Method and system for controlling air conditioner outdoor unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10612810-B2
Application number	US-201515526693-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 21, 2015
Priority date	Mar 16, 2015
Publication date	Apr 7, 2020
Grant date	Apr 7, 2020

Abstract

A method for controlling an air conditioner outdoor unit comprises: acquiring the working mode of the air conditioner outdoor unit; acquiring sensor parameters of the air conditioner outdoor unit according to the working mode, the sensor parameters including wind direction parameters read by a wind direction sensor ( 163 ) or temperature parameters read by a temperature sensor ( 161 ); determining control parameters for the air conditioner outdoor unit by the working mode and the sensor parameters corresponding to the working mode; driving the rotating speed of a fan ( 121 ) and the rotating angle of a wind direction adjusting device ( 125 ) by use of the control parameters. In addition, a control system for the air conditioner outdoor unit is also related to.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for controlling an air conditioner outdoor unit, wherein said air conditioner outdoor unit comprises: a fan, a compressor, a wind direction adjusting device, at least one temperature sensor, a wind direction sensor, and a controller, said controller is connected with said fan, said compressor, said wind direction adjusting device, and said temperature sensor,
said method comprising:
A. acquiring a working mode of the air conditioner outdoor unit, wherein when the working mode is a power consumption mode of the air conditioner outdoor unit, the fan rotates in a first direction to drive a first air flow for performing heat dissipation of the air conditioner outdoor unit; and when the working mode is a power generation mode, a second air flow drives the fan rotate in a second direction reverse to the first direction to generate power;
B. acquiring sensor parameters of said air conditioner outdoor unit according to said working mode, wherein said sensor parameters include: wind direction parameters read by said wind direction sensor or temperature parameters read by said temperature sensor;
C. determining control parameters for said air conditioner outdoor unit by said working mode and said sensor parameters corresponding to said working mode; and
D. driving a rotating speed of said fan and a rotating angle of said wind direction adjusting device using said control parameters, wherein the wind direction adjusting device is a wind direction deflector installed inside the fan, a wind deflector installed outside the fan, or a pair of rotation shafts installed in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction of the fan, respectively.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when said working mode of said air conditioner outdoor unit is the power consumption mode, the sensor parameters are said temperature parameters, wherein step C comprises:
determining a first control parameter for controlling the rotating speed of said fan by comparing an actual power value of said compressor with a rated power value of said compressor;
when said actual power value is determined to be equal to the rated power value, setting said first control parameter as a rated highest rotating speed of said fan;
when said actual power value is less than the rated power value, setting said first control parameter as a calculated rotating speed value of said fan, which comprises:
calculating a power ratio in percentage of said actual power value of said compressor to said rated power value; and
calculating a rotating speed value according to said power ratio in percentage and said temperature parameters to obtain the calculated rotating speed value of said fan.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein said air conditioner outdoor unit at least comprises two said temperature sensors, said temperature sensors respectively establish communication connection with said controller, and said temperature sensors are mounted in different positions in said air conditioner outdoor unit, wherein step D comprises:
driving the rotating speed of said fan using said first control parameter;
comparing actual temperature values of the temperature sensors to locate a position where one of said temperature sensors having a highest said actual temperature value; and
adjusting said rotating angle of said wind direction adjusting device according to the position of said temperature sensor having the highest said temperature value.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein said air conditioner outdoor unit further comprises: an energy storing unit, wherein prior to step A, said method further comprises:
dividing each day at least into two time intervals; and
setting up power consumption solutions of said air conditioner outdoor unit according to said time intervals, wherein said power consumption solutions at least include: using electrical energy of a power grid, using electrical energy of the energy storing unit, and simultaneously using the electrical energy of said power grid and said energy storing unit, wherein said energy storing unit comprises an electrical interface for being connected to a direct current bus of said air conditioner outdoor unit, and is a device that stores a first electrical energy generated by the air conditioner outdoor unit or discharges a second electrical energy to the direct current bus of said air conditioner outdoor unit.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein after step A, said method further comprises:
acquiring a current time;
matching said current time with said time interval to obtain a matching result; and
determining said power consumption solution of said air conditioner outdoor unit according to said matching result.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when said working mode of said air conditioner outdoor unit is a power generation mode, the sensor parameters of said air conditioner outdoor unit acquired according to said working mode are said wind direction parameters, wherein step C comprises:
determining a second control parameter for controlling the rotating angle of said wind direction adjusting device through said wind direction parameters.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein said air conditioner outdoor unit further comprises an energy storing unit, wherein said energy storing unit comprises an electrical interface for being connected to a direct current bus of said air conditioner outdoor unit, and is a device that stores a first electrical energy generated by the air conditioner outdoor unit or discharges a second electrical energy to the direct current bus of said air conditioner outdoor unit, wherein after determining the second control parameter for controlling the rotating angle of said wind direction adjusting device through said wind direction parameters, said method further comprises:
determining a strategy of power recovery by comparing a generated power of said fan with a preset power threshold.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein when said power threshold includes a first power threshold and a second power threshold and said first power threshold is less than said second power threshold, the step of determining a strategy of power recovery by comparing a generated power of said fan in said power generation mode with a preset power threshold comprises Implementation 1, Implement 2, and Implementation 3, wherein Implementation 1 comprises judging whether said generated power is less than or equal to said first power threshold, wherein in a situation that the generated power is less than or equal to the first power threshold, electrical energy generated by said air conditioner outdoor unit is stored in the energy storing unit;
wherein Implementation 2 comprises judging whether said the generated power is greater than said first power threshold and less than or equal to said second power threshold, wherein when said the generated power is greater than said first power threshold and less than or equal to said second power threshold, the electrical energy generated by said air conditioner outdoor unit is output to a power grid after being processed; and
wherein Implementation 3 comprises judging whether said the generated power is greater than said second power threshold, when said the generated power is greater than said second power threshold, the electrical energy generated by said air conditioner outdoor unit is directly output to said power grid.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein prior to the step of determining a strategy of power recovery by comparing a generated power of said fan in said power generation mode with a preset power threshold, the method further comprises:
acquiring an energy value of said energy storing un

Assignees

• Gree Electric Appliances Inc Zhuhai

Inventors

• Zhang Xuefen
• Zhao Zhigang
• Ren Peng
• Jiang Shiyong
• Liu Keqin
• Feng Chongyang
• Yuan Jinrong
• Jiang Yingyi

Classifications

• F24F2110/12

  of the outside air · CPC title

• F24F2110/10

  Temperature · CPC title

• F24F11/61

  using timers · CPC title

• F24F11/00

  Control or safety arrangements · CPC title

• F24F2140/60

  Energy consumption · CPC title