Compressor drive control method for cooling and heating dual-purpose air conditioner

• US 5,195,327 A
• Filed: 02/20/1992
• Issued: 03/23/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Tae-Duk
• Primary Examiner(s): Tanner, Harry B.
• Application Number:
  US07/837,888
• Time in Patent Office: 397 Days
• Field of Search: 62/192, 62/193, 62/84, 62/468, 62/469, 62/470, 62/471, 62/472, 62/158
• US Class Current: 62/84
• CPC Class Codes: F01M 5/005 Controlling temperature of lubricant
• CPC Class Codes: F16N 2250/08 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/30 for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/41 Defrosting; Preventing freezing
• CPC Class Codes: F25B 2600/021 Inverters therefor
• CPC Class Codes: F25B 49/022 Compressor control arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 30/70 Efficient control or regulation technologies, e.g. for control of refrigerant flow, motor or heating

Abstract

The present invention relates to the cooling and heating dual-purpose air conditioner, and more particularly to the heat pump type cooling and heating dual-purpose air conditioner wherein the stand-by control is performed in order to prevent the viscosity increases caused by the lubricating oil freeze in the compressor occurring at the initial cooling operation stage and therefore the smooth drive of a compressor in an air conditioner is performed by the preventing of the lubricating oil freeze.

Claims

1. A control drive method for an air conditioner comprising the steps of:

comparing a compressor temperature with a lubricating oil freeze temperature if the air conditioner is not in an operation-on status and performing a stand-by control operation for discriminating whether an operation-on status exists, and when the compressor temperature is below the lubricating oil freeze temperature, for raising the compressor temperature above the lubricating oil freeze temperature; and

when the air conditioner is in an operation-on status and an air conditioning operation is discriminated responsive to an operator'"'"'s instructions in an operation-on status, comparing the compressor temperature with the lubricating oil freeze temperature and performing the air conditioning operation when the compressor temperature is above the lubricating oil freeze temperature and performing an operation-on stand-by control operation for raising the compressor temperature for a certain pre-set time duration if the compressor temperature is below the lubricating oil freeze temperature.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the lubricating oil freeze temperature Ta is a temperature which increases the viscosity of the compressor lubricating oil.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the stand-by control operation comprises:

generating first driving pulses from at least one phase in a PWM waveform composite part by comparing one phase pulse with the triangular wave voltage, the first pulse turning on a power transistor in an inverter which is connected to the input side of one phase power-source; and

generating at least one second driving pulse from at least one other phase in the PWM waveform composite part by comparing two phase pulses of the same phase form with the triangular wave voltage, the second pulse turning on at least one power transistor in an inverter which is connected to the output of other phases power-source; and

wherein heat is generated by applying a resulting current to a motor stator of the compressor over the region where each transistor is turned on by the first and second driving pulses.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the generation of heat is made by inductor components of the stator.