CPC B60H 1/00835 (2013.01) [F01P 3/20 (2013.01)] | 7 Claims |
1. A control method for a vehicle, the control method comprising:
controlling, by the processor, an alternator or an actuator of a switching door to reduce a cooling capacity provided by the HVAC system by determining whether a temperature of an engine coolant discharged from the internal combustion engine is higher than a first threshold temperature;
determining whether an accumulated cooling capacity provided by the HVAC system exceeds a reference accumulated cooling capacity by determining whether the temperature of an engine coolant discharged from the internal combustion engine is higher than a second threshold temperature after the cooling capacity is reduced;
determining a lower limit temperature of an evaporator of the HVAC system according to a temperature of an engine coolant when the accumulated cooling capacity exceeds the reference accumulated cooling capacity; and
repeatedly turning a clutch of a compressor of the HVAC system on or off by comparing a temperature of the evaporator and a lower limit temperature of the evaporator;
wherein the second threshold temperature is higher than the first threshold temperature; and
wherein the accumulated cooling capacity is the sum of cooling capacities accumulated after the operation of the HVAC system.
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