Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Air conditioner
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Application No.: US14394502Application Date: 2013-04-04
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Publication No.: US10281184B2Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: Tomoyuki Haikawa , Tomoatsu Minamida
- Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: JP2012-093123 20120416
- International Application: PCT/JP2013/060372 WO 20130404
- International Announcement: WO2013/157406 WO 20131024
- Main IPC: F25B49/02
- IPC: F25B49/02 ; F25B40/02 ; F25B1/00 ; F25B41/04 ; F25D17/06 ; F25B13/00 ; F24F1/0059 ; F24F140/50 ; F24F11/65

Abstract:
Dehumidification cannot be performed when a load decreases. In an air conditioner of the present invention, an indoor heat exchanger includes an auxiliary heat exchanger 20 and a main heat exchanger 21 disposed leeward from the auxiliary heat exchanger 20. In an operation in a predetermined dehumidification operation mode, a liquid refrigerant supplied to the auxiliary heat exchanger 20 all evaporates midway in the auxiliary heat exchanger 20. Therefore, only an upstream partial area in the auxiliary heat exchanger 20 is an evaporation region, while an area downstream of the evaporation region in the auxiliary heat exchanger 20 is a superheat region. In the predetermined dehumidification operation mode, a compressor and an expansion valve are controlled so that the extent of the evaporation region of the auxiliary heat exchanger 20 varies depending on the load.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150068237A1 AIR CONDITIONER Public/Granted day:2015-03-12
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