Method for operating a vehicle
air conditioning system (1) with: a compressor (2) that compresses a
refrigerant; an
airflow channel (3) through which air flows to supply a vehicle interior; a radiator (4) which causes a
refrigerant to radiate heat in order to heat the air which is to be supplied from the
airflow duct (3) into the vehicle interior; a heat absorber (9) which causes the
refrigerant to absorb heat in order to cool the air which is to be supplied from the
airflow duct (3) into the vehicle interior; an external
heat exchanger (7) located outside the vehicle interior to cause the refrigerant to radiate or absorb heat; and a control device (32), wherein the control device (32) is configured to perform at least one heating mode in which the refrigerant discharged from the compressor (2) radiates heat in the radiator (4) and the refrigerant from which the heat was radiated is expanded and then absorbs heat in the outdoor
heat exchanger (7), wherein the vehicle
air conditioning device (1) further comprises the following: an
auxiliary heating device (23) for heating the air which is to be supplied from the airflow duct (3) into the vehicle interior, wherein the control device (32) performs heating through the
auxiliary heating device (23) when the heating capacity through the radiator (4) becomes insufficient, wherein the control device (32) compares a required heating capacity (Qtgt), which is the heating capacity required for the radiator (4), with a heating capacity (Qhp) to be generated by the radiator (4), and compensates for a deficiency of the heating capacity (Qhp) with respect to the required heating capacity (Qtgt) by heating the
auxiliary heating device (23), wherein the heating capacity (Qhp) is a heating capacity in non-
icing conditions (QhpNI) to be generated by the radiator (4) when the external
heat exchanger (7) is not iced up, and any deficiency in the heating capacity in non-
icing conditions (QhpNI) with respect to the required heating capacity (Qtgt) is compensated for by heating the auxiliary heating device (23), and wherein the control device (32) stops the compressor (2) and controls the auxiliary heating device (23) according to the required heating capacity (Qtgt) if an actual heating capacity (Qhpr) to be generated by the radiator (4) is less than the heating capacity when not
icing (QhpNI) and a difference between the heating capacity when not icing (QhpNI) and the actual heating capacity (Qhpr) is greater than a predetermined value.