Title:
AIR CONDITIONER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/216873
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An air conditioner having: a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an expansion unit, and an indoor heat exchanger provided to an indoor unit are connected by piping, and through which a refrigerant is channeled; and a control unit for adjusting the opening degree of the expansion unit. The control unit has a determining means for determining the likelihood of accumulation of the refrigerant accumulating in the indoor unit, and an opening degree adjustment means for adjusting the opening degree of the expansion unit on the basis of the likelihood of accumulation of the refrigerant determined by the determining means.
Inventors:
HORIE MASAO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2016/067671
Publication Date:
December 21, 2017
Filing Date:
June 14, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP (JP)
International Classes:
F24F11/02
Foreign References:
JPH08159590A | 1996-06-21 | |||
JP2000081244A | 2000-03-21 | |||
JP2015038904A | 2015-02-26 | |||
JP2007271215A | 2007-10-18 | |||
JP2010261606A | 2010-11-18 | |||
JPH0828982A | 1996-02-02 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KISA PATENT & TRADEMARK FIRM (JP)
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