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Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 02, 2017
Applicant:

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Kensaku Hatanaka, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 49/02 (2006.01); F25B 13/00 (2006.01); F25B 39/00 (2006.01); F25B 41/22 (2021.01); F25B 41/31 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 49/02 (2013.01); F25B 13/00 (2013.01); F25B 39/00 (2013.01); F25B 41/22 (2021.01); F25B 41/31 (2021.01); F25B 2500/26 (2013.01); F25B 2500/27 (2013.01); F25B 2600/2513 (2013.01); F25B 2600/2515 (2013.01); F25B 2700/19 (2013.01); F25B 2700/21 (2013.01);
Abstract

A first valve is connected between a compressor and a first heat exchanger. A second valve is connected between the first heat exchanger and a expansion valve. When a start condition of the heating operation is satisfied and when a specific condition is satisfied, a controller starts supplying refrigerant from the compressor to the first valve, and then, opens the first and second valves. The specific condition is a condition indicating that a first heat exchange capability of the first heat exchanger is higher than a second heat exchange capability of a second heat exchanger. When the start condition of the heating operation is satisfied and when the specific condition is not satisfied, the controller opens the first and second valves, and then starts supplying the refrigerant from the compressor to the first valve.


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