- Patent Title: Refrigeration cycle apparatus and refrigerant circulation method
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Application No.: US13583323Application Date: 2011-01-26
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Publication No.: US09612047B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Shinya Higashiiue , Takashi Okazaki , So Nomoto , Hirokazu Minamisako
- Applicant: Shinya Higashiiue , Takashi Okazaki , So Nomoto , Hirokazu Minamisako
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: JP2010-081125 20100331
- International Application: PCT/JP2011/051469 WO 20110126
- International Announcement: WO2011/122085 WO 20111006
- Main IPC: F25B41/00
- IPC: F25B41/00 ; F25B49/00 ; F25B1/06 ; F25B39/04 ; F25B40/00 ; F25B47/02

Abstract:
An internal heat exchanger and a first flow control valve are connected in series between a condenser and a refrigerant inlet of an ejector. A gas refrigerant outlet of a gas-liquid separator is connected to a suction port of a compressor. A first bypass circuit connects a refrigerant outlet of the condenser to an intermediate pressure portion of the compressor via a second flow control valve and the internal heat exchanger. A second bypass circuit connects a refrigerant outlet of the internal heat exchanger to the liquid refrigerant outlet of the gas-liquid separator via a third flow control valve. While the second flow control valve is opened such that the refrigerant flows through the first bypass circuit, the fourth flow control valve is switched to be opened or closed, and the third flow control valve is switched to be closed or opened.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130042640A1 REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS AND REFRIGERANT CIRCULATION METHOD Public/Granted day:2013-02-21
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