Vehicle air conditioning device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10427495-B2
Application number	US-201515309374-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 16, 2015
Priority date	May 8, 2014
Publication date	Oct 1, 2019
Grant date	Oct 1, 2019

Abstract

There is disclosed a vehicle air conditioning device of a heat pump system which delays proceeding of frosting onto an outdoor heat exchanger, thereby eliminating or inhibiting deterioration of a heating capability due to the frosting. The vehicle air conditioning device executes a heating mode in which a controller lets a refrigerant discharged from a compressor 2 radiate heat in a radiator 4 , decompresses the refrigerant by which heat has been radiated, and then lets the refrigerant absorb heat in an outdoor heat exchanger 7 , and on the basis of a difference ΔTXO=(TXObase−TXO) between a refrigerant evaporation temperature TXObase of the outdoor heat exchanger 7 in non-frosting and a refrigerant evaporation temperature TXO of the outdoor heat exchanger 7 , the controller corrects a target subcool degree TGSC that is a target value of a subcool degree of the refrigerant in the radiator 4 in an increasing direction in accordance with increase of the difference ΔTXO.

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 to a vehicle interior flows;
a radiator which lets the refrigerant radiate heat to heat the air to be supplied from the air flow passage to the vehicle interior;
a heat absorber which lets the refrigerant absorb heat to cool the air to be supplied from the air flow passage to the vehicle interior;
an outdoor heat exchanger disposed outside the vehicle interior to let the refrigerant absorb heat; and
control means,
the vehicle air conditioning device executing at least a heating mode in which the control means lets the refrigerant discharged from the compressor radiate heat in the radiator, decompresses the refrigerant by which heat has been radiated, and then lets the refrigerant absorb heat in the outdoor heat exchanger,
wherein on the basis of a difference ΔTXO=(TXObase−TXO) between a refrigerant evaporation temperature TXObase of the outdoor heat exchanger in non-frosting and a refrigerant evaporation temperature TXO of the outdoor heat exchanger, the control means corrects an operation mode in accordance with increase of the difference ΔTXO.

2. The vehicle air conditioning device of claim 1 , wherein correcting the operation mode in accordance with increase of the difference ΔTXO comprises correcting a target subcool degree TGSC that is a target value of a subcool degree of the refrigerant in the radiator in an increasing direction in accordance with increase of the difference ΔTXO.

3. The vehicle air conditioning device of claim 1 , further comprising:
an indoor blower to supply the air to the air flow passage; and
wherein correcting the operation mode in accordance with increase of the difference ΔTXO comprises correcting

an air volume of the indoor blower in a decreasing direction in accordance with increase of the difference ΔTXO.

4. The vehicle air conditioning device of claim 1 , wherein correcting the operation mode in accordance with increase of the difference ΔTXO comprises correcting an upper limit of controlling of a compressor number of revolution in a decreasing direction in accordance with increase of the difference ΔTXO.

5. The vehicle air conditioning device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a suction changing damper to control an indoor/outdoor air ratio of the air to be introduced into the air flow passage; and
wherein correcting the operation mode in accordance with increase of the difference ΔTXO comprises correcting an indoor air ratio of the air to be introduced into the air flow passage by the suction changing damper in an increasing direction in accordance with increase of the difference ΔTXO.

6. The vehicle air conditioning device of claim 1 , further comprising:
an outdoor blower to blow outdoor air through the outdoor heat exchanger; and
wherein correcting the operation mode in accordance with increase of the difference ΔTXO comprises correcting an air volume of the outdoor blower in an increasing direction in accordance with increase of the difference ΔTXO.

Assignees

• Sanden Holdings Corp

Inventors

• Suzuki Kenichi
• Miyakoshi Ryo
• Yamashita Kouhei

Classifications

• B60H1/2221

  arrangements of electric heaters for heating an intermediate liquid (B60H1/034 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60H2001/3283

  to control the refrigerant flow · CPC title

• B60H1/00385

  for vehicles having an electrical drive, e.g. hybrid or fuel cell · CPC title

• B60H2001/3258

  of the air at a condensing unit · CPC title

• F25B40/00

  Subcoolers, desuperheaters or superheaters · CPC title