Vehicle air conditioner

摘要

A vehicle air conditioner that can perform air conditioning operation in an inside air circulating mode while suppressing the mist on a windshield and prevent deterioration in an inside air quality. When exhaust gas concentration on the outside of a vehicle is high, an outside air lead-in mode is switched to an inside air circulating mode and window mist limit humidity at that point is calculated. When inside humidity is close to the window mist limit, a compressor is actuated, the air is blown out from a DEF blowout port into a cabin, or an air volume in a blower is increased to prevent the mist on the windshield and delay switching to the outside air lead-in mode as much as possible. Consequently, air conditioning operation in the inside air circulating mode is performed while the mist on the windshield is suppressed to prevent deterioration in the inside air quality.

主权项

1. A vehicle air conditioner comprising:
a control unit that performs control actions comprising: switching between an outside air conditioning mode for leading in outside air to perform air conditioning and an inside air circulating mode for circulating air in a vehicle to perform air conditioning, calculating surface temperature on an interior side of a window glass on the basis of, among outside temperature, inside temperature, and vehicle speed, at least the outside temperature and the inside temperature; determining window mist occurrence limit humidity at which a mist occurs on the window glass from absolute humidity at which dews concentrate at the surface temperature; repeatedly determining if an inside humidity is within a predetermined range with respect to the mist occurrence limit humidity and if so, performing operation control for reducing the inside humidity, wherein determining if the inside humidity is within the predetermined range and performing the operation control includes:
determining if the inside humidity is within the predetermined range and, if so, the control unit controls actuation of a compressor to circulate a coolant to an evaporator;thereafter re-determining if the inside humidity is within the predetermined range and, if so, the control unit executes the control using the inside humidity and the mist occurrence limit humidity when the air conditioning is performed in the inside air circulating mode;thereafter, re-determining if the inside humidity is within the predetermined range and if so, the control unit controls a blowing-out direction of the air into the vehicle to change the blow-out direction;thereafter re-determining if the inside humidity is within a predetermined range and, if so,the control unit controls an air volume to change the air volume; andthereafter re-determines if the inside humidity is within a predetermined range with respect to the mist occurrence limit humidity and, if sothe control unit performs the air conditioning by switching the inside air circulating mode to the outside air conditioning mode; and detecting if an exhaust gas concentration is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold and, if so, the control unit switches the outside air conditioning mode to the inside air circulating mode and calculates the mist occurrence limit humidity.