公开(公告)号：US11067325B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-20

申请号：US16442093

申请日：2019-06-14

Applicant: Hitachi-Johnson Controls Air Conditioning, Inc

Inventor： Liming Yang ,  Matthew J. Asmus

IPC: F25B49/02 ,  F25B7/00

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle including at least one outdoor unit including a plurality of compressors and indoor units each placed in indoor spaces comprises a plurality of compressors for supplying refrigerant to indoor units; and a controller for controlling cooperatively a plurality of the compressors in the outdoor unit to provide a capacity for air-conditioning in the indoor spaces through the indoor units, wherein the controller controls operation of the compressors so as to minimize a cost including start/stop of each compressor by prediction of an air-conditioning requirement in a next time chunk.