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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2007
Applicants:
Takuya Kotani, Osaka, JP;
Kikuji Hori, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Takuya Kotani, Osaka, JP;
Kikuji Hori, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Daikin Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 7/00 (2006.01); F25B 41/00 (2006.01); F25B 13/00 (2006.01); F24F 5/00 (2006.01); F25B 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 13/00 (2013.01); F24F 5/0017 (2013.01); F25B 45/00 (2013.01); F25B 2313/006 (2013.01); F25B 2313/0233 (2013.01); F25B 2313/0253 (2013.01); F25B 2313/02742 (2013.01); F25B 2400/13 (2013.01); F25B 2400/19 (2013.01); F25B 2500/26 (2013.01); F25B 2600/05 (2013.01); Y02E 60/147 (2013.01);
Abstract
An air conditioner is provided with a plurality of outdoor heat source units, an indoor unit, a liquid refrigerant communication pipe and gas refrigerant communication pipe, and a controller. Each heat source unit has a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, and an accumulator. The indoor unit has an indoor expansion valve and an indoor heat exchanger. The controller starts an other of the heat source units in a stopped state when it is determined that the amount of refrigerant is excessive in a first heat source unit in an operating state.