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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1998
Hidetoshi Arima, Gunma-ken, JP;
Nobuhiro Idei, Gunma-ken, JP;
Mamoru Kubo, Gunma-ken, JP;
Masashi Izumi, Gunma-ken, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka-fu, JP;
Abstract
An air conditioning system comprises a heat source side machine such as an absorption type refrigerator, a plurality of user side machines more than half of which are disposed below the heat source side machine, and liquid phase and gas phase pipes connecting the heat source side machine with the user side machines to form a closed circuit. A phase-changeable fluid circulates between the heat source side machine and the user side machines by utilizing its own specific gravity difference between the liquid and gas phases and a driving force of an electric pump provided to the liquid phase pipe, so that each of the user side machines can perform cooling operation. A receiver tank is provided to the inlet side of the electric pump, and an upper portion of the receiver tank is connected to the gas phase pipe by a pressure-equalizing pipe so as to improve a start characteristic of the cooling operation. Moreover, the fluid transported from the electric pump is recooled in the heat source side machine so that the fluid heated by the electric pump does not generate bubbles in the liquid phase pipe when being transported to the user side machine that performs cooling operation.