Vehicle air conditioning device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11097599-B2
Application number	US-201716077209-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 21, 2017
Priority date	Feb 29, 2016
Publication date	Aug 24, 2021
Grant date	Aug 24, 2021

Abstract

There is provided a vehicle air conditioning device of a heat pump system which improves comfortability when changing to heating only by an auxiliary heating device. The device includes a heating medium circulating circuit 23 to heat air to be supplied from an air flow passage 3 to a vehicle interior, and when shifting to the heating of the vehicle interior only by the heating medium circulating circuit 23 in a heating mode, a controller executes a shifting control to increase a heating capability of the heating medium circulating circuit 23 prior to stopping a compressor 2 and decrease a heating capability of a radiator 4 in accordance with the increase of the heating capability of the heating medium circulating circuit 23.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle air conditioning device 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,
an outdoor heat exchanger disposed outside the vehicle interior to let the refrigerant absorb heat, and
a control device,
the control device being configured to execute a heating mode to let the refrigerant discharged from the compressor radiate heat in the radiator, decompress the refrigerant from which the heat has been radiated, and let the refrigerant absorb heat in the outdoor heat exchanger, thereby heating the vehicle interior,
the vehicle air conditioning device further comprising an auxiliary heating device to heat the air to be supplied from the air flow passage to the vehicle interior, and the control device is configured to be able to heat the vehicle interior only by the auxiliary heating device in the heating mode,
wherein in the heating mode, the control device is configured to calculate a required capability TGQ that is a required heating capability of the radiator,
wherein when shifting to the heating of the vehicle interior only by the auxiliary heating device in the heating mode, the control device is configured to execute a shifting control to increase a heating capability of the auxiliary heating device prior to stopping the compressor and decrease a heating capability of the radiator in accordance with the increase of the heating capability of the auxiliary heating device, and
in the shifting control, the control device is configured to increase the required capability TGQhtr of the auxiliary heating device gradually up to the required capability TGQ, and adjust the required capability TGQhtr of the auxiliary heating device to the required capability TGQ.

2. The vehicle air conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein in the shifting control, the control device is configured to start increase of the heating capability of the auxiliary heating device prior to starting decrease of the heating capability of the radiator in accordance with a heat capacity of the auxiliary heating device.

3. The vehicle air conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to start the shifting control when there is established one of a condition that frosting to the outdoor heat exchanger proceeds, a condition that an operation efficiency of the compressor decreases, and a condition that heat absorption by the radiator occurs.

4. The vehicle air conditioning device according to claim 3 , wherein in the shifting control, the control device is configured to stop the compressor when there is established one of a condition that a difference (TGQ-Qhtr) between the required capability TGQ that is the required heating capability of the radiator and the HTR actual capability Qhtr that is the heating capability actually generated by the auxiliary heating device decreases to be not more than a predetermined value, a condition that an HP actual capability Qhp that is a heating capability actually generated by the radiator decreases to be not more than a predetermined value, and a condition that the target number of revolution TGNCh of the compressor decreases to be not more than a predetermined value.

5. The vehicle air conditioning device according to claim 3 , wherein in the heating mode, when any one of the conditions to start the shifting control is not established, the control device is configured to execute cooperative control to complement shortage of the heating capability of the radiator with the heating by the auxiliary heating device.

6. The vehicle air conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to increase the required capability TGQhtr of the auxiliary heating device at a prescribed rising speed, or increase the required capability TGQhtr of the auxiliary heating device with first-order lag.

7. A vehicle air conditioning device 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,
an outdoor heat exchanger disposed outside the vehicle interior to let the refrigerant absorb heat, and
a control device,
the control device being configured to execute a heating mode to let the refrigerant discharged from the compressor radiate heat in the radiator, decompress the refrigerant from which the heat has been radiated, and let the refrigerant absorb heat in the outdoor heat exchanger, thereby heating the vehicle interior,
the vehicle air conditioning device further comprising an auxiliary heating device to heat the air to be supplied from the air flow passage to the vehicle interior, and the control device is configured to be able to heat the vehicle interior only by the auxiliary heating device in the heating mode,
wherein in the heating mode, the control device is configured to calculate a required capability TGQ that is a required heating capability of the radiator,
wherein in the heating mode, the control device is configured to calculate a target value of a high pressure on the basis of a target outlet temperature that is a target value of a temperature of air to be blown out to the vehicle interior, and controls a number of revolution of the compressor on the basis of the target value of a high pressure, the high pressure and the required capability TGQ,
wherein when shifting to the heating of the vehicle interior only by the auxiliary heating device in the heating mode, the control device is configured to execute a shifting control to increase a heating capability of the auxiliary heating device prior to stopping the compressor and decrease a heating capability of the radiator in accordance with the increase of the heating capability of the auxiliary heating device, and
in the shifting control, the control device is configured to adjust the required capability TGQhtr of the auxiliary heating device to the required capability TGQ, and subtract, from the required capability TGQ, an HTR actual capability Qhtr that is a heating capability actually generated by the auxiliary heating device.

8. The vehicle air conditioning device according to claim 7 , wherein in the heating mode, the control device is configured to calculate a F/F control amount TGNChff of a target number of revolution of the compressor by feedforward calculation based on at least a required capability TGQ, calculates a F/B control amount TGNChfb of the target number of revolution of the compressor by feedback calculation based on the target value of a high pressure and the high pressure, and adds the F/F control amount TGNChff and the F/B control amount TGNChfb to calculate a target number of revolution TGNCh of the compressor, and
in the shifting control, the control device is configured to calculate the F/F control amount TGNChff on the basis of a value (TGQ-Qhtr) obtained by subtracting the HTR actual capability Qhtr from the required capability TGQ.

Assignees

• Sanden Automotive Climate Systems Corp
• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Miyakoshi Ryo
• Suzuki Kenichi
• Yamashita Kohei

Classifications

• B60H2001/2265

  related to the quantity of heat produced by the heater · CPC title

• B60H1/00392

  for electric vehicles having only electric drive means · CPC title

• B60H1/32

  Cooling devices {(B60H1/00478, B60H1/005 take precedence)} · CPC title

• B60H2001/224

  automatic operation, e.g. control circuits or methods · CPC title

• B60H1/2218 Primary

  controlling the operation of electric heaters · CPC title