Refrigeration cycle apparatus
US10415861B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 28, 2016 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 26, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25B2700/2106
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A controller switches between and performs a first simultaneous heating and defrosting operation of supplying part of refrigerant discharged from a compressor is supplied to one or some parallel heat exchangers among a plurality of parallel heat exchangers through a defrosting circuit and allowing the other one or more parallel heat exchangers to operate as evaporators, and a second simultaneous heating and defrosting operation of, in one or some heat source units among a plurality of heat source units, supplying the refrigerant discharged from the compressor is supplied to all the plurality of parallel heat exchangers through the defrosting circuit, and in the other one or more heat source units, continuing heating by allowing all the plurality of parallel heat exchangers to operate as evaporators.
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