Patent Application
20180195754
The application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201710234924.1, titled “HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEM, AIR CONDITIONER CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM”, filed with the Chinese State Intellectual Property Office on Apr. 11, 2017, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety herein. The application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201610169988.3, titled “AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM, CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR”, filed with the Chinese State Intellectual Property Office on Mar. 23, 2016, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety herein.
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of an air conditioner system, and in particular to a heat exchange system, an air conditioner control system and a method for controlling an air conditioner system.
In a conventional vehicle system, a vehicle air conditioner is one of main energy consumption units. With improving of an energy saving requirement of a whole vehicle, energy saving of the vehicle air conditioner gradually attracts attention. In the vehicle air conditioner system, a refrigerant flow of the system is controlled effectively, such that the system achieves an optimum performance, thereby being beneficial to save energy by the air conditioner system. For example, in an air conditioner system of an electric vehicle, a compressor may be adopted to adjust with a variable speed, a working condition range is wide, and an opening can be accurately adjusted by an electronic expansion valve, to meet a requirement of a flow change of the compressor. However, as an execution component, the electronic expansion valve of the air conditioner system needs to accurately adjust the opening under control of reasonable control logic, such that a heat exchange system of the air conditioner has an optimized performance and operates reliably. If opening adjustment of the electronic expansion valve is out of step, it may result in that adjustment of the air conditioner system is out of control. Presently, based on a whole operation process of the vehicle air conditioner system, a control process of the electronic expansion valve generally includes the following phases: starting, operation control and shutdown and so on. Adjustment performance during the operation control phase directly influences energy consumption adjustment of the air conditioner, therefore how to improve the opening adjustment performance of the electronic expansion valve is a technical development trend in the field of the air conditioner system presently.
In order to solve the above technical problems, a heat exchange system, an air conditioner control system and a method for controlling an air conditioner system which can reduce a risk of an electronic expansion valve being out of step and save starting time of a system are provided according to the present disclosure.
In order to achieve the above object, a technical solution of an air conditioner system is provided according to the present disclosure as follows. A heat exchange system is provided, which includes: a compressor; a first heat exchanger; at least one evaporator; and at least one electronic expansion valve, where
the first heat exchanger is arranged in a pipeline between an outlet of the compressor and an inlet of the electronic expansion valve, an outlet of the evaporator and an inlet of the compressor are communicated by a pipeline, and a control unit of the heat exchange system is configured to control an opening of the electronic expansion valve; and
the control unit of the heat exchange system is configured to store initialization state information of the electronic expansion valve, the initialization state information including at least an initialization completed state, and the electronic expansion valve switches an initialization state to the initialization completed state based on the initialization state information, then the opening of the electronic expansion valve is adjusted; and/or
the control unit of the heat exchange system is configured to, based on position information of the electronic expansion valve stored by the control unit, use the position information of the electronic expansion valve as initial position information of the electronic expansion valve, and the electronic expansion valve is adjusted to be in the initialization completed state based on the initial position information, then the opening of the electronic expansion valve is adjusted.
Optionally, the at least one evaporator includes a first evaporator and a second evaporator, and the at least one electronic expansion valve includes a first electronic expansion valve and a second electronic expansion valve;
the heat exchange system further includes a second heat exchanger, the second heat exchanger includes a first heat exchange portion and a second heat exchange portion, and the first heat exchange portion and the second heat exchange portion are configured to exchange heat with each other;
the first heat exchange portion is arranged in a pipeline between an outlet of the first heat exchanger and at least one of an inlet of the first electronic expansion valve and an inlet of the second electronic expansion valve, and the second heat exchange portion is arranged in a pipeline between the inlet of the compressor and at least one of an outlet of the first evaporator and an outlet of the second evaporator; and
in the heat exchange system, the first evaporator and the second evaporator are arranged in parallel, the first electronic expansion valve and the first evaporator are arranged in series, and the second electronic expansion valve and the second evaporator are arranged in series.
Another technical solution of an air conditioner system is provided according to the present disclosure as follows. A heat exchange system is provided, which includes a compressor, a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, a first evaporator, a second evaporator, a first electronic expansion valve and a second electronic expansion valve, where
the first heat exchanger is arranged in a pipeline between an outlet of the compressor and inlets of the first electronic expansion valve and the second electronic expansion valve; the second heat exchanger includes a first heat exchange portion and a second heat exchange portion, the first heat exchange portion and the second heat exchange portion are capable of exchanging heat with each other; the first heat exchange portion of the second heat exchanger is arranged in a pipeline between an outlet of the first heat exchanger and inlets of the first electronic expansion valve and the second electronic expansion valve, the second heat exchange portion of the second heat exchanger is arranged in a pipeline between an inlet of the compressor and outlets of the first evaporator and the second evaporator; the first evaporator and the second evaporator are arranged in parallel, the first electronic expansion valve and the first evaporator are arranged in series, the second electronic expansion valve and the second evaporator are arranged in series;
the air conditioner system can adjust openings of the first electronic expansion valve and the second electronic expansion valve; after being powered up and before adjusting the openings, the first electronic expansion valve and the second electronic expansion valve complete initialization switching based on initialization state information and original position information stored by the air conditioner system; the first electronic expansion valve and the second electronic expansion valve can adjust their states to an initialization completed state, and the first electronic expansion valve and the second electronic expansion valve can acquire corresponding initial position information.
In any one of the above heat exchange systems, optionally, the control unit of the heat exchange system includes:
an air conditioner controller; and
an electric control unit of the electronic expansion valve, configured to control a mechanical portion of the electronic expansion valve to operate, where
the air conditioner controller or the electric control unit includes an initialization state switching subunit configured to:
Optionally, the heat exchange system is a heating and ventilating air conditioner cooling system, the heat exchange system further includes a third electronic expansion valve and a cooler; the third electronic expansion valve and the cooler are arranged between the outlet of the first heat exchanger and the inlet of the compressor, and the cooler is arranged in parallel with the first evaporator and the second evaporator.
Optionally, the heat exchange system further includes a third electronic expansion valve and a cooler, the third electronic expansion valve and the cooler are arranged between the outlet of the first heat exchanger and the inlet of the compressor, and the cooler is arranged in parallel with the first evaporator and the second evaporator;
the third electronic expansion valve and the cooler are arranged in series; a refrigerant flow of a branch where a battery cooler is located is controlled by adjusting an opening of the third electronic expansion valve; the cooler is a cooling element for a heat generation component configured to decrease a temperature of the heat generation component;
the third electronic expansion valve switches an initialization state to the initialization completed state based on initialization state information of the third electronic expansion valve stored by the control unit of the heat exchange system, then the opening of the third electronic expansion valve is adjusted; and/or
an initialization state switching subunit of the control unit uses, based on position information of the third electronic expansion valve stored by the control unit of the heat exchange system, the position information of the third electronic expansion valve as initial position information of the electronic expansion valve, and the electronic expansion valve is adjusted to be in the initialization completed state based on the initial position information, then the opening of the third electronic expansion valve is adjusted.
An air conditioner control system is further provided according to the present disclosure, which includes an air conditioner controller; and an electric control unit for controlling an operation of an electronic expansion valve, where
the air conditioner controller is an air conditioner control center and is configured to receive and analyze at least one of a control signal and input information of a vehicle system or a control panel, and transmit the analyzed control signal to the electronic expansion valve, and the electronic expansion valve operates based on the control signal; or
the electric control unit is configured to receive and analyze at least one of control information and sensor information transmitted by the air conditioner controller, obtain a control signal by calculating based on at least one of a preset control program for the electronic expansion valve stored by the electric control unit and feedback information stored by the electric control unit, convert the control signal into an electric quantity which is capable of being implemented by the electronic expansion valve, and control the electronic expansion valve by the electric quantity; and
the air conditioner controller includes a storing unit configured to store initialization state information of the electronic expansion valve, the initialization state information including at least an initialization completed state; or the electric control unit includes a storing unit configured to store initialization state information of the electronic expansion valve; and
the electronic expansion valve switches an initialization state to the initialization completed state based on the initialization state information of the electronic expansion valve provided by the storing unit.
Optionally, the storing unit is further configured to store position information of the electronic expansion valve; and
an initialization switching signal is obtained based on the position information and the initialization state information provided by the storing unit, and the electric control unit controls the electronic expansion valve to complete switching of the initialization state based on the initialization switching signal.
Optionally, the air conditioner controller or the electric control unit includes an initialization state switching subunit configure to:
identify or extract at least initialization state information of the electronic expansion valve and control the electronic expansion valve to switch the initialization state to the initialization completed state; and
use, based on position information of the electronic expansion valve stored by the storing unit, the stored position information of the electronic expansion valve as initial position information of the electronic expansion valve, and the electronic expansion valve acquires the initial position information and is adjusted to be in the initialization completed state based on the initial position information, then an opening of the electronic expansion valve is adjusted.
Optionally, the storing unit is arranged in a central processing module of the air conditioner controller or the electric control unit, the storing unit is a non-volatile storing element;
when the air conditioner controller starts a program for controlling the electronic expansion valve to be powered down, the storing unit of the air conditioner controller or the electric control unit is configured to store at least position information and the initialization state information of the electronic expansion valve for being identified by an initialization state switching subunit;
when the air conditioner controller starts a program for controlling the electronic expansion valve to be powered up, the initialization state switching subunit is configured to: identify or extract, based on the information stored by the storing unit, at least the initialization state information of the electronic expansion valve; control the electronic expansion valve to switch the initialization state to the initialization completed state; and use the position information of the electronic expansion valve stored by the storing unit as initial position information, and the electronic expansion valve is adjusted to be in the initialization completed state based on the initial position information.
Optionally, initialization state switching signal includes the initialization state information and position information, the air conditioner controller provides the initialization state switching signal to the electric control unit in a local internet network control mode, and the electric control unit is configured to receive the initialization state switching signal and switch a state of the electronic expansion valve to the initialization completed state, receive the stored position information and set the position information as initial position information of the electronic expansion valve; or
the electric control unit is configure to read the initialization completed state in the stored initialization state information, switch a state of the electronic expansion valve to the initialization completed state, read stored position information and set the position information as initial position information of the electronic expansion valve; or
the air conditioner controller is configure to read the initialization completed state in the stored initialization state information and stored position information, and provide the initialization completed state and the position information to the electric control unit to switch a state of the electronic expansion valve to the initialization state and set the stored position information as initial position information of the electronic expansion valve.
Optionally, an initialization state switching signal provided to the electronic expansion valve by the air conditioner controller is an LIN signal, the initialization state switching signal includes at least two LIN data bytes, each of the two LIN data bytes includes eight data bits;
stored position information is indicated by all eight bits of an N-th byte and two low bits (bit 0 and bit 1) of an (N+1)-th byte; the initialization state information is indicated by two high bits (bit 6 and bit 7) of the (N+1)-th byte, where N is equal to or greater than 1; and
the air conditioner controller is configured to transmit initialization state switching and the stored position information to the electric control unit of the electronic expansion valve by the initialization state switching signal.
Optionally, the air conditioner controller is configured to receive at least one of input information and sensor information of a master control board of an air conditioner system; the electric control unit is configured to receive and analyze at least one of control information and sensor information transmitted by the air conditioner controller, obtain a control signal by calculating based on at least one of a preset control program for the electronic expansion valve stored by the electric control unit and feedback information stored by the electric control unit, convert the control signal into an electric quantity which is capable of being implemented by the electronic expansion valve, and control the electronic expansion valve by the electric quantity; the air conditioner controller stores position information and initialization state information of the electronic expansion valve by providing the storing unit and transmits the stored information to the electric control unit; the control signal includes at least an initialization state switching signal; or the electric control unit stores the feedback information by providing a storing unit, the feedback information includes at least the initialization state information and the position information stored by the storing unit of the electric control unit, for being read by the electric control unit; or
the air conditioner controller is configured to receive at least one of input information and sensor information of a master control board of an air conditioner system, obtain a control signal by calculating based on at least one of a preset control program for the electronic expansion valve stored by the air conditioner controller and feedback information stored by the air conditioner controller, and transmit the control signal to the electric control unit; the electric control unit is configured to convert the control signal into an electric quantity which is capable of being implemented by the electronic expansion valve and control the electronic expansion valve by the electric quantity; and the feedback information stored by the air conditioner controller includes at least the initialization state information and position information.
Optionally, the air conditioner controller is provided with a central processing module; the electric control unit of the electronic expansion valve is provided with an LIN transceiving module, a central processing module, a drive control module and a drive module; a bus transceiving module is configured to transmit a signal detected on an LIN bus to the central processing module; the central processing module is configured to receive and analyze control information from a master control board of an air conditioner system, transmit an analyzed control signal for the electronic expansion valve to the drive control module, record or store current position information of the electronic expansion valve, and transmit a feedback signal corresponding to an analyzing result to the LIN bus via the bus transceiving module; the storing unit is arranged in the central processing module of the electric control unit in an integration manner, the control signal includes an initialization state switching signal, or the storing unit is arranged in the central processing module of the air conditioner controller; or
the air conditioner controller is provided with a central processing module, the electric control unit is provided with a drive control module and a drive module; the central processing module of the air conditioner controller is configured to receive at least one of input information and sensor information, generate a control signal for the electronic expansion valve by calculating, transmit the control signal to the drive control module, and record or store current position information of the electronic expansion valve; the storing unit of the air conditioner controller is arranged in the central processing module of the air conditioner controller in an integration manner; and
a stepping drive control module is configured to receive the control signal for controlling the electronic expansion valve which is transmitted by the central processing module of the air conditioner controller or the electric control unit and transmit the control signal to the drive module; and the drive module is configured to provide an electric signal meeting a requirement of the control signal to an electronic coil, and a valve needle is controlled to operate by applying the electric signal on the electronic coil.
Optionally, the air conditioner control system may be configured to control an air conditioner system including the heat exchange system.
A method for controlling an air conditioner system is further provided according to the present disclosure, which includes a method for controlling an electronic expansion valve of the air conditioner system, where the method for controlling the electronic expansion valve includes: when an air conditioner controller starts a program for controlling the electronic expansion valve to be powered down, storing, by a built-in storing unit of the air conditioner controller or an electric control unit, initialization completed state and position information of the electronic expansion valve; and controlling the electronic expansion valve to be powered down after the initialization completed state and the position information of the electronic expansion valve is stored, where the electronic expansion valve completes switching of an initialization state at a power up phase based on stored initialization state information and the position information of the electronic expansion valve.
Optionally, the method further includes: when the air conditioner controller starts a program for controlling the electronic expansion valve to be powered up, obtaining, by a built-in initialization state switching subunit of the air conditioner controller or the electric control unit, an initialization state switching signal by calculating based on the initialization state information and the position information of the electronic expansion valve stored by the storing unit, controlling the electronic expansion valve to switch a state of the electronic expansion valve to an initialization completed state, and setting the stored position information as a current initial position, where switching of the initialization state is completed.
Optionally, when the air conditioner controller starts a program for controlling the electronic expansion valve to be powered up, the method includes:
controlling, by the air conditioner controller, the electronic expansion valve to be powered up;
transmitting, by the air conditioner controller, an initialization state switching signal and the stored position information to the electronic expansion valve in a local internet network control mode; identifying or extracting, by an initialization state switching subunit, at least the initialization state information and the position information of the electronic expansion valve based on the information stored by the storing unit, and providing an initialization state switching signal to the electronic expansion valve; switching a state, by the electric control unit of the electronic expansion valve, based on the received initialization state switching signal; and receiving, by the electric control unit of the electronic expansion valve, the stored position information, and setting the position information stored by the storing unit as a current initial position, where switching of the initialization state of the electronic expansion valve is completed; or
reading, by the initialization state switching subunit, the initialization completed state in the initialization state information from the storing unit of the electric control unit, where a state of the electronic expansion valve is the initialization completed state; and reading, by the electric control unit, the position information and setting the position information as a current initial position of the electronic expansion valve, where switching of the initialization state of the electronic expansion valve is completed; or
reading, by the initialization state switching subunit, the initialization completed state in the initialization state information, from the storing unit of the air conditioner controller, where a state of the electronic expansion valve is the initialization completed state; and
reading, by the air conditioner controller, a position, and setting the read position as a current initial position, where switching of the initialization state of the electronic expansion valve is completed.
Optionally, when the air conditioner controller starts a program for controlling the electronic expansion valve to be powered down, the method includes:
communicating, by the air conditioner controller, with the electronic expansion valve in a local internet network control mode; storing, by the storing unit of the air conditioner controller, position information and initialization state information of the electronic expansion valve; and controlling the electronic expansion valve to be powered down normally; or
controlling, by the air conditioner controller, the storing unit of the electronic expansion valve to store the position information and the initialization state information of the electronic expansion valve by transmitting a storing instruction in a local internet network control mode; and transmitting, by the electronic expansion valve, a storing completion feedback signal to the air conditioner controller after the electronic expansion valve stores the information; and controlling the electronic expansion valve to be powered down normally; or
storing, by the storing unit of the air conditioner controller, the position information and the initialization state information of the electronic expansion valve; and controlling the electronic expansion valve to be powered down normally.
Optionally, when the air conditioner controller starts a program for controlling the electronic expansion valve to be powered down, the method includes:
transmitting, by the air conditioner controller or the electric control unit, an initialization control signal to the electronic expansion valve to control the electronic expansion valve to perform initialization; and after the initialization is completed, controlling the storing unit of the air conditioner controller or the storing unit of the electric control unit to store state information and position information fed back by the electronic expansion valve.
Optionally, the air conditioner system includes the heat exchange system.
As compared with the conventional technology, according to the present disclosure, initialization state information and position information are stored before the electronic expansion valve is powered down, such that the electronic expansion valve can quickly switch to the initialization completed state after being powered up again, thereby reducing a risk of the electronic expansion valve being out of step and saving starting time of the system.
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The air conditioner system may perform refrigeration cycle or heating cycle under a control instruction. The air conditioner system forms a refrigerant flow path by a compressor 100, an outdoor heat exchanger, an indoor heat exchanger and at least one electronic expansion valve (EXV) which are connected together. The air conditioner system performs refrigeration cycle when the indoor heat exchanger functions as an evaporator, and performs heating cycle when the indoor heat exchanger functions as a condenser. For example, refrigeration cycle is performed in the hot summer such that it is cool in the vehicle or indoor, and heating cycle is performed in the cold winter such that it is warm in the vehicle or indoor. Humidity of environmental air in the vehicle or indoor may be adjusted, such that there is no mist in the vehicle and an air humidity indoor is relatively suitable. The electronic expansion valve is a throttling element for adjusting a refrigerant flow between an external heat exchanger and an internal exchanger during the refrigerant/heating cycle. The heat exchange system includes a compressor, a first heat exchanger, at least one evaporator and at least one electronic expansion valve. The first heat exchanger is arranged in a pipeline between an outlet of the compressor and an inlet of the electronic expansion valve, and an outlet of the evaporator and an inlet of the compressor are communicated by a pipeline. A control unit of the heat exchange system can control an opening of the electronic expansion valve, and the control unit stores initialization state information. The initialization state information includes at least an initialization completed state. The control unit of the heat exchange system can store initialization state information of the electronic expansion valve, the initialization state information includes at least the initialization completed state, the electronic expansion valve switches an initialization state to the initialization completed state based on the initialization state information, then the opening of the electronic expansion valve is adjusted; and/or the control unit uses, based on position information of the electronic expansion valve stored by the control unit of the heat exchange system, the position information of the electronic expansion valve as initial position information of the electronic expansion valve, and thus the electronic expansion valve can be adjusted to be in the initialization completed state based on the initial position information, then the opening of the electronic expansion valve is adjusted. The initialization state information and the position information are stored before the electronic expansion valve is powered down, such that the electronic expansion valve can quickly acquire current position information and can quickly switch to the initialization completed state after being powered up again, thereby reducing a risk of the electronic expansion valve being out of step, saving system staring time of the system and reducing energy consumption of the system.
The control unit of the heat exchange system includes an air conditioner controller and an electric control unit of the electronic expansion valve. The electric control unit can control a mechanical portion of the electronic expansion valve to operate. The air conditioner controller or the electric control unit includes an initialization state switching subunit which can identify or extract at least initialization state information of the electronic expansion valve, the electronic expansion valve switches an initialization state based on the initialization state information to the initialization completed state. And/or the initialization state switching subunit uses the position information of the electronic expansion valve as initial position information of the electronic expansion valve, and thus the electronic expansion valve can be adjusted to be in the initialization completed state based on the initial position information.
In the embodiment shown in
In another embodiment shown in
The first heat exchanger 200, as a heat absorbing device or a heat diffusion device, such as an evaporator or a condenser, may absorb heat from an external environment medium or diffuse heat to the external environment medium by the refrigerant. The second heat exchanger 300, as a heat absorbing device, such as an evaporator, absorbs heat from the external environment medium by the refrigerant. The third heat exchanger 400, as a heat diffusion device, such as a condenser or an air cooling device, diffuses heat to the environmental medium by the refrigerant.
The air conditioner controller 61 or the electric control unit 62 includes an initialization state switching subunit which can identify or extract at least initialization state information of the electronic expansion valve and control the electronic expansion valve to switch the initialization state to the initialization completed state. The storing unit can store position information of the electronic expansion valve. Before an opening of the electronic expansion valve is adjusted, the initialization state switching subunit, based on the stored position information of the electronic expansion valve, uses the stored position information of the electronic expansion valve as initial position information of the electronic expansion valve, such that the electronic expansion valve can acquire the initial position information and can be adjusted to be in an initialization completed state based on the initial position information, and the electronic expansion valve can quickly acquire current position information and can quickly switch to the initialization completed state after being powered up again, thereby reducing a risk of the electronic expansion valve being out of step, saving starting time of the system and reducing energy consumption of the system.
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The air conditioner controller or the electric control unit is provided with an initialization state switching subunit which can identify or extract at least initialization state information of any EXV and/or provide an initialization state switching signal to any EXV. Based on the identified initialization state information and position information of the EXV stored by the air conditioner controller 61, the initialization subunit can provide an initialization state switching signal to any EXV to switch an initialization state. The initialization state information includes at least an initialization completed state and may further include an initialization non-completed state. The air conditioner controller 61 includes a storing unit. The storing unit can store position information of the EXV and can further store the initialization state information for being identified by the initialization subunit.
The air conditioner controller 61 includes a central processing module, and the storing unit may be arranged in the central processing module of the air conditioner controller in an integration manner. Alternatively, in other embodiment, the electric control unit 62 includes a storing unit. The storing unit can store position information and initialization state information of the EXV, such that the electric control unit reads the stored information at a power up phase. The electric control unit 62 provides the storing unit by arranging the central processing module 621, and the storing unit may be arranged in the central processing module of the electric control unit in an integration manner. It should be noted that, the position of the EXV may be indicated by a position where a valve needle is located, and is generally indicated as a step number. For example, a position of 0 step indicates that the valve needle is at the bottom, and in this case a flow is 0; a position of 480 steps indicates that the valve needle is at the top, and in this case the flow is greatest. States of the EXV includes at least three states, i.e., non-initialization, initializing and initialization completion. A state of the EXV is fed back to the air conditioner controller or the electric control unit of the EXV in a real-time manner.
The storing unit is a non-volatile storing element, and can store data when the EXV is powered down, such that the EXV uses the data in a case of being powered up. At each power up phase, the EXV may obtain the initialization state switching signal based on the position information and the initialization state information provided by the storing unit of the air conditioner controller or the storing unit of the electric control unit. The electric control unit controls the EXV to complete switching of an initialization state based on the initialization state switching signal. The EXV can acquire initial position information and adjust its state to an initialization completed state. An original position of the EXV is used as an initial position in subsequent adjusting of an opening, it is avoided that the EXV cannot identify the initial position or an excessive deviation is generated in a case of identifying the initial position, such that a risk of being out of step is reduced, an adjustment accuracy of the EXV is improved; the mechanical structure of the EXV does not perform an initialization operation, i.e., initializing is omitted at a power up phase of the EXV, for example a process that it is changed from full-close to a certain opening or it is changed from full-close to full-open and then to a certain opening does not occur when the EXV performs initialization; power up starting time of the EXV is shortened relatively, and power consumption and initialization noise of the EXV can also be reduced.
When the air conditioner controller starts a program for controlling the EXV to be powered down, the storing unit of the air conditioner controller or the electric control unit can store at least an initialization completed state and position information of the EXV. When the air conditioner controller starts a program for controlling the EXV to be powered up, the air conditioner controller or the electric control unit obtains, by a built-in initialization state switching subunit, an initialization state switching signal based on the initialization completed state and the position information of the electronic expansion valve stored by the storing unit, controls the EXV to switch its state to the initialization completed state, and sets the stored position information as a current initial position, thereby completing switching of the initialization state.
In an embodiment of a control system shown in
The electric control unit 62 includes the above central processing module 621, a bus signal receiving/transmitting module (an LIN transceiving module 622), a stepping drive control module 623 and a drive module 624. The electric control unit is configured to control a mechanical portion of the EXV, such as a rotor, a transmission portion and a valve needle of a stepping motor (not shown), to operate. Specifically, the rotor may be controlled to rotate by the electric control unit, and the rotation of the rotor enables the valve needle to move up and down, thereby controlling an opening by adjusting a position of the valve needle. At a power up starting phase of the EXV, the EXV adjusts the position of the EXV and adjusts the state of the EXV to an initialization completed state by acquiring the information stored by the storing unit, such that a risk of being out of step is reduced, an adjustment accuracy of the EXV is improved, and initial calibration at the power up phase may be omitted, thereby further reducing mechanical wear of the EXV caused by multiple times of initialization for a long time period relatively and improving a service life of a product.
The LIN transceiving module 622 is configured to transmit a signal detected on the LIN bus to the central processing module.
The central processing module 621 is configured to analyze the signal to obtain an analyzing result, and transmit a feedback signal corresponding to the analyzing result to the LIN bus by the LIN signal transmitting module 13.
The central processing module 621 is configured to receive and analyze control information from a master control panel of the air conditioner system, transmit the analyzed control signal for the EXV to the drive control module, record or store current position information of the EXV, and transmit a feedback signal corresponding to the analyzing result to the LIN bus via the bus transceiving module.
The drive control module 623 is configured to receive a control signal for controlling the EXV transmitted by the central processing module of the air conditioner controller or the electric control unit and transmit the control signal to the drive module.
The drive module 624 is configured to provide an electric signal meeting a requirement of the control signal to an electronic coil, where the electric signal may control the valve needle to operate.
In a case that the electric control unit stores the position information and the initialization state information of the EXV by providing a storing unit, the EXV reads the initialization completed state in the stored initialization state information in a case of the EXV is powered up, switches a state of the EXV to the initialization completed state; the electric control unit can read the stored position information and sets the stored position information as a current initial position of the EXV.
Alternatively, in a case that the air conditioner controller stores the position information and the initialization state information of the EXV by providing a storing unit, at a power down phase of the EXV, the position information and the initialization state information are transmitted from the EXV to the air conditioner controller for storing in a form of an LIN signal. In a case of being powered up, the air conditioner controller transmits the initialization state switching signal to the electric control unit of the EXV in an LIN control mode; the initialization state switching signal includes an initialization state switching signal and the stored position information. The electric control unit receives the initialization state switching signal, switches the state of the EXV to the initialization completed state; the electric control unit receives the stored position information and sets the stored position information as a current initial position of the EXV, thereby completing switching of the initialization state by the EXV.
The initialization state switching signal provided to the EXV by the air conditioner controller is an LIN signal. As shown in
In the air conditioner control system shown in
The air conditioner controller 63 is configured to receive input information and/or sensor information of a master control panel of the air conditioner system, obtain a control signal by calculating based on preset control programs for the EXV stored by the air conditioner controller and/or feedback information stored by the air conditioner controller, and transmit the control signal to the electric control unit 64, where the feedback information includes at least initialization state information and position information stored by the storing unit of the air conditioner controller.
The electric control unit 64 is configured to convert the control signal into an electric quantity which can be implemented by the EXV and control the EXV by the electric quantity.
The air conditioner controller is provided with a central processing module 630, and the electric control unit 64 of the EXV is provided with a drive control module 641 and a drive module 642. The central processing module of the air conditioner controller is configured to receive input information and/or sensor information, generates a control signal for the EXV by calculating, transmits the control signal to the drive control module, and record or store current position information of the EXV. At a power down phase of the EXV, the position information and the initialization state information are stored in a central processing module of the air conditioner controller 63 or a provided storing unit in a form of variables. The air conditioner controller or the electric control unit is provided with an initialization state switching subunit which can identify or extract at least the stored initialization state information of any EXV and/or provide an initialization state switching signal to any EXV. The initialization subunit can provide, based on the identified initialization state information and the stored position information of the EXV, the initialization state switching signal to any EXV, to switch an initialization state.
In the embodiment, the storing unit and the initialization state switching subunit of the air conditioner controller are arranged in the central processing module 630 of the air conditioner controller in an integration manner. At a power up phase of the EXV, the initialization state switching subunit can read an initialization completed state in the initial state information stored by the storing unit, the initialization state switching subunit can read the stored position information, and sets the stored position information as a current initial position of the EXV to provide to the electric control unit for switching a state to an initialization state, and setting the stored position information as a current initial position of the EXV.
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When the air conditioner controller starts programs for controlling the EXV to be powered down, a built-in storing unit of the air conditioner controller or the electric control unit stores an initialization completed state and position information of the EXV and then controls the EXV to be powered down, such that the EXV completes switching of the initial state before adjusting an opening at a power up phase, thereby providing an accurate initial opening as a basis in adjusting the opening.
When the air conditioner controller starts programs for controlling the EXV to be powered up, based on the initialization completed state and the position information of the EXV stored by the storing unit, the EXV switches its state to an initialization completed state and sets the position information as a current initial position, thereby completing switching of the initial state.
As shown in
In step S11, the air conditioner controller starts programs for controlling the EXV to be powered down.
In step S12, the position information and the initialization state information are fed back from the EXV to a storing unit of the air conditioner controller for storing in a form of an LIN signal.
In step S13, the EXV is controlled to be powered down, and the method ends.
At a power up phase of the EXV, the method includes steps S21 to S24 in the following.
In step S21, the air conditioner controller controls the EXV to be powered up.
In step S22, the initialization state switching subunit transmits an initialization state switching signal and the stored position information to the EXV in an LIN control mode.
In step S23, subsequently, the electric control unit of the EXV switches a state based on the received initialization state switching signal and switches a state of the EXV to an initialization completed state, where the initialization state switching signal is provided by the initialization state switching subunit; and the electric control unit of the EXV receives the stored position information and sets the stored position information as a current initial position of the EXV.
In step S24, the EXV completes switching of the initialization state.
Reference is made to
In step S31, the air conditioner controller starts programs for controlling the EXV to to be powered down.
In step S32, the air conditioner controller transmits an initialization control signal to the EXV.
In step S33, the EXV is controlled to perform initialization, thereby further reducing a risk of the EXV being out of step.
In step S34, after the initialization is completed, the EXV feeds back state information and position information to the air conditioner controller (an LIN master node).
In step S35, a storing unit of the air conditioner controller stores the state information and the position information fed back by the EXV.
In step S36, the EXV is controlled to be powered down, and the method ends.
For a power up phase of the EXV, one may refer to the description of the power up phase shown in
Reference is made to
At a power down phase of the EXV, the method includes steps S41 to S44 in the following.
In step S41, the air conditioner controller starts programs for controlling the EXV to be powered down.
In step S42, the air conditioner controller controls the storing unit of the EXV to store the position information and the initialization state information of the EXV by transmitting a storing instruction in a local internet network control mode.
In step S43, after storing the information, the EXV transmits a storing completion feedback signal to the air conditioner controller.
In step S44, the EXV is controlled to be powered down, and the method ends.
At a power up phase of the EXV, the method includes steps S51 to S54.
In step S51, the air conditioner controller controls the EXV to be powered up.
In step S52, an initialization state switching subunit of an electric control unit of the EXV reads an initialization completed state in the initialization state information from a storing unit of the electric control unit, such that the EXV is in the initialization completed state.
In step S53, the electric control unit of the EXV reads a position and sets the read position as a current initial position of the EXV.
In step S54, the EXV completes switching of the initialization state.
Reference is made to
In step S61, the air conditioner controller starts programs for controlling the EXV to be powered down.
In step S62, the air conditioner controller transmits an initialization control signal to the EXV.
In step S63, the EXV is controlled to perform initialization.
In step S64, after the initialization is completed, a storing unit of the electric control unit is controlled to store state information and position information fed back by the EXV.
In step S65, the EXV transmits a feedback signal indicating that the state information and the position information are successfully stored to the air conditioner controller (an LIN master mode).
In step S66, the EXV is controlled to be powered down, and the method ends.
For a power up phase of the EXV, one may refer to the description of steps shown in
Reference is made to
At a power down phase of the EXV, the method includes steps S71 to 73 in the following.
In step S71, the air conditioner controller starts programs for controlling the EXV to be powered down.
In step S72, the position information and the initialization state information are stored in a storing unit of the air conditioner controller in a form of variables.
In step S73, the EXV is controlled to be powered down, and the method ends.
At a power up phase of the EXV, the method includes steps S81 to S84 in the following.
In step S81, the air conditioner controller is powered up.
In step S82, the initialization state switching subunit reads an initialization completed state in initialization state information from its storing unit, such that a state of the EXV is the initialization completed state.
In step S83, the initialization state switching subunit reads a position from its storing unit and sets the read position as a current initial position of the EXV.
In step S84, the EXV completes switching of the initial state.
Reference is made to
In step S91, the air conditioner controller starts programs for controlling the EXV to be powered down.
In step 92, the air conditioner controller controls the EXV to perform initialization, thereby further reducing a risk of the EXV being out of step.
In step S93, after the initialization is completed by the EXV, a storing unit of the air conditioner controller is controlled to store state information and position information of the EXV.
In step S94, the EXV is controlled to be powered down, and the method ends.
For a power up phase of the EXV, one may refer to the description of the power up phase shown in
With the method for controlling the air conditioner system described schematically above, whether initialization is performed or not during a power down process, the position information, the initialization completed state in the initialization state information and switching of the initialization state of the EXV are not influenced. In addition, the storing unit, as a functional unit for storing state information and position information of the EXV, may be arranged in the electric control unit of the EXV, the LIN master node, the central processing module or other modules of a vehicle air conditioner.
The content described above is only the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure and is not intended to limit the present disclosure in any manner. Although the present disclosure is disclosed above by the preferred embodiments, the present disclosure is not limited by the preferred embodiments. Those skilled in the art may make many possible changes and modifications to the technical solutions of the present disclosure or change the technical solutions to equivalent embodiments with equivalent change by using the disclosed methods and technical content without departing from the scope of the technical solutions of the present disclosure. Therefore, any simple changes, equivalent variations and modifications made to the above embodiments based on the technical essence of the present disclosure, without departing from the content of the technical solutions of the present disclosure, fall within the protection scope of the technical solutions of the present disclosure.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201610169988.3 | Mar 2016 | CN | national |
| 201710234924.1 | Apr 2017 | CN | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/CN2017/084687 | 5/17/2017 | WO | 00 |
