An electric vehicle thermal management system is provided. The system includes an inside AC unit having an air inlet unit and an air outlet unit and a cooling core embedded therein. A heating core is disposed between the air outlet unit of the inside AC unit and the cooling core and a control door is disposed inside the inside AC unit to adjust air supply to the heating core. A first flow path circulates to pass through the heating core and includes an electric heater. A branch flow path is branched from downstream point of the heating core of the first flow path and passing through a high voltage battery heat exchange unit. A control valve is disposed in a branch point between the first flow path and the branch flow path and a second flow path circulates between a compressor and a condenser and the cooling core.

A method for controlling at least one air-conditioning device of a vehicle includes the steps of: querying first status data from a first bus, preferably an air-conditioning bus, which is connected to the at least one air-conditioning device, via a radio interface; querying second status data from a second bus, in particular a vehicle, which is connected to at least one actuator and/or sensor, via the radio interface; displaying the first and second status data on a display; receiving at least one user input; processing the user input; creating a control command on the basis of the user input and using at least one data element of the first and/or second status data; transmitting the control command to the air-conditioning device via the radio interface.

A cleaner using a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) module is provided. The cleaner connects a ventilation fan for the HVAC module and a suction fan for vacuum cleaning to a single motor to independently drive the ventilation fan when the HVAC module is operated and to independently drive the suction fan when vacuum cleaning is performed. Accordingly, the number of components and production cost are reduced and, simultaneously, package assembly capability is improved.

Systems and methods for providing heating and cooling to a cabin of an autonomous or semiautonomous electric vehicle. A system includes one or more autonomous or semiautonomous electric vehicle components generating thermal energy as a byproduct of operation, a radiator fluidly coupled to the one or more vehicle components and positioned downstream from the one or more vehicle components such that the radiator receives at least a portion of the thermal energy, a thermoelectric cooler thermally coupled to and located downstream from the radiator, and one or more bypass valves that control fluid flow from the radiator such that fluid flows directly to a cabin of the vehicle or flows through the thermoelectric cooler before flowing into the cabin.

Comfortable vehicle interior air conditioning is realized while giving an appropriate temperature difference to air blown out from outlets. A vehicle air-conditioning device 1 includes an air mix damper 28, a FOOT outlet 29A, and a VENT outlet 29B. A control device has a B/L mode to blow out air from both of the FOOT outlet and the VENT outlet to a vehicle interior. In the B/L mode, the control device sets a target air volume ratio TGSW to be within a predetermined intermediate range of an air volume ratio SW by the air mix damper, and calculates a target heater temperature TCO on the basis of a target outlet temperature TAO and the target air volume ratio TGSW.

Methods and systems are disclosed and include determining, using a processor configured to execute instructions stored in a nontransitory computer-readable medium, whether a user is authenticated to operate a vehicle-sharing vehicle. The method also includes, in response to determining the user is authenticated: (i) obtaining, using the processor, a height value, wherein the height value is associated with a vehicle-sharing account of the user and is displayed on an identification card of the user; (ii) determining, using the processor, whether a position of a vehicle control mechanism needs to be adjusted based on the height value; and (iii) in response to determining that the position of the vehicle control mechanism needs to be adjusted, adjusting, using the processor, the position of the vehicle control mechanism based on the height value.

The present application provides an automotive air conditioning system including a compressor, a first heat exchanger, a first pump, a first combined valve, a second combined valve, an outdoor heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger. The automotive air conditioning system has a first cooling mechanism and a first heating mechanism. Under the first cooling mechanism, the compressor, the outdoor heat exchanger, the first combined valve and the first heat exchanger communicate in sequence to form a circuit, while the first pump, the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger communicate to form another circuit. Under the first heating mechanism, the compressor, the first heat exchanger, the second combined valve and the outdoor heat exchanger communicate in sequence to form a circuit, while the first pump, the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchange communicate in sequence to form another circuit.

An air conditioner for a vehicle includes: an air-conditioning case having therein an air flow passage through which air toward the vehicle interior flows, and an outlet opening formed at an upper part of the air-conditioning case and through which the air toward the vehicle interior passes; a heat exchanger disposed on a lower side of the outlet opening inside the air-conditioning case to exchange heat between air toward the vehicle interior and a heat-exchange medium; and an ion generator that includes electrodes to generate ions. The ion generator is mounted on the air-conditioning case such that the electrodes are exposed in air flowing through the air flow passage. The air-conditioning case has a collision-side wall surface with which the airflow having passed through the heat exchanger collides to be directed upward, and a lateral-side wall surface connected to and laterally adjacent to the collision-side wall surface. The ion generator is disposed at a predetermined position of the collision-side wall surface or the lateral-side wall surface.

A method for operating a cooling circuit. It is provided that a) the actuation signal ST of the coolant compressor is provided so as to increase over time from a minimum value (ST.sub.min) in order to generate a start-up phase of the coolant compressor, b) a control signal maximum value (ST.sub.max) and a control signal threshold (ST.sub.SW) are provided, where ST.sub.SW<ST.sub.max, c) the actuation signal (ST) is limited to the control signal maximum value (ST.sub.max) if the actuation signal (ST) reaches the control signal threshold (ST.sub.SW) and the measured high and/or low-pressure value (PHD, P.sub.ND) satisfies a condition.

There is disclosed a vehicle air conditioner which is capable of enlarging an effective range of a dehumidifying and heating mode to environmental conditions and smoothly dehumidifying and heating a vehicle interior. A vehicle air conditioner 1 executes a dehumidifying and heating mode in which a controller lets a refrigerant discharged from a compressor 2 radiate heat in a radiator 4, and decompresses the refrigerant by which heat has been radiated and then lets the refrigerant absorb heat in a heat absorber 9 and an outdoor heat exchanger 7, the controller decreases an outdoor blower voltage FANVout of an outdoor blower 15 and decreases an air volume into the outdoor blower 15 in a case where a temperature Te of the heat absorber 9 is high even when the controller adjusts a valve position of an outdoor expansion valve 6 into a lower limit of controlling in a situation in which a temperature TCI of the radiator 4 is satisfactory.