Air conditioner, and method and device for controlling its compressor to stop

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10677241-B2
Application number	US-201815910923-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 2, 2018
Priority date	Mar 9, 2016
Publication date	Jun 9, 2020
Grant date	Jun 9, 2020

Abstract

A method and a device for controlling a compressor to stop are disclosed in the present disclosure. The method includes: acquiring a rotor phase corresponding to a minimum load of the compressor; during a shutdown process of the air conditioner, acquiring a current orientation of the rotor of the compressor and determining whether a phase of the rotor is the rotor phase corresponding to the minimum load according to the current orientation of the rotor; and controlling the compressor to stop if determining that the phase of the rotor is the rotor phase corresponding to the minimum load. Therefore, a generated vibration and stress of a piping is smaller than that generated by directly stopping the compressor, to effectively reduce the vibration and stress of the piping at the moment that the compressor is stopped and to avoid a danger of breaking the piping.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for controlling a compressor in an air conditioner to stop, comprising:
during a shutdown process of the air conditioner, acquiring a current orientation of a rotor of the compressor;
determining a rotor phase corresponding to a minimum load of the compressor in accordance with the current orientation of the rotor of the compressor and a minimum amplitude of a torque current of the compressor or a minimum amplitude of a compensation torque of the compressor;
determining whether a phase of the rotor is within a preset phase range for stopping the compressor, wherein the preset phase range is determined by floating the rotor phase corresponding to the minimum load upwardly and downwardly; and
controlling the compressor to stop if determining that the phase of the rotor is within the preset phase range.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the rotor phase corresponding to the minimum load corresponds to an orientation of the rotor when the compressor finishes exhausting within a mechanical cycle.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the preset phase range is obtained according to an experimental test and is stored to the air condition to be invoked.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the preset phase range is pre-determined according to a rotor phase corresponding to a minimum load of the compressor.

5. A device for controlling a compressor in an air conditioner to stop, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor,
wherein the processor is configured to:
acquire a current orientation of a rotor of the compressor during a shutdown process of the air conditioner;
determine a rotor phase corresponding to a minimum load of the compressor in accordance with the current orientation of the rotor of the compressor and a minimum amplitude of a torque current of the compressor or a minimum amplitude of a compensation torque of the compressor;
determine whether a phase of the rotor is within a preset phase for stopping the compressor, wherein the preset phase range is determined by floating the rotor phase corresponding to the minimum load upwardly and downwardly, and control the compressor to stop if determining that the phase of the rotor is within the preset phase range.

6. The device according to claim 5 , wherein the rotor phase corresponding to the minimum load corresponds to an orientation of the rotor when the compressor finishes exhausting within a mechanical cycle.

7. The device according to claim 5 , wherein the preset phase range is obtained according to an experimental test and is stored to the air condition to be invoked.

8. The device according to claim 5 , wherein the preset phase range is pre-determined according to a rotor phase corresponding to a minimum load of the compressor.

9. An air conditioner, comprising a device for controlling a compressor in an air conditioner to stop, wherein the device comprises:
a processor; and
a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor,
wherein the processor is configured to:
acquire a current orientation of a rotor of the compressor during a shutdown process of the air conditioner;
determine a rotor phase corresponding to a minimum load of the compressor in accordance with the current orientation of the rotor of the compressor and a minimum amplitude of a torque current of the compressor or a minimum amplitude of a compensation torque of the compressor;
determine whether a phase of the rotor is within a preset phase range for stopping the compressor, wherein the preset phase range is determined by floating the rotor phase corresponding to the minimum load upwardly and downwardly, and control the compressor to stop if determining that the phase of the rotor is within the preset range.

Assignees

• Gd Midea Air Conditioning Equipment Co Ltd

Inventors

• Huang Zhaobin
• Zhang Guozhu

Classifications

• F24F2140/50

  Load · CPC title

• H02P6/24

  Arrangements for stopping · CPC title

• F24F11/00

  Control or safety arrangements · CPC title

• H02P5/50

  by comparing electrical values representing the speeds · CPC title

• F24F11/30

  for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring · CPC title