Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for setting the refrigerant charge amount in an air-conditioning apparatus
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Application No.: US16663461Application Date: 2019-10-25
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Publication No.: US11262097B2Publication Date: 2022-03-01
- Inventor: Yasuhiro Suzuki , Takao Komai , Akira Maeda , Mitsuru Kawashima
- 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
- Priority: WOPCT/JP2014/080481 20141118
- Main IPC: F24F11/89
- IPC: F24F11/89 ; F25B49/00 ; F24F11/30 ; F24F11/70 ; F25B45/00 ; F24F11/36 ; F24F11/32 ; F25B49/02 ; F25B13/00 ; F24F110/50

Abstract:
An indoor unit includes an air-sending fan, an air inlet through which air of an indoor space is sucked in, and an air outlet located above the air inlet and through which the air sucked in through the air inlet is blown out to the indoor space. A control unit activates the air-sending fan when leakage of the refrigerant is detected. When M [kg] represents an amount of charge of the refrigerant in a refrigeration cycle, LFL [kg/m3] represents a lower flammable limit of the refrigerant, A [m2] represents a floor area of the indoor space, and Ho [m] represents a height of the air outlet above a floor surface of the indoor space, the amount of charge M, the lower flammable limit LFL, the floor area A, and the height Ho satisfy a relationship of M
Public/Granted literature
- US20200056802A1 AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-02-20
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