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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2013
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Seto, Aichi, JP;
Shinsaku Tomita, Owariasahi, JP;
Hiroyuki Suzuki, Okazaki, JP;
Shigeharu Ishii, Okazaki, JP;
MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A refrigerant circulation apparatus includes: a vehicle-interior air conditioning () that cools an interior of a vehicle; an on-vehicle battery cooler () that includes an evaporator for on-vehicle battery cooling () that cools an on-vehicle battery mounted on the vehicle; and an electric compressor () that compresses and supplies a refrigerant to at least one of the vehicle-interior air conditioning () and the on-vehicle battery cooling (). The apparatus also includes: a temperature sensor () that detects a temperature of the electric compressor (); a pressure sensor () that detects a pressure of the refrigerant compressed by the electric compressor (); and a control unit () that restricts operation of the evaporator for on-vehicle battery cooling () to reduce load on the electric compressor () based on the temperature of the electric compressor () and the pressure of the refrigerant.