Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Free cooling outdoor unit
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Application No.: US16973834Application Date: 2018-08-17
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Publication No.: US11592223B2Publication Date: 2023-02-28
- Inventor: Yoshio Yamano , Takahito Hikone , Kimitaka Kadowaki , Takuya Ito , Yasushi Okoshi
- 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/JP2018/030532 WO 20180817
- International Announcement: WO2020/035941 WO 20200220
- Main IPC: F25B41/20
- IPC: F25B41/20 ; F25B49/00 ; F25B25/00

Abstract:
A free cooling outdoor unit includes: a refrigerant circuit through which refrigerant circulates; a brine circuit through which brine circulates; a water circuit through which water circulates; a fan configured to send air to the second heat exchanger; a flow control valve configured to control a circulation amount of the brine in the brine circuit; a water temperature detection sensor configured to detect a water temperature in the water circuit; an outside air temperature sensor; and a controller configured to control, where the outside air temperature is equal to or lower than a freezing temperature of the brine, the circulation amount of the brine based on the water temperature such that a brine temperature is prevented from reaching a temperature equal to or lower than the freezing temperature of the brine.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210247118A1 FREE COOLING OUTDOOR UNIT Public/Granted day:2021-08-12
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