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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2022
Daikin Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Takuya Nakao, Osaka, JP;
DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An operation control system includes a storage unit that stores electric-power information, and a determination unit. The determination unit determines, based on the electric-power information, a special-operation timing at which a special operation of a refrigerant cycle apparatus installed in at least one property or at least one area is to be executed. The electric-power information includes at least one of electric-power supply demand adjustment request information related to an electric-power supply demand adjustment request from an outside to the property or the area, and electric-power market price information related to an electric-power market price. The special operation includes at least one of a cooling-time oil return operation during a cooling operation of the refrigerant cycle apparatus, a heating-time oil return operation during a heating operation of the refrigerant cycle apparatus, and a defrosting operation during a heating operation of the refrigerant cycle apparatus.
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