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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2003
Akira Hiwata, Kyoto, JP;
Yuji Inoue, Shiga, JP;
Yoshikazu Kawabe, Shiga, JP;
Noriho Okaza, Shiga, JP;
Kazuo Nakatani, Osaka, JP;
Akira Hiwata, Kyoto, JP;
Yuji Inoue, Shiga, JP;
Yoshikazu Kawabe, Shiga, JP;
Noriho Okaza, Shiga, JP;
Kazuo Nakatani, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A refrigeration cycle apparatus using carbon dioxide as a refrigerant has a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an expander, an indoor heat exchanger and an auxiliary compressor. The auxiliary compressor is driven by power recover by the expander. When refrigerant flows using the indoor heat exchanger as an evaporator, a discharge side of the auxiliary compressor becomes a suction side of the compressor, and when refrigerant flows using the indoor heat exchanger as a gas cooler, a discharge side of the compressor becomes a suction side of the auxiliary compressor.