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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2023
Daikin Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JP;
Eiji Kumakura, Osaka, JP;
Hirofumi Daiguji, Tokyo, JP;
Arun Majumdar, Stanford, CA (US);
Wei-Lun Hsu, Tokyo, JP;
Jubair Ahmed Shamim, Tokyo, JP;
DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka, JP;
THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A refrigerant circuit includes a compressor that compresses refrigerant and an expansion mechanism that decompresses refrigerant. The refrigerant circuit configures a vapor compression refrigeration cycle in which the refrigerant circulates. The adsorbent adsorbs and desorbs the refrigerant circulating in a first unit. The refrigerant circuit includes a high-pressure region and a low-pressure region. The refrigeration cycle apparatus is operated under at least one of a first condition and a second condition. In the first condition, the refrigerant in the high-pressure region has a pressure lower than or equal to a critical pressure of the refrigerant, and the refrigerant in the high-pressure region has a temperature exceeding a critical temperature of the refrigerant. In the second condition, the refrigerant in the low-pressure region has a pressure lower than a saturation pressure corresponding to an evaporation temperature of the refrigerant in a case where the adsorbent neither adsorbs nor desorbs the refrigerant.