{
  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "description": "In order to provide a method for initiating a defrosting process of a heat exchanger of a heat pump of a motor vehicle, which method is insensitive to external parameters influencing the air flow through the evaporator, and with which method unnecessary defrosting processes can be avoided, wherein…",
  "path": "/patents/1324830",
  "publishedAt": "2022-08-18T00:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:oql6ds5vnff4ugar6rruliwd/site.standard.publication/3mn3ohu7oxx5w",
  "tags": [
    "B60H1/00878",
    "Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft"
  ],
  "textContent": "In order to provide a method for initiating a defrosting process of a heat exchanger of a heat pump of a motor vehicle, which method is insensitive to external parameters influencing the air flow through the evaporator, and with which method unnecessary defrosting processes can be avoided, wherein a fan is assigned to the heat exchanger, wherein a power consumption and/or a speed of the fan is monitored, a defrosting process is initiated when the power consumption and/or the speed exceeds and/or falls below a threshold value, and the threshold value is determined as a function of a parameter, wherein the parameter is an indicator of a current relative air speed of the ambient air in relation to the motor vehicle.",
  "title": "METHOD FOR INITIATING A DEFROSTING PROCESS OF A HEAT EXCHANGER OF A HEAT PUMP OF A MOTOR VEHICLE"
}