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AssigneeSanden Automotive Climate Systems Corporation
InventorsTetsuya Ishizeki, Yuma Yamazaki, Akira Horikoshi, Ryo Miyakoshi, Kohei Yamashita, Megumi Shigeta
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A vehicle air conditioner is provided which is capable of detecting a refrigerant lack accompanying a refrigerant leakage and the like over time at the earliest possible stage and protecting a compressor. The vehicle air conditioner is provided with a compressor 2, a radiator 4, an outdoor expansion valve 6, and a heat absorber 9. The vehicle air conditioner holds normal time data indicating a relation between the number of revolutions NC of the compressor and a discharge refrigerant temperature Td thereof when a sufficient amount of refrigerant is filled in a refrigerant circuit R. The present invention calculates a discharge refrigerant temperature estimated value Tdst in normal time from the normal time data on the basis of a current number of revolutions NC and compares the discharge refrigerant temperature estimated value Tdst with a current discharge refrigerant temperature Td to determine a refrigerant lack of the refrigerant circuit.
A vehicle air conditioner to condition air of a vehicle interior, including a refrigerant circuit having a compressor to compress a refrigerant, a radiator to let the refrigerant radiate heat, a pressure reducing unit, and a heat absorber to let the refrigerant absorb heat, comprising:
A vehicle air conditioner to condition air of a vehicle interior, including a refrigerant circuit having a compressor to compress a refrigerant, a radiator to let the refrigerant radiate heat, a pressure reducing unit, and a heat absorber to let the refrigerant absorb heat, comprising:
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