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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1995
Masao Isshiki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yukio Kiguchi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Takashi Sato, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yasuhiro Kageyama, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An air conditioning apparatus and method of controlling same wherein the air conditioner includes a refrigerating circuit having a variable capacity compressor, an indoor heat exchanger, an expansion device, and an outdoor heat exchanger; a variable speed outdoor fan for circulating an outside air through the outdoor heat exchanger; and an outdoor heat exchanger temperature detector for detecting the temperature of the outdoor heat exchanger. The outside air temperature is estimated from the detected outdoor heat exchanger temperature, the capacity of the variable capacity compressor and the speed of the variable speed outdoor fan, and is used to control the compressor and/or the fan.