Abstract: To achieve higher efficiency at a low-load region and to enable power saving throughout a year. The refrigeration cycle apparatus 1 includes a compressor 4 that has a flow in/out port 4d through which a refrigerant is capable of flowing out and flowing in, in fluid communication with a compression room 4c; pipes 21, 22 disposed at a suction side of the compressor 4; a pipe 25 connected to the flow in/out port 4d of the compressor 4; a pipe 27 that has one end connected to the pipe 25 and an opposite end connected to the pipe 21; and a second solenoid valve 13 for opening and closing a fluid passage of the pipe 27.

Abstract: An air conditioner that includes a heat exchanger including: heat-transfer pipes extending in a horizontal direction and spaced apart at predetermined intervals in a vertical direction and configured to allow a thermal medium to flow therein. A part of the heat transfer pipes are used for at least one inflow path into which the thermal medium flows from the outside of the heat exchanger and the other part of the heat transfer pipes are used for at least one outflow path from which the thermal medium flows out to the outside. At least one connection pipe through which an outlet side of one of the at least one inflow path communicates with an inlet side of one of the at least one outflow path.

Abstract: An air conditioning system provided which has: an outdoor device including at least a compressor and a first heat exchanger; an air handling device including an air supply fan and a second heat exchanger; an expansion valve; and a control section, wherein the compressor, the first heat exchanger, the expansion valve, and the second heat exchanger are sequentially connected in an annular shape to form a refrigerant circuit in which refrigerant circulates, and the control section adjusts a rotation speed of the air supply fan and/or a degree of opening of the expansion valve based on information including a temperature detection value of refrigerant on each of one end side and the other end side of the second heat exchanger, a temperature detection value of air toward the second heat exchanger, and a temperature detection value of air heat-exchanged by the second heat exchanger.

Abstract: An air conditioner 1 includes: an outdoor heat exchanger 14; an outdoor fan 12 for blowing air to the outdoor heat exchanger; an outdoor fan motor 20 that drives the outdoor fan; an outdoor fan inverter 21 that drives the outdoor fan motor; and a control unit 31 that generates a rotation-speed command voltage for controlling the rotation number of the outdoor fan motor. In addition, the control unit starts a defrost operation of the outdoor heat exchanger, based on the rotation-speed command voltage. In this manner, it is possible to achieve an outdoor device of an air conditioner in which there is no need to provide a current detecting sensor, and it is possible to detect frost formation over the heat exchanger during a heating operation and to perform a defrost operation at low costs.

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle, an air conditioning system, and a method for controlling a refrigeration cycle are provided. The refrigeration cycle includes an outdoor unit, an indoor unit, a controller, and an inverter. The controller controls a compressor and an outdoor fan of the air conditioning system so as to minimize a total electric power consumption of the air conditioning system. The inverter controls the outdoor fan in a rotation state predicted from a capacity demand in an air conditioning space depending on an operation mode and sensor values. The controller predicts the capacity demand and controls a rotation rate of the outdoor fan based on a prediction of the capacity demand.

Abstract: An air conditioner controller for an air conditioner is configured to obtain a first value of a performance value from a predetermined component of the air conditioner, and estimate a total cost. The controller is configured to estimate the total cost including an operation cost and a renewal cost of the air conditioner based on the first value of the performance variable obtained from the predetermined component of the air conditioner and a second value of the performance variable estimated by an operational model of the air conditioner. The total cost is a total cost of operating and renewing the air conditioner for a time period after a time at which the first value of the performance variable is obtained. The controller is configured to output the total cost via a user interface.

Abstract: A refrigerant cycle of the present invention includes including an outdoor unit, a plurality of indoor units, and a controller for controlling the refrigeration cycle using at least one EEV. The controller comprises a velocity PID component executing a velocity PID control using pulse number for driving an EEV, three-state controller determining a driving state of the EEV and generating pulse commands designating the driving state, and a state machine driving the EEV depending on the pulse commands generated by the three-state controller.

Abstract: A rotary compressor that may include an upper or outboard bearing above the motor components and, in this case, includes an upper bearing plate having a structure that ensures bearing alignment when press fit with an upper cap and a center shell. In some implementations, a main bearing frame that secures and holds a main bearing has a structure that when press fit with a lower cap and center shell ensure bearing alignment. Some implementations include disposing a hermetic terminal and a discharge port a the side of the upper cap or center shell.

Abstract: A refrigerant flow path switch arranged between an outdoor device and each of multiple indoor devices controls a refrigerant flow and is provided with a housing; a refrigerant flow path switching circuit having multiple refrigerant flow path switching circuits, wherein each refrigerant flow path switching circuit includes a high/low pressure gas pipe, a low pressure gas pipe, a high/low pressure electric valve provided at the high/low pressure gas pipe, and a low pressure electric valve provided at the low pressure gas pipe. A liquid pipe assembly is arranged in the housing and has multiple liquid pipes connected to the multiple indoor devices. A first divider plate is provided between adjacent ones of the refrigerant flow path switching circuits and divides an internal space of the housing such that a space divided by the first divider plate is in a substantially cubic shape, which is filled with a foaming agent.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: a gas-side port connected to piping for a gaseous refrigerant; a liquid-side port connected to piping for a liquid refrigerant; a refrigerant path that links the gas-side port to the liquid-side port; at least four heat exchange part regions that perform heat exchange between air and the refrigerant flowing through the refrigerant path; and a branching and merging part that branches and merges the refrigerant path to connect the heat exchange part regions in series between the gas-side port and the liquid-side port through the refrigerant path. The heat exchange part regions are connected to each other through the branching and merging part so as to allow the number of refrigerant paths provided in the heat exchange part region near the gas-side port to be greater than the number of refrigerant paths provided in the heat exchange part region near the liquid-side port.

Abstract: A centering process and fastening bolt are not required for assembling a fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll of a scroll compressor that includes a hermetically sealed container and a compression mechanism. The fixed scroll includes a cylindrical portion formed in a circumferential direction on an outer circumferential side of the fixed wrap, a flange provided in the circumferential direction further outside of the cylindrical portion, and a first hole provided in the flange in an axial direction. The frame includes an inner circumferential surface, a flange provided in the circumferential direction further outside of the inner circumferential surface, and a second hole in the axial direction which is provided in a position of the flange opposite to the first hole. A knock pin is inserted in the first and second holes to prevent the frame and the fixed scroll from being displaced in the rotational direction.

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle including at least one outdoor unit including a plurality of compressors and indoor units each placed in indoor spaces comprises a plurality of compressors for supplying refrigerant to indoor units; and a controller for controlling cooperatively a plurality of the compressors in the outdoor unit to provide a capacity for air-conditioning in the indoor spaces through the indoor units, wherein the controller controls operation of the compressors so as to minimize a cost including start/stop of each compressor by prediction of an air-conditioning requirement in a next time chunk.

Abstract: An air conditioner is provided, which is capable of accurately determining appropriateness of a refrigerant amount in a refrigerating cycle. A control apparatus is configured to: stop a cooling operation; set an expansion valve to a fully-closed state and, at the same time, switch the selector valve to change the direction, in which a refrigerant flows, to an opposite direction; operate a compressor to perform a refrigerant recovery operation, in which a refrigerant contained in an outdoor heat exchanger is recovered by an indoor heat exchanger; and determine the appropriateness of a refrigerant amount in a refrigerating cycle, based on at least one of a time required for recovering the refrigerant, a pressure change in a refrigerant suctioned by the compressor, and temperature of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor during the refrigerant recovery operation.

Abstract: A controller controls a first inverter drive circuit and a second inverter drive circuit. The first inverter drive circuit drives a load having a load current larger than the second inverter drive circuit. The first inverter drive circuit includes a control ground terminal and a drive ground terminal which are isolated from each other. The ground terminal of the second inverter drive circuit is connected to the ground of the controller. The control ground terminal of the first inverter drive circuit is connected to the ground of the controller. The drive ground terminal of the first inverter drive circuit is connected to the negative side of the first inverter circuit.

Abstract: A rolling cylinder displacement compressor including a minimum pressure bypass port as an opening of a minimum pressure bypass valve flow path, which is connected to a compression chamber formed in the compression portion in a lowest pressure state, of the bypass valve flow path is arranged such that a compression chamber faces an opening of the discharge flow path or the minimum pressure bypass port. The minimum pressure bypass port may be configured such that a minimum pressure port center as the center of the minimum pressure bypass port is arranged in a rotation advanced-side region with respect to an advanced radius line as a line connecting a cylinder advanced corner point of the compression chamber at the start of a compression stroke and the rotation center of the rolling cylinder.

Abstract: An air conditioner controller for an air conditioner is configured to obtain a first value of a performance value from a predetermined component of the air conditioner, and estimate a total cost. The controller is configured to estimate the total cost including an operation cost and a renewal cost of the air conditioner based on the first value of the performance variable obtained from the predetermined component of the air conditioner and a second value of the performance variable estimated by an operational model of the air conditioner. The total cost is a total cost of operating and renewing the air conditioner for a time period after a time at which the first value of the performance variable is obtained. The controller is configured to output the total cost via a user interface.

Abstract: In order to enable a drain pan to be visually checked for contamination without requiring a complicated operation, the present invention is configured so as to be equipped with: a housing; a drain pan provided inside the housing; a drain pump for pumping up drain water accumulated in the drain pan; an opening provided in a side surface of the housing; and a cover member attached to the opening and covering the opening. When the cover member is detached from the opening at least a portion of the drain pan can be viewed from the opening.

Abstract: In order to achieve a power conversion device with which a motor can be stably driven, a power conversion device is provided with: an inverter, which converts supplied DC voltage to an AC output voltage and supplies the AC output voltage to windings, and which, in accordance with the DC voltage, changes the saturation level at which the output voltage is saturated, in order to drive a motor equipped with a stator having the windings and a rotor having permanent magnets; and a controller which, when the output voltage is lower than the saturation level, increases the output current of the inverter such that a magnetic flux that weakens or strengthens the magnetic flux generated by the permanent magnets is generated in the windings. An air conditioner including the power conversion device is also disclosed.

Abstract: A screw compressor includes a screw rotor, an electric motor for driving the screw rotor, bearings supporting the screw rotor and casings housing these members. The screw compressor also includes an oil feeding passage formed in the casing for feeding oil on a high pressure side to the bearings by a differential pressure between the high pressure side and a low pressure side and an oil feeding amount adjusting unit placed in a middle of the oil feeding passage, the oil feeding amount adjusting unit includes a cylinder, a valve element provided to reciprocate inside the cylinder, and plural flow paths provided in the valve element having different flow path areas, the plural flow paths are switched to adjust an oil feeding amount to be fed to the bearings by moving the valve element in accordance with the differential pressure between the high pressure side and the low pressure side.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heat exchanger having a heat exchanging portion HE including a plurality of paths through which a refrigerant flows and a plurality of columns of fin plate that exchange heat between the refrigerant and air, wherein, in a case where the heat exchanging portion functions as a condenser, the refrigerant is flown from a header into the heat exchanging portion HE via the plurality of paths, every two paths of the plurality of paths merge into one single path by branching/merging pipes after the refrigerant has flown through one fin plate, before the refrigerant flows through the other fin plate so as to flow out of the heat exchanging portion HE, wherein a difference in height between the highest path and the lowest path in a vertical direction is set equal to or less than half of a height of the heat exchanging portion HE.