Vehicle air conditioning device
To provide a vehicle air conditioning apparatus capable of smoothly performing temperature adjustment of a battery and a temperature-adjusted object other than the battery that are mounted on a vehicle. A vehicle air conditioning apparatus includes an equipment temperature adjusting device 61 for circulating a heating medium to a battery 55 and a traveling motor 65 to adjust the temperature of the battery 55 and the temperature of the traveling motor 65 . The equipment temperature adjusting device includes circulating pumps 62, 63 , and 87 for circulating the heating medium to the battery and the temperature-adjusted object, a refrigerant-heating medium heat exchanger 64 for exchanging heat between a refrigerant and the heating medium, an air-heating medium heat exchanger 67 for exchanging heat between outdoor air and the heating medium, and three-way valves 81 to 83 for controlling circulation of the heating medium to the battery and the traveling motor.
1. A vehicle air conditioning apparatus for air-conditioning inside of a cabin, the vehicle air conditioning apparatus comprising:
a compressor for compressing a refrigerant;
a radiator for causing the refrigerant to dissipate heat to heat air to be supplied into the cabin;
a heat absorber for causing the refrigerant to absorb heat to cool air to be supplied into the cabin;
an outdoor heat exchanger provided outside the cabin;
a control device; and
an equipment temperature adjusting device for circulating a heating medium to a battery and a predetermined temperature-adjusted object other than the battery, the battery and the temperature-adjusted object being mounted on a vehicle, to adjust a temperature of the battery and a temperature of the temperature-adjusted object, wherein
the equipment temperature adjusting device includes:
a circulating device for circulating the heating medium to the battery and the temperature-adjusted object;
a refrigerant-heating medium heat exchanger for exchanging heat between the refrigerant and the heating medium to cause the refrigerant to absorb heat from the heating medium;
an air-heating medium heat exchanger for exchanging heat between outdoor air and the heating medium; and
a flow passage switching device for controlling circulation of the heating medium to the battery and the temperature-adjusted object, and
the control device is capable of executing a first flow passage control state for circulating the heating medium flowing out of the refrigerant-heating medium heat exchanger to the temperature-adjusted object without circulating the heating medium to the battery and
a second flow passage control state for circulating the heating medium between the battery and the refrigerant-heating medium heat exchanger and circulating the heating medium between the temperature-adjusted object and the air-heating medium heat exchanger in a switching manner
by controlling the circulating device and the flow passage switching device.
2. The vehicle air conditioning apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the equipment temperature adjusting device includes a heating device for heating the heating medium, and
the control device is capable of executing a third flow passage control state for circulating the heating medium between the battery and the heating device and circulating the heating medium between the temperature-adjusted object and the refrigerant-heating medium heat exchanger in a switching manner
by using the circulating device and the flow passage switching device.
3. A vehicle air conditioning apparatus for air-conditioning inside of a cabin, the vehicle air conditioning apparatus comprising:
a compressor for compressing a refrigerant;
a radiator for causing the refrigerant to dissipate heat to heat air to be supplied into the cabin;
a heat absorber for causing the refrigerant to absorb heat to cool air to be supplied into the cabin;
an outdoor heat exchanger provided outside the cabin;
a control device; and
an equipment temperature adjusting device for circulating a heating medium to a battery and a predetermined temperature-adjusted object other than the battery, the battery and the temperature-adjusted object being mounted on a vehicle, to adjust a temperature of the battery and a temperature of the temperature-adjusted object, wherein
the equipment temperature adjusting device includes:
a circulating device for circulating the heating medium to the battery and the temperature-adjusted object;
a refrigerant-heating medium heat exchanger for exchanging heat between the refrigerant and the heating medium to cause the refrigerant to absorb heat from the heating medium;
an air-heating medium heat exchanger for exchanging heat between outdoor air and the heating medium; and
a flow passage switching device for controlling circulation of the heating medium to the battery and the temperature-adjusted object,
the control device is capable of executing at least an air conditioning operation for heating the inside of the cabin by causing the refrigerant discharged from the compressor to dissipate heat in the radiator, decompressing the refrigerant heat-dissipated, and then causing the refrigerant to absorb heat in the outdoor heat exchanger and
an air conditioning operation for cooling the inside of the cabin by causing the refrigerant discharged from the compressor to dissipate heat in the outdoor heat exchanger, decompressing the refrigerant heat-dissipated, and then causing the refrigerant to absorb heat in the heat absorber in a switching manner, and
the control device is capable of decompressing the refrigerant and then passing the refrigerant to the refrigerant-heating medium heat exchanger to cause the refrigerant to absorb heat from the heating medium in each of the air conditioning operations.