Be used to have the drive control apparatus and the method for the air-conditioning of a plurality of compressors
Related application
The application relates to the theme that is comprised among the No.10-2005-0073494 of Korean application formerly of application on August 10th, 2005, quotes its full content at this by reference.
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of drive control apparatus and method that is used to have the air-conditioning of a plurality of compressors, more specifically, relate to and a kind ofly can control the refrigerant amount of discharging, thereby prevent because the drive control apparatus and the method for the driving efficient that the energy consumption increase causes air-conditioning that reduce, that be used to have a plurality of compressors according to the driving capacity of compressor from condenser.
Background technology
Usually, the air-conditioning utilization becomes the kind of refrigeration cycle of the cold-producing medium of high temperature, high pressure conditions to reduce indoor temperature by compressor compresses.
When air-conditioning had two compressors, these two compressors optionally drove according to refrigeration load.
Fig. 1 illustrates the schematic diagram of structure that has the air-conditioning of two compressors according to prior art.
As shown in the figure, the air-conditioning of prior art comprises: optionally Yun Hang first compressor 10 and second compressor 20 are used to change the decrement of cold-producing medium; Condenser 1 is used for condensation by first compressor 10 and second compressor, 20 refrigerant compressed; Expansion valve 2 is used to make the device 1 condensed refrigerant expansion that is condensed; And evaporimeter 3, be used to make the cold-producing medium and the room air that expand by expansion valve 2 to carry out heat exchange.
Suppose that first compressor 10 is frequency conversion type low capacity compressor, and second compressor 20 is the big capacity compressor of constant velocity type.
The suction line 11 and 21 of first compressor 10 and second compressor 20 is connected to the flexible pipe 31 and 32 that comes out from suction hose 30 bifurcateds respectively.In addition, the discharge pipe 12 and 22 of first compressor 10 and second compressor 20 is connected to the flexible pipe 41 and 42 that comes out from drain hose 40 bifurcateds respectively.
Inlet valve 33 and 34 and dump valve 43 and 44 by manually or by control module (for example microcomputer is not shown) optionally opening and closing, and be connected to the flexible pipe 31,32,41 and 42 that bifurcated comes out respectively.
Air-conditioning with two compressors optionally drives first compressor 10 and second compressor 20 according to refrigeration load, to carry out refrigerating operation.
More specifically, when refrigeration load hour, only first compressor 10 drives.When refrigeration load when being medium, only second compressor 20 drives.On the contrary, when refrigeration load was big, first compressor 10 and second compressor 20 all moved, thereby changed the decrement of the required cold-producing medium of refrigerating operation.
When cold-producing medium by first compressor 10 or the compression of second compressor 20 when carrying out kind of refrigeration cycle, lubricant and refrigerant mixed in first compressor 10 and second compressor 20, thus be discharged from.The lubricant of discharging carries out kind of refrigeration cycle, is sucked first compressor 10 and second compressor 20 again via the hydraulic accumulator (not shown) then.
At this, set the refrigerant amount that imports compressor corresponding to compressor, to obtain constant refrigeration performance with 100% capacity.
Yet when system drove with minimum capacity drive pattern (only driven compressor), the refrigerant amount that imports the compressor with 100% capacity increased owing to refrigerant amount too much makes energy consumption, drives efficient thereby reduce.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of drive control apparatus and method that is used to have the air-conditioning of a plurality of compressors, it can control the refrigerant amount of discharging from condenser according to the driving capacity of compressor, thereby prevents because the energy consumption that cold-producing medium too much causes increases and driving efficient reduces.
In order to realize above-mentioned and other advantage and according to purpose of the present invention, as concrete implement and broadly describe at this, a kind of drive control apparatus that is used to have the air-conditioning of a plurality of compressors is provided, and comprising: the cold-producing medium collector unit is used to collect a certain amount of cold-producing medium; And control module, select drive pattern based on working as the front wheel driving load, and control this cold-producing medium collector unit based on selected drive pattern.
According to another program of the present invention, a kind of drive control apparatus that is used to have the air-conditioning of a plurality of compressors is provided, comprise: switch element, be installed between condensing unit and the expansion valve, be used for switching the cold-producing medium stream on two streams of this condensing unit and the connection of this expansion valve by control signal; The cold-producing medium collector unit is installed between this condensing unit and this expansion valve, is used to collect a certain amount of cold-producing medium; And control module, select drive pattern based on working as the front wheel driving load, and control this switch element based on selected drive pattern.
In order to realize above-mentioned and other advantage and according to the object of the invention, as concrete implement and broadly describe at this, a kind of driving control method that is used to have the air-conditioning of a plurality of compressors also is provided, comprise the steps: to detect, and select drive pattern based on detected driving load when the front wheel driving load; Analyze this drive pattern, and based on analysis result control circulating mass of refrigerant.
According to another program of the present invention, a kind of driving control method that is used to have the air-conditioning of a plurality of compressors also is provided, comprise the steps: to detect, and select drive pattern based on detected driving load when the front wheel driving load; Analyze this drive pattern; When this drive pattern is the heap(ed) capacity drive pattern, will import expansion valve from the cold-producing medium that condensing unit is discharged; And when this drive pattern is the minimum capacity drive pattern, will partly be collected in the cold-producing medium collector unit from the cold-producing medium that this condensing unit is discharged, all the other cold-producing mediums that will not be collected in then in this cold-producing medium collector unit import this expansion valve.
By following detailed description of the present invention also in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, it is more obvious that above and other objects of the present invention, characteristics, scheme and advantage will become.
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Accompanying drawing is used to provide to further understanding of the present invention, and it is included in the specification and constitutes the part of specification.Accompanying drawing illustrates embodiments of the invention, and is used from explanation principle of the present invention with specification one.
In the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 illustrates the schematic diagram of structure that has the air-conditioning of two compressors according to prior art;
Fig. 2 is the block diagram that the drive control apparatus of the air-conditioning that is used to have a plurality of compressors according to the present invention is shown; And
Fig. 3 is the flow chart that the driving control method of the air-conditioning that is used to have a plurality of compressors according to the present invention is shown.
The specific embodiment
To provide the detailed reference of the preferred embodiment of the present invention below, the example is shown in the drawings.
Below, a kind of drive control apparatus and method that is used to have the air-conditioning of a plurality of compressors is described, it can control the refrigerant amount of discharging from condenser according to the driving capacity of compressor, thereby prevents because the driving efficient that the energy consumption increase causes reduces.
Fig. 2 is the block diagram that the drive control apparatus of the air-conditioning that is used to have a plurality of compressors according to the present invention is shown.
As shown in the figure, the drive control apparatus that is used to have the air-conditioning of a plurality of compressors according to the present invention comprises: switch element 100, cold-producing medium collector unit 200 and control module 300.
Switch element 100 is installed in the exit of condensing unit, and switches by control signal, thus the cold-producing medium stream that control is discharged from condensing unit.
More specifically, switch element 100 is installed between condensing unit and the expansion valve, and selects from two streams that the cold-producing medium that condensing unit is discharged will flow through one.
As switch element 100, use the triple valve or the close/open valve that are installed on each stream.
Cold-producing medium collector unit 200 is collected a certain amount of, as to pass through switch element 100 import systems cold-producing medium, thus the refrigerant amount that flows in the minimizing system.
More specifically, when compressor drove with the minimum capacity drive pattern, cold-producing medium collector unit 200 was collected the cold-producing medium of import system too much, thereby the cold-producing medium of aequum is circulated to carry out kind of refrigeration cycle.
Control module 300 detects present load, selects drive pattern based on detected load, and is used for the control signal of gauge tap unit 100 based on selected drive pattern output.
At this, control module 300 detects indoor temperature, and detected indoor temperature and user's preset temperature is compared, thereby detects present load.Perhaps, control module 300 detects outdoor temperature, and detected outdoor temperature and reference temperature are compared, thereby detects present load.
When compressor drove with the heap(ed) capacity drive pattern, control module 300 switched to switch element 100 and stops refrigerant flow direction cold-producing medium collector unit 200, and will import expansion valve from the cold-producing medium that condensing unit is discharged.
On the contrary, when compressor drives with the minimum capacity drive pattern, control module 300 switches to the cold-producing medium of will discharge from condensing unit with switch element 100 and partly is collected in the cold-producing medium collector unit 200, and all the other cold-producing mediums that will not be collected in the cold-producing medium collector unit 200 import expansion valve.
The following explanation with reference to Fig. 3 stated operation.
At first, control module 300 detects when front wheel driving load (SP1), and selects the driven compressor capacity based on detected driving load.
More specifically, when judging when the front wheel driving load is overload, then select the heap(ed) capacity drive pattern.On the contrary, when judge when the front wheel driving load when hanging down load, then select the minimum capacity drive pattern.
For example, when compressor drove with the heap(ed) capacity drive pattern, two compressors drove simultaneously.On the contrary, when compressor drives with the minimum capacity drive pattern, a compressor only being arranged, mainly is a driven compressor that has than low capacity.
Then, control module 300 gauge tap unit 100, with the refrigerant amount (SP3) of discharging from condensing unit according to selected drive pattern control, thus control circulating mass of refrigerant (SP4).
More specifically, when compressor drove with the heap(ed) capacity drive pattern, control module 300 switched to switch element 100 and stops refrigerant flow direction cold-producing medium collector unit 200, and will import expansion valve from the cold-producing medium that condensing unit is discharged.
On the contrary, when compressor drives with the minimum capacity drive pattern, control module 300 switches to the cold-producing medium of will discharge from condensing unit with switch element 100 and partly is collected in the cold-producing medium collector unit 200, and all the other cold-producing mediums that will not be collected in the cold-producing medium collector unit 200 import expansion valve.
As mentioned above, the drive control apparatus at the air-conditioning that is used for having a plurality of compressors according to the present invention is provided with two streams that comprise the cold-producing medium collector unit in the exit of condensing unit.Therefore, the refrigerant amount of discharging from condensing unit according to the driving volume controlled of compressor, thus prevent because cold-producing medium too much causes and drives decrease in efficiency and energy consumption increases.
Because the present invention can be embodied as various ways and not deviate from its spirit or substantive features, so be to be understood that, except as otherwise noted, the foregoing description is not limit by any details of above stated specification, and should in the spirit and scope that the claims of enclosing limit, broadly explain, therefore, falling into all changes in the boundary of claims and the equivalent scope thereof and remodeling all should be the claims of enclosing and contains.