Abstract: There is provided a cooling apparatus which can improve a cooling efficiency while preventing an abnormal increase in pressure of a high side. The cooling apparatus comprises: a refrigerant circuit which uses carbon dioxide as a refrigerant; a control device which controls a speed of rotation of the compressor between predetermined lowest and highest speeds; and a cooled state sensor which detects a cooled state in a refrigerator main body to be cooled by an evaporator included in the refrigerant circuit. The control device increases a highest speed of rotation of the compressor if a temperature in the chamber of the refrigerator main body detected by the cooled state sensor is low.

Abstract: The present invention aims to prevent the occurrence of liquid compression at the second rotary compression element before it happens while improving the compression efficiency with an intermediate cooling circuit in a refrigerant cycle apparatus which comprises an internal high-pressure type multi-stage compression compressor, and the invention is summarized in that the apparatus comprises an intermediate cooling circuit which allows refrigerant discharged from the first rotary compression element of a compressor to dissipate heat, where a microcomputer performs control on the number of revolutions of the compressor to maintain the temperature/pressure of refrigerant so that the refrigerant does not condense at the output of the intermediate cooling circuit, where such a control is done in response to outputs from an outside-air temperature sensor, a refrigerant temperature sensor, and a signal from a controlling apparatus of a refrigerating apparatus body.

Abstract: There is disclosed a refrigerant cycle apparatus capable of avoiding occurrence of an abnormal rise in a pressure on a high-pressure side in advance, comprising: a throttling mechanism including a first capillary tube, and a second capillary tube which is connected in parallel to the first capillary tube and whose flow path resistance is smaller than that of the first capillary tube; and a valve device for controlling refrigerant circulation into the first and second capillary tubes, so that a refrigerant is passed into the second capillary tube at the time of starting of a compressor.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a refrigerant cycle apparatus which can optimize the capability of releasing heat from a refrigerant in a gas cooler and an auxiliary heat exchanger under use conditions at a low cost. There are provided an intermediate cooling circuit which once releases heat from a refrigerant discharged from a compressor and then returns the refrigerant to the compressor, and a fan which ventilates an inter cooler of the intermediate cooling circuit and a gas cooler. The inter cooler has substantially the same ventilation area as that of the gas cooler.

Abstract: A heat pump type hot water supply apparatus (10) for heating water by refrigerant heat and stocking the hot water thus achieved including: a heat pump unit (11) having a refrigerant circuit using natural refrigerant, the refrigerant circuit including a compressor (16) for compressing refrigerant, a heat-pump heat exchanger (18) and a refrigerant-water heat exchanger (27) for performing the heat exchange between refrigerant and water to achieve hot water; a hot water supply unit (12) including a hot water supply tank (26) for stocking the hot water achieved by the refrigerant-water heat exchanger (27) of the heat pump unit (11) and supplying the hot water thus stocked; and a water pipe (36) through which the refrigerant-water heat exchanger (27) of the heat pump unit (11) and the hot water supply tank (26) of the hot water supply unit (12) are connected to each other to circulate hot-water/water between the refrigerant-water heat exchanger (27) and said hot water supply tank (26).

Abstract: A heat pump type hot water supply apparatus (10) for heating water by refrigerant heat and stocking the hot water thus achieved including: a heat pump unit (11) having a refrigerant circuit using natural refrigerant, the refrigerant circuit including a compressor (16) for compressing refrigerant, a heat-pump heat exchanger (18) and a refrigerant-water heat exchanger (27) for performing the heat exchange between refrigerant and water to achieve hot water; a hot water supply unit (12) including a hot water supply tank (26) for stocking the hot water achieved by the refrigerant-water heat exchanger (27) of the heat pump unit (11) and supplying the hot water thus stocked; and a water pipe (36) through which the refrigerant-water heat exchanger (27) of the heat pump unit (11) and the hot water supply tank (26) of the hot water supply unit (12) are connected to each other to circulate hot-water/water between the refrigerant-water heat exchanger (27) and said hot water supply tank (26).

Abstract: A number of vanes 12 are disposed in a peripheral direction of a plurality of supporting disks disposed along a rotary shaft 14 at given intervals. Each vane 12 is disposed at an angular interval as determined by a logistic representation. Thereby the intensity and variations of noise levels at around 8N on the low-frequency side, as well as the noise level caused by rotary first-order sounds, can be reduced.

Abstract: An air conditioner including at least two kinds of refrigerant which are circulated in a refrigerant circuit and have different characteristics, a calculator for calculating the driving capacity of a compressor in accordance with a request load of the refrigerant circuit and outputting a driving capacity signal representing the driving capacity, a driving unit for controlling the driving capacity of the compressor so as to obtain the driving capacity corresponding to the driving capacity signal of the calculator, and correcting means for correcting the driving capacity signal so as to reduce the driving capacity when the refrigerant pressure in the refrigerant circuit exceeds a first pressure value.