IP Library Granted Patent US 11,577,579
Granted Patent B2
US 11,577,579 · App. 16/962,120 · Granted Feb 14, 2023

Vehicle air-conditioning device

Inventors: Tetsuya Ishizeki (Isesaki, JP); Takefumi Tomiya (Isesaki, JP); Yoshiyuki Okamoto (Isesaki, JP)
Assignee: SANDEN CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 11,577,579
App. No.
16/962,120
Granted
Feb 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle air-conditioning device includes a compressor 2 , a radiator 4 , an outdoor heat exchanger 7 , a first heat medium circulating device 61 to let a first heat medium circulate in a heat medium heating heater 66 , and a second heat medium circulating device 62 to let a second heat medium circulate in a battery 55 . The first heat medium circulating device has a first heat medium heat exchanging unit 65 A which exchanges heat between a refrigerant and the first heat medium. The second heat medium circulating device has a second heat medium heat exchanging unit 65 B which exchanges heat between the first heat medium and the second heat medium.

Claims (38)

1. A vehicle air-conditioning device which conditions air of a vehicle interior, comprising:

a compressor to compress a refrigerant;

an air flow passage through which the air to be supplied to the 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 provided outside the vehicle interior to let the refrigerant absorb heat; and

a control device,

wherein the vehicle air-conditioning device includes a first heat medium circulating device to let a first heat medium circulate in a heating device for heating the first heat medium, and

a second heat medium circulating device to let a second heat medium circulate in a heat generating device mounted on a vehicle,

wherein the first heat medium circulating device has a first heat medium heat exchanging unit to let heat exchange between the refrigerant and the first heat medium; and

wherein the second heat medium circulating device has a second heat medium heat exchanging unit to let heat exchange between the first heat medium and the second heat medium.

2. The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle air-conditioning device includes a three medium heat exchanger in which the first heat medium heat exchanging unit and the second heat medium heat exchanging unit are integrated.

3. The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 2 , wherein the control device controls the respective heat medium circulating devices on the basis of the temperature of the heat generating device.

4. The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 2 , wherein the control device lets the refrigerant discharged from the compressor radiate heat in the radiator, decompresses the refrigerant from which the heat has been radiated, and then lets the refrigerant absorb heat in the outdoor heat exchanger and the first heat medium heat exchanging unit, and heats the first heat medium by the heating device to circulate the first heat medium in the first heat medium circulating device, and

wherein when the heat generating device needs not to be heated, the control device stops circulation of the second heat medium in the second heat medium circulating device.

5. The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein the control device controls the respective heat medium circulating devices on the basis of the temperature of the heat generating device.

6. The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 5 , wherein the control device lets the refrigerant discharged from the compressor radiate heat in the radiator, decompresses the refrigerant from which the heat has been radiated, and then lets the refrigerant absorb heat in the outdoor heat exchanger and the first heat medium heat exchanging unit, and heats the first heat medium by the heating device to circulate the first heat medium in the first heat medium circulating device, and

wherein when the heat generating device needs not to be heated, the control device stops circulation of the second heat medium in the second heat medium circulating device.

7. The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein the control device lets the refrigerant discharged from the compressor radiate heat in the radiator, decompresses the refrigerant from which the heat has been radiated, and then lets the refrigerant absorb heat in the outdoor heat exchanger and the first heat medium heat exchanging unit, and heats the first heat medium by the heating device to circulate the first heat medium in the first heat medium circulating device, and

wherein when the heat generating device needs not to be heated, the control device stops circulation of the second heat medium in the second heat medium circulating device.

8. The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 7 , wherein when the temperature of the heat generating device is greater than or equal to a predetermined operating lower limit temperature, the control device determines that the heat generating device needs not to be heated.

9. The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 7 , wherein when it is possible to recover waste heat of the heat generating device, the control device lets the refrigerant discharged from the compressor radiate heat in the radiator, decompresses the refrigerant from which the heat has been radiated, and then lets the refrigerant absorb heat in the outdoor heat exchanger and the first heat medium heat exchanging unit, and

wherein the control device lets the first heat medium circulate in the first heat medium circulating device and lets the second heat medium circulate in the second heat medium circulating device.

10. The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 7 , wherein when the heat generating device needs to be heated, the control device heats the first heat medium by the heating device to circulate the first heat medium in the first heat medium circulating device, and circulate the second heat medium in the second heat medium circulating device.

11. The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 4 , wherein when the heat generating device needs to be cooled, the control device lets the refrigerant discharged from the compressor radiate heat in the radiator, decompresses the refrigerant from which the heat has been radiated, and then lets the refrigerant absorb heat in the first heat medium heat exchanging unit, and

wherein in a state in which the heating of the first heat medium by the heating device is stopped, the control device lets the first heat medium circulate in the first heat medium circulating device and lets the second heat medium circulate in the second heat medium circulating device.

12. The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein when it is possible to recover waste heat of the heat generating device, the control device lets the refrigerant discharged from the compressor radiate heat in the radiator, decompresses the refrigerant from which the heat has been radiated, and then lets the refrigerant absorb heat in the outdoor heat exchanger and the first heat medium heat exchanging unit, and

wherein the control device lets the first heat medium circulate in the first heat medium circulating device and lets the second heat medium circulate in the second heat medium circulating device.

13. The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 12 , wherein when the temperature of the heat generating device is higher than a predetermined value of the temperature of the first heat medium on the outlet side of the first heat medium heat exchanging unit, which becomes a criterion for determining whether or not the waste heat of the heat generating device is recoverable, the control device determines the waste heat of the heat generating device to be recoverable.

14. The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 13 , wherein when the heat generating device needs to be cooled, the control device lets the refrigerant discharged from the compressor radiate heat in the radiator, decompresses the refrigerant from which the heat has been radiated, and then lets the refrigerant absorb heat in the first heat medium heat exchanging unit, and

wherein in a state in which the heating of the first heat medium by the heating device is stopped, the control device lets the first heat medium circulate in the first heat medium circulating device and lets the second heat medium circulate in the second heat medium circulating device.

15. The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 12 , wherein when the heat generating device needs to be heated, the control device heats the first heat medium by the heating device to circulate the first heat medium in the first heat medium circulating device, and circulate the second heat medium in the second heat medium circulating device.

16. The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 12 , wherein when the heat generating device needs to be cooled, the control device lets the refrigerant discharged from the compressor radiate heat in the radiator, decompresses the refrigerant from which the heat has been radiated, and then lets the refrigerant absorb heat in the first heat medium heat exchanging unit, and

wherein in a state in which the heating of the first heat medium by the heating device is stopped, the control device lets the first heat medium circulate in the first heat medium circulating device and lets the second heat medium circulate in the second heat medium circulating device.

17. The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein when the heat generating device needs to be heated, the control device heats the first heat medium by the heating device to circulate the first heat medium in the first heat medium circulating device, and circulate the second heat medium in the second heat medium circulating device.

18. The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 17 , wherein when the temperature of the heat generating device is lower than a predetermined operating lower limit temperature, the control device determines that the heat generating device needs to be heated.

19. The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein when the heat generating device needs to be cooled, the control device lets the refrigerant discharged from the compressor radiate heat in the radiator, decompresses the refrigerant from which the heat has been radiated, and then lets the refrigerant absorb heat in the first heat medium heat exchanging unit, and

wherein in a state in which the heating of the first heat medium by the heating device is stopped, the control device lets the first heat medium circulate in the first heat medium circulating device and lets the second heat medium circulate in the second heat medium circulating device.

20. The vehicle air-conditioning device according to claim 19 , wherein when the temperature of the heat generating device is higher than a predetermined operating upper limit temperature, the control device determines that the heat generating device needs to be cooled.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Aug 25, 2022
From: SANDEN AUTOMOTIVE CLIMATE SYSTEMS CORPORATION
To: SANDEN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061315/0517 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2020
From: ISHIZEKI, TETSUYA; TOMIYA, TAKEFUMI; OKAMOTO, YOSHIYUKI
To: SANDEN AUTOMOTIVE CLIMATE SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053205/0326 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-013512 · Jan 30, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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