Air-conditioning apparatus and air-conditioning method
US11441808B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 18, 2018 |
| Grant date | Sep 13, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25B2700/21175
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An air-conditioning apparatus includes: room temperature sensors; room temperature setting units; a compressor that causes refrigerant to circulate through an outdoor heat exchanger, electric expansion valves, and indoor heat exchangers; a calculation unit including an integrator for a temperature deviation; an output unit that outputs a total opening degree; a calculation unit that uses a required capacity and the total opening degree; a derivation unit that obtains a distance function with a valve opening degree and a temporary valve opening degree as an evaluation function; a derivation unit that obtains equality constraints for equalizing the sum of opening degrees as a variable to the total opening degree; a calculation unit that calculates upper and lower limits of each opening degree; a derivation unit that obtains inequality constraints in which each opening degree falls within the range between the upper and lower limits; and a calculation unit that calculates the opening degrees from the evaluation function and the equality and inequality constraints, whereby the room temperature deviation can be made to approach the minimum value.
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