target radiator pressure and a pressure of the radiator, and a target outlet temperature to the vehicle interior, or any combination thereof.

3. The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the water circulation circuit has a water-air heat exchanger disposed in the air flow passage; and
the control means circulates the water heated by the heating means in the water-air heat exchanger, when the heating qualification of the radiator is not satisfied even by allowing the refrigerant to flow through the injection circuit.

4. The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 2 , wherein:
the water circulation circuit has a water-air heat exchanger disposed in the air flow passage; and
the control means circulates the water heated by the heating means in the water-air heat exchanger, when the heating qualification of the radiator is not satisfied even by allowing the refrigerant to flow through the injection circuit.

5. The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein the control means executes an operation to suppress the frost formation to the outdoor heat exchanger on the basis of the estimation of the frost formation condition estimating means in a stage before the injection circuit is operated.

6. The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 2 , wherein the control means executes an operation to suppress the frost formation to the outdoor heat exchanger on the basis of the estimation of the frost formation condition estimating means in a stage before the injection circuit is operated.

7. A vehicle air-conditioning device, comprising:
a compressor which compresses a refrigerant;
an air flow passage through which air to be supplied into a vehicle interior flows;
a radiator disposed in the air flow passage to let the refrigerant radiate heat;
a heat absorber disposed in the air flow passage to let the refrigerant absorb heat;
an outdoor heat exchanger disposed outside the vehicle interior to let the refrigerant radiate or absorb heat; and
control means,
at least the control means being configured to execute a heating mode in which the refrigerant discharged from the compressor radiates heat in the radiator and the refrigerant by which heat has been radiated is decompressed and then absorbs heat in the outdoor heat exchanger,
the vehicle air-conditioning device comprising:
an injection circuit which distributes a part of the refrigerant flowing out from the radiator to return the refrigerant to the middle of compression by the compressor; and
a water circulation circuit in which water heated by heating means is circulated by circulating means,
wherein the injection circuit has pressure reducing means, and a water-refrigerant heat exchanger which performs heat exchange between the refrigerant decompressed by the pressure reducing means and the water flowing in the water circulation circuit,
wherein the water circulation circuit has a water-air heat exchanger disposed on an air inflow side of the outdoor heat exchanger or in the air flow passage,
wherein the control means compares a demand heating qualification Qtgt which is a demanded radiator heating qualification with a heating qualification Qhp generated by the radiator, and allows the refrigerant to flow through the injection circuit by the pressure reducing means when the heating qualification Qhp is lower than the demand heating qualification Qtgt,
wherein the control means controls an amount of the refrigerant to be returned from the injection circuit to the compressor by the pressure reducing means, on the basis of one of a difference between the demand heating qualification Qtgt which is the demanded radiator heating qualification and the heating qualification Qhp generated by the radiator, a difference between the target radiator temperature and a temperature of the radiator, a difference between a target radiator pressure and a pressure of the radiator, and a target outlet temperature to the vehicle interior, or any combination thereof.

8. The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 7 , wherein:
wherein the water circulation circuit has a water-air heat exchanger disposed in the air flow passage; and
wherein the control means circulates the water heated by the heating means in the water-air heat exchanger, when the heating qualification of the radiator is not satisfied even by allowing the refrigerant to flow through the inject

Assignees

• Sanden Holdings Corp

Inventors

• Suzuki Kenichi
• Shigeta Megumi

Classifications

• B60H2001/00961

  comprising means for defrosting outside heat exchangers · CPC title

• F25B2400/0403

  for condensers · CPC title

• F25B5/02

  arranged in parallel · CPC title

• F25B2400/0409

  for evaporators · CPC title

• F25B1/10

  with multi-stage compression (with cascade operation F25B7/00) · CPC title