Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Sanden Corporation

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Nec Corporation

Honda Giken Kogyo Kabashika Kaisha

Mitsuru Ishikawa

Nobuyuki Yuri

Akihiro Tajiri

Choji Sakuma

Toshimi Isobe

Susumu Ikeda

Hidetaka Kayanuma

Atsuo Inoue

Toshimitsu Takaishi

Toshihiko Fujita

Manabu Kagawa

Masahiro Kuroki

Masaaki Matsuura

Masaharu Nakamori

Kazuma Ichikawa

Masahiro Takagi

Hideyuki Akaba

Yoshihiko Hotta

Akira Suzuki

Kohichi Miyashita

Yoshiyuki Takeuchi

Toru Fukuda

Tooru Fukuda

A boiler-equipped absorption heat pump unit in which a regenerator, a boiler, and other high-temperature devices are separated from an evaporator, an absorber, and other low-temperature devices are separated by an insulated dividing wall. The dividing wall reduces heat loss by impeding the transfer of heat from the high-temperature devices to the low-temperature devices.

Absorption heat pump with a thermally insulating dividing wall

A coupling structure for an absorption refrigeration circuit includes a gasket held between two coupling members. The gasket has a protruding part that elastically deforms when clamped between adjoining faces of the two coupling members.

Coupling structure for absorption refrigeration circuit

An absorption type refrigerating apparatus is provided which is capable of not discharging to the outside but, instead, oxidizes hydrogen gas generated therein to water through reaction with metal oxide to inhibit a reduction of the operational efficiency. The hydrogen gas saved in the condenser is brought in direct contact with a metal oxide of the hydrogen gas removing module provided in the condenser . This causes the reducing reaction of the metal oxide to transform the hydrogen gas to water. The module of a reduction unit is accommodated in the condenser thus eliminating the need of a conventional sealing structure where the reduction unit is provided outside and connected by a conduit to the condenser The reducing reaction can favorably be promoted by the heat of a refrigerant vapor introduced into the condenser through its inlet

Absorption type refrigerating apparatus

For minimizing declination of the operational efficiency, hydrogen gas generated in an absorption type refrigerator is eliminated by reduction without exhausting to the outside. The hydrogen gas H,remains close to the level surface,of a refrigerant in a condenser,is transferred together with a refrigerant vapor via an extraction pipe,to a condenser tank,. The condenser tank,is equipped with a heated metal oxide which is allowed to come into direct contact with the hydrogen gas for carrying out its reduction. Accordingly, the hydrogen gas is eliminated and a trace of water is generated. The water is then returned back via the extraction pipe,to the condenser,. As a result, the elimination of the hydrogen gas is successfully carried out while the water generated stays in the system, whereby the content of water in the refrigerant can be maintained to a desired level.

Absorption type refrigerator

The purity of a refrigerant liquid can be maintained to an appropriate level without being varied corresponding to a change in the atmospheric condition and the loading state. A portion of the refrigerant liquid in an evaporator is conveyed from the evaporator to the upper end of a rectifier where it is used as a vapor/liquid contact fluid. A temperature sensor T,is provided at the upper end of the rectifier for detecting the temperature at the top of the rectifier or the temperature of the refrigerant vapor. The temperature and the purity of the refrigerant vapor are closely related to each other. The higher the temperature, the lower the purity is deteriorated. When the temperature T detected by the temperature sensor T,is higher than a reference temperature level Tref, a flow control valve V,is actuated to increase the flow of the refrigerant liquid to the rectifier. This recovers the purity of the refrigerant vapor, thus preventing declination of the purity of the refrigerant vapor in the evaporator.

An absorption refrigerator is minimized in the size and the weight. A sensible heat exchanger 14 and a cooling fan 19 for cooling the sensible heat exchanger 14 are mounted front and rear opposite to each other to form a cooling unit. At one side of the fan 19, a regenerator 3 and a rectifier 6 are aligned vertically one over the other. At the other side of the fan 19, an evaporator 1 and an absorber 2 of a rectangular configuration are provided side by side. A condenser 9 is laid above the cooling unit. The cooling unit, the evaporator 1, the absorber 2, the condenser 9, the regenerator 3, the rectifier 6, and a set of pumps P1 to P4 all are installed in a main housing 20 of substantially a rectangular parallelopiped shape having a depth reduced axially of the cooling fan 19.

Absorption refrigerator

In a rectifying apparatus of vapor/liquid contact type, the rectifier 5 is disposed above a regenerator 4 and has two stages, a lower recovery stage and an upper condensation stage. The two stages are filled with filler elements 7a, 7b and 7c, 7d, respectively. Each filler elements 7a and 7c has a conical bottom for biasing the falling liquid towards its center and the rising refrigerant vapor towards its outer edge. The rising speed of the refrigerant vapor is made more uniform and the falling liquid has less tendency to drip down along the side wall. As the contact between the vapor and the liquid is increased, the efficiency of rectification is enhanced.

Rectifying apparatus for absorption refrigerator

An absorption refrigerating/heating apparatus in which a refrigerant vapor generated in the evaporator (1) is absorbed to produce absorption heat by the absorbent in an absorber (2). There are first tube for chilled water in the evaporator, a second tube for cooling water in the absorber, a third tube in an indoor unit (15), and a forth tube in a sensible heat exchanger. The first tube and the second tube are respectively connected to the third tube and the fourth tube in a cooling operation, while to the fourth tube and the third tube respectively in a heating operation.

Absorption refrigerating/heating apparatus

Pipings for joining pumps for delivering absorbent solution and refrigerant with an absorber and an evaporator are eliminated for minimizing the dimensions of the absorber or the evaporator, preventing leakage under pressure, and reducing heat loss and cavitation. Two pumps P2 and P3 for circulating and delivering the absorbent solution in a lower tank 21 are mounted in side-by-side relationship in a recess of a base 23 of the lower tank 21. The base 23 has a space therein for accommodating an impeller 36. The space forms a part of pump chamber communicated to a flow passage 37.

An air conditioner for a vehicle has a heat pump type refrigerant circuit capable of operating at least in a heating mode. The air conditioner comprises a motor fan for supplying air heated by a heat exchanger to the interior of the vehicle during operation of the heating mode, a sensor for detecting the temperature of the air at a position downstream of the heat exchanger and a control unit for controlling the volume of the air supplied by the motor fan to a predetermined minimum volume by controlling the drive of the motor fan when the detected air temperature is lower than a predetermined temperature. Even in a condition where a sufficiently large heat radiation from the heat exchanger cannot be expected, a large volume of cold air that has been insufficiently heated can be prevented from being discharged into the interior of the vehicle. Because the motor fan is driven at a condition of minimum air volume even when the detected temperature is lower than the predetermined temperature, a rapid variation of air volume caused at the time of changing a fan-stopping condition to a fan-driving condition can be avoided and an abnormal increase in the discharge pressure of the heat pump compressor can be prevented.

Air conditioner for vehicles

An air conditioner for vehicles includes a refrigerant circuit having a compressor capable of varying its output, a heat sink and a radiator disposed in an air duct for cooling operation, heating operation and dehumidifying operation modes; sensors for detecting air temperatures at the output-side positions of the heat sink and the radiator, respectively; and a control unit for controlling the output of the compressor in response to at least one of the detected air temperatures. The heat absorbing action due to the heat sink and the heat radiating action due to the radiator are appropriately controlled in the refrigerant circuit side in the respective operation modes without unnecessary heat absorbing and heat radiating actions. Further, the temperature of the air discharged from the air duct into the interior of the vehicle can be properly controlled by adjustment of the heat absorbing ability of the heat sink and the heat radiating ability of the radiator by the control of the compressor output.

An air conditioner for vehicles that prevents icing and lack of visibility from developing on window glass of a vehicle during heating, and which permits a dehumidifying operation to be made without lowering of the air blowing temperature. The air conditioner is of a heat pump type comprising a compressor, an exterior heat exchanger, and a first interior heat exchanger, which are provided together with a second interior heat exchanger used as a heat radiator at least during heating. Further, piping lines are provided for introducing a refrigerant gas for passage through the second interior heat exchanger to the exterior heat exchanger through an expansion means, and for introducing the refrigerant gas for passage through the second interior heat exchanger to the first interior heat exchanger through a first expansion means. Thus, dehumidification in the vehicle can be simultaneously performed during heating by respectively performing a heat radiating operation at the second interior heat exchanger and a heat absorbing operation at the first interior heat exchanger.

When an air-conditioner operation mode signal AM representative of a confirmation to permit the starting of a motor-driven compressor is supplied from an air-conditioner control unit to a battery management unit, the battery management unit detects power supply conditions including a voltage, a ground fault, a wire disconnection, etc. of a high-voltage battery, and supplies a start permission signal AUX2 indicative of a permission to start the motor-driven compressor to the air-conditioner control unit depending on the detected power supply conditions. After having received the start permission signal AUX2, the air-conditioner control unit turns on an air-conditioner inverter drive signal DAI to operate the motor-driven compressor.

Control system for air-conditioner on electric vehicle

An air conditioner for vehicles includes a damper for switching among an outside-air inlet mode, an inside-air inlet mode and an outside/inside-air inlet mode, a manual switch for selecting any one of the respective inlet modes, an automatic switch for automatically selecting one of the respective inlet modes, a heating and cooling operation unit, an inside-air temperature sensor, an outside-air temperature sensor and a control unit for selectively controlling the respective inlet modes based on the condition of the heating and cooling operation unit, the condition of the respective switches and the difference between the temperatures detected by the respective temperature sensors. In the air conditioner, an optimum air conditioning in correspondence to the load required for air conditioning can be realized from the viewpoint of saving of energy and efficient operation.

An external heat exchanger of a heat pump air-conditioner on an electric vehicle is determined as being frosted based on signals from temperature sensors. If the external heat exchanger is frosted, then a frosting flag is set and the air-conditioner is operated in a cooling mode to radiate heat from the external heat exchanger for thereby defrosting the external heat exchanger while the air-conditioner is in a pre-air-conditioning mode before the driver enters the electric vehicle or while the battery on the electric vehicle is being charged. While the battery is being charged, the external heat exchanger is defrosted by the electric energy supplied from an external power supply to charge the battery.

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