US5156013A
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Control device for absorption refrigerator
Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co Ltd
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Filing: 1991-05-28
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Granted: 1992-10-20
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Expires: 2011-05-28
Abstract
Abstract A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle by connecting an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like to control a heating amount of the generator. Singular or plural amounts of change representative of externasl conditions are detected. A heating amount of the generator is controlled by a fuzzy logic calculation.
Inventors
- 👤 Hidetoshi Arima
- 👤 Eiichi Enomoto
- 👤 Masahiro Furukawa
- 👤 Kazuhiro Yoshii
- 👤 Masayuki Oonou
- 👤 Toshiyuki Kaneko
- 👤 Atsushi Ogawa
- 👤 Masahiro Maekawa
- 👤 Kazuhiro Hitomi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 18:42
CPC Classifications
F; F25; F25B; F25B49/00; F25B49/04; F25B49/043; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S706/00; Y10S706/90; Y10S706/902; Y10S706/903; Y10S706/906
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 30
Claim 1
Independent Claim
87 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle comprising: an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount of the generator, wherein membership functions and fuzzy rules are defined between a deviation from a set value of a cold-water outlet temperature from the evaporator and said heating amount of said generator, and the heating amount of said generator is controlled by fuzzy logic calculation on the basis of said membership functions and fuzzy rules.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
87 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle comprising: an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount of the generator, wherein membership functions and fuzzy rules are defined between a deviation from a set value of a cold-water outlet temperature from the evaporator and said heating amount of said generator, and the heating amount of said generator is controlled by fuzzy logic calculation on the basis of said membership functions and fuzzy rules.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
136 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle comprising: an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount of the generator by the external conditions, wherein a deviation from a set value of a cold-water outlet temperature from the evaporator is used as said external condition, membership functions and fuzzy rules are determined between said deviation and the heating amount of the generator, and the fuzzy inference is carried out on the basis of said fuzzy rules and said membership functions, wherein in the case where the cold-water outlet temperature is higher than the set value, said heating amount is slowly changed whereas in the case where the cold-water outlet temperature is lower than the set value, said heating amount is rapidly changed.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
136 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle comprising: an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount of the generator by the external conditions, wherein a deviation from a set value of a cold-water outlet temperature from the evaporator is used as said external condition, membership functions and fuzzy rules are determined between said deviation and the heating amount of the generator, and the fuzzy inference is carried out on the basis of said fuzzy rules and said membership functions, wherein in the case where the cold-water outlet temperature is higher than the set value, said heating amount is slowly changed whereas in the case where the cold-water outlet temperature is lower than the set value, said heating amount is rapidly changed.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
153 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle comprising: an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount control valve of the generator by the external conditions, wherein a deviation from a set value of a cold-water outlet temperature from the evaporator is used as said external condition, membership functions are determined between said deviation and the operation amount of the heating amount control valve of the generator, said membership functions being designed so that in the case where the cold-water outlet temperature is higher than the set value, said operation amount is slowly changed whereas in the case where the cold-water outlet temperature is lower than the set value, said operation amount is rapidly changed, and the fuzzy inference is carried out on the basis of said membership functions to control the heating amount control valve of the generator.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
153 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle comprising: an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount control valve of the generator by the external conditions, wherein a deviation from a set value of a cold-water outlet temperature from the evaporator is used as said external condition, membership functions are determined between said deviation and the operation amount of the heating amount control valve of the generator, said membership functions being designed so that in the case where the cold-water outlet temperature is higher than the set value, said operation amount is slowly changed whereas in the case where the cold-water outlet temperature is lower than the set value, said operation amount is rapidly changed, and the fuzzy inference is carried out on the basis of said membership functions to control the heating amount control valve of the generator.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
148 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle comprising: an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount control valve of the generator by the external conditions, wherein a deviation from a set value of a cold-water outlet temperature from the evaporator is used as said external condition, fuzzy rules are determined between said deviation and the operation amount of the heating amount control valve, said fuzzy rules being designed so that in the case where the cold-water outlet temperature is higher than the set value, said heating amount is slowly changed whereas in the case where the cold water outlet temperature is lower than the set value, said heating amount is rapidly changed, and the fuzzy inference is carried out on the basis of said fuzzy rules to control the heating amount control valve.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
148 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle comprising: an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount control valve of the generator by the external conditions, wherein a deviation from a set value of a cold-water outlet temperature from the evaporator is used as said external condition, fuzzy rules are determined between said deviation and the operation amount of the heating amount control valve, said fuzzy rules being designed so that in the case where the cold-water outlet temperature is higher than the set value, said heating amount is slowly changed whereas in the case where the cold water outlet temperature is lower than the set value, said heating amount is rapidly changed, and the fuzzy inference is carried out on the basis of said fuzzy rules to control the heating amount control valve.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
167 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle comprising: an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount control valve of the generator by the external conditions, wherein a deviation from a set value of a cold-water outlet temperature from the evaporator is used as said external condition, said control device comprises a memory for storing membership functions and fuzzy rules which are designed so that in the case where the cold-water outlet temperature is higher than the set value, the heating amount of the generator with respect to said deviation is slowly changed whereas in the case where said temperature is lower than the set value, the heating amount of the generator is rapidly changed, and an arithmetic unit for calculating the operation amount of the heating amount control valve by carrying out the fuzzy inference on the basis of the cold-water outlet temperature, the membership functions and fuzzy rules of said memory.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
167 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle comprising: an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount control valve of the generator by the external conditions, wherein a deviation from a set value of a cold-water outlet temperature from the evaporator is used as said external condition, said control device comprises a memory for storing membership functions and fuzzy rules which are designed so that in the case where the cold-water outlet temperature is higher than the set value, the heating amount of the generator with respect to said deviation is slowly changed whereas in the case where said temperature is lower than the set value, the heating amount of the generator is rapidly changed, and an arithmetic unit for calculating the operation amount of the heating amount control valve by carrying out the fuzzy inference on the basis of the cold-water outlet temperature, the membership functions and fuzzy rules of said memory.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
106 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigerating cycle comprising: an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount of the generator, wherein membership functions and fuzzy rules are defined between a deviation from a set value of a cold-water outlet temperature from the evaporator and said heating amount of said generator and defined between a rate of change of the cold-water outlet temperature and the heating amount of said generator, and the heating amount of said generator is controlled by fuzzy logic calculation on the basis of said membership functions and fuzzy rules.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
106 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigerating cycle comprising: an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount of the generator, wherein membership functions and fuzzy rules are defined between a deviation from a set value of a cold-water outlet temperature from the evaporator and said heating amount of said generator and defined between a rate of change of the cold-water outlet temperature and the heating amount of said generator, and the heating amount of said generator is controlled by fuzzy logic calculation on the basis of said membership functions and fuzzy rules.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
110 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle comprising: an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount of the generator by the external conditions, wherein a deviation from a set value of a cold-water outlet temperature from the evaporator, a rate of change of the cold-water outlet temperature and a rate of change of a cold-water inlet temperature to the evaporator are used as said external conditions, and the heating amount of said generator is controlled by the fuzzy logic calculation on the basis of said deviation, said rates of change, membership functions and fuzzy rules.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
110 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle comprising: an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount of the generator by the external conditions, wherein a deviation from a set value of a cold-water outlet temperature from the evaporator, a rate of change of the cold-water outlet temperature and a rate of change of a cold-water inlet temperature to the evaporator are used as said external conditions, and the heating amount of said generator is controlled by the fuzzy logic calculation on the basis of said deviation, said rates of change, membership functions and fuzzy rules.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
123 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle comprising: an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount of the generator by the external conditions, wherein a deviation from a set value of a cold-water outlet temperature from the evaporator, a rate of change of the cold-water outlet temperature, a rate of change of a cold-water inlet temperature to the evaporator and a rate of change of a cooling-water inlet temperature to the absorption unit are used as said external conditions, and the heating amount of said generator is controlled by the fuzzy logic calculation on the basis of said deviation, said rates of change, membership functions and fuzzy rules.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
123 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle comprising: an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount of the generator by the external conditions, wherein a deviation from a set value of a cold-water outlet temperature from the evaporator, a rate of change of the cold-water outlet temperature, a rate of change of a cold-water inlet temperature to the evaporator and a rate of change of a cooling-water inlet temperature to the absorption unit are used as said external conditions, and the heating amount of said generator is controlled by the fuzzy logic calculation on the basis of said deviation, said rates of change, membership functions and fuzzy rules.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
138 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle comprising: an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount control valve of the generator by the external conditions, wherein a deviation from a set value of a cold-water outlet temperature and a rate of change of the cold-water outlet temperature are used as said external conditions, membership functions are constituted between said deviation, said rate of change and the operation amount of the heating amount control valve, and matrix-like fuzzy rules are constituted between said deviation and said rate of change, wherein the fuzzy inference is carried out on the basis of said deviation, said rate of change, said membership functions and said fuzzy rules to control the operation amount of the heating amount control valve.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
138 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle comprising: an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount control valve of the generator by the external conditions, wherein a deviation from a set value of a cold-water outlet temperature and a rate of change of the cold-water outlet temperature are used as said external conditions, membership functions are constituted between said deviation, said rate of change and the operation amount of the heating amount control valve, and matrix-like fuzzy rules are constituted between said deviation and said rate of change, wherein the fuzzy inference is carried out on the basis of said deviation, said rate of change, said membership functions and said fuzzy rules to control the operation amount of the heating amount control valve.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
151 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle comprising: an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount control valve of the generator by the external conditions, wherein a deviation from a set value of a cold-water outlet temperature and a rate of change of the cold-water outlet temperature are used as said external conditions, said control device comprises a memory for storing said deviation, membership functions between the rate of change and the operation amount of the heating amount control valve of the generator and matrix-like fuzzy rules between said deviation and the rate of change, and an arithmetic unit for calculating the operation amount of the heating amount control valve by carrying out the fuzzy logic calculation on the basis of said deviation, the rate of change, the membership functions and fuzzy rules of said memory.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
151 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle comprising: an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount control valve of the generator by the external conditions, wherein a deviation from a set value of a cold-water outlet temperature and a rate of change of the cold-water outlet temperature are used as said external conditions, said control device comprises a memory for storing said deviation, membership functions between the rate of change and the operation amount of the heating amount control valve of the generator and matrix-like fuzzy rules between said deviation and the rate of change, and an arithmetic unit for calculating the operation amount of the heating amount control valve by carrying out the fuzzy logic calculation on the basis of said deviation, the rate of change, the membership functions and fuzzy rules of said memory.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
185 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle comprising: an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount control valve of the generator by the external conditions, wherein a deviation from a set value of a cold-water outlet temperature and a rate of change of the cold-water outlet temperature are used as said external conditions, membership functions are constituted between said deviation, the rate of change and the operation amount of the heating amount control valve, matrix-like fuzzy rules are determined between said deviation and the rate of change, said fuzzy rules being designed so that when said deviation is large, the change of said operation amount with respect to the rate of change is large whereas when said deviation is small, the change of said operation amount with respect to the rate of change is small, and the fuzzy inference is carried out on the basis of said deviation, the rate of change, the membership functions and the fuzzy rules to control the operation amount of the heating amount control valve.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
185 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle comprising: an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount control valve of the generator by the external conditions, wherein a deviation from a set value of a cold-water outlet temperature and a rate of change of the cold-water outlet temperature are used as said external conditions, membership functions are constituted between said deviation, the rate of change and the operation amount of the heating amount control valve, matrix-like fuzzy rules are determined between said deviation and the rate of change, said fuzzy rules being designed so that when said deviation is large, the change of said operation amount with respect to the rate of change is large whereas when said deviation is small, the change of said operation amount with respect to the rate of change is small, and the fuzzy inference is carried out on the basis of said deviation, the rate of change, the membership functions and the fuzzy rules to control the operation amount of the heating amount control valve.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
138 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle comprising: an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount control valve of the generator by the external conditions and internal conditions, wherein a rate of change of the cold-water outlet temperature is used as said external condition, a rate of change of a temperature of the generator is used as said internal condition, member ship functions are constituted between said rates of change and the operation amount of the heating amount control valve, matrix-like fuzzy rules are constituted between said rates of change, and the fuzzy inference is carried out on the basis of said rates of change, said membership functions and said fuzzy rules to control the operation amount of the heating amount control valve.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
138 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle comprising: an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount control valve of the generator by the external conditions and internal conditions, wherein a rate of change of the cold-water outlet temperature is used as said external condition, a rate of change of a temperature of the generator is used as said internal condition, member ship functions are constituted between said rates of change and the operation amount of the heating amount control valve, matrix-like fuzzy rules are constituted between said rates of change, and the fuzzy inference is carried out on the basis of said rates of change, said membership functions and said fuzzy rules to control the operation amount of the heating amount control valve.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
194 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle comprising: an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount control valve of the generator by the external conditions and internal conditions, wherein a deviation from a set value of a cold-water outlet temperature and a rate of change of a cold-water outlet temperature are used as said external conditions, a rate of change of a temperature of the generator is used as said internal condition, and said control device comprises a memory for storing said deviation, the rates of change, membership functions of the operation amount of the heating amount control valve, matrix-like fuzzy rules between said deviation and the rate of change of the cold-water outlet temperature and matrix-like fuzzy rules between the rate of change of the cold-water outlet temperature and the rate of change of the temperature of the generator, and an arithmetic unit for calculating the operation amount of the heating amount control valve by carrying out the fuzzy logic calculation on the basis of said deviation, the rates of change, the membership functions and the fuzzy rules.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
194 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle comprising: an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount control valve of the generator by the external conditions and internal conditions, wherein a deviation from a set value of a cold-water outlet temperature and a rate of change of a cold-water outlet temperature are used as said external conditions, a rate of change of a temperature of the generator is used as said internal condition, and said control device comprises a memory for storing said deviation, the rates of change, membership functions of the operation amount of the heating amount control valve, matrix-like fuzzy rules between said deviation and the rate of change of the cold-water outlet temperature and matrix-like fuzzy rules between the rate of change of the cold-water outlet temperature and the rate of change of the temperature of the generator, and an arithmetic unit for calculating the operation amount of the heating amount control valve by carrying out the fuzzy logic calculation on the basis of said deviation, the rates of change, the membership functions and the fuzzy rules.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
157 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle comprising an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount control valve of the generator by the external conditions and internal conditions, wherein a deviation from a set value of a cold-water outlet temperature and a rate of change of the cold-water outlet temperature are used as said external conditions, a rate of change of a temperature of the generator is used as said internal condition, membership functions are constituted between said deviation, the rates of change and the operation amount of the heating amount control valve, and matrix-like fuzzy rules are constituted between said rates of change, wherein when the deviation from the set value of the cold-water outlet temperature is small, the fuzzy inference is carried out on the basis of said deviation, the rates of change, the membership functions and the fuzzy rules.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
157 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle comprising an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount control valve of the generator by the external conditions and internal conditions, wherein a deviation from a set value of a cold-water outlet temperature and a rate of change of the cold-water outlet temperature are used as said external conditions, a rate of change of a temperature of the generator is used as said internal condition, membership functions are constituted between said deviation, the rates of change and the operation amount of the heating amount control valve, and matrix-like fuzzy rules are constituted between said rates of change, wherein when the deviation from the set value of the cold-water outlet temperature is small, the fuzzy inference is carried out on the basis of said deviation, the rates of change, the membership functions and the fuzzy rules.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
166 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle comprising: an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount control valve of the generator by the external conditions and internal conditions, wherein a deviation from a set value of a cold-water outlet temperature and a rate of change of the cold-water outlet temperature are used as said external conditions, a rate of change of a temperature of the generator is used as said internal condition, matrix-like fuzzy rules are constituted between said deviation and the rate of change of the cold-water outlet temperature, said fuzzy rules comprising matrix-like fuzzy rules constituted between the rate of change of the cold-water outlet temperature and the rate of change of the temperature of the generator, wherein the fuzzy inference is carried out on the basis of said deviation, the rates of change and the fuzzy rules to control the operation amount of the heating amount control valve.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
166 words
A control device for an absorption refrigerator which forms a refrigeration cycle comprising: an evaporator, an absorption unit, a generator, a condenser and the like connected to control a heating amount control valve of the generator by the external conditions and internal conditions, wherein a deviation from a set value of a cold-water outlet temperature and a rate of change of the cold-water outlet temperature are used as said external conditions, a rate of change of a temperature of the generator is used as said internal condition, matrix-like fuzzy rules are constituted between said deviation and the rate of change of the cold-water outlet temperature, said fuzzy rules comprising matrix-like fuzzy rules constituted between the rate of change of the cold-water outlet temperature and the rate of change of the temperature of the generator, wherein the fuzzy inference is carried out on the basis of said deviation, the rates of change and the fuzzy rules to control the operation amount of the heating amount control valve.
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