Device and method for controlling compressor of vehicles

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9981530-B2
Application number	US-201615166779-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 27, 2016
Priority date	Jun 30, 2010
Publication date	May 29, 2018
Grant date	May 29, 2018

Abstract

A device and a method for a controlling compressor of vehicles may include a cabin temperature sensor, an outdoor temperature sensor, an evaporator temperature sensor detecting a temperature of a cooling medium in an evaporator, an engine speed sensor detecting rotation speed of an engine, and a throttle position sensor detecting a throttle opening, an air conditioning system including a condenser condensing and liquefying the cooling medium, an evaporator, the compressor, a temperature control door controlling a temperature of an air flowed in a cabin, an intake door selectively flowing an inner air or an outer air in the cabin, a blower blowing the air to the intake door, and a controller determining acceleration mode and an allowable temperature at each acceleration mode when an acceleration condition occurs, and decreasing an operation of the compressor according to a difference between the evaporator temperature and the allowable temperature.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for controlling a compressor of a vehicle provided with an air conditioning system including a condenser condensing and liquefying a cooling medium, an evaporator evaporating the liquefied cooling medium, the compressor compressing the cooling medium, a temperature control door controlling a temperature of an air flowed in a cabin of the vehicle, an intake door selectively flowing an inner air or an outer air in the cabin of the vehicle, and a blower blowing the air to the intake door, the method comprising:
a) determining whether an acceleration condition occurs;
b) determining whether an evaporator temperature is lower than an allowable temperature in a case that the acceleration condition occurs;
c) decreasing operation of the compressor based on a difference between the evaporator temperature and the allowable temperature when the evaporator temperature is lower than the allowable temperature;
d) determining whether the evaporator temperature is higher than a target temperature while the operation of the compressor is decreased; and
e) controlling the temperature control door, the intake door, and the blower so as to lower the temperature of the air supplied to the cabin when the evaporator temperature is higher than the target temperature.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the allowable temperature is varied according to acceleration modes decided based on a throttle opening and an engine speed, and the allowable temperature at each of the acceleration modes is decided according to an outdoor temperature of the vehicle.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the intake door is controlled based on a difference between a cabin temperature and an outdoor temperature, wherein the intake door is controlled based on the outdoor temperature when there is no difference between the cabin temperature and the outdoor temperature, and the blower is controlled based on an inner air ratio at the step e), wherein the inner air ratio is a ratio of the inner air to the outer air.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising f) determining whether a release condition occurs or a time spent decreasing the operation of the compressor is larger than or equal to a maximum time,
wherein the steps b) to e) are repeated when the release condition does not occur or the time spent decreasing the operation of the compressor is smaller than the maximum time at the step f).

5. The device of claim 4 , in a case that the evaporator temperature is higher than or equal to the allowable temperature at the step b) or the release condition occurs or the time spent decreasing the operation of the compressor is larger than or equal to the maximum time at the step f), further comprising:
g) increasing the operation of the compressor according to a target increasing rate of the operation of the compressor;
h) determining whether the operation of the compressor is lower than a target operation of the compressor;
i) determining whether the evaporator temperature is higher than the target temperature when the operation of the compressor is lower than the target operation of compressor; and
j) controlling the temperature control door, the intake door, and the blower so as to lower the temperature of the air supplied to the cabin when the evaporator temperature is higher than the target temperature.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the steps g) to j) are repeated when the evaporator temperature is lower than or equal to the target temperature at the step i) or the step j) is performed.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the intake door is controlled based on a difference between a cabin temperature and an outdoor temperature, wherein the intake door is controlled based on the outdoor temperature when there is no difference between the cabin temperature and the outdoor temperature, and the blower is controlled based on an inner air ratio at the step j), wherein the inner air ratio is a ratio of the inner air to the outer air.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein controlling the compressor is finished when the operation of the compressor reaches the target operation of the compressor at the step h).

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Kwon Choon Gyu
• Kim Jae Woong
• Lee Chang Won

Classifications

• B60H2001/3255

  related to temperature · CPC title

• B60H1/00864

  Ventilators and damper doors · CPC title

• B60H2001/3273

  related to the operation of the vehicle, e.g. the compressor driving torque · CPC title

• B60H2001/3263

  of the refrigerant at an evaporating unit · CPC title

• F04B35/002

  driven by internal combustion engines · CPC title