Vehicle air-conditioning apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10933719-B2
Application number	US-201716330008-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 10, 2017
Priority date	Sep 2, 2016
Publication date	Mar 2, 2021
Grant date	Mar 2, 2021

Abstract

A vehicle air-conditioning apparatus is provided which is capable of efficiently eliminating or suppressing fogging of a window while comfortably heating a vehicle interior. A controller changes and executes a heating mode to let a refrigerant discharged from a compressor 2 radiate heat in a radiator 4 , and a dehumidifying and heating mode to let the refrigerant discharged from the compressor radiate heat in the radiator and let the refrigerant absorb heat in a heat absorber 9 . When the temperature of air blown out to the vehicle interior is not capable of reaching a target outlet temperature in the dehumidifying and heating mode, the controller actuates a window heater 35 heating a front window 30 and shifts to the heating mode.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle air-conditioning apparatus comprising:
a compressor to compress a refrigerant;
an air flow passage through which air to be supplied to a vehicle interior flows;
a radiator to let the refrigerant radiate heat, thereby heating the air to be supplied from the air flow passage to the vehicle interior;
a heat absorber to let the refrigerant absorb heat, thereby cooling the air to be supplied from the air flow passage to the vehicle interior;
an outdoor heat exchanger provided outside the vehicle interior to let the refrigerant absorb heat;
a window heating device to heat a window of a vehicle; and
a control device,
whereby the control device changes and executes at least a heating mode to let the refrigerant discharged from the compressor radiate heat in the radiator and let the refrigerant absorb heat in the outdoor heat exchanger to heat the vehicle interior, and
a dehumidifying and heating mode to let the refrigerant discharged from the compressor radiate heat in the radiator and let the refrigerant absorb heat in the heat absorber to execute dehumidifying and heating of the vehicle interior,
wherein in the dehumidifying and heating mode, when the temperature of the air blown out to the vehicle interior is not capable of reaching a target value, the control device actuates the window heating device and shifts to the heating mode.

2. The vehicle air-conditioning apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in the heating mode and the dehumidifying and heating mode, the control device controls the operation of the compressor on the basis of a pressure of the radiator.

3. The vehicle air-conditioning apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein an evaporation pressure adjustment valve is not provided on a refrigerant outlet side of the heat absorber.

4. The vehicle air-conditioning apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an evaporation pressure adjustment valve is not provided on a refrigerant outlet side of the heat absorber.

5. A vehicle air-conditioning apparatus comprising:
a compressor to compress a refrigerant;
an air flow passage through which air to be supplied to a vehicle interior flows;
a radiator to let the refrigerant radiate heat, thereby heating the air to be supplied from the air flow passage to the vehicle interior;
a heat absorber to let the refrigerant absorb heat, thereby cooling the air to be supplied from the air flow passage to the vehicle interior;
an outdoor heat exchanger provided outside the vehicle interior to let the refrigerant absorb heat;
an outdoor expansion valve to decompress the refrigerant flowing into the outdoor heat exchanger;
a bypass circuit connected in parallel with a series circuit of the outdoor heat exchanger and the outdoor expansion valve;
an indoor expansion valve to decompress the refrigerant flowing into the heat absorber;
a window heating device to heat a window of a vehicle; and
a control device,
whereby the control device changes and executes at least a heating mode to let the refrigerant discharged from the compressor radiate heat in the radiator, let the heat-radiated refrigerant flow into the outdoor heat exchanger through the outdoor expansion valve, and let the refrigerant absorb heat in the outdoor heat exchanger to heat the vehicle interior, and
a dehumidifying and heating mode to let the refrigerant discharged from the compressor radiate heat in the radiator, distribute the heat-radiated refrigerant, let a part of the refrigerant flow from the bypass circuit to the heat absorber through the indoor expansion valve, let the refrigerant absorb heat in the heat absorber, let the residual refrigerant flow into the outdoor heat exchanger through the outdoor expansion valve, and let the refrigerant absorb heat in the outdoor heat exchanger to execute dehumidifying and heating of the vehicle interior,
wherein in the dehumidifying and heating mode, the control device controls the operation of the compressor on the basis of a pressure of the radiator and controls a valve position of the outdoor expansion valve on the basis of a temperature of the heat absorber, and when the temperature of the air blown out to the vehicle interior is not capable of reaching a target value, the control device actuates the window heating device and shifts to the heating mode.

6. The vehicle air-conditioning apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein in the heating mode, the control device controls the operation of the compressor on the basis of the pressure of the radiator and controls the valve position of the outdoor expansion valve on the basis of a temperature and the pressure of the radiator.

7. The vehicle air-conditioning apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein an evaporation pressure adjustment valve is not provided on a refrigerant outlet side of the heat absorber.

8. The vehicle air-conditioning apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein an evaporation pressure adjustment valve is not provided on a refrigerant outlet side of the heat absorber.

9. A vehicle air-conditioning apparatus comprising:
a compressor to compress a refrigerant;
an air flow passage through which air to be supplied to a vehicle interior flows;
a radiator to let the refrigerant radiate heat, thereby heating the air to be supplied from the air flow passage to the vehicle interior;
a heat absorber to let the refrigerant absorb heat, thereby cooling the air to be supplied from the air flow passage to the vehicle interior;
an outdoor heat exchanger provided outside the vehicle interior to let the refrigerant absorb heat;
an outdoor expansion valve to decompress the refrigerant flowing into the outdoor heat exchanger;
a bypass circuit connected in parallel with a series circuit of the outdoor heat exchanger and the outdoor expansion valve;
an indoor expansion valve to decompress the refrigerant flowing into the heat absorber;
an auxiliary heating device to heat the air to be supplied from the air flow passage to the vehicle interior;
a window heating device to heat a window of a vehicle; and
a control device,
whereby the control device changes and executes at least a heating mode to let the refrigerant discharged from the compressor radiate heat in the radiator, let the heat-radiated refrigerant flow into the outdoor heat exchanger through the outdoor expansion valve, and let the refrigerant absorb heat in the outdoor heat exchanger to heat the vehicle interior, and
a dehumidifying and heating mode to let the refrigerant discharged from the compressor radiate heat in the radiator, distribute the heat-radiated refrigerant, let a part of the refrigerant flow from the bypass circuit to the heat absorber through the indoor expansion valve, let the refrigerant absorb heat in the heat absorber, let the residual refrigerant flow into the outdoor heat exchanger through the outdoor expansion valve, and let the refrigerant absorb heat in the outdoor heat exchanger to execute dehumidifying and heating of the vehicle interior,
wherein in the dehumidifying and heating mode, the control device executes a normal dehumidifying and heating mode to control an operation of the compressor on the basis of a pressure of the radiator and control a valve position of the outdoor expansion valve on the basis of a temperature of the heat absorber, and
in the normal dehumidifying and heating mode, when the temperature of the heat absorber is lowered to a predetermined value or below even by the control of the outdoor expansion valve, the control device shifts to a heating auxiliary dehumidifying and heating mode to control the operation of the compressor on the basis of the temperature of the heat absorber and actuate the auxiliary heating device, and
wherein in the heating auxiliary dehumid

Assignees

• Sanden Automotive Climate Systems Corp

Inventors

• Ishizeki Tetsuya
• Yamashita Kouhei
• Miyakoshi Ryo

Classifications

• B60H1/34

  Nozzles; Air-diffusers · CPC title

• B60H1/22

  the heat source being other than the propulsion plant {(B60H1/00492 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60H1/3216 Primary

  for improving a change in operation duty of a compressor in a vehicle · CPC title

• B60H3/024

  for only dehumidifying the air · CPC title

• F25B41/24

  Arrangement of shut-off valves for disconnecting a part of the refrigerant cycle, e.g. an outdoor part · CPC title