Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Minoru Tagashira

Yuji Yoshida

Masami Funakura

Kazuo Nakatani

Koji Arita

Yoshio Moriwaki

Takeshi Tomizawa

Takaharu Gamo

Tadayasu Mitsumata

Mitsuhiro Ikoma

Shiro Hozumi

Mitsuharu Matsuo

Hideo Uchino

Shin'ichi Aso

Kouji Ebisu

A mixed working fluid having almost no influence on stratosphere ozone layer and capable of being a substitute for R22, comprising 15 to 90% by weight perfluorodimethylether and one or two selected from fluorinated dimethylethers consisting of exclusively two carbon atoms, one oxygen atom, hydrogen atoms and fluorine atoms, said fluorodimethylether being selected from the group consisting of 85% by weight or less pentafluorodimethylether, 50% by weight of less dimethylether, 60% by weight or less trifluorodimethylether, 60% by weight of less tetrafluorodimethylether, and 50% by weight or less difluorodimethylether.

Working fluid containing perfluorodimethylether

The present invention provides an apparatus for charging a three-component mixed refrigerant substitutable for R22 or R502 and a method for charging the three-component mixed refrigerant. A high-boiling point refrigerant container and a metering device for the high-boiling point refrigerant and a container for an azeotrope-like mixed refrigerant lower in boiling point than said high-boiling point refrigerant and a metering device for the azeotrope-like mixed refrigerant are connected to one pipe line having a refrigerant charging port, and a given amount of the high-boiling point refrigerant and a given amount of the lower boiling point azeotrope-like mixed refrigerant are metered and charged in this order in a heat pump apparatus.

Apparatus and method for charging three-component mixed refrigerant

A working fluid containing chlorotetrafluoroethane and at least two fluorinated hydrocarbons having a boiling point of not higher than -40.degree. C. under atmospheric pressure selected from the group consisting of methane derivatives and ethane derivatives which consist of one or two carbon atoms, hydrogen atoms and fluorine atoms, which has very small influence on the ozone layer in the stratosphere and decreased flammability and is suitable as a substitute working fluid for chlorodifluoromethane.

Working fluid containing chlorotetrafluoroethane

A refrigerant cycling apparatus, enclosing a non-azeotropic mixture including a low-boiling point refrigerant and a low-boiling point refrigerant, includes: a first compressor; a second compressor, a suction pipe of which is connected with a discharge pipe of the first compressor; a fractionating/separating device, the discharge pipe of the first compressor being connected with one of a top portion and a middle portion of the fractionating/separating device, the suction pipe of the first compressor being connected with the top portion of the fractionating/separating device, the discharge pipe of the second compressor being connected with one of the middle portion and a bottom portion of the fractionating/separating device, the suction pipe of the second compressor being connected with the bottom portion of the fractionating/separating device; a first pressure reducing device provided between the top portion of the fractionating/separating device and the suction pipe of the first compressor; a first vaporizing device provided between the first pressure reducing device and the suction pipe of the first compressor to vaporize the refrigerant; a second pressure reducing device provided between the discharge pipe of the second compressor and the fractionating/separating device; and a first condensing device provided between the second pressure reducing device and the suction pipe of the second compressor to condense the refrigerant.

Refrigerant cycling apparatus

The structure is arranged in such a manner that nonazeotropic mixed refrigerant is enclosed therein and a fractioning/separating device is disposed in a low pressure circuit in the main circuit of refrigerating cycle so as to conduct separation operation, the fraction/separation can be conducted at a low pressure in a separation mode, the specific volume of refrigerant gas generated in a reservoir due to heat supplied from a heater is enlarged, and the velocity of gas which moves upwards in the fractioning/separating device can be increased, causing a gas-liquid contact to be promoted. As a result, high performance separation can be conducted at reduced quantity of heat, causing the density of high boiling point refrigerant reserved to be significantly raised. Thus, the composition in the main circuit becomes a composition enriched with low boiling point refrigerant exhibiting excellent heating performance so as to satisfactorily cope with an increase in the load.

Heat pump apparatus

The disclosure is directed to an improved hot water supply unit of a heat pump type which employs metal hydrides for less movable parts, simple construction, quiet operation and reduction in cost.

Hot water supply unit

A solar collector comprising a heat collecting panel for receiving the sunlight, a cover glass arranged above the panel, and a sunlight-pervious diaphragm disposed between the panel and cover glass to form a closed space between itself and the cover glass, the diaphragm being adapted to expand and contract to vary the volume of the closed space, whereby the pressure in the closed space is kept substantially equal to the atmospheric pressure. With this arrangement, since the collector does not permit the entry of humid ambient air into the closed space, no condensates will be produced on the inner surface of the cover glass. Further, if the diaphragm is adapted to sag and contact the panel due to its expansion at the time of abnormal heating, heat dissipation from the panel is accelerated. Thus damage to the panel due to overheating can be prevented.

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Hirakata, Japan

Minoru Tagashira