US20060248906A1 - Air conditioning system for a vehicle and associated operating method - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to a simplified air conditioning system (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising a flow channel (4) for an air stream (2) to be conditioned. According to the invention, said system is provided with a circuit (8) which can be operated in a cooling mode or in a heating mode and is used to circulate a fluid (F) for conditioning the air stream (2). In the heating mode, the circuit comprises an compressor (26), a heat exchanger (24), and an intermediate reservoir (28), and is controlled in such a way that the suction pressure of the compressor (26) at least partially exceeds a saturated vapour pressure in the circuit, caused by the ambient temperature.
Description
- The invention relates to an air conditioning system with a flow duct for an air stream to be conditioned and with a heat exchanger arranged in this flow duct and also with a circuit, operable in the heating or cooling mode, for the circulation of a fluid.
- An air conditioning system of this type is used particularly in a motor vehicle. The refrigerant flow is in this case conventionally generated by a condenser or compressor which is inserted into the refrigerant circuit and is driven directly by the vehicle engine.
- Modern low-consumption vehicles usually deliver too little waste heat or heating energy to make it possible to heat up the vehicle interior to comfortable temperatures in a time which, if required, may even be short. Particularly windshield defrosting lasts too long because of the low waste heat. In order to avoid this, it is known, for example from
EP 0 960 756, to connect what may be referred to as a thermodynamic triangulation process in which a separate heat exchanger is provided for the additional heating of the air stream and therefore for conditioning. DE 3 907 201 also discloses an additional heat exchanger for heating the air stream. In addition, the air conditioning system known fromEP 0 733 504 makes it possible to control and regulate the fluid or refrigerant circulating in the refrigerant circuit. - The air conditioning systems mentioned have the disadvantage that either they are not suitable for a circuit with carbon dioxide as fluid or refrigerant and consequently the heating capacity of such air conditioning systems is limited or that they require additional components, in particular complicated and cost-intensive changeover or shutoff valves.
- A carbon dioxide circuit, which is conventionally provided with a header or intermediate store arranged on the suction side and generally having the flow passing through it only in the cooling mode, is limited in its heating capacity, the latter moreover becoming lower with an increasing ambient temperature. This results from the dependence of the density of the vapor sucked in by the condenser on the ambient temperature. This leads to a reduction in the conveyed mass fluid flow or mass refrigerant flow and therefore also to a reduction in the heating capacity with a decreasing ambient temperature. Furthermore, in the heating mode, refrigerant and oil may accumulate in the intermediate store through which the flow does not pass, and because of this too little fluid or refrigerant flows through the circuit representing the heating mode. In order to avoid this, therefore, even in a carbon dioxide circuit, the circulating fluid stream is controlled according to requirements. This leads, in turn, to the use of complicated and cost-intensive regulating and control valves and also of additional lines.
- The object on which the invention is based is, therefore, to specify a particularly simple air conditioning system for a motor vehicle, which allows as good a conditioning of an air stream as possible, along with a sufficiently good heating capacity. The object on which the invention is based is, furthermore, to specify a method for operating such an air conditioning system.
- As regards a method for operating an air conditioning system, this object is achieved, according to the invention, by means of the features of
patent claim 1. - As regards an air conditioning system, the object is achieved, according to the invention, by means of the features of
claim 16. - The dependent claims relate to advantageous refinements and/or developments of the invention.
- The main idea of the invention is to control a circuit having a fluid for conditioning an air stream in a heating mode in such a way that the intake pressure of a condenser at least partially overshoots a saturation pressure in the circuit caused by the ambient temperature, in the heating mode, the circuit preferably being operated in a dextrorotatory triangulation process, a drive power of the condenser being converted completely into heat by means of a heat exchanger, being transmitted to the air stream routed to the vehicle interior and thus being used for conditioning the air stream.
- In a particularly advantageous development of the method, in the heating mode, the fluid in the circuit can be divided into at least one active part and at least one passive part.
- Operating in a dextrorotatory triangulation process has the advantage that there is a high intake pressure and therefore a high mass flow in the circuit. In the method according to the invention, an intermediate store is incorporated into the heating mode, the fluid, for example a refrigerant, being supplied from the heat exchanger, for example a heating element, to the intermediate store, for example a low-pressure header, present in any case in the circuit, in order to flow through said intermediate store before being sucked in by the condenser.
- By means of such a pressure-dependent control of the fluid in individual regions of the circuit, in particular in a refrigerant circuit, the fluid quantity in the active part of the circuit is increased. In this case, depending on the type and design of the air conditioning system, particularly by virtue of appropriate methods of controlling and regulating the existing components, accumulated refrigerant can be recovered, as required, by being transferred into the as active part of the circuit. Such a control and regulation of the air conditioning system makes it possible to have a control and regulation of the heating capacity which is largely independent of the ambient temperature. Particularly by means of the accurate removal and introduction of refrigerant (=fluid) from the passive part and into the passive part of the circuit, the refrigerant stream circulating in the active part of the circuit can be set and optimized in terms of a predetermined heating capacity. Such a simple control and regulation of the refrigerant stream does not require any additional components, apart from the shutoff devices, control and/or regulating valves which are present in any case.
- In one embodiment, the intake pressure can be controlled in a range of 10 bar to 110 bar.
- In a further version of the method, with the activation of the heating mode, the fluid is routed out of the passive part of the circuit into the active part of the circuit. Additionally or alternatively, a threshold value for the intake pressure in the active part of the circuit may be predetermined, and, when said threshold value is undershot, the fluid is likewise routed out of the passive part of the circuit into the active part of the circuit.
- To transfer the fluid out of the passive part of the circuit into the active part of the circuit, the circuit operated in the heating mode is at least briefly changed over to the cooling mode or to a laevorotatory triangulation process. The changeover to the laevorotatory triangulation process has the advantage, as compared with the changeover to the cooling mode, that the laevorotatory triangulation process is likewise a heating process which is operated at a lower intake pressure than in the case of the dextrorotatory triangulation process.
- The circuit is operated in the cooling mode or in the laevorotatory triangulation process up to the undershooting of a settable threshold value, the circuit being changed over to the heating mode again after the undershooting of the threshold value. The threshold value can be predetermined, for example, for an intake pressure and/or for a high pressure and/or for a hot-gas temperature at the condenser.
- In an advantageous embodiment, the threshold value of the intake pressure is set at least 3 bar, preferably 5 bar, below the value of the saturation pressure caused by the ambient temperature.
- Alternatively, the circuit can also be operated for a predeterminable period of time in the cooling mode or in the laevorotatory triangulation process, the circuit likewise being changed over to the heating mode again after the expiry of the period of time.
- To increase the heating capacity, the air stream through the evaporator and/or through a gas cooler can additionally be reduced after the changeover to the cooling mode or to the laevorotatory triangulation process.
- Since, in the case of commercially available electrically actuated 2/3-way valves, the magnetic force is not sufficient to switch the valve when the differential pressure is too great, a pressure equalization is carried out in the circuit before the return to the heating mode.
- In one embodiment, the circuit of the air conditioning system for a vehicle, in the heating mode, comprises a heat exchanger, an intermediate store and a condenser for the intermediate storage or for the condensation of a fluid, the condenser being operated at an intake pressure which is higher than the saturation pressure in the circuit caused by the ambient temperature.
- In an advantageous refinement of the invention, an evaporator inserted in the flow duct of the air stream on the secondary side and in the circuit on the primary side is provided, in which case the evaporator can be connected in the circuit, on the exit side, to the intermediate store, with a nonreturn valve being interposed.
- In an advantageous version of the air conditioning system, the volume of the evaporator for fluid reception is smaller than the storage volume of the intermediate store, the ratio of the storage volume of the intermediate store to the volume of the evaporator lying, for example, in the range of 2:1 to 20:1, preferably in the range of between 2:1 to 10:1.
- To transfer the fluid out of the passive part into the active part of the circuit, and vice versa, the two parts of the circuit are connected to one another by means of at least one control device, the control device being opened in order to increase or reduce the fluid quantity in the active part of the circuit.
- In a further advantageous embodiment, the condenser is connected to the evaporator on the exit side via a control means and on the entry side via an associated controllable connecting line, after the opening of the control means gaseous fluid passing into the evaporator and forcing the liquid fluid located in the evaporator out of the evaporator into the active part of the circuit.
- Exemplary embodiments of the invention are explained in more detail below with reference to a drawing in which:
- FIGS. 1 to 3 show, in a diagrammatic illustration, alternative embodiments of an air conditioning system with a circuit, operable in the cooling or heating mode, for the return of a fluid flowing out from a condenser on the exit side and flowing into the condenser on the intake side via an intermediate store,
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FIGS. 4 and 5 show thermodynamic graphs of the operation of the air conditioning systems according toFIG. 3 . - Parts corresponding to one another are given the same reference symbols in the figures.
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air conditioning system 1 illustrated diagrammatically inFIG. 1 comprises aflow duct 4 through which anair stream 2 flows. In this case, theflow duct 4 has arranged in it anevaporator 6, in particular a refrigerant evaporator, which fills its cross section. In this case, for cooling theair stream 2 flowing into theflow duct 4 and flowing through theevaporator 6 on the secondary side, theevaporator 6 is connected to acircuit 8, forming asubcircuit 8A, for the circulation of the fluid F. The fluid F is, for example, carbon dioxide or another refrigerant. Thecircuit 8, by virtue of its functionality, is also designated as a refrigerant circuit. Thesubcircuit 8A is designated further as apassive subcircuit 8A because of its passive routing of the fluid F for heating purposes. - The
evaporator 6 is designed in the manner of a conventional refrigerant evaporator used in vehicle air conditioning systems (cf., for example, Kraftfahrtechnisches Taschenbuch/Bosch [Motor Drive Manual/Bosch] [Chief Editor H. Bauer], 23rd edition, Brunswick (Viebig), 1999, p. 777 ff.), in which heat is extracted from theair stream 2 flowing through owing to the evaporation of the refrigerant designated as the fluid F. To regulate the fluid F flowing through theevaporator 6, theevaporator 6 is preceded on the entry side by anexpansion valve 12 which is arranged in therefrigerant circuit 8 and which can close sealingly. - The
evaporator 6 is followed by aheating body 14, as seen in the flow direction of theair stream 2. Theheating body 14 serves for the heating and therefore thermal control of theair stream 2 by means of coolant M heated by theengine 16. For this purpose, theheating body 14 is inserted on the secondary side into acoolant circuit 18. Acoolant pump 20 for controlling the coolant stream is inserted in each case into thecoolant circuit 18 on the entry side and exit side of theengine 16. In addition to the cooling of the coolant M, the latter is cooled by fresh air via aradiator 22 arranged in theair stream 102. - Furthermore, for the further heating of the
air stream 2, theheating body 14 is followed in theflow duct 4 by aheat exchanger 24. Theheat exchanger 24 is designed as a heating element and is inserted on the secondary side into afurther subcircuit 8B of thecircuit 8. Thesubcircuit 8B in this case causes an active control of the fluid F and is therefore designated further as anactive subcircuit 8B. To control the fluid stream, anexpansion valve 10 is expediently inserted into theactive subcircuit 8B between thecondenser 26 and theheat exchanger 24. - In the cooling mode of the
air conditioning system 1, a refrigerant runs through thepassive subcircuit 8A according to the flow arrows P1 of the fluid F and therefore through theevaporator 6 and acondenser 26 driven by theengine 16. The fluid F is delivered in liquid form to theevaporator 6 and introduced. When it runs through theevaporator 6, the fluid F evaporates and at the same time extracts heat from theair stream 2 flowing through theevaporator 6 via corresponding heat exchange surfaces, not illustrated in any more detail. The fluid F, for example, a gaseous refrigerant, such as carbon dioxide, leaves theevaporator 6 and is supplied to agas cooler 32 for cooling in thepassive subcircuit 8A, with anintermediate store 28 and aheat exchanger 30 being interposed. - In the heating mode, the refrigerant runs through the
active subcircuit 8B according to the flow arrows P2 of the fluid F, the fluid F being supplied on the exit side from thecondenser 26 to theheat exchanger 24 designed as a heating element and being supplied to thecondenser 26 again on the intake side via theintermediate store 28 designed as a low-pressure header and via theheat exchanger 30 which is deactivated in this mode. For changing over the flow of the fluid F from theactive subcircuit 8B to thepassive subcircuit 8A, or vice versa,shutoff devices 34 are arranged in therespective subcircuits - According to the present invention, the
subcircuit 8B which is active in the heating mode makes it possible to convert the drive power of thecondenser 26 into heat for the additional heating and thermal control of theair stream 2 by means of theheat exchanger 24, in that the fluid F is supplied to thecondenser 26 again on the intake side by theheat exchanger 24 via theintermediate store 28. - In order, as illustrated in
FIG. 1 , to avoid additional components for theair conditioning system 1, a suction pressure of thecondenser 26 is in this case is set in such as way that the suction pressure at least partially overshoots a saturation pressure caused by the ambient temperature. The setting of the suction pressure is in this case brought about in a particularly simple way by means of structural features of the components of theair conditioning system 1. For example, for this purpose, a storage or evaporator volume representing theevaporator 6 is designed to be so small that the fluid quantity or refrigerant quantity collected or stored in the intermediate store 28 (=header) cannot condense completely in thecold evaporator 6, theshutoff device 12, for example an expansion valve, preventing a further outflow into the likewisecold gas cooler 32. Alternatively, theintermediate store 28 may have a correspondingly large storage volume which is substantially larger than the evaporator volume, the volume of the evaporator lying, for example, in the range of 50 to 500 ccm and the volume of the header lying in the range of 200 to 2000 ccm, so that a ratio of the volume of the header to the volume of the evaporator in the range of 2:1 to 20:1, preferably 2:1 to 10:1, can be selected. - Alternatively or additionally, as illustrated in
FIG. 2 , theair conditioning system 1 may be supplemented by anonreturn valve 36 arranged in thepassive subcircuit 8A on the exit side of theevaporator 6. Thenonreturn valve 36 in this case prevents the fluid F or the refrigerant from being capable of flowing out of theactive subcircuit 8B into the circuit components, namely theevaporator 6 and thegas cooler 32, of thepassive subcircuit 8A, said circuit components being substantially colder and therefore being under lower pressure in the heating mode. Since the condenser power is utilized for heating theair stream 2 purely due to the structural features of the components, an exact control of the fluid stream in theactive subcircuit 8B is not possible. - However, for example, after the vehicle has been stopped several times or stopped for too long, an exact control and setting of the circulation of the fluid F in the heating mode is desirable, if not absolutely necessary, since, in this case, too much fluid F collects in components, namely the
evaporator 6 or thegas cooler 32, of thepassive subcircuit 8A and therefore the performance of thecircuit 8 is markedly limited. In the other situation where too much fluid F flows in theactive subcircuit 8B, the suction pressure may, under certain circumstances, rise to too high a value, with the result that thecondenser 26 may be damaged. - For this purpose, as illustrated in
FIG. 3 , twocontrol devices active subcircuit 8B. Thecontrol devices control devices air conditioning system 1 in the heating mode can be set, which are explained in more detail by means of the thermodynamic graphs according toFIGS. 4 and 5 . -
FIG. 4 in this case shows a pressure/enthalpy graph for what is known as a laevorotatory triangulation process, andFIG. 5 shows a pressure/enthalpy graph for what is known as a dextrorotatory triangulation process. According to the method for operating theair conditioning system 1, as shown inFIG. 4 , the fluid F flowing out of thecondenser 26 at high pressure is supplied, throttled only insignificantly, directly to theheat exchanger 24 by means of thecontrol device 38A according to the curve K1, according to curve K2 the fluid F discharging its heat to theair stream 2 flowing through theheat exchanger 24 on the primary side. The fluid F is supplied to theintermediate store 28 and thecondenser 26 again from theheat exchanger 24 via thecontrol device 38B which, according to the curve K3, throttles the fluid F to the intake pressure. For this purpose, thecontrol device 38A, designed as an expansion valve, is opened as completely as possible, so that the pressure loss is low, and the predominant pressure reduction is executed at thecontrol device 38B, likewise designed as an expansion valve. The curve K4 illustrates the pressure increase of the fluid stream brought about by means of thecondenser 26. - By a change in the width or degrees of opening of the
control devices FIG. 4 can be changed over to a dextrorotatory triangulation process according toFIG. 5 . For example, a changeover from the dextrorotatory triangulation process to the laevorotatory triangulation process takes place in the situation where too little fluid F or refrigerant, for example what is known as R744 refrigerant, flows in theactive subcircuit 8B. In the dextrorotatory triangulation process, the substantial pressure reduction takes place at thecontrol device 38A according toFIG. 5 , curve K1, while thecontrol device 38B is completely open and therefore brings about only a low pressure reduction to the value of the intake pressure, according to curve K3. The result of this, in a comparison of the laevorotatory with the dextrorotatory triangulation process, is that the values of the intake pressures in the dextrorotatory triangulation process according toFIG. 5 are higher than in the laevorotatory triangulation process according toFIG. 4 . On account of this, thecondenser 26 can convey a greater mass flow of the fluid F, with the result that additional heating capacity is generated by means of theheat exchanger 24. If the switch to the laevorotatory triangulation process is made, the intake pressure falls considerably, as compared with the dextrorotatory triangulation process. If this intake pressure in the laevorotatory triangulation process falls below the pressure in the passive system part caused by the ambient temperature, a displacement of refrigerant from the passive part into the active part occurs. - In the event that too much fluid F flows through the
active subcircuit 8B, afurther control device 38C between the twosubcircuits control device 38C being opened, the fluid F can then be routed, metered correspondingly, into thepassive subcircuit 8A to thegas cooler 32 or to theevaporator 6. - In a further instance of use, to eliminate an accumulation of fluid F or refrigerant, for example after a lengthy standstill, at the start of travel the vehicle is operated, during the run-up of the
condenser 26, in the cooling mode and therefore in thepassive subcircuit 8A within a predetermined time range, with theshutoff device 12 open at maximum, in order to bring about a sufficiently good throughflow of thegas cooler 32, of theevaporator 6 and of theintermediate store 28. As a result, an accumulation of fluid F in theevaporator 6 or else in thegas cooler 32 is at least partially eliminated, in that a sufficient quantity of the fluid F, in particular of liquid refrigerant, is routed into theintermediate store 28 or header and stored. Subsequently, theair conditioning system 1 is operated according to one of the above-described triangulation processes, as shown in FIGS. 4 or 5. If, in this case, an accumulation of fluid F in thepassive subcircuit 8A occurs again, the heating mode (also called additional heating operation) of theactive subcircuit 8B is interrupted by means of a brief changeover to the cooling mode of thepassive subcircuit 8A which routes the fluid F into theintermediate store 28 again. - In addition to the control of the
air conditioning system 1 according to the triangulation processes, as shown inFIGS. 4 and 5 , by means of the above-explained design of the components and/or arrangement of thecontrol devices 38A to 38C, thecondenser 26 may be provided on the intake side with a pressure sensor, not illustrated in any more detail. The pressure sensor in this case serves for the essentially exact determination of the fluid quantity in theactive subcircuit 8B, thus making possible an accurate and therefore settable introduction or removal of the fluid F between the twosubcircuits condenser 26 is connected on the exit side to theevaporator 6 on the entry side via a controllable connectingline 40. -
- 1 Air conditioning system
- 2 Air stream
- 4 Flow duct
- 6 Evaporator
- 8 Refrigerant circuit
- 8A Passive subcircuit
- 8B Active subcircuit
- 10 Expansion valve
- 12 Sealingly closing expansion valve
- 14 Heating body
- 16 Engine
- 18 Refrigerant circuit
- 20 Coolant pump
- 22 Radiator
- 24 Heat exchanger
- 26 Condenser
- 28 Intermediate store
- 30 Heat exchanger
- 32 Gas cooler
- 34 Shutoff devices
- 36 Nonreturn valve
- 38A,38B,38C Control device
- 40 Connecting line
- 42 Control device
- 102 Air stream
- F Fluid
- M Coolant
- K2,K3 Curve
- P1,P1 Flow arrow
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1. A method for operating an air conditioning system (1) of a vehicle, in which a fluid (F) for conditioning an air stream (2) is circulated in a circuit (8) operable in the cooling or heating mode, characterized in that, in the heating mode, the circuit comprises a condenser (26), a heat exchanger (24) and an intermediate store (28), the circuit being controlled in such a way that the intake pressure of the condenser (26) at least partially overshoots a saturation pressure in the circuit caused by the ambient temperature.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the heating mode corresponds to an operation of the circuit in a dextrorotary triangulation process, in which the exit of the condenser is connected to an entry of a control valve (38 a), connected on the exit side to the heat exchanger (24) which is followed on the exit side by the intermediate store (28) and the entry of the condenser (26).
3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the intake pressure can be controlled in a range of 10 bar to 110 bar.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that, in the heating mode, the fluid (F) in the circuit can be divided into at least one active part (8B) and at least one passive part (8A).
5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that, with the activation of the heating mode, the fluid (F) is routed out of the passive part of the circuit (8A) into the active part of the circuit (8B).
6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that, when a predeterminable threshold value for the intake pressure in the active part of the circuit (8B) is undershot, the fluid (F) is routed out of the passive part of the circuit (8A) into the active part of the circuit (8B).
7. The method as claimed in either claim 5 , characterized in that, to transfer the fluid out of the passive part of the circuit into the active part of the circuit, the circuit operated in the heating mode is changed over to the cooling mode.
8. The method as claimed in either claim 5 , characterized in that, to transfer the fluid out of the passive part of the circuit into the active part of the circuit, the circuit operated in the heating mode is changed over to a laevorotatory triangulation process.
9. The method as claimed in either claim 7 , characterized in that the circuit can be operated in the cooling mode or in the laevorotatory triangulation process up to the undershooting of a settable threshold value, the circuit being capable of being changed over to the heating mode again after the undershooting of the threshold value.
10. The method as claimed in claim 9 , characterized in that the threshold value for an intake pressure and/or for a high pressure and/or for a hot-gas temperature at the condenser can be predetermined.
11. The method as claimed in claim 9 , characterized in that the threshold value of the intake pressure is set at least 3 bar, preferably 5 bar, below the value of the saturation pressure caused by the ambient temperature.
12. The method as claimed in claim 7 , characterized in that the circuit can be operated in the cooling mode or in the laevorotatory triangulation process for a predeterminable period of time, the circuit being capable of being changed over to the heating mode again after the expiry of the period of time.
13. The method as claimed in claim 7 , characterized in that an air stream (2) through the evaporator can be reduced after the changeover to the cooling mode or to the laevorotatory triangulation process.
14. The method as claimed in claim 7 , characterized in that an air stream through a gas cooler can be reduced after the changeover to the cooling mode or to the laevorotatory triangulation process.
15. The method as claimed in claim 10 , characterized in that a pressure equalization can be carried out in the circuit after the return to the heating mode.
16. An air conditioning system (1) for a vehicle with a circuit (8), operable in the cooling or heating mode, for the circulation of a fluid (F) for conditioning an air stream (2), characterized in that, in the heating mode, the circuit comprises a heat exchanger (24), an intermediate store (28) and a condenser (26) for the intermediate storage or for the condensation of the fluid (F), the condenser being operated at an intake pressure which is higher than the saturation pressure in the circuit (8) caused by the ambient temperature.
17. The air conditioning system (1) as claimed in claim 16 , characterized in that the an evaporator (6) inserted in the flow duct (4) of the air stream (2) on the secondary side and in the circuit (8) on the primary side is provided, which is connected in the circuit (8), on the exit side, to the intermediate store (28), with a nonreturn valve (36) being interposed.
18. The air conditioning system (1) as claimed in claim 17 , characterized in that the volume of the evaporator (6) for fluid reception is smaller than the storage volume of the intermediate store (28).
19. The air conditioning system (1) as claimed in claim 18 , characterized in that the ratio of the storage volume of the intermediate store to the volume of the evaporator lies in the range of 2:1 to 20:1, preferably in the range of between 2:1 and 10:1.
20. The air conditioning system (1) as claimed in claim 16 , in which a control device (38B) is arranged between the heat exchanger (24) and the intermediate store (28).
21. The air conditioning system (1) as claimed in claim 16 , in which a pressure sensor is assigned on the intake side to the condenser (26).
22. The air conditioning system (1) as claimed in claim 16 , in which the circuit (8) is subdivided into at least one active and at least one passive part.
23. The air conditioning system (1) as claimed in claim 22 , in which the active part is connected to the passive part by means of a further control device (38C), the control device (38C) being opened when the fluid quantity in the active part of the circuit overshoots a predeterminable threshold value.
24. The air conditioning system (1) as claimed in claim 19 , in which the condenser (26) is connected to the evaporator (6) on the exit side via a control means (42) and on the entry side via an associated controllable connecting line (40), after the opening of the control means gaseous fluid (F) passing into the evaporator and forcing liquid fluid (F) out of the evaporator into the active part (8B) of the circuit.
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