Control apparatus of heat exchanging system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10618378-B2
Application number	US-201816027604-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 5, 2018
Priority date	Jul 10, 2017
Publication date	Apr 14, 2020
Grant date	Apr 14, 2020

Abstract

A control apparatus of a heat exchanging system according to the invention executes a control for activating a connection system to connect an engine water passage to a heater water passage and a control for increasing an engine pump duty ratio, and then executes a control for decreasing a heater pump duty ratio when the control for decreasing the heater pump duty ratio and the control for increasing the engine pump duty ratio are requested to be executed in order to control a core flow rate to a requested core flow rate and an engine flow rate to a requested engine flow rate after the engine water passage is connected to the heater water passage by the connection system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control apparatus of a heat exchanging system,
the heat exchanging system including:
a heater core heating system for heating a heater core by heat exchanging water, the heater core heating air to be supplied to an interior of a vehicle to warm the interior of the vehicle, the heater core heating system including a heater water passage, through which the heat exchanging water flows, a heat exchanger for heating the heat exchanging water flowing through the heater water passage, and a heater pump for flowing the heat exchanging water through the heater water passage;
an engine cooling system for cooling an internal combustion engine by the heat exchanging water, the engine cooling system including an engine water passage, through which the heat exchanging water flows, and an engine pump for flowing the heat exchanging water through the engine water passage; and
a connection system for connecting the engine water passage to the heater water passage such that the heat exchanging water flows into the heater water passage from the engine water passage and flows out from the heater water passage into the engine water passage,
the control apparatus comprising an electronic control unit for controlling activations of the heater pump, the engine pump, and the connection system,
the electronic control unit being configured to:
control a heater pump duty ratio for activating the heater pump such that a core flow rate corresponds to a requested core flow rate when a warming condition that a warming of the interior of the vehicle is requested, is satisfied, the core flow rate being a flow rate of the heat exchanging water flowing through the heater core, and the requested core flow rate being a flow rate of the heat exchanging water requested to flow through the heater core;
control an engine pump duty ratio for activating the engine pump such that an engine flow rate corresponds to a requested engine flow rate when an engine circulation condition that the heat exchanging water is requested to circulate in the engine water passage, is satisfied, the engine flow rate being a flow rate of the heat exchanging water flowing through the engine water passage, and the requested engine flow rate being a flow rate of the heat exchanging water requested to flow through the engine water passage;
activate the connection system to connect the engine water passage to the heater water passage and control the heater pump duty ratio and the engine pump duty ratio such that the core flow rate corresponds to the requested core flow rate and the engine flow rate corresponds to the requested engine flow rate when a connection condition including a condition that the warming condition is satisfied, is satisfied,

wherein the electronic control unit is configured to execute a control for activating the connection system to connect the engine water passage to the heater water passage and a control for increasing the engine pump duty ratio, and then execute a control for decreasing the heater pump duty ratio when a particular condition that the control for decreasing the heater pump duty ratio and the control for increasing the engine pump duty ratio are requested to be executed in order to control the core flow rate to the requested core flow rate and the engine flow rate to the requested engine flow rate after the engine water passage is connected to the heater water passage by the connection system, is satisfied.

2. The control apparatus of the heat exchanging system according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to execute the control for decreasing the heater pump duty ratio after the core flow rate starts to increase after the electronic control unit executes the control for activating the connection system to connect the engine water passage to the heater water passage and the control for increasing the engine pump duty ratio when the particular condition is satisfied.

3. The control apparatus of the heat exchanging system according to claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanging system is configured such that a flow direction of the heat exchanging water in a particular water passage portion of the heater water passage between a portion of the heater water passage into which the heat exchanging water flows from the engine water passage and a portion of the heater water passage from which the heat exchanging water flows out toward the engine water passage when the engine water passage is not connected to the heater water passage, is opposite to the flow direction of the heat exchanging water in the particular water passage portion when the engine water passage is connected to the heater water passage,
the heater core heating system includes an exhaust heat recovery device in the particular water passage, the exhaust heat recovery device being configured to heat the heat exchanging water circulating in the heater water passage by heat of exhaust gas discharged from the internal combustion engine, and
the electronic control unit is configured to execute the control for activating the connection system to connect the engine water passage to the heater water passage after the electronic control unit executes the control for increasing the engine pump duty ratio when the particular condition is satisfied.

4. The control apparatus of the heat exchanging system according to claim 1 , wherein the connection condition-includes a condition that the engine circulation condition is satisfied.

5. The control apparatus of the heat exchanging system according to claim 1 , wherein the connection condition includes a condition that a first temperature of the heat exchanging water circulating in the engine water passage is higher than a second temperature of the heat exchanging water circulating in the heater water passage when the engine water passage is not connected to the heater water passage.

6. The control apparatus of the heat exchanging system according to claim 1 , wherein the engine water passage includes an engine inner water passage formed in the internal combustion engine, and
the engine circulation condition includes a condition that a third temperature of the heat exchanging water in the engine inner water passage is higher than or equal to a predetermined temperature.

7. The control apparatus of the heat exchanging system according to claim 1 , wherein the engine circulation condition includes a condition that a difference between a temperature of one portion of the internal combustion engine and a temperature of another portion of the internal combustion engine is larger than or equal to a predetermined temperature difference.

8. The control apparatus of the heat exchanging system according to claim 1 , wherein the engine circulation condition includes a condition that the internal combustion engine operates.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Aikawa Hidefumi
• Ogura Yoichi
• Yano Masatoshi
• Miyoshi Yuji
• Ofune Yu

Classifications

• F01P2005/105

  Using two or more pumps · CPC title

• B60H1/00892

  Devices specially adapted for avoiding uncomfortable feeling, e.g. sudden temperature changes (B60H1/00885 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60H2001/0035

  movable in and out of the air stream · CPC title

• F01P3/20

  Cooling circuits not specific to a single part of engine or machine (F01P3/22 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60H1/12

  using an air blower · CPC title