Abstract: An air conditioning system for a vehicle includes a compressor, a gas cooler, an expansion means, and a cooler. The system also includes an elevated pressure density detector for detecting or estimating one or more physical values having a correlation with a density of an elevated pressure refrigerant in a refrigeration cycle. An elevated pressure density controller controls the density of the elevated pressure refrigerant. This control is achieved at least in part by using at least one of the one or more physical values.

Abstract: An air conditioning system for a vehicle includes an outdoor heat exchanger, an indoor heat exchanger, and an inside heat exchanger. The inside heat exchanger exchanges heat between a refrigerant at a high-pressure and a refrigerant at a low-pressure during a refrigeration cycle. Both the outdoor heat exchanger and the inside heat exchanger include a plurality of tubes, and each of the plurality of tubes has a plurality of holes formed therethrough, which extend parallel to each other in the tubes. A cross-sectional shape of the plurality of tubes in the inside heat exchanger is the same as a cross-sectional shape of the plurality of tubes in the outdoor heat exchanger.

Abstract: An air conditioning system for vehicles includes a refrigeration cycle having a variable displacement compressor with a displacement control valve, for controlling a discharge amount of the compressor, so that a pressure difference (Pd-Ps) between a discharged refrigerant pressure (Pd) and a drawn-refrigerant pressure (Ps) equals a set value, an acceleration state detecting device, and an engine rotational speed detecting device. The system further includes a device for determining a condition in which the acceleration state is detected or a condition in which the engine rotational speed equals or is greater than a set value as an elevated compressor load condition, and during the elevated compressor load condition, controlling the discharge amount of the compressor, so that the pressure difference (Pd-Ps) equals or is less than a pressure difference (Pd-Ps) immediately before elevated the compressor load condition.

Abstract: An air conditioning system for a vehicle including a vapor compression-type refrigerating cycle and using combustible refrigerant includes a refrigerant recovery vessel in communication with a gas-liquid separator and which of recovers the combustible refrigerant by the communication with the gas-liquid separator, and a valve which controls the communication between the refrigerant recovery vessel and the gas-liquid separator in response to an external signal. When combustible refrigerant is used as refrigerant of a vapor compression-type, refrigerating cycle, leakage of the refrigerant may be reduced, minimized, or eliminated, and the recovery of the refrigerant may be carried out readily and efficiently without requiring significant changes to the system configuration.

Abstract: An air conditioning system for a vehicle includes a compressor. The vehicle includes a first drive source and the compressor includes a second drive source. The compressor is driven by the first drive source or the second drive source, or a combination thereof, and the second drive source includes an electrical power supply. The air conditioning system also includes a controller for selecting between the first drive source and the second drive source, such that when the compressor is active, the first drive source drives the compressor except when the vehicle is operating in a predetermined mode, a voltage of the electrical power supply is greater than or equal to a minimum electrical power supply voltage, and an amount of electric power consumed by the second drive source is less than a maximum electric power. For example, the predetermined mode may be an idle-stop mode.

Abstract: An air conditioning system for a vehicle includes a compressor. The vehicle includes a first drive source and the compressor includes a second drive source. The compressor is driven by the first drive source or the second drive source, or a combination thereof, and the second drive source includes an electrical power supply. The air conditioning system also includes a controller for selecting between the first drive source and the second drive source, such that when the compressor is active, the first drive source drives the compressor except when the vehicle is operating in a predetermined mode, a voltage of the electrical power supply is greater than or equal to a minimum electrical power supply voltage, and an amount of electric power consumed by the second drive source is less than a maximum electric power. For example, the predetermined mode may be an idle-stop mode.

Abstract: An air conditioning system for a vehicle includes a compressor. The vehicle includes a first drive source and the compressor includes a second drive source. The compressor is driven by the first drive source or the second drive source, or a combination thereof, and the second drive source includes an electrical power supply. The air conditioning system also includes a controller for selecting between the first drive source and the second drive source, such that when the compressor is active, the first drive source drives the compressor except when the vehicle is operating in a predetermined mode, a voltage of the electrical power supply is greater than or equal to a minimum electrical power supply voltage, and an amount of electric power consumed by the second drive source is less than a maximum electric power. For example, the predetermined mode may be an idle-stop mode.

Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle uses a hybrid compressor (4) including a first compression mechanism driven by a first drive source (2) and a second compression mechanism driven by a second drive source (5), and a single discharge port connected to the first and the second compression mechanisms. The operation of the hybrid compressor is controlled by a controller (15) in accordance with a control mode. The controller has a first operation mode in which the first compression mechanism alone is driven, a second operation mode in which the second compression mechanism alone is driven, a third operation mode in which the first and the second compression mechanisms are simultaneously driven, and a fourth operation mode in which the first and the second compression mechanisms are simultaneously stopped. Depending upon various conditions, the controller selects, as the control mode, one of the first, the second, the third, and the fourth operation modes.

Abstract: An air conditioning system for a vehicle includes a compressor driven by a first drive source or a second drive source, or a combination thereof, and an evaporator operationally connected to the compressor via a refrigerant circuit. The system also includes a blower for dispensing air into an interior of the vehicle via the evaporator. The blower is driven by the first drive source or the second drive source, or a combination thereof. Moreover, the system includes a controller for controlling the first drive source and the second drive source. Specifically, when a temperature of air dispensed from the evaporator is greater than a predetermined temperature and a speed of the vehicle is greater than a predetermined speed, the first drive source drives the compressor and the blower.

Abstract: An air conditioning system for a vehicle includes a compressor driven by a first drive source or a second drive source, or a combination thereof, and an evaporator operationally connected to the compressor via a refrigerant circuit. The system also includes a blower for dispensing air into an interior of the vehicle via the evaporator. The blower is driven by the first drive source or the second drive source, or a combination thereof. Moreover, the system includes a controller for controlling the first drive source and the second drive source. Specifically, when a temperature of air dispensed from the evaporator is greater than a predetermined temperature and a speed of the vehicle is greater than a predetermined speed, the first drive source drives the compressor and the blower.

Abstract: An air conditioning system for a vehicle includes a compressor. The vehicle includes a first drive source and the compressor includes a second drive source. The compressor is driven by the first drive source or the second drive source, or a combination thereof, and the second drive source includes an electrical power supply. The air conditioning system also includes a controller for selecting between the first drive source and the second drive source, such that when the compressor is active, the first drive source drives the compressor except when the vehicle is operating in a predetermined mode, a voltage of the electrical power supply is greater than or equal to a minimum electrical power supply voltage, and an amount of electric power consumed by the second drive source is less than a maximum electric power. For example, the predetermined mode may be an idle-stop mode.

Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle uses a hybrid compressor (4) including a first compression mechanism driven by a first drive source (2) and a second compression mechanism driven by a second drive source (5), and a single discharge port connected to the first and the second compression mechanisms. The operation of the hybrid compressor is controlled by a controller (15) in accordance with a control mode. The controller has a first operation mode in which the first compression mechanism alone is driven, a second operation mode in which the second compression mechanism alone is driven, a third operation mode in which the first and the second compression mechanisms are simultaneously driven, and a fourth operation mode in which the first and the second compression mechanisms are simultaneously stopped. Depending upon various conditions, the controller selects, as the control mode, one of the first, the second, the third, and the fourth operation modes.