Outdoor heat exchanger unit, outdoor unit, and gas heat pump type air conditioner
US6769481B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 26, 2001 |
| Grant date | Aug 3, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 26, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T10/12
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide an outdoor heat exchanger unit which is hardly effected adverse effects of the gas engine waste heat during the cooling operation and which can improve an efficiency of the refrigerant cycle, and which can improve the heating ability by utilizing the gas engine waste heat; an outdoor unit comprising the outdoor heat exchanger unit; and an air conditioner comprising the outdoor heat exchanger unit; in order to achieve the object, the present invention provide an outdoor heat exchanger unit for a gas heat pump type air conditioner, in which a compressor for compressing a refrigerant is driven by a gas engine, and which comprises a heat pump for utilizing waste heat of said gas engine to perform a heating and a cooling operations: wherein said outdoor heat exchanger unit comprises a radiator provided in a cooling water system in which cooling water for said gas engine circulates and an outdoor heat exchanger apparatus provided in a refrigerant circuit in which said refrigerant circulates; said radiator and said outdoor heat exchanger apparatus are arranged in series in the flow direction of an outdoor air introduced in said outdoor heat…
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