CN110631201B

CN110631201B - Defrosting control method and device for air conditioner

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Publication number: CN110631201B
Application number: CN201810664204.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张心怡; 许文明; 付裕
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Air Conditioner Gen Corp Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Air Conditioner Gen Corp Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-06-25
Filing date: 2018-06-25
Publication date: 2021-10-29
Anticipated expiration: 2038-06-25
Also published as: CN110631201A

Abstract

The invention discloses a defrosting control method and device of an air conditioner, and belongs to the technical field of air conditioners. The control method comprises the following steps: acquiring defrosting time of the air conditioner executing the previous two defrosting processes; and determining the defrosting time length of the current defrosting process executed by the air conditioner according to the time length difference of the defrosting time lengths of the previous two defrosting processes. The defrosting control method of the air conditioner can determine the defrosting time of the current defrosting process according to the defrosting time of the previous two defrosting processes executed by the air conditioner, so that when the frosting problem of the air conditioner is judged to possibly exist, the air conditioner can be controlled in time to defrost the outdoor unit by the determined defrosting time; the defrosting time of the defrosting control method does not depend on outdoor environment parameters, the defrosting process can be controlled only through the operation parameters of the indoor unit, the intellectualization of air conditioner control is improved, and the extra production cost caused by the configuration of an outdoor sensor is avoided.

Description

Defrosting control method and device for air conditioner

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of air conditioners, in particular to a defrosting control method and device of an air conditioner.

Background

Along with the improvement of living standard of people, air conditioning equipment has also gone into thousands of households, the use of domestic air conditioners and central air conditioners is more and more common, the requirement of users on the comfort level of the air conditioners is more and more high, the problems existing in the use process of the air conditioners are also gradually exposed, and one of the problems is the problem that an outdoor unit of the air conditioner is frosted and frozen when the air conditioner operates in severe cold climate.

When the air conditioner operates in a low-temperature area or an area with large wind and snow, the condensed water flow on the outer surface of the condenser of the outdoor unit can drop on the base plate, the condenser and the base plate of the air conditioner can be frozen under the condition that the air conditioner operates for a long time, the condensed ice layer on the outdoor unit can obstruct the heat exchange between the internal refrigerant and the outdoor environment, the refrigerating efficiency of the air conditioner is reduced, in order to ensure the heating effect of the air conditioner, the air conditioner has to operate with increased power, and the extra consumption of electric energy and the use cost of a user are increased.

Therefore, some conventional air conditioners have a defrosting function to solve the problem of frost and ice formation of an outdoor unit of the air conditioner, for example, heating the outdoor unit by a heating device provided in the outdoor unit, or defrosting and melting ice in an outdoor heat exchanger by a refrigerant discharged from a compressor. An outdoor sensor is commonly matched with the air conditioner, and the outdoor sensor is used for detecting whether the outdoor environment temperature reaches the temperature condition of easily condensing frost or not so as to judge whether the defrosting function is started or not. This results in some fixed frequency air conditioners without outdoor sensors having no defrosting function; for the inverter air conditioner, the defrosting function of the air conditioner is realized by an outdoor sensor on an outdoor unit; in addition, the setting of the defrosting time of the air conditioner starting the defrosting function is often dependent on outdoor environment parameters, for example, the defrosting time is determined according to the outdoor environment temperature, and when the outdoor environment temperature is lower, a longer defrosting time is adopted; when the outdoor environment temperature is higher, the defrosting time is shorter.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a defrosting control method and device of an air conditioner, and aims to solve the problem that the defrosting duration of a defrosting mode can only be determined by the existing fixed-frequency or variable-frequency air conditioner depending on detected outdoor environment parameters. The following presents a simplified summary in order to provide a basic understanding of some aspects of the disclosed embodiments. This summary is not an extensive overview and is intended to neither identify key/critical elements nor delineate the scope of such embodiments. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a defrosting control method of an air conditioner, the control method including:

acquiring defrosting time of the air conditioner executing the previous two defrosting processes;

and determining the defrosting time length of the current defrosting process executed by the air conditioner according to the time length difference of the defrosting time lengths of the previous two defrosting processes.

In an optional implementation manner, determining a defrosting time length of the air conditioner executing the current defrosting process according to a time length difference of defrosting time lengths of the previous two defrosting processes includes:

determining corresponding defrosting correction time length based on the time length difference of the defrosting time lengths of the previous two defrosting processes;

and taking the sum of the defrosting reference time length and the defrosting correction time length as the defrosting time length of the current defrosting process.

In an optional embodiment, the control method further comprises:

acquiring the rotating speed of an inner fan when the air conditioner operates;

and determining the defrosting reference time length based on the set wind speed gear range in which the rotating speed of the inner fan is positioned.

In an alternative embodiment, a corresponding relationship in which the wind speed range is inversely proportional to the defrosting reference time period is set.

In an alternative embodiment, the defrost control method further comprises:

and determining the minimum interval time from the current defrosting process to the next defrosting process based on the defrosting time of the current defrosting process.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a defrosting control device of an air conditioner, the control device including:

the first acquisition unit is used for acquiring the defrosting time of the air conditioner executing the previous two defrosting processes;

the first determining unit is used for determining the defrosting time length of the current defrosting process executed by the air conditioner according to the time length difference of the defrosting time lengths of the former two defrosting processes.

In an optional implementation manner, the first determining unit is specifically configured to:

In an alternative embodiment, the control device further comprises:

the second acquisition unit is used for acquiring the rotating speed of the internal fan when the air conditioner operates;

and the second determining unit is used for determining the defrosting reference time length based on the set wind speed gear range where the rotating speed of the inner fan is located.

In an alternative embodiment, the defrost control apparatus further comprises:

and the third determining unit is used for determining the minimum interval time from the current defrosting process to the next defrosting process based on the defrosting time of the current defrosting process.

The invention adopts the technical scheme and has the beneficial effects that:

the defrosting control method of the air conditioner can determine the defrosting time of the current defrosting process according to the defrosting time of the previous two defrosting processes executed by the air conditioner, so that when the frosting problem of the air conditioner is judged to possibly exist, the air conditioner can be controlled in time to defrost the outdoor unit by the determined defrosting time; the defrosting time of the defrosting control method does not depend on outdoor environment parameters, the defrosting process can be controlled only through the operation parameters of the indoor unit, the intellectualization of air conditioner control is improved, and the extra production cost caused by the configuration of an outdoor sensor is avoided.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the invention, as claimed.

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The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the invention and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a defrost control method of an air conditioner according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a defrost control method of an air conditioner according to the present invention, according to still another exemplary embodiment;

fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a defrost control method of an air conditioner according to the present invention, according to still another exemplary embodiment;

fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a defrost control method of an air conditioner according to the present invention, according to still another exemplary embodiment;

fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a defrost control method of an air conditioner according to the present invention, according to still another exemplary embodiment;

fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a defrost control method of an air conditioner according to the present invention, according to still another exemplary embodiment;

fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a defrost control method of an air conditioner according to the present invention, according to still another exemplary embodiment;

fig. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a defrosting control apparatus of an air conditioner according to the present invention according to an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a defrosting control apparatus of an air conditioner according to the present invention, according to still another exemplary embodiment;

fig. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a defrosting control apparatus of an air conditioner according to the present invention, according to still another exemplary embodiment;

fig. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a defrosting control apparatus of an air conditioner according to the present invention, according to still another exemplary embodiment;

fig. 12 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a defrosting control apparatus of an air conditioner according to the present invention, according to still another exemplary embodiment;

fig. 13 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a defrosting control apparatus of an air conditioner according to the present invention, according to still another exemplary embodiment;

fig. 14 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a defrosting control apparatus of an air conditioner according to the present invention, according to still another exemplary embodiment.

Detailed Description

The following description and the drawings sufficiently illustrate specific embodiments of the invention to enable those skilled in the art to practice them. Other embodiments may incorporate structural, logical, electrical, process, and other changes. The examples merely typify possible variations. Individual components and functions are optional unless explicitly required, and the sequence of operations may vary. Portions and features of some embodiments may be included in or substituted for those of others. The scope of embodiments of the invention encompasses the full ambit of the claims, as well as all available equivalents of the claims. Embodiments may be referred to herein, individually or collectively, by the term "invention" merely for convenience and without intending to voluntarily limit the scope of this application to any single invention or inventive concept if more than one is in fact disclosed. Herein, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method or apparatus that comprises the element. The embodiments are described in a progressive manner, each embodiment focuses on differences from other embodiments, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments are referred to each other. As for the methods, products and the like disclosed by the embodiments, the description is simple because the methods correspond to the method parts disclosed by the embodiments, and the related parts can be referred to the method parts for description.

The defrosting control method and the defrosting control device can be applied to a fixed-frequency type air conditioner without an outdoor sensor;

alternatively, it may be applied to an inverter type air conditioner having an outdoor sensor.

Here, the inverter type air conditioner may control the defrosting process according to the outdoor environment parameter collected by the outdoor sensor, or may defrost the outdoor unit of the air conditioner by applying the defrosting process defined by the defrosting control method provided by the present invention.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a defrost control method of an air conditioner according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1, the present invention provides a defrosting control method for an air conditioner, the air conditioner itself has a defrosting mode capable of defrosting an outdoor unit, the defrosting mode is used to limit a defrosting process to the outdoor unit, for example, an optional defrosting mode is that the air conditioner is switched to a refrigerant flow direction same as a cooling mode, at this time, a high-temperature refrigerant discharged by a compressor first flows through an outdoor heat exchanger, and the heat of the high-temperature refrigerant is transferred outward to melt condensed frost and the like on the outdoor unit. Therefore, when the air conditioner meets the condition of triggering the defrosting mode, the defrosting process can be carried out according to the determined defrosting time length.

Specifically, the control flow of the defrosting control method provided by the invention comprises the following steps:

s101, acquiring the temperature of an inner coil pipe when an air conditioner operates, and determining the attenuation rate of the temperature of the inner coil pipe;

as an alternative embodiment, the coil position of the indoor heat exchanger of the air conditioner is provided with a temperature sensor, and the temperature sensor can be used for detecting the real-time temperature of the coil position; in step S101, the real-time temperature of the coil position detected by the temperature sensor is used as the temperature of the inner coil of the current control process.

As an alternative embodiment, in order to determine the decay rate of the inner-coil temperature in step S101, a plurality of inner-coil temperatures may be acquired at a set detection frequency for a set duration (one detection period);

here, the set time period is 18min, and the set detection frequency is 6 min/time.

In this way, the decay rate of the inner coil temperature can be calculated from the plurality of inner coil temperatures. Specifically, data of 4 inner coil temperatures can be obtained within a set time of 18min, and the temperature difference value between two adjacent inner coil temperatures is calculated respectively, so that the variation of the inner coil temperature between two adjacent detection intervals can be obtained. Here, the average value of the temperature difference values in one detection period, that is, the average value of the variation amounts of the temperatures of the plurality of inner coils is used as the decay rate in the inner coil room.

For example, in one detection period, the inner coil temperatures detected by the temperature sensors at intervals of 6min are 65.5 ℃, 64 ℃, 62.5 ℃ and 61 ℃, respectively, the variation of the inner coil temperatures between two adjacent detection intervals is calculated to be 1.5 ℃, 1.5 ℃ and 1.5 ℃, respectively, and the average of 4 variations is calculated to be 1.5 ℃, so that the decay rate of the inner coil temperature can be determined to be 1.5 ℃/6 min.

S102, determining the defrosting time of the air conditioner in the defrosting mode according to the preset incidence relation and the attenuation rate of the temperature of the inner coil;

in this embodiment, the correlation is used to characterize the correspondence between the decay rate and the defrost duration.

In an optional embodiment, before the air conditioner leaves a factory, the corresponding relation between different outdoor working conditions and the attenuation rate of the temperature of the inner coil can be measured and calculated in a simulation experiment mode; here, the outdoor working condition is related to the outdoor environment temperature and humidity condition, and the temperature of the inner coil of the air conditioner is related to the target heating temperature set by the user for the air conditioner; thus, in a single experiment process, one of the independent variables is used as the independent variable, and the dependent variable corresponding to the independent variable, namely the experimental value of the single experiment can be obtained.

Specifically, the outdoor environment temperature or humidity is used as an independent variable, and the attenuation rate of the temperature of the inner coil is used as a dependent variable, so that the corresponding relation of the attenuation rates of the temperature of the inner coil under different outdoor environment temperatures or humidity conditions can be obtained.

For example, in a set of experiments, when the outdoor environment temperature is measured to be 6 ℃, 1 ℃, 0 ℃, 5 ℃ and-15 ℃, the temperature value of the inner coil temperature is measured, and the decay rate of the inner coil temperature can be calculated based on the temperature value of the inner coil temperature, so that the decay rate of the inner coil temperature corresponding to each outdoor environment temperature can be determined.

Different outdoor environment temperatures can directly influence the frosting state of the air conditioner outdoor unit, namely, the frosting problem is judged whether to exist through the outdoor environment temperature detected by the outdoor sensor in the prior art. Therefore, the outdoor environment temperature set in the above experimental process can be roughly classified into two types, one is an outdoor environment temperature condition that can cause frosting of the outdoor unit, and the outdoor environment temperature condition is defined as a frosting condition; the other is an outdoor environment temperature condition which does not cause the frosting of the outdoor unit, and the outdoor environment temperature condition is defined as a non-frosting working condition; after the corresponding relationship between the attenuation rate of each outdoor environment temperature and the attenuation rate of the temperature of the inner coil is obtained, the corresponding relationship between different outdoor working conditions and the attenuation rates of the temperature of the inner coil can be further determined.

Meanwhile, experiments can also measure the frosting degree of the outdoor heat exchanger under different outdoor working conditions, such as primary frosting with less frosting amount, moderate frosting with proper frosting amount and severe frosting with more frosting amount; under different frosting degrees, the defrosting time required by the air conditioner outdoor unit in the defrosting mode is respectively measured, and therefore, the corresponding relation between the attenuation rate of the temperature of the inner coil and the defrosting time can be obtained by combining the corresponding relation between the outdoor working condition and the attenuation rate of the temperature of the inner coil and the corresponding relation between the outdoor working condition and the defrosting time to serve as the incidence relation in the step S102.

Thus, through an experimental mode, the corresponding relation between the decay rate of the temperature of the inner coil and the defrosting time length obtained through the previous experiment can be obtained.

Here, the correspondence relationship may be stored in a table form in a software system of the air conditioner, and may be called for query.

The decay rate of the temperature of the inner coil determined in step S101 may be obtained by searching the correspondence, and based on the decay rate, an inquiry result of the defrosting duration is obtained.

As another alternative embodiment, the defrosting duration of the air conditioner in the defrosting mode is determined according to the preset correlation and the decay rate of the temperature of the internal coil, and the specific steps include: determining corresponding defrosting correction duration according to the decay rate of the temperature of the inner coil; the difference between the defrosting reference time period and the defrosting correction time period is taken as the defrosting time period.

For example, the defrosting reference time duration is a fixed value T1, and the air conditioner has a pre-stored correlation between the decay rate of the temperature of the internal coil and the defrosting correction time duration, which may also be measured by an experiment before the air conditioner leaves the factory, and for example, the correlation between the two may include: when the attenuation rate is 1.5 ℃/6min, the defrosting correction time is 0 min; when the attenuation rate is 1.2 ℃/6min, the defrosting correction time is 1.5 min; when the attenuation rate is 1 ℃/6min, the defrosting correction time is 1.8 min; in the pre-stored association relationship, the defrosting correction time duration and the attenuation rate are in an inverse relationship, that is, the faster the attenuation rate of the temperature of the inner coil of the air conditioner is, the worse the degree of outdoor frosting is proved to be, so that the numerical value of the defrosting correction time duration is smaller, the defrosting time duration after correction is longer, and the air conditioner outdoor unit can be defrosted and de-iced in enough time.

As an optional embodiment, when the air conditioner internal fan operates, the heat dissipation rate of the internal coil pipe also can be influenced, and the attenuation rate of the temperature of the internal coil pipe can be directly influenced, so that the calculation accuracy of defrosting duration is improved, and the error influence caused by the operation of the internal fan is reduced; the defrosting control method further includes: acquiring the rotating speed of an inner fan when the air conditioner operates; and determining the defrosting reference time length based on the set wind speed gear range in which the rotating speed of the inner fan is positioned.

For example, the air conditioner prestores a correlation between the set wind speed gear range and the defrosting reference time length, which may also be measured through an experiment before the air conditioner leaves the factory, and for example, the correlation between the two may include: setting the defrosting reference time length to be 15min when the wind speed gear range is a high wind gear; setting the defrosting reference time length to be 20min when the wind speed gear range is a medium wind gear; setting the defrosting reference time length to be 25min when the wind speed gear range is a low wind gear; here, in the pre-stored association relationship, the set wind speed gear range and the defrosting reference time length are in an inverse relationship, that is, the higher the set wind speed gear range of the inner fan of the air conditioner is, the greater the influence of the inner fan on the temperature change of the inner coil is, and under the condition of the same attenuation rate of the temperature of the inner coil, the influence of the outdoor environment on the temperature of the inner coil is relatively reduced (that is, the frosting degree is not serious or light), so that the defrosting reference time length corresponding to the higher set wind speed gear range can be set to be a shorter time length. On the contrary, the lower the set wind speed gear range of the inner fan of the air conditioner is, the lower the influence of the inner fan on the temperature change of the inner coil is proved to be, and under the condition of the same attenuation rate of the temperature of the inner coil, the influence of the outdoor environment on the temperature of the inner coil is relatively increased (namely, the frosting degree is serious), so that the defrosting reference time length corresponding to the lower set wind speed gear range can be set as a longer time length.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a defrost control method of an air conditioner according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 2, the present invention provides another defrosting control method for an air conditioner, and the control flow of the control method may include:

s201, acquiring the temperature of an inner coil pipe and the rotating speed of an inner fan when the air conditioner operates, and determining the attenuation rate of the temperature of the inner coil pipe;

in this embodiment, the step S101 in the previous embodiment may be referred to as a method for obtaining the temperature of the inner coil when the air conditioner is running and determining the attenuation rate of the temperature of the inner coil, which is not described herein again.

As an alternative embodiment, the type of the driving device such as a motor configured for the air conditioner to drive the operation of the internal fan is determined information, and the rotating speed of the operation of the internal fan is related to parameters of the motor, such as voltage, current and the like; the current rotating speed of the inner fan can be obtained through conversion according to the model information, the operation parameters and the like of the motor.

S202, determining the defrosting time of the air conditioner in the defrosting mode according to a preset incidence relation, the attenuation rate of the temperature of the inner coil and the rotating speed of the inner fan;

here, the correlation is used to represent the correspondence between the decay rate, the rotation speed of the internal fan, and the defrosting time.

In an optional embodiment, before the air conditioner leaves a factory, the corresponding relation between different outdoor working conditions and the attenuation rate of the temperature of the inner coil of the air conditioner and the rotating speed of the inner fan can be measured and calculated in a simulation experiment mode; here, the outdoor working condition is related to the outdoor environment temperature and humidity conditions, and the rotating speed of the inner fan is related to the heat dissipation capacity of the indoor heat exchanger and can affect the temperature change of the inner coil; thus, in a single experiment process, one of the three is used as a fixed value, and one of the three is used as an independent variable, so that a dependent variable corresponding to the combination of the fixed value and the independent variable, namely the last experiment value of the single experiment can be obtained.

Specifically, the rotating speed of the inner fan is used as a fixed value, the outdoor environment temperature or humidity is used as an independent variable, and the attenuation rate of the temperature of the inner coil is used as a dependent variable, so that the corresponding relation between the attenuation rate and the temperature of the inner coil under different outdoor environment temperature or humidity conditions can be obtained; and the corresponding relation between different outdoor environment temperature or humidity conditions contained in each inner fan rotating speed value and the attenuation rate of the inner coil temperature under the condition of different inner fan rotating speeds can be obtained by changing the specific numerical value of the inner fan rotating speed and repeating the experimental process.

For example, the rotating speed of the inner fan is divided into three wind speed gears of high, medium and low; in a group of experiments, the rotating speed of an inner fan is fixed to a high-wind-speed gear, the temperature values of the temperature of an inner coil pipe are measured when the outdoor environment temperature is 6 ℃, 1 ℃, 0 ℃, minus 5 ℃ and minus 15 ℃, the attenuation rate of the temperature of the inner coil pipe is obtained through calculation, the attenuation rate of the temperature of the inner coil pipe corresponding to each outdoor environment temperature can be obtained, and the group of experiments are finished; fixing the rotating speed of the inner fan to be a middle wind speed gear, and repeating the experimental measurement process; the experimental process of the low wind speed gear is also analogized in turn.

Different outdoor environment temperatures can directly influence the frosting state of the air conditioner outdoor unit, namely, the frosting problem is judged whether to exist through the outdoor environment temperature detected by the outdoor sensor in the prior art. Therefore, the outdoor environment temperature set in the above experimental process can be roughly classified into two types, one is an outdoor environment temperature condition that can cause frosting of the outdoor unit, and the outdoor environment temperature condition is defined as a frosting condition; the other is an outdoor environment temperature condition which does not cause the frosting of the outdoor unit, and the outdoor environment temperature condition is defined as a non-frosting working condition; after the corresponding relationship between the attenuation rate of each outdoor environment temperature and the temperature of the inner coil pipe under the condition of different inner machine rotating speeds is obtained, the corresponding relationship between different outdoor working conditions and the attenuation rate of the temperature of the inner coil pipe can be further determined.

Meanwhile, experiments can also measure the frosting degree of the outdoor heat exchanger under different outdoor working conditions, such as primary frosting with less frosting amount, moderate frosting with proper frosting amount and severe frosting with more frosting amount; under different frosting degrees, the defrosting time required by the air conditioner outdoor unit in the defrosting mode is respectively measured, and therefore, the corresponding relation of the attenuation rate of the temperature of the inner coil, the rotating speed of the inner fan and the defrosting time can be obtained by combining the corresponding relation of the attenuation rate of the temperature of the inner coil and the corresponding relation of the outdoor working condition and the defrosting time to serve as the incidence relation in the step S202.

In step S201, the temperature of the inner coil and the rotational speed of the inner fan are obtained, and the query result of the pre-determined working condition is obtained based on the temperature of the inner coil and the rotational speed of the inner fan by searching the correspondence.

As an optional embodiment, when the air conditioner internal fan operates, the heat dissipation rate of the internal coil pipe also can be influenced, and the attenuation rate of the temperature of the internal coil pipe can be directly influenced, so that the calculation accuracy of defrosting duration is improved, and the error influence caused by the operation of the internal fan is reduced; the defrosting control method comprises the following steps: determining corresponding defrosting correction duration according to a set wind speed gear range in which the rotating speed of the inner fan is; determining a defrosting reference time length based on the decay rate of the temperature of the inner coil; and taking the sum of the defrosting reference time length and the defrosting correction time length as the defrosting time length.

For example, the air conditioner prestores an association relationship between a set wind speed gear and a defrosting correction duration, which may also be measured through an experiment before the air conditioner leaves a factory, and for example, the association relationship between the two may include: when the wind speed gear range is set as a high wind gear, the defrosting correction time is 0 min; when the wind speed gear range is set as a wind stroke gear, the defrosting correction time is 0.5 min; setting the defrosting reference time length to be 1min when the wind speed gear range is a low wind gear; here, in the pre-stored association relationship, the set wind speed gear range and the defrosting correction duration are in a direct proportion relationship, that is, under the condition of the same attenuation rate of the temperature of the inner coil, the higher the set wind speed gear range of the inner fan of the air conditioner, the greater the influence of the inner fan on the temperature change of the inner coil is proved, the relatively smaller the influence of the outdoor environment on the temperature of the inner coil (that is, the frosting degree is not serious or light), therefore, the defrosting correction duration corresponding to the higher set wind speed gear range can be set to be a shorter duration, so that the duration of the defrosting duration obtained by adding the defrosting reference duration and the defrosting correction duration is also shorter. On the contrary, the lower the set wind speed gear range of the inner fan of the air conditioner is, the lower the influence of the inner fan on the temperature change of the inner coil is proved to be, and under the condition of the same attenuation rate of the temperature of the inner coil, the influence of the outdoor environment on the temperature of the inner coil is relatively increased (namely, the frosting degree is serious), so that the defrosting reference time length corresponding to the lower set wind speed gear range can be set to be a longer time length, so that the defrosting time length obtained by adding the defrosting reference time length and the defrosting correction time length is also longer.

Meanwhile, the air conditioner prestores an association relationship between the attenuation rate of the temperature of the internal coil and the defrosting reference time length, the association relationship can also be measured through an experiment before the air conditioner leaves a factory, and for example, the association relationship between the two can include: when the decay rate of the temperature of the inner coil is 1 ℃/6min, the defrosting reference time length is 15 min; when the decay rate of the temperature of the inner coil is 1.2 ℃/6min, the defrosting reference time length is 20 min; when the decay rate of the temperature of the inner coil is 1.5 ℃/6min, the defrosting reference time length is 25 min; here, in the pre-stored correlation, the corresponding relationship in which the attenuation rate of the inner coil is in direct proportion to the defrosting reference time length, that is, the lower the attenuation rate of the temperature of the inner coil of the air conditioner is, it is proved that the influence of the outdoor environment on the temperature of the inner coil is relatively small (that is, the frosting degree is not serious or light), and therefore, the defrosting reference time length corresponding to the lower attenuation rate of the temperature of the inner coil can be set to be the shorter time length. On the contrary, the higher the attenuation rate of the temperature of the inner coil of the air conditioner is, the greater the influence of the inner fan on the temperature change of the inner coil is proved, and the relatively greater the influence of the outdoor environment on the temperature of the inner coil is proved (namely, the frosting degree is severe), so that the defrosting reference time length corresponding to the higher attenuation rate of the temperature of the inner coil can be set as the longer time length.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a defrost control method of an air conditioner according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 3, the present invention provides another defrosting control method for an air conditioner, and the control flow of the defrosting control method may include:

s301, acquiring defrosting duration of the air conditioner executing the previous two defrosting processes;

as an optional embodiment, in a single operation process of the air conditioner, the condition for defrosting the outdoor unit may be satisfied for multiple times, the air conditioner starts a defrosting mode to defrost the outdoor unit, where the first two defrosting processes after the air conditioner is started may be performed according to a preset fixed defrosting duration, and in this embodiment, a rule of the preset fixed defrosting duration is: after the air conditioner is started to operate, when the defrosting condition is met for the first time, the defrosting time of the air conditioner starting the defrosting mode is 20min, and when the defrosting condition is met for the second time, the defrosting time of the air conditioner starting the defrosting mode is 15 min; the defrosting duration of the first two defrosting processes of the air conditioner applying the defrosting control method of the invention after starting can execute the defrosting operation according to the rule, and the defrosting duration of the defrosting mode is determined according to the steps S301 and S302 in the third, fourth, … … and Nth defrosting processes.

Therefore, after the air conditioner is started, the defrosting process executed by the air conditioner is sequentially subjected to accumulated sequence counting, wherein the sequence counting is sequentially a serial number 1, a serial number 2, … … and a serial number N, and after the defrosting process is executed for one time, the sequence counting is added by 1; thus, in this embodiment, before steps S301 and S302, a determination step is further performed: judging whether the sequence of the defrosting process to be executed currently is larger than 2, if so, executing the step S301 and the step S302, and if not, calling a rule for representing the defrosting time length according to the sequence of the defrosting process to be executed currently so as to determine the fixed defrosting time length corresponding to the defrosting process according to the sequence and the rule.

When the order is greater than 2, if the order of the current defrosting process is 5, step S301 may acquire the defrosting time periods of the defrosting processes of the order 3 and the order 4.

As another optional embodiment, after the air conditioner performs the defrosting process each time, the defrosting duration of the current defrosting process is stored as historical data; therefore, in this embodiment, when the air conditioner meets the defrosting condition for the first time after starting up and running, the defrosting duration of the two defrosting processes before the current defrosting process can be called from the historical data, for example, the defrosting process is executed for 4 times in the previous running process of the air conditioner, and the defrosting duration of each defrosting process is stored in the air conditioner; after the air conditioner is started and operated at this time and when the defrosting condition is met for the first time, the defrosting duration corresponding to the last two defrosting flows of the 4 defrosting flows in the previous operation process can be called to be used as the defrosting duration for the air conditioner to execute the previous two defrosting flows in the step S301.

S302, determining the defrosting time length of the current defrosting process executed by the air conditioner according to the time length difference of the defrosting time lengths of the previous two defrosting processes.

As an optional embodiment, in step S301, determining the defrosting time duration of the current defrosting process performed by the air conditioner according to the difference between the defrosting time durations of the previous two defrosting processes specifically includes: determining corresponding defrosting correction time length based on the time length difference of the defrosting time lengths of the previous two defrosting processes; and taking the sum of the defrosting reference time length and the defrosting correction time length as the defrosting time length of the current defrosting process.

The air conditioner prestores an association relationship between a difference between defrosting durations of the previous two defrosting processes and the defrosting correction duration, for example, the defrosting durations of the previous two defrosting processes are t1 and t2, respectively, where the defrosting process to which t2 belongs is the previous defrosting process of the current defrosting process, and the association relationship may include: under the condition that t1-t2 is more than or equal to 4, the defrosting correction time is 2 min; under the condition that t1-t2 is more than-10 and less than or equal to 4, the defrosting correction time is 0 min; and under the condition that t1-t2 is less than or equal to-10, the defrosting correction time is-1 min.

Based on the correlation, calculating the sum of the defrosting reference time length and the defrosting correction time length as the defrosting time length of the current defrosting process, wherein if the defrosting reference time length is a fixed time length t3, the defrosting time length of the current defrosting process is t3+2min under the condition that t1-t2 is not less than 4; under the condition that t1-t2 is more than-10 and less than or equal to 4, the defrosting time length t3 of the current defrosting process is increased; and under the condition that t1-t2 is less than or equal to-10, the defrosting time length of the current defrosting process is t3-1min.

As an optional embodiment, to avoid the problem that the defrosting operation of the air conditioner is too frequent to affect the user experience, the defrosting control method of the present invention further includes: and determining the minimum interval time from the current defrosting process to the next defrosting process based on the defrosting time of the current defrosting process.

In this embodiment, the minimum interval duration from the current defrosting process to the next defrosting process is equal to the defrosting duration of the current defrosting process, that is, when the defrosting duration of the current defrosting process is t3, the minimum interval duration from the current defrosting process to the next defrosting process is t3, and before the air conditioner executes the next defrosting process, the duration after the current defrosting process is ended is not less than t 3; after the interval duration from the current defrosting process to the next defrosting process is greater than or equal to t3, the air conditioner may control the next defrosting process.

Here, the air conditioner is further provided with a timer, and the timer starts timing operation after the current defrosting process of the air conditioner is finished; when the air conditioner judges that the defrosting condition is met again in the interval duration, the current timing duration of the timer is firstly obtained, and if the current timing duration is greater than or equal to the minimum interval duration, the defrosting process can be immediately executed; and if the current timing duration is less than the minimum interval duration, the defrosting process cannot be executed until the minimum interval duration is reached, and then the defrosting process is executed. And resetting the timing duration of the timer.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a defrost control method of an air conditioner according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 4, the present invention provides another defrosting control method for an air conditioner, and the control flow of the defrosting control method may include:

s401, acquiring parameter information during air conditioner operation;

in the present embodiment, the parameter information acquired by the air conditioner is data for determining whether or not the defrosting trigger condition in step S402 is satisfied; the invention does not limit the type of the trigger condition preset by the air conditioner, and in response, the parameter information acquired in the step S401 is also adjusted according to the specific type of the trigger condition; for example, if an optional trigger condition is that the outdoor ambient temperature is lower than a preset temperature threshold, the parameter information obtained in step S401 includes the outdoor ambient temperature in the current condition and a preset temperature threshold of the air conditioner; yet another optional triggering condition is an accumulated operation duration of the air conditioner after the air conditioner is started to operate, the air conditioner is provided with a timer, and the timer can be used for counting the accumulated operation duration of the air conditioner after the air conditioner is started to operate, so that the parameter information acquired in step S401 includes the accumulated operation duration counted by the timer; etc., to which the present invention is not limited.

S402, responding to the condition that a preset defrosting trigger condition is met, controlling the air conditioner to set a defrosting cycle to operate a defrosting mode, wherein the defrosting cycle comprises a plurality of first defrosting processes which are sequentially performed and a second defrosting process which is at the end, and the second defrosting duration of the second defrosting process is longer than the first defrosting duration of the first defrosting process.

As an optional embodiment, in the process of a single start-up operation of the air conditioner, a plurality of complete defrosting processes defined by the set defrosting period can be executed for a plurality of times; alternatively, a plurality of complete defrosting processes defined by the set defrosting cycle may be performed only once; or, one or more defrosting processes in the set defrosting period can be executed once, and the one or more defrosting processes are executed according to the original sequence; alternatively, a plurality of complete defrosting processes defined by the set defrosting cycle may be executed, in addition to one or more defrosting processes in the single set defrosting cycle, the one or more defrosting processes are executed in the original order, and the single set defrosting cycle is executed at the last of the previous complete set defrosting cycles.

Before executing each defrosting process (including the first defrosting process and the second defrosting process) of each defrosting cycle, judging the defrosting triggering condition again, if so, executing the defrosting process of the current sequence, and if not, not executing the defrosting process.

Specifically, taking a single-time defrosting cycle as an example, the defrosting cycle includes 3 first defrosting procedures (sequence number 1, sequence number 2, and sequence number 3) and 1 second defrosting procedure (sequence number 4) which are sequentially performed; after the air conditioner is started to operate, acquiring parameter information of the operation of the air conditioner in step S301, judging whether a preset defrosting triggering condition is met, if so, executing a first defrosting process with the sequence number 1, wherein the process duration of the first defrosting process is the first defrosting duration, and if not, not executing the defrosting process, and the air conditioner maintains the current operation state unchanged, such as a heating state or an air supply state;

after the first defrosting process is finished, the air conditioner is switched to an operation mode before the defrosting mode, such as a heating mode;

the air conditioner acquires the parameter information of the air conditioner during operation again, and judges whether the preset defrosting triggering condition is met again, if yes, a first defrosting process with the sequence number 2 is executed, the process duration of the first defrosting process is the first defrosting duration, if not, the defrosting process is not executed, and the air conditioner maintains the current operation state unchanged, such as a heating state or an air supply state;

triggering and executing the first defrosting process of the sequence number 3 and the like;

after the first defrosting process with the sequence number 3 is finished, the air conditioner is switched to an operation mode before the defrosting mode, such as a heating mode;

the air conditioner acquires the parameter information of the air conditioner during operation again, and judges whether the preset defrosting triggering condition is met again, if yes, a second defrosting process with the sequence number 4 is executed, the process duration of the second defrosting process is the second defrosting duration, if not, the defrosting process is not executed, and the air conditioner maintains the current operation state unchanged, such as a heating state or an air supply state;

after the second defrost process, serial No. 4, is finished, the air conditioner switches to an operation mode before the defrost mode, such as a heating mode.

It should be understood that the defrosting cycle set by the present invention does not limit the total duration of the plurality of first defrosting procedures and the last second defrosting procedures, but limits the total number of defrosting procedures of the plurality of first defrosting procedures and the last second defrosting procedures; after the defrosting period set once is finished, the air conditioner can judge and operate the defrosting process again according to the process and the new defrosting period.

Here, the adjustment of the air conditioning parameter during the execution of the first defrost flow and the second defrost flow may be substantially the same.

If the user closes the operation of the air conditioner in a certain defrosting process stage or a heating mode stage in a certain set defrosting period, resetting the current defrosting period; and when the air conditioner is started and operated next time, judging and operating the defrosting process again in a new defrosting period.

As an alternative embodiment, the defrost control method further comprises: acquiring the temperature of an inner coil pipe when the air conditioner operates; the number of times the first defrost cycle is performed for each set defrost cycle is determined based on the inner coil temperature.

Here, the temperature of the inner coil is affected by the heat exchange amount between the outdoor heat exchanger and the outdoor environment, the heat exchange amount between the outdoor heat exchanger and the outdoor environment is limited by the frosting degree of the outdoor unit, and the frosting degree is severe, so that the heat exchange amount between the outdoor heat exchanger and the outdoor environment is less, and the temperature of the inner coil is lower; the frosting degree is light, and then there are more heat exchangers of outdoor heat exchanger and outdoor environment, and then lead to the temperature of interior coil pipe higher.

Here, the correlation between the preset temperature of the inner coil of the air conditioner and the execution times of the first defrosting process is a direct ratio between the temperature of the inner coil and the execution times of the first defrosting process, that is, when the temperature of the inner coil is high, the execution times of the first defrosting process are more, which indicates that the frosting degree is light, the residual frost quantity accumulated by the outdoor unit is less or even none, so that the defrosting process can meet the requirement of defrosting the outdoor unit by running for the first defrosting time, therefore, in this case, in order to reduce the influence of the defrosting process of the air conditioner on the comfort of the user, the defrosting process adopts the first defrosting process with a short time, and the second defrosting process with a long time is avoided.

Under the condition that the temperature of the inner coil pipe is lower, the execution times of the first defrosting process are less, the frosting degree is heavier at the moment, and the accumulated residual frost quantity of the outdoor unit is more, so that the defrosting process cannot meet the defrosting requirement of the outdoor unit when running for the first defrosting time period, and the accumulated residual frost needs to be removed by the second defrosting process for the second defrosting time period; therefore, in this case, the frost process employs the second defrosting process having a long time period, while the number of times of execution of the first defrosting process having a short time period is reduced.

As an optional embodiment, the second defrosting duration of the second defrosting procedure is the sum of the first defrosting duration and the defrosting compensation duration; therefore, the defrost control method further comprises: the defrost compensation duration is determined based on the number of times the first defrost cycle is performed within each set defrost cycle.

In this embodiment, the first defrosting duration of the first defrosting process is a fixed duration, and the first defrosting duration is less than the second defrosting duration; therefore, under the condition that the defrosting amount per unit time of the defrosting mode of the air conditioner operation is not changed, the defrosting amount in the second defrosting time period of the second defrosting process is also approximately within a certain defrosting amount range, and the defrosting amount in the first defrosting time period of the first defrosting process is redundant; in the process that the air conditioner executes the first defrosting process in the first defrosting time, because the first defrosting time is fixed and the frosting degree of the air conditioner at each time is different, the frost can not be completely removed in one or more first defrosting processes, therefore, the residual frost accumulated in one or more first defrosting processes in the front sequence can be removed by adopting the second defrosting process with the second defrosting time after the time is prolonged, so that the defrosting effect of the air conditioner in the set defrosting period is ensured, and the phenomenon that the excessive frost is accumulated to influence the heat exchange performance of the air conditioner is avoided.

Before the air conditioner leaves the factory, the residual frost amount accumulated by the first defrosting process with different times can be measured in a simulation experiment mode, so that the residual frost amount accumulated by the first defrosting process with the current experiment times can be removed by determining how long the second defrosting process needs to be, and thus, the incidence relation between the times of the first defrosting process and the defrosting compensation time can be constructed and stored in the air conditioner.

In this embodiment, after the number of times of the first defrosting process is determined, the above-mentioned association relationship may be called, so that the defrosting compensation duration corresponding to the number of times of the first defrosting process may be obtained through matching, and further, the second defrosting duration of the second defrosting process may be obtained through the sum of the first defrosting duration and the defrosting compensation duration.

As an optional embodiment, when the air conditioner internal fan operates, the heat dissipation rate of the internal coil pipe also can be influenced, and the attenuation rate of the temperature of the internal coil pipe can be directly influenced, so that the calculation accuracy of the defrosting duration is improved, and the error influence caused by the operation of the internal fan is reduced; the defrosting control method further includes: acquiring the rotating speed of an inner fan when the air conditioner operates; and determining the first defrosting time length based on the set wind speed gear range where the rotating speed of the inner fan is located.

Here, for example, the air conditioner may have a pre-stored correlation between the set wind speed gear range and the first defrosting time period, which may also be measured through an experiment before the air conditioner leaves the factory, and the exemplary correlation between the two may include: setting the first defrosting time to be 15min when the wind speed gear range is a high wind gear; when the wind speed gear range is set as a medium wind gear, the first defrosting time is 20 min; setting the first defrosting time to be 25min when the wind speed gear range is a low wind gear; here, in the pre-stored association relationship, the set wind speed gear range and the first defrosting time period are in an inverse relationship, that is, the higher the set wind speed gear range of the inner fan of the air conditioner is, the greater the influence of the inner fan on the temperature change of the inner coil is proved, which indicates that the influence of the outdoor environment on the temperature of the inner coil is relatively reduced (that is, the frosting degree is not serious or light), and therefore, the first defrosting time period corresponding to the higher set wind speed gear range can be set to be a shorter time period. On the contrary, the lower the set wind speed gear range of the inner fan of the air conditioner is, the lower the influence of the inner fan on the temperature change of the inner coil is proved to be, which indicates that the influence of the outdoor environment on the temperature of the inner coil is relatively increased (namely, the frosting degree is serious), so that the first defrosting time corresponding to the lower set wind speed gear range can be set as the longer time.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a defrost control method of an air conditioner according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 5, the present invention provides another defrosting control method for an air conditioner, and the control flow of the control method may include:

s501, acquiring parameter information during air conditioner operation;

in this embodiment, the specific implementation manner of step S501 may refer to step S401 of the previous embodiment, which is not described herein again.

In this embodiment, the parameter information obtained in step S501 further includes an internal fan rotation speed of the indoor unit, so as to calculate a defrosting compensation duration of the defrosting process by using the internal fan rotation speed.

And S502, responding to the condition that a preset defrosting trigger condition is met, controlling the air conditioner to operate a defrosting mode in a set defrosting period, wherein the defrosting period comprises a plurality of first defrosting processes which are sequentially performed and a second defrosting process which is at the end, the second defrosting time of the second defrosting process is the sum of the first defrosting time and a defrosting compensation time, and the defrosting compensation time is determined based on a set wind speed gear range where the rotating speed of the inner fan is located.

In the present embodiment, a partial flow of controlling the air conditioner to set the defrost cycle to operate the defrost mode in step S502 may refer to the previous embodiment.

In this embodiment, the first defrosting duration is a defrosting duration of the first defrosting procedure; the second defrost duration is the sum of the first defrost duration and the defrost compensation duration.

Therefore, when the defrosting mode is executed or before the second defrosting process of the defrosting cycle of the defrosting mode is executed, the rotating speed of the inner fan of the air conditioner needs to be acquired, the set wind speed gear range where the rotating speed of the inner fan is located is given to determine the defrosting compensation duration, and the first defrosting duration and the defrosting compensation duration are added to obtain the second defrosting duration of the second defrosting process.

For example, the first defrosting duration of the first defrosting procedure is a fixed duration, and the first defrosting duration is less than the second defrosting duration; therefore, under the condition that the defrosting amount per unit time of the defrosting mode of the air conditioner operation is not changed, the defrosting amount in the second defrosting time period of the second defrosting process is also approximately within a certain defrosting amount range, and the defrosting amount in the first defrosting time period of the first defrosting process is redundant; in the process that the air conditioner executes the first defrosting process in the first defrosting time, because the first defrosting time is fixed and the frosting degree of the air conditioner at each time is different, the frost can not be completely removed in one or more first defrosting processes, therefore, the residual frost accumulated in one or more first defrosting processes in the front sequence can be removed by adopting the second defrosting process with the second defrosting time after the time is prolonged, so that the defrosting effect of the air conditioner in the set defrosting period is ensured, and the phenomenon that the excessive frost is accumulated to influence the heat exchange performance of the air conditioner is avoided.

Before the air conditioner leaves the factory, when the inner fan is in different set wind speed gear ranges, the residual frost amount accumulated by the first defrosting process for one time or multiple times can be determined through a simulation experiment mode, so that the residual frost amount accumulated by the first defrosting process with the current experiment times can be removed by determining how long the second defrosting process needs, and in this way, the incidence relation between the times of the first defrosting process corresponding to the set wind speed gear ranges and the defrosting compensation time can be constructed and stored in the air conditioner.

In this embodiment, after the number of times of the first defrosting process is determined, the association relationship may be called, so that the defrosting compensation duration corresponding to the current set wind speed gear may be obtained through matching, and then the second defrosting duration of the second defrosting process may be obtained through the sum of the first defrosting duration and the defrosting compensation duration.

Here, the defrosting control method further includes: acquiring the temperature of an inner coil pipe when the air conditioner operates; the number of times the first defrost cycle is performed for each set defrost cycle is determined based on the inner coil temperature.

The specific determination manner of the number of times of the first defrosting process can also refer to the previous embodiment.

As an alternative embodiment, the defrost control method further comprises: a first defrost duration is determined based on a number of times a first defrost cycle is performed within each set defrost cycle.

In this embodiment, the first defrosting duration of the first defrosting procedure in the same set defrosting period is a fixed duration, and the durations of the first defrosting procedures in different set defrosting periods are the same or different. For different set defrosting periods, because the values of the temperature of the inner coil may be different, the times of the first defrosting process determined based on the temperature of the inner coil are also different, so that the first defrosting durations of the first defrosting processes of the different set defrosting periods are different.

For example, the number of times of the first defrosting procedure is in inverse proportion to the first defrosting duration; that is, after the number of times of the first defrosting process performed in the current defrosting cycle determined based on the temperature of the internal coil, the greater the number of times of the first defrosting process performed, the less the first defrosting duration of each defrosting process in the defrosting cycle; the fewer the number of times the first defrost cycle is performed, the shorter the first defrost duration of the first defrost cycle within the defrost cycle.

Optionally, when the number of times of the first defrosting processes in the defrosting period is 5 times/2 h, the first defrosting duration of each first defrosting process is 5 min; when the number of times of the first defrosting processes in the defrosting period is 7 times/2 h, the first defrosting time length of each first defrosting process is 3 min; when the number of the first defrosting procedures in the defrosting cycle is 10 times/2 h, the first defrosting time length of each first defrosting procedure is 2min, and so on.

Here, when the air conditioner executes the defrosting mode, the running state of the air conditioner often causes adverse effects on the comfort of a user, for example, when the outdoor unit is defrosted by the refrigerant flow direction defined by the switching of the air conditioner to the refrigeration mode, the indoor unit is an evaporator at this time, the indoor environment temperature is reduced, and the sensible temperature of the user is low; therefore, in order to reduce uncomfortable feelings to the user in the set defrosting period with more execution times of the first defrosting process, the first defrosting duration of each first defrosting process is limited to be shorter duration, so that the reduction of the indoor environment temperature in the defrosting process is less, and the use experience of the user is ensured; meanwhile, for the set defrosting cycle with the smaller execution times of the first defrosting process, in order to ensure the defrosting effect of the outdoor unit, the first defrosting time of each first defrosting process is limited to be longer, so that the outdoor unit can be defrosted by enough time in the defrosting process.

As still another optional embodiment, the defrost control method further comprises: acquiring the rotating speed of an inner fan when the air conditioner operates; and determining the first defrosting time length based on the set wind speed gear range where the rotating speed of the inner fan is located.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a defrost control method of an air conditioner according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 6, the present invention provides another defrosting control method for an air conditioner, and the control flow of the control method may include:

s601, acquiring the temperature of an inner coil pipe and the accumulated running time of a compressor during the running of an air conditioner;

as an alternative embodiment, the coil position of the indoor heat exchanger of the air conditioner is provided with a temperature sensor, and the temperature sensor can be used for detecting the real-time temperature of the coil position; in step S601, the real-time temperature of the coil position detected by the temperature sensor is used as the temperature of the inner coil of the current control process.

In this embodiment, the air conditioner is further provided with a timing module, and the timing module starts timing when the air conditioner is started to operate and the compressor is started; for a fixed-frequency type air conditioner, when the compressor is temporarily stopped, the timing module does not perform timing, and after the compressor is restarted, timing is continued; and when the air conditioner is turned off, the timing duration of the timing module is reset.

Here, the cumulative operation time period of the compressor acquired in step S601 can be measured by the timer module.

S602, determining a defrosting time length based on the accumulated running time length of the compressor;

as an alternative embodiment, determining the defrost period based on the accumulated operating period of the compressor includes: determining a defrosting correction duration based on an accumulated operation duration of the compressor; and taking the sum of the defrosting reference time length and the defrosting correction time length as the defrosting time length.

Here, the air conditioner presets an association relationship between the accumulated operation duration of the compressor and the defrosting correction duration, in the association relationship, the accumulated operation duration of the compressor is in direct proportion to the defrosting correction duration, that is, the longer the accumulated operation duration of the compressor is, the longer the defrosting correction duration is; the shorter the cumulative operation period of the compressor is, the shorter the defrosting correction period is. If the accumulated running time T of the compressor is less than or equal to T1, the defrosting correction time length is 0; when the accumulated operation time T of the compressor is longer than T1 and less than or equal to T2, the defrosting correction time is 2 min; when the cumulative operation time period T of the compressor is greater than T2, the defrosting correction time period is 5 min.

The defrosting correction duration can be determined according to the accumulated operation duration of the compressor and the correlation, and the defrosting duration can be further calculated. In the present embodiment, the defrosting racing period is T0, so that when the cumulative operation period T of the compressor is equal to or less than T1, the defrosting period is T0; when the accumulated operation time T of the compressor is longer than T1 and less than or equal to T2, the defrosting correction time is T0+2 min; when the cumulative operation period T of the compressor is greater than T2, the defrosting correction period is T0+5 min.

And S603, controlling the air conditioner to operate a defrosting mode for a defrosting time according to the defrosting triggering condition when the condition that the temperature of the inner coil meets the defrosting triggering condition is determined.

As an alternative embodiment, the defrost trigger condition is that the inner coil temperature is less than the set temperature value. Wherein, the set temperature value is the difference between the highest value of the temperature of the inner coil and the set threshold value.

Therefore, to determine that the defrost trigger condition is met based on the inner coil temperature, the control method of the present invention further comprises: determining the highest value in the temperature of the inner coil; and when the temperature of the inner coil is less than the set temperature value, determining that the defrosting triggering condition is met.

In this embodiment, in order to determine the maximum value of the temperature of the internal coil, the obtained temperature of the internal coil is within a first time period after the air conditioner is started, and a plurality of temperatures of the internal coil are obtained at a set detection frequency;

here, the first time period is 5min, and the detection frequency is set to 10 s/time.

In a first time period after the air conditioner is started, air conditioner components such as a compressor, a throttling device and the like are gradually started, so that the temperature of an inner coil of the air conditioner is fluctuated until a stable state is reached, and the overall temperature change in the process is gradually increased; the highest value of the temperature of the inner coil of the air conditioner is the highest heating performance which can be achieved by the cooperation of all the operation parameters of the air conditioner in the process that the air conditioner reaches a stable state, and the temperature of the inner coil of the air conditioner in the stable state is lower than the highest value.

In this embodiment, the plurality of inner coil temperatures are compared to obtain the highest value of the inner coil temperatures, for example, a total of 31 inner coil temperatures are detected within a first time period defined as 5min, and the 31 inner coil temperatures are compared with each other to obtain the highest value thereof.

In the embodiment, the maximum value of the coil temperature in the step is t1, the temperature value is t2, the threshold value is 10 ℃, and the temperature value t2 is t 1-10.

As an optional embodiment, the control method further includes: acquiring the rotating speed of an inner fan when the air conditioner operates; and determining the defrosting reference time length based on the set wind speed gear range in which the rotating speed of the inner fan is positioned.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a defrost control method of an air conditioner according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 7, the present invention provides a defrosting control method for an air conditioner, wherein the control flow of the defrosting control method may include:

s701, acquiring the temperature of an inner coil pipe, the indoor environment temperature and the accumulated running time of a compressor during the running of the air conditioner;

in this embodiment, reference may be made to the previous embodiment for obtaining the temperature of the inner coil and the accumulated operating time of the compressor, which is not described herein again.

In this embodiment, at the same time, the air conditioner is further provided with another temperature sensor, and the temperature sensor can be used for detecting the real-time temperature of the indoor environment where the air conditioner is located; in step S701, the implementation temperature of the indoor environment detected by the temperature sensor is used as the indoor environment temperature of the current control flow.

S702, determining a defrosting time length based on the accumulated running time length of the compressor;

in this embodiment, the execution flow of step S702 may refer to step S602, which is not described herein.

And S703, controlling the air conditioner to operate a defrosting mode for a defrosting time according to the defrosting triggering condition when the temperature difference value between the temperature of the inner coil and the indoor environment temperature is determined to meet the defrosting triggering condition.

As an alternative embodiment, the defrosting triggering condition is that the temperature difference value is smaller than the set temperature difference value. Wherein the set temperature difference value is the difference between the maximum temperature difference value and the set threshold value.

Therefore, in order to determine that the defrosting triggering condition is met according to the temperature of the inner coil and the indoor environment temperature, the control method of the invention further comprises the following steps: determining the maximum temperature difference value of the temperature of the inner coil and the indoor environment temperature; and when the temperature difference value is smaller than the set temperature difference value, determining that the defrosting triggering condition is met.

In this embodiment, in order to determine the maximum temperature difference value between the temperature of the internal coil and the indoor environment temperature in step S301, the obtained temperature of the internal coil is within a first time period after the air conditioner is turned on, and a plurality of temperatures of the internal coil are obtained at a set detection frequency;

Meanwhile, the air conditioner is also provided with another temperature sensor which can be used for detecting the real-time temperature of the indoor environment where the air conditioner is located; in step S301, the implementation temperature of the indoor environment detected by the temperature sensor is used as the indoor environment temperature of the current control flow.

Here, the two temperature sensors are used for synchronous detection, so that the temperature of a plurality of groups of internal coils and the indoor environment temperature can be finally obtained; respectively calculating the temperature difference value of the temperature of the inner coil pipe and the indoor environment temperature of each group; and comparing the temperature difference values to obtain the maximum temperature difference value.

Fig. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a defrosting control apparatus of an air conditioner according to the present invention according to an exemplary embodiment.

As shown in fig. 8, the present invention also provides a defrosting control device of an air conditioner, which can be used to control the air conditioner to perform the defrosting procedure shown in the embodiment of fig. 1; the defrosting control means 800 includes:

a first obtaining unit 810, configured to obtain an inner coil temperature when the air conditioner is running, and determine a decay rate of the inner coil temperature;

the first determining unit 820 is configured to determine a defrosting time duration of the defrosting mode executed by the air conditioner according to a preset association relationship and the attenuation rate of the temperature of the inner coil, where the association relationship is used to represent a corresponding relationship between the attenuation rate and the defrosting time duration.

As an optional embodiment, the first determining unit 820 is specifically configured to:

determining corresponding defrosting correction duration according to the decay rate of the temperature of the inner coil;

the difference between the defrosting reference time period and the defrosting correction time period is taken as the defrosting time period.

As an alternative embodiment, the defrosting control unit 800 further includes:

a second obtaining unit 830, configured to obtain a rotation speed of an internal fan during operation of the air conditioner;

the second determining unit 840 is configured to determine a defrosting reference time based on the set wind speed gear range where the rotation speed of the inner fan is located.

As an alternative embodiment, a corresponding relationship that the wind speed gear range is in direct proportion to the defrosting reference time length is set.

As an alternative embodiment, the first obtaining unit 810 includes:

the detection subunit 811 is configured to obtain a plurality of temperatures of the internal coil at a set detection frequency within a set duration;

and the calculation subunit 812 is configured to calculate a decay rate of the temperature of the inner coil according to the plurality of temperatures of the inner coil.

Fig. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a defrosting control apparatus of an air conditioner according to the present invention according to an exemplary embodiment.

As shown in fig. 9, the present invention provides still another defrosting control device of an air conditioner, which can be used to control the air conditioner to perform the defrosting process shown in the embodiment of fig. 2; the defrosting control means 900 includes:

an obtaining unit 910, configured to obtain an inner coil temperature and an inner fan rotation speed when the air conditioner operates, and determine a decay rate of the inner coil temperature;

the determining unit 920 is configured to determine a defrosting time of the air conditioner in the defrosting mode according to a preset association relationship, the attenuation rate of the temperature of the inner coil, and the rotation speed of the inner fan, where the association relationship is used to represent a corresponding relationship between the attenuation rate, the rotation speed of the inner fan, and the defrosting time.

As an alternative embodiment, the determining unit 920 includes:

the first determining subunit 921, configured to determine a corresponding defrosting correction duration according to a set wind speed gear range in which the rotation speed of the inner fan is located;

a second determining subunit 922, configured to determine a defrosting reference time period based on the decay rate of the inner coil temperature;

and a third determining subunit 923 configured to determine, as the defrosting time period, a sum of the first determining subunit length and the defrosting correction time period when the defrosting reference is made.

As an alternative embodiment, a corresponding relationship in which the wind speed gear range is inversely proportional to the defrosting correction duration is set.

As an alternative embodiment, the decay rate of the inner coil is proportional to the defrost reference time period.

As an alternative embodiment, the obtaining unit 910 includes:

the detection subunit 911 is configured to obtain a plurality of temperatures of the internal coil at a set detection frequency within a set duration;

and the computing subunit 912 is configured to compute a decay rate of the temperature of the inner coil according to the plurality of temperatures of the inner coil.

Fig. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a defrosting control apparatus of an air conditioner according to the present invention according to an exemplary embodiment.

As shown in fig. 10, the present invention provides still another defrosting control device of an air conditioner, which can be used to control the air conditioner to perform the defrosting process shown in the embodiment of fig. 3; the defrosting control means 1000 includes:

a first obtaining unit 1010, configured to obtain a defrosting time duration of the air conditioner performing the previous two defrosting processes;

the first determining unit 1020 is configured to determine a defrosting time duration of the current defrosting process executed by the air conditioner according to a time duration difference of defrosting time durations of the previous two defrosting processes.

As an optional embodiment, the first determining unit 1020 is specifically configured to:

As an alternative embodiment, the defrosting control means 1000 further includes:

a second obtaining unit 1030, configured to obtain a rotation speed of an internal fan during operation of the air conditioner;

and the second determining unit 1040 is configured to determine a defrosting reference time length based on the set wind speed gear range where the rotation speed of the inner fan is located.

As an alternative embodiment, a corresponding relationship in which the wind speed gear range is inversely proportional to the defrosting reference time length is set.

a third determining unit 1050, configured to determine a minimum interval duration from the current defrosting process to the next defrosting process based on the defrosting duration of the current defrosting process.

Fig. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a defrosting control apparatus of an air conditioner according to the present invention according to an exemplary embodiment.

As shown in fig. 11, the present invention provides still another defrosting control device of an air conditioner, which can be used to control the air conditioner to perform the defrosting process shown in the embodiment of fig. 4; the defrosting control device 1100 includes:

a first obtaining unit 1110, configured to obtain parameter information when the air conditioner is running;

the response unit 1120 is configured to control the air conditioner to set a defrosting cycle to operate a defrosting mode in response to a preset defrosting trigger condition being met, where the defrosting cycle includes a plurality of first defrosting procedures performed in sequence and a second defrosting procedure at the end, and a second defrosting duration of the second defrosting procedure is longer than a first defrosting duration of the first defrosting procedure.

As an optional embodiment, the defrosting control unit 1100 further includes:

a second obtaining unit 1130, configured to obtain the temperature of the inner coil when the air conditioner is running;

a first determining unit 1140 is used for determining the number of times the first defrost cycle is performed in each set defrost cycle based on the inner coil temperature.

As an optional embodiment, the second defrosting duration of the second defrosting procedure is the sum of the first defrosting duration and the defrosting compensation duration;

the defrost control apparatus 1000 further includes a second determination unit 1150 for determining a defrost compensation period based on the number of times the first defrost process is performed in each set defrost cycle determined by the first determination unit.

a third obtaining unit 1160, configured to obtain a rotation speed of the internal fan during operation of the air conditioner;

and a third determining unit 1170, configured to determine the first defrosting time period based on the set wind speed gear range where the rotation speed of the inner fan is located.

As an alternative embodiment, a corresponding relationship in which the wind speed gear range is inversely proportional to the first defrosting time period is set.

Fig. 12 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a defrosting control apparatus of an air conditioner according to the present invention according to an exemplary embodiment.

As shown in fig. 12, the present invention provides still another defrosting control device of an air conditioner, which can be used to control the air conditioner to perform the defrosting process shown in the embodiment of fig. 5 above; the defrosting control means 1200 includes:

a first obtaining unit 1210, configured to obtain parameter information when the air conditioner is running;

the response unit 1220 is configured to, in response to a preset defrosting trigger condition being met, control the air conditioner to operate a defrosting mode in a set defrosting cycle, where the defrosting cycle includes a plurality of first defrosting processes performed in sequence and a second defrosting process at the end, the second defrosting time duration of the second defrosting process is a sum of the first defrosting time duration and a defrosting compensation time duration, and the defrosting compensation time duration is determined based on a set wind speed gear range in which the rotation speed of the inner fan is located.

As an alternative embodiment, the defrosting control means 1200 further includes:

a second obtaining unit 1230, configured to obtain the temperature of the inner coil pipe when the air conditioner is running;

a first determining unit 1240 for determining the number of times of the first defrost cycle performed in each of the set defrost cycles based on the inner coil temperature.

a second determining unit 1250 configured to determine the first defrosting time period based on the number of times of the first defrosting procedure performed in each of the set defrosting periods determined by the first determining unit.

a third obtaining unit 1260, configured to obtain a rotation speed of the internal fan when the air conditioner is running;

a third determining unit 1270, configured to determine the first defrosting time period based on a set wind speed gear range in which the rotation speed of the inner fan is located.

As an alternative embodiment, a corresponding relationship is set in which the wind speed gear range is inversely proportional to the first defrosting time period.

Fig. 13 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a defrosting control apparatus of an air conditioner according to the present invention according to an exemplary embodiment.

As shown in fig. 13, the present invention provides still another defrosting control device of an air conditioner, which can be used to control the air conditioner to perform the defrosting procedure shown in the embodiment of fig. 6; the defrosting control means 1300 includes:

a first obtaining unit 1310, configured to obtain an inner coil temperature when the air conditioner is running and an accumulated running time of the compressor;

a first determination unit 1320 for determining a defrosting time period based on an accumulated operation time period of the compressor;

the first control unit 1330 controls the air conditioner to operate the defrosting mode for a defrosting duration when it is determined that the defrosting trigger condition is satisfied according to the temperature of the inner coil.

As an alternative embodiment, the first control unit 1330 is specifically configured to:

determining the highest value in the temperature of the inner coil;

and when the temperature of the inner coil pipe is lower than a set temperature value, determining that the defrosting triggering condition is met, wherein the set temperature value is the difference between the highest value and the set threshold value.

As an optional embodiment, the first obtaining unit 1310 is specifically configured to: within a first time length after the air conditioner is started, acquiring the temperatures of a plurality of inner coils at a set detection frequency;

the first control unit 1330 is specifically configured to: and comparing the temperatures of the plurality of inner coils to obtain the highest value of the temperatures of the inner coils.

As an alternative embodiment, the first determining unit 1320 is specifically configured to:

determining a defrosting correction duration based on an accumulated operation duration of the compressor;

and taking the sum of the defrosting reference time length and the defrosting correction time length as the defrosting time length.

As an alternative embodiment, the defrosting control means 1300 further includes:

the second obtaining unit 1340 is configured to obtain the rotation speed of the internal fan during operation of the air conditioner;

the second determining unit 1350 is configured to determine the defrosting reference time based on the set wind speed range where the rotation speed of the inner fan is located.

Fig. 14 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a defrosting control apparatus of an air conditioner according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 14, the present invention provides still another defrosting control device of an air conditioner, which can be used to control the air conditioner to perform the defrosting process shown in the embodiment of fig. 7 previously; the defrosting control means 1400 includes:

a first obtaining unit 1410, configured to obtain an inner coil temperature, an indoor environment temperature, and an accumulated operating time of the compressor when the air conditioner is operating;

a first determination unit 1420 for determining a defrosting time period based on the accumulated operation time period of the compressor;

the first control unit 1430 is configured to control the air conditioner to operate the defrosting mode for a defrosting duration when it is determined that the defrosting trigger condition is satisfied according to the temperature difference value between the temperature of the inner coil and the temperature of the indoor environment.

As an alternative embodiment, the first control unit 1430 is specifically configured to:

determining the maximum temperature difference value of the temperature of the inner coil and the indoor environment temperature;

and when the temperature difference value is smaller than the set temperature difference value, determining that the defrosting triggering condition is met, wherein the set temperature difference value is the difference between the maximum temperature difference value and the set threshold value.

As an alternative embodiment, the first obtaining unit 1410 is specifically configured to: acquiring a plurality of groups of internal coil pipe temperatures and indoor environment temperatures at a set detection frequency within a first time period after the air conditioner is started;

the first control unit 1430 is specifically configured to: calculating the temperature difference value of the temperature of the inner coil pipe and the indoor environment temperature of each group; and comparing the temperature difference values to obtain the maximum temperature difference value.

As an optional embodiment, the first determining unit 1420 is specifically configured to:

As an alternative embodiment, the defrosting control 1400 further includes:

the second obtaining unit 1440 is configured to obtain the rotation speed of the internal fan during operation of the air conditioner;

the second determining unit 1450 is configured to determine a defrosting reference time length based on the set wind speed gear range in which the internal fan rotation speed is located.

It is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the procedures and structures described above and shown in the drawings, and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A defrosting control method of an air conditioner, characterized in that the control method comprises:

taking the sum of the defrosting reference time length and the defrosting correction time length as the defrosting time length of the current defrosting process; the time length difference value and the defrosting correction time length form a positive correlation relationship.

2. The defrost control method of claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring the rotating speed of an inner fan when the air conditioner operates;

3. The defrost control method of claim 2, said set wind speed range corresponding in inverse proportion to said defrost reference time period.

4. The defrost control method of claim 1, further comprising:

5. A defrosting control apparatus of an air conditioner, characterized in that the control apparatus comprises:

the first determining unit is used for determining the corresponding defrosting correction time length based on the time length difference of the defrosting time lengths of the former two defrosting processes; taking the sum of the defrosting reference time length and the defrosting correction time length as the defrosting time length of the current defrosting process; the time length difference value and the defrosting correction time length form a positive correlation relationship.

6. The defrost control of claim 5, further comprising:

7. A defrost control apparatus in accordance with claim 6, said set wind speed range corresponding inversely proportional to said defrost reference time period.

8. The defrost control device of claim 5, further comprising:

a third determining unit, configured to determine, based on the defrosting time duration of the current defrosting process, a minimum interval time duration from the current defrosting process to a next defrosting process.