Air Conditioner and Control Method Therefor, and Storage Medium

Abstract

Provided in the present disclosure are an air conditioner and a control method therefor, and a storage medium. The control method for an air conditioner includes collecting a time series of operation data of an air conditioner; recognizing response time of an indoor temperature and response time of a terminal temperature according to the time series of the operation data, and setting the response time of the indoor temperature as a time interval for adjustment nodes of a first time scale and the response time of the terminal temperature as a time interval for adjustment nodes of a second time scale. At each of the adjustment nodes of the first time scale, controlling operation parameters of the air conditioner by applying a first control strategy. At each of the adjustment nodes of the second time scale, controlling the operation parameters of the air conditioner by applying a second control strategy.

1 . A control method for an air conditioner, comprising:
 collecting a time series of operation data of an air conditioner;   recognizing response time of an indoor temperature and response time of a terminal temperature according to the time series of the operation data, and setting the response time of the indoor temperature as a time interval for adjustment nodes of a first time scale, and setting the response time of the terminal temperature as a time interval for adjustment nodes of a second time scale;   at each of the adjustment nodes of the first time scale, controlling operation parameters of the air conditioner by applying a first control strategy; and   at each of the adjustment nodes of the second time scale, controlling the operation parameters of the air conditioner by applying a second control strategy.   
     
     
         2 . The control method for the air conditioner according to  claim 1 , comprising: in a case where the adjustment node of the first time scale and the adjustment node of the second time scale coincide at a certain moment, controlling the operation parameters of the air conditioner by applying the first control strategy. 
     
     
         3 . The control method for the air conditioner according to  claim 1 , wherein the first control strategy comprises:
 predicting a terminal temperature according to a predicted outdoor temperature and a preset indoor temperature; and   adjusting the operation parameters of the air conditioner according to the predicted terminal temperature.   
     
     
         4 . The control method for the air conditioner according to  claim 3 , wherein the predicting the terminal temperature according to the predicted outdoor temperature and the preset indoor temperature comprises:
 in a case where the air conditioner operates in a cooling working condition, performing prediction by a formula Te=a*Tout+b*Tin, wherein ‘Te’ is a predicted evaporation temperature, Tout is the predicted outdoor temperature, ‘Tin’ is the preset indoor temperature, ‘a’ is an air temperature influence coefficient in the cooling working condition, and ‘b’ is a room temperature influence coefficient in the cooling working condition.   
     
     
         5 . The control method for the air conditioner according to  claim 3 , wherein the predicting the terminal temperature according to the predicted outdoor temperature and the preset indoor temperature comprises:
 in a case where the air conditioner operates in a heating working condition, performing prediction by a formula Tc=c*Tout+d*Tin, wherein ‘Tc’ is a predicted condensation temperature, Tout is the predicted outdoor temperature, ‘Tin’ is the preset indoor temperature, ‘c’ is an air temperature influence coefficient in the heating working condition, and ‘d’ is a room temperature influence coefficient in the heating working condition.   
     
     
         6 . The control method for the air conditioner according to  claim 4 , wherein:
 in a case where the air conditioner has n air conditioner terminals, the preset indoor temperature is calculated by a formula Tin=(Tin_1+ . . . +Tin_n)/n, wherein ‘n’  ≥ 2, and ‘Tin_1’ . . . ‘Tin_n’ are preset indoor temperatures of the air conditioner terminals.   
     
     
         7 . The control method for the air conditioner according to  claim 3 , wherein the adjusting the operation parameters of the air conditioner according to the predicted terminal temperature comprises:
 performing adjustment by applying a PID method or a fuzzy control method.   
     
     
         8 . The control method for the air conditioner according to  claim 3 , wherein the outdoor temperature is predicted according to weather forecast or historical weather data. 
     
     
         9 . The control method for the air conditioner according to  claim 1 , wherein: the second control strategy is a strategy for obtaining minimum energy consumption of the air conditioner, and the second control strategy enables a temperature change difference of the terminal temperature to fall within a preset difference range. 
     
     
         10 . The control method for the air conditioner according to  claim 1 , wherein: the terminal temperature comprises one of an evaporation temperature, a condensation temperature, an outlet water temperature, a return water temperature, an outlet air temperature, a return air temperature, and a radiator temperature of the air conditioner terminal. 
     
     
         11 . An air conditioner, comprising:
 a data collection module configured to collect a time series of operation data of the air conditioner;   a time scale recognition module configured to recognize response time of an indoor temperature and response time of a terminal temperature according to the time series of the operation data, and set the response time of the indoor temperature as a time interval for adjustment nodes of a first time scale, and set the response time of the terminal temperature as a time interval for adjustment nodes of a second time scale; and   a control module configured to, at each of the adjustment nodes of the first time scale, control operation parameters of the air conditioner by applying a first control strategy, and at each of the adjustment nodes of the second time scale, controlling the operation parameters of the air conditioner by applying a second control strategy.   
     
     
         12 . The air conditioner according to  claim 11 , wherein the control module comprises:
 a terminal temperature prediction module configured to predict a terminal temperature, so that the control module controls the operation parameters of the air conditioner according to the predicted terminal temperature and the first control strategy.   
     
     
         13 . The air conditioner according to  claim 12 , wherein the control module comprises:
 a unit actuator control module configured to control, according to the second control strategy, the operation parameters of the air conditioner after controlled by the first control strategy, so that a temperature change difference of the terminal temperature falls within a preset difference range.   
     
     
         14 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to store computer program instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the control method for an air conditioner comprising:
 collecting a time series of operation data of an air conditioner;   recognizing response time of an indoor temperature and response time of a terminal temperature according to the time series of the operation data, and setting the response time of the indoor temperature as a time interval for adjustment nodes of a first time scale, and setting the response time of the terminal temperature as a time interval for adjustment nodes of a second time scale;   at each of the adjustment nodes of the first time scale, controlling operation parameters of the air conditioner by applying a first control strategy; and   at each of the adjustment nodes of the second time scale, controlling the operation parameters of the air conditioner by applying a second control strategy.   
     
     
         15 . A control apparatus for an air conditioner, comprising:
 a memory; and   a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to perform, based on instructions stored in the memory, the control method for an air conditioner according to  claim 1 .   
     
     
         16 . An air conditioner, comprising the control apparatus for an air conditioner according to  claim 15 . 
     
     
         17 . A computer program, comprising:
 instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the control method for an air conditioner according to  claim 1 .