Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Air-conditioning apparatus
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Application No.: US15559628Application Date: 2015-07-08
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Publication No.: US10598413B2Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: Toshinori Ote
- Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Posz Law Group, PLC
- International Application: PCT/JP2015/069604 WO 20150708
- International Announcement: WO2017/006452 WO 20170112
- Main IPC: F25B31/00
- IPC: F25B31/00 ; F25B13/00 ; F25B49/02

Abstract:
An air-conditioning apparatus includes: a refrigerant circuit including a compressor, an indoor heat exchanger, an expansion valve, and an outdoor heat exchanger that are connected by a refrigerant pipe so that refrigerant circulates through the refrigerant circuit; and a controller configured to control an operation state of the compressor, in which the controller is configured to estimate an oil concentration inside the compressor based on a temperature of gas refrigerant discharged from the compressor and a pressure of the gas refrigerant discharged from the compressor, and when the oil concentration is less than an oil concentration reference value, continue an operation of the compressor even under a state in which the thermo-off condition is satisfied.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180073786A1 AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-03-15
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