Heat exchange device
AssigneeAisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMakoto NAKAGAWA, Tomonori NAGASE, Yoichi NAKAO
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AssigneeAisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMakoto NAKAGAWA, Tomonori NAGASE, Yoichi NAKAO
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This heat exchange device includes: a heater for heating a refrigerant flowing through a passage; a compressor for pumping the refrigerant; a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the refrigerant passing through the heater; and a controller for measuring a current and a voltage input to the heater, and controlling the heater and the compressor based on the refrigerant temperature, the current and the voltage. The controller: calculates a heater internal temperature from the current and the voltage; calculates a heater surface temperature from the heater internal temperature and a heater input power; calculates a temperature difference between the heater surface temperature and a refrigerant target temperature; calculates a target heater surface temperature from the temperature difference and the refrigerant temperature; and controls the heater input power or the refrigerant flow rate due to the compressor such that the heater surface temperature becomes the target heater surface temperature.
A heat exchange device comprising:
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