Hot and cold water air conditioning system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9920967-B2
Application number	US-201414516617-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 17, 2014
Priority date	Nov 19, 2013
Publication date	Mar 20, 2018
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018

Abstract

The hot and cold water air conditioning system includes a water temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of water flowing out of the heat pump heat source apparatus by an operation of the water circulation pump, and a controller configured to perform, in a heating operation, on/off normal control that turns on a compressor when the water temperature detected by the water temperature sensor becomes lower than a target water temperature and turns off the compressor when the water temperature becomes higher than a first temperature value higher than the target water temperature, and to switch from the on/off normal control, upon repeating the on/off operation of the compressor at a minimum frequency necessary for an operation of the compressor in the on/off normal control, to on/off restriction control that turns on the compressor when the water temperature becomes lower than a second temperature value lower than the target water temperature and turns off the compressor when the water temperature becomes equal to or higher than a third temperature value higher than the target water temperature.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hot and cold water air conditioning system that includes a heat pump heat source apparatus including a compressor driven according to an operation frequency, an air-conditioning apparatus configured to perform air conditioning in a room, pipes connecting the heat pump heat source apparatus and the air-conditioning apparatus in a ring shape thereby forming a circulation path, and a water circulation pump configured to circulate water inside the pipes, the system comprising:
a water temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of water flowing out of the heat pump heat source apparatus by an operation of the water circulation pump; and
a controller configured to perform, in a heating operation, on/off normal control for the heating operation that turns on the compressor when the water temperature detected by the water temperature sensor becomes lower than a target water temperature and turns off the compressor when the water temperature becomes higher than a first temperature value higher than the target water temperature, wherein
the controller is configured to switch from the on/off normal control for the heating operation, upon repeating an on/off operation of the compressor during an operation of the compressor at a minimum frequency required for the operation of the compressor in the on/off normal control for the heating operation, to on/off restriction control for the heating operation that turns on the compressor when the water temperature becomes lower than a second temperature value lower than the target water temperature and turns off the compressor when the water temperature becomes equal to or higher than a third temperature value higher than the target water temperature.

2. The hot and cold water air conditioning system of claim 1 ,
wherein the controller is configured to
perform, in a cooling operation, the on/off normal control for the cooling operation that turns on the compressor when the water temperature detected by the water temperature sensor becomes equal to or higher than the target water temperature and turns off the compressor when the water temperature becomes lower than a fourth temperature value lower than the target water temperature, and
perform, upon repeating the on/off operation of the compressor during the operation of the compressor at a minimum frequency required for the operation of the compressor in the on/off normal control for the cooling operation, the on/off restriction control for the cooling operation that turns on the compressor when the water temperature becomes equal to or higher than a fifth temperature value higher than the target water temperature and turns off the compressor when the water temperature becomes lower than a sixth temperature value lower than the target water temperature.

3. The hot and cold water air conditioning system of claim 1 ,
wherein the controller is configured to count as one time when the on/off operation of the compressor is performed in the minimum frequency within a first set time period, and switch from the on/off normal control to the on/off restriction control when a number of times counted reaches a predetermined value within a second set time period equal to or longer than the first set time period.

4. The hot and cold water air conditioning system of claim 2 ,
wherein the controller is configured to count as one time when the on/off operation of the compressor is performed in the minimum frequency for the cooling operation or the heating operation within a first set time period, and switch from the on/off normal control to the on/off restriction control when a number of times counted reaches a predetermined value within a second set time period equal to or longer than the first set time period.

5. The hot and cold water air conditioning system of claim 3 ,
wherein the controller is configured to reset the number of times counted when the operation frequency of the compressor is not the minimum frequency upon turning on the compressor, when the on/off operation of the compressor at the minimum frequency is performed longer than the first set time period, and when the second set time period elapses before the number of times counted reaches the predetermined value.

6. The hot and cold water air conditioning system of claim 4 ,
wherein the controller is configured to reset the number of times counted when the operation frequency of the compressor is not the minimum frequency for the cooling operation or the heating operation upon turning on the compressor, when the on/off operation of the compressor at the minimum frequency is performed longer than the first set time period, and when the second set time period elapses before the number of times counted reaches the predetermined value.

7. The hot and cold water air conditioning system of claim 1 ,
wherein the controller is configured to return from the on/off restriction control to the on/off normal control, in a case where the compressor is continuously operated at a frequency higher than the minimum frequency for a period of time longer than a third set time period, during the on/off restriction control.

8. The hot and cold water air conditioning system of claim 2 ,
wherein the controller is configured to return from the on/off restriction control to the on/off normal control, in a case where the compressor is continuously operated at a frequency higher than the minimum frequency for the cooling operation or the heating operation for a period of time longer than a third set time period, during the on/off restriction control.

9. The hot and cold water air conditioning system of claim 3 ,
wherein the controller is configured to return from the on/off restriction control to the on/off normal control, in a case where the compressor is continuously operated at a frequency higher than the minimum frequency for a period of time longer than a third set time period, during the on/off restriction control.

10. The hot and cold water air conditioning system of claim 4 ,
wherein the controller is configured to return from the on/off restriction control to the on/off normal control, in a case where the compressor is continuously operated at a frequency higher than the minimum frequency for the cooling operation or the heating operation for a period of time longer than a third set time period, during the on/off restriction control.

11. The hot and cold water air conditioning system of claim 5 ,
wherein the controller is configured to return from the on/off restriction control to the on/off normal control, in a case where the compressor is continuously operated at a frequency higher than the minimum frequency for a period of time longer than a third set time period, during the on/off restriction control.

12. The hot and cold water air conditioning system of claim 6 ,
wherein the controller is configured to return from the on/off restriction control to the on/off normal control, in a case where the compressor is continuously operated at a frequency higher than the minimum frequency for the cooling operation or the heating operation for a period of time longer than a third set time period, during the on/off restriction control.

13. The hot and cold water air conditioning system of claim 1 , further comprising an auxiliary heater provided between the heat pump heat source apparatus and the water temperature sensor.

14. The hot and cold water air conditioning system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a hot water tank including a heat exchanger provided between a branch point provided between the water temperature sensor and the air-conditioning apparatus and a junction point

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Ushijima Takahiro

Classifications

• F24H4/02 Primary

  Water heaters · CPC title

• F25B40/00

  Subcoolers, desuperheaters or superheaters · CPC title

• F24F5/0003

  Exclusively-fluid systems · CPC title

• F25B49/02 Primary

  for compression type machines, plants or systems · CPC title

• Y02B30/741

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic