Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Ryosuke Tsuihiji

Osamu Kosuda

Toyoaki Kiya

Ibuki Sukegawa

A refrigeration apparatus includes N refrigeration units each including a compressor, an oil separator, an oil return pipe, and a heat dissipation heat exchanger; N pressure reducing valves each connected to the heat dissipation heat exchanger of a corresponding one of the N refrigeration units; and an oil return control mechanism that controls a return destination of the oil separated by the oil separators of the N refrigeration units. The oil return control mechanism includes an oil supply pipe that connects the oil return pipes of the N refrigeration units to each other, and a flow control mechanism, which controls a flowing condition of oil in the oil supply pipe, disposed in the oil supply pipe.

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Gunma, Japan

Ryosuke Tsuihiji