Air conditioner
An air conditioner includes: a heat pump cycle including a compressor, a heating part and a low-temperature side water-refrigerant heat exchanger; a heat medium circuit; and a blower. In the air conditioner, when a heating capability of the heating part is increased by using the heat generated by the heat generating part, a heating preparation control is executed, in which a refrigerant discharge capability of the compressor is set to be equal to or less than a predetermined reference discharge capability and a blowing capability of the blower is set to be equal to or less than a predetermined reference blowing capability, until an inlet-side heat medium temperature of the heat medium flowing into the heat medium passage of the low-temperature side water-refrigerant heat exchanger becomes equal to or higher than a target heat medium temperature.
1. An air conditioner comprising:
a heat pump cycle including a compressor configured to compress and discharge a refrigerant, a heating part configured to heat air to be blown into a space to be air-conditioned using a high-pressure refrigerant discharged from the compressor as a heat source, and a low-temperature side water-refrigerant heat exchanger configured to cause a low-pressure refrigerant to absorb heat of a heat medium;
a heat medium circuit in which the heat medium is circulated, the heat medium circuit being provided with a heat medium passage of the low-temperature side water-refrigerant heat exchanger, and a heat generating part configured to heat the heat medium to flow into the heat medium passage of the low-temperature side water-refrigerant heat exchanger;
a blower configured to blow the air toward the space to be air-conditioned; and
a controller configured to set a heating preparation control in a case where a heating capability of the heating part is increased by using the heat generated by the heat generating part, wherein
in the heating preparation control, the controller is configured to set a refrigerant discharge capability of the compressor to be equal to or less than a predetermined reference discharge capability, and to set a blowing capability of the blower to be equal to or less than a predetermined reference blowing capability, until an inlet-side heat medium temperature of the heat medium flowing into the heat medium passage of the low-temperature side water-refrigerant heat exchanger becomes equal to or higher than a target heat medium temperature.
2. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein,
in the heating preparation control, the controller is configured to increase the refrigerant discharge capability of the compressor when the inlet side heat medium temperature becomes equal to or higher than the target heat medium temperature.
3. The air conditioner according to claim 2 , wherein,
in the heating preparation control, the controller is configured to increase the blowing capability of the blower when the inlet-side heat medium temperature becomes equal to or higher than the target heat medium temperature and the heating capability of air in the heating part becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined reference heating capability.
4. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller is configured to perform the heating preparation control, when a value obtained by subtracting an actual heating capability of the heating part from the reference heating capability of the heating part is equal to or larger than a predetermined reference value.
5. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein
the heat pump cycle includes an indoor evaporator configured to exchange heat between the low-pressure refrigerant and the air, an inlet side opening/closing part configured to open or close a refrigerant inlet side of the indoor evaporator, and an outlet side opening/closing part configured to open or close a refrigerant outlet side of the indoor evaporator,
the indoor evaporator and the low-temperature side water-refrigerant heat exchanger are connected in parallel with respect to a flow of the refrigerant, and
the inlet side opening/closing part and the outlet side opening/closing part are configured to close the refrigerant inlet side and the refrigerant outlet side of the indoor evaporator in the heating preparation control.
6. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein
the heat medium circuit is provided with a cooling water passage of a battery and a heat medium circuit switching part that switches a circuit configuration, and
when the heating preparation control is executed by the controller, the heat medium circuit switching part switches to a circuit in which the heat medium flows while bypassing the cooling water passage.
7. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a target heat-medium temperature determination unit configured to determine the target heat medium temperature, wherein
the target heat medium temperature determination unit is configured to raise the target heat medium temperature as the temperature of the air flowing into the heating part lowers.
8. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a target heat-medium temperature determination unit configured to determine the target heat medium temperature; and
a target blowing capability determination unit configured to determine a target blowing capability of the blower, wherein
the target heat-medium temperature determination unit is configured to raise the target heat medium temperature as the target blowing capability increases.