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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2015
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Yoji Onaka, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Takashi Matsumoto, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Mizuo Sakai, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Hiroki Murakami, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Hiroaki Nakamune, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Abstract
An outdoor unit includes at least a compressor, a gas-liquid separator, and an outdoor heat exchanger of a refrigerant circuit, the refrigerant circuit being formed by connecting, by pipes, the compressor, a condenser, a pressure reducing device, the gas-liquid separator, and the outdoor heat exchanger that acts as an evaporator including at least a plurality of heat transfer tubes and an inlet header that distributes incoming refrigerant to the heat transfer tubes. The outdoor unit further includes a gas-liquid-separator bypass pipe, a gas-liquid-separator-side flow control valve, a header bypass pipe, a header-side flow control valve, and a determination device.