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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2001
Kazuhei Arita, Shizuoka, JP;
Tomiyuki Matsukiyo, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshihiro Ichino, Shizuoka, JP;
Shinji Tongu, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The air conditioner comprises heat transfer medium temperature adjusting device for adjusting the temperature of a heat transfer medium, an absorption chiller having as a heat source the heat transfer medium supplied from the heat transfer medium temperature adjusting device via a heat transfer medium line through which the heat transfer medium conducts, a valve provided in the heat transfer medium line , a by-pass line branching off from the valve , and an indoor unit supplied with a refrigerant from the absorption chiller or the heat transfer medium from the heat transfer medium temperature adjusting device via the by-pass line . Thereby, at the time of heating, the valve is switched to allow the heat transfer medium to pass through the by-pass line , so that the heat transfer medium can be directly supplied via the by-pass line to the indoor unit . Hence, in the heating operation, the devices such as pumps involving the operation of the absorption chiller can be stopped, so that the air conditioner can be improved in the energy saving.