Method of odor elimination on A/C heat pump systems

摘要

A method of eliminating odor in a heat pump system of a vehicle includes the steps of detecting removal of the vehicle passengers and ignition key after use of the cooling mode or air conditioning of the passenger compartment heat exchanger, operating the blower, reversing the flow of refrigerant in the heat pump to place the passenger compartment heat exchanger in heating mode to remove latent moisture to eliminate odor therefrom.