Vehicle air-conditioning device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020148024-A1
Application number	US-201816634777-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 12, 2018
Priority date	Aug 9, 2017
Publication date	May 14, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

Comfortable vehicle interior air conditioning is realized while giving an appropriate temperature difference to air blown out from outlets. A vehicle air-conditioning device 1 includes an air mix damper 28, a FOOT outlet 29 A, and a VENT outlet 29 B. A control device has a B/L mode to blow out air from both of the FOOT outlet and the VENT outlet to a vehicle interior. In the B/L mode, the control device sets a target air volume ratio TGSW to be within a predetermined intermediate range of an air volume ratio SW by the air mix damper, and calculates a target heater temperature TCO on the basis of a target outlet temperature TAO and the target air volume ratio TGSW.

First claim

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 heater to heat 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; a heating heat exchange passage and a bypass passage partitioned and formed in the air flow passage on a leeward side than the heat absorber; an air mix damper to adjust a ratio at which the air in the air flow passage passed through the heat absorber is to be passed through the heating heat exchange passage; a first outlet to blow out the air from the air flow passage to the vehicle interior; a second outlet to blow out the air from the air flow passage to the vehicle interior at a position above the first outlet; and a control device, wherein the heater is disposed in the heating heat exchange passage, and the vehicle air-conditioning device is configured so that the air passed through the heating heat exchange passage is easy to be blown out from the first outlet than the second outlet and the air passed through the bypass passage is easy to be blown out from the second outlet than the first outlet, wherein the control device controls heating by the heater on the basis of a target heater temperature TCO being a target value of a heating temperature TH being a temperature of the air on a leeward side of the heater, wherein the control device calculates an air volume ratio SW of the air to be passed through the heating heat exchange passage on the basis of a target outlet temperature TAO being a target value of a temperature of the air blown out to the vehicle interior and the heating temperature TH to control the air mix damper, wherein the control device has a first outlet mode to blow out the air from both of the first outlet and the second outlet to the vehicle interior, and wherein in the first outlet mode, the control device sets a predetermined target air volume ratio TGSW to be within a predetermined intermediate range of the air volume ratio SW, and calculates the target heater temperature TCO on the basis of the target outlet temperature TAO and the target air volume ratio TGSW.

2 . The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein when it is given that SW=(TAO−Te)/(TH−Te) . . . (I),
where a temperature of the heat absorber is assumed to be Te, the control device calculates the air volume ratio SW in the above formula (I).

3 . The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 2 , wherein when it is given that
TCO =( TAO−TEO )/ TGSW+TEO   (II),
where a target heat absorber temperature being a target value of the temperature Te of the heat absorber is assumed to be TEO, the control device calculates the target heater temperature TCO in the above formula (II).

4 . The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 3 , wherein when it is given that TCO=2×TAO−TEO . . . (III),
the control device calculates the target heater temperature TCO in the above formula (III).

5 . The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 2 , wherein when it is given that TCO=(TAO−Te)/TGSW+Te . . . (IV), the control device calculates the target heater temperature TCO in the above formula (IV).

6 . The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 5 , wherein when it is given that TCO=2×TAO−Te . . . (V),
the control device calculates the target heater temperature TCO in the above formula (V).

7 . The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein the heater is a radiator to let the refrigerant radiate heat to thereby heat the air to be supplied from the air flow passage to the vehicle interior, and/or an auxiliary heating device to heat the air to be supplied from the air flow passage to the vehicle interior.

8 . The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 2 , wherein the heater is a radiator to let the refrigerant radiate heat to thereby heat the air to be supplied from the air flow passage to the vehicle interior, and/or an auxiliary heating device to heat the air to be supplied from the air flow passage to the vehicle interior.

9 . The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 3 , wherein the heater is a radiator to let the refrigerant radiate heat to thereby heat the air to be supplied from the air flow passage to the vehicle interior, and/or an auxiliary heating device to heat the air to be supplied from the air flow passage to the vehicle interior.

10 . The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 4 , wherein the heater is a radiator to let the refrigerant radiate heat to thereby heat the air to be supplied from the air flow passage to the vehicle interior, and/or an auxiliary heating device to heat the air to be supplied from the air flow passage to the vehicle interior.

11 . The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 5 , wherein the heater is a radiator to let the refrigerant radiate heat to thereby heat the air to be supplied from the air flow passage to the vehicle interior, and/or an auxiliary heating device to heat the air to be supplied from the air flow passage to the vehicle interior.

12 . The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 6 , wherein the heater is a radiator to let the refrigerant radiate heat to thereby heat the air to be supplied from the air flow passage to the vehicle interior, and/or an auxiliary heating device to heat the air to be supplied from the air flow passage to the vehicle interior.

Assignees

• Sanden Automotive Climate Systems Corp

Inventors

• Ishizeki Tetsuya
• Miyakoshi Ryo
• Yamashita Kohei

Classifications

• B60H2001/0015

  Temperature regulation · CPC title

• B60H1/0005 Primary

  the air being firstly cooled and subsequently heated or vice versa · CPC title

• B60H1/00328

  of the liquid-air type · CPC title

• B60H1/00385

  for vehicles having an electrical drive, e.g. hybrid or fuel cell · CPC title

• B60H1/22

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