IP Library Granted Patent US 11,879,658
Granted Patent B2
US 11,879,658 · App. 17/288,217 · Granted Jan 23, 2024

Air-conditioning ventilation system

Inventors: Makoto Saito (Tokyo, JP); Yunqing Fan (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
F24F11/77F24F11/46F24F11/65F24F2110/10F24F2110/20
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Patent No.
US 11,879,658
App. No.
17/288,217
Granted
Jan 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An air-conditioning ventilation system includes a ventilation device configured to ventilate an air-conditioned space while controlling a ventilation rate, an air-conditioning apparatus that includes a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between refrigerant and air and that is configured to operate while controlling an air-conditioning capacity thereof to bring an indoor temperature in the air-conditioned space to a setting temperature, and a controller. The controller performs normal control that causes the ventilation device to operate to ventilate the air-conditioned space at a ventilation rate corresponding to the air-conditioning capacity of the air-conditioning apparatus, and recovery control that controls the ventilation rate of the ventilation device such that an integrated value of an amount of ventilation for a time duration from activation of the ventilation device under the normal control falls within a standard ventilation range including a standard integrated value of an amount of ventilation obtained by causing the ventilation device to operate to ventilate the air-conditioned space at a standard ventilation rate for a time duration having a same length as the time duration.

Claims (30)

1. An air-conditioning ventilation system comprising:

a ventilation device configured to ventilate an air-conditioning target space while controlling a ventilation rate;

an air-conditioning apparatus including a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between refrigerant and air, the air-conditioning apparatus being configured to operate while controlling an air-conditioning capacity thereof to bring an indoor temperature in the air-conditioning target space to a preset temperature; and

a controller configured to perform

normal control that causes the ventilation device to operate to ventilate the air-conditioning target space at a ventilation rate corresponding to the air-conditioning capacity of the air-conditioning apparatus, and

recovery control that controls the ventilation rate of the ventilation device such that an integrated value of an amount of ventilation for a time duration from activation of the ventilation device under the normal control falls within a standard ventilation range including a standard integrated value of an amount of ventilation obtained by causing the ventilation device to operate to ventilate the air-conditioning target space at a standard ventilation rate for a time duration having a same length as the time duration,

wherein the controller causes the ventilation device to operate to increase the ventilation rate when the air-conditioning capacity of the air-conditioning apparatus is within a preset range and the humidity of the air-conditioning target space exceeds a preset humidity, under the normal control during a cooling operation.

2. The air-conditioning ventilation system of any one of claim 1 , wherein:

the ventilation device is configured such that the ventilation rate is adjustable in at least three levels including the standard, high that is higher than the standard, and low that is lower than the standard;

when the air-conditioning capacity of the air-conditioning apparatus is intermediate and a humidity in the air-conditioning target space is higher than a preset humidity, the controller sets the ventilation rate of the ventilation device under the normal control during a cooling operation to the high;

when the air-conditioning capacity is intermediate and the humidity in the air-conditioning target space is lower than or equal to the preset humidity, the controller sets the ventilation rate of the ventilation device under the normal control during a cooling operation to the standard; and

when the air-conditioning capacity is low or high, the controller sets the ventilation rate of the ventilation device under the normal control during a cooling operation to the low.

3. An air-conditioning ventilation system comprising:

a ventilation device configured to ventilate an air-conditioning target space while controlling a ventilation rate;

an air-conditioning apparatus including a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between refrigerant and air, the air-conditioning apparatus being configured to operate while controlling an air-conditioning capacity thereof to bring an indoor temperature in the air-conditioning target space to a setting temperature; and

a controller configured to perform

normal control that causes the ventilation device to operate to ventilate the air-conditioning target space at a ventilation rate corresponding to the air-conditioning capacity of the air-conditioning apparatus, and

recovery control that controls the ventilation rate of the ventilation device such that an integrated value of an amount of ventilation for a time duration from activation of the ventilation device under the normal control falls within a standard ventilation range including a standard integrated value of an amount of ventilation obtained by causing the ventilation device to operate to ventilate the air-conditioning target space at a standard ventilation rate for a time duration having a same length as the time duration,

wherein the controller causes the ventilation device to operate at a ventilation rate corresponding to the air-conditioning capacity of the air-conditioning apparatus and a temperature of the refrigerant flowing through the heat exchanger of the air-conditioning apparatus, under the normal control during a heating operation.

4. The air-conditioning ventilation system of claim 3 , wherein:

the ventilation device is configured such that the ventilation rate is adjustable in at least three levels including the standard, high that is higher than the standard, and low that is lower than the standard;

when the air-conditioning capacity of the air-conditioning apparatus is intermediate and a temperature of the refrigerant flowing through the heat exchanger of the air-conditioning apparatus is lower than or equal to a setting refrigerant temperature, the controller sets the ventilation rate of the ventilation device under the normal control during a heating operation to the high;

when the air-conditioning capacity of the air-conditioning apparatus is intermediate and the temperature of the refrigerant flowing through the heat exchanger of the air-conditioning apparatus is higher than the setting refrigerant temperature, the controller sets the ventilation rate of the ventilation device under the normal control during a heating operation to the standard; and

when the air-conditioning capacity of the air-conditioning apparatus is low or high, the controller sets the ventilation rate of the ventilation device under the normal control during a heating operation to the low.

5. The air-conditioning ventilation system of claim 1 , wherein

when the integrated value becomes equal to a lower limit value of the standard ventilation range, the controller increases the ventilation rate of the ventilation device such that the integrated value becomes equal to the standard integrated value, under the recovery control.

6. The air-conditioning ventilation system of claim 1 , wherein

when the integrated value becomes equal to an upper limit value of the standard ventilation range, the controller reduces the ventilation rate of the ventilation device such that the integrated value becomes equal to the standard integrated value, under the recovery control.

7. The air-conditioning ventilation system of claim 1 , wherein

the ventilation device includes a plurality of ventilation units, and is configured to control the ventilation rate by changing the number of ventilation units to be activated.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 23, 2021
From: SAITO, MAKOTO; FAN, YUNQING
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056021/0917 →
Continuity (1)
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