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US 4,566,531 AGranted
Vehicle air conditioning arrangement
AssigneeDaimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft
InventorAlbert Stolz
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Abstract
A vehicle air conditioning, heating and air circulation system is provided for a vehicle utility space. A condensor and evaporator of a vehicle compressed-air air-conditioning system are arranged respectively in the inflow and outflow air channels for the vehicle space. A heat exchanger cycle of a vehicle water or oil engine cooling heat exchanger system is disposed in the inflow air channel. A pivotal flap is disposed intermediate the inflow and outflow channels to selectively control the flow of air.
Claims17
A system for heating a utility space such as a passenger space of a vehicle, the system comprising:
- air inlet means for conducting fresh incoming air from a first source of air to the utility space,
- air outlet means for conducting outgoing air from the utility space to the outside atmosphere,
- a heat exchanger unit disposed in the air inlet means and connected to a cycle that exchanges heat with an engine of the vehicle,
- a compression-type air-conditioning unit including an evaporator unit disposed in the air outlet means, a condensor unit disposed in the air inlet means to lie upstream of the heat exchanger unit to aid selectively the heating of the fresh incoming air, and refrigeration line means for transferring heat from the evaporator unit to the condensor unit,
- recirculatd air pipe means for selectively conducting outgoing utility space air from a point in the air outlet means upstream of the evaporator unit to a point in the air inlet means upstream of the condensor unit and the heat exchanger unit to mix at least a certain portion of the utility space outgoing air with the fresh incoming air to provide an air mixture, and
- an air stream directing means disposed intermediate the air outlet means and the air inlet means for separably and selectively directing the air streams from the air outlet means and the air inlet means into the utility space and the atmosphere, said air stream directing means including means for selectively operating the system to operate in at least:
- a regular heat condition with the air conditioning unit disabled and the recirculating air pipe means operating so that the air mixture is heated by the heat exchanger unit when the atmospheric temperature outside of the vehicle is low, and
- a maximum heat condition with the air conditioning unit operating and the recirculating air pipe means disabled so that only the incoming air is heated sequentially by the condensor unit and the heat exchanger unit when the atmospheric temperature outside of the vehicle is unusually low.
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A system for heating, ventilating, and cooling a utility space such as a passenger space of a vehicle, the system comprising:
- air inlet means for conducting air from a first source of air to the utility space as incoming fresh outside air,
- air outlet means for conducting air away from the utility space,
- a heat exchanger unit disposed in the air inlet means and connected to a cycle that exchanges heat with an internal combustion engine of the vehicle,
- a compression-type air-conditioning unit including an evaporator unit disposed in the air outlet means, a condensor unit disposed in the air inlet means intermediate the first source of air and the heat exchanger unit, and refrigeration line means for transferring heat from the evaporator unit to the condensor unit, and
- an air stream directing means disposed intermediate the air outlet means and the air inlet means for separably and selectively directing the air streams from the air outlet means and the air inlet means into the utility space and the atmosphere, said air stream directing means including means for selectively operating the system to operate in at least:
- a cooling condition with the air conditioning unit operating and incoming air flowing sequentially through the condensor unit and the heat exchanger unit back to outside atmosphere and with inside utility space air flowing sequentially through the evaporator unit and back to the utility space, and
- a maximum heating condition with the air conditioning unit operating and the evaporator cooled outlet air communicated away from the utility space and at least a portion of the heat energy content of the outgoing air from the utility space being transferred to the incoming air in the air inlet means via the refrigeration line means and the condensor unit to aid the heating of the incoming air.
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