Carrier Corporation

Zhichao Guo

Robert P Dolan

Kevin F Dudley

Thomas R Phillips

Kevin A Kimberly

A defrost control for a heat exchange system initiates a defrost of the evaporator coil when a predetermined count of compressor cycles occurs and other sensed conditions indicate that defrost should be initiated. The sensed conditions include a sensed temperature of a condenser coil in the heat exchange system having dropped below a threshold temperature computed as a function of the number of compressor cycles that have occurred since the last defrost of the evaporator coil.

Compressor cycle dependent defrost control

A defrost control for a heat pump system initiates a defrost of the outdoor coil when certain computed condition occur. The conditions include exceeding a limit as to the difference that may be permitted between the maximum indoor coil temperature occurring since the last defrosting of the outdoor coil and the current indoor coil temperature. The limit that may not be exceeded is computed as a function of the maximum indoor coil temperature occurring since the last defrosting of the outdoor coil.

Control of defrost in heat pump

A defrost control for a heat pump system initiates a defrost when certain computed conditions are exceeded. The conditions include a limit as to the difference that may be permitted between the maximum temperature difference of two measured temperatures and the current difference of these measured temperatures. The two measured temperatures are the temperature of the indoor coil of the heat pump and the indoor air temperature of the air being heated by the indoor coil.

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Fayetteville, NY, United States of America

Zhichao Guo