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Air-conditioning and hot water supply combination system

US9068766B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 5, 2010
Grant dateJun 30, 2015
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Expiry dateMay 12, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25B2600/2513
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Provided is an air-conditioning and hot water supply combination system capable of maintaining a high hot water supply capacity and achieving high efficiency even under high-temperature outside air conditions by appropriately controlling the degree of superheat and the degree of subcooling of a heat exchanger. In an air-conditioning and hot water supply combination system, when an evaporating pressure or an evaporating temperature calculated from the evaporating pressure reaches a first predetermined value or higher, the degree of superheat of a refrigerant on a low-pressure gas side of a subcooling heat exchanger or the degree of subcooling of the refrigerant on a high-pressure liquid side of the subcooling heat exchanger is controlled by the opening degree of a low-pressure bypass pressure reducing mechanism, such that the evaporating pressure or the evaporating temperature calculated from the evaporating pressure is less than or equal to the first predetermined value.

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