AIR CONDITIONER
    5.
    发明公开
    AIR CONDITIONER 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:EP3859224A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-04

    申请号:EP18935195.0

    申请日:2018-09-28

    IPC分类号: F24F11/84 F24F11/52

    摘要: An air-conditioning apparatus includes: a heat-medium transfer device including a pump provided to transfer a heat medium that contains water or brine and transfers heat; a plurality of indoor units each of which includes an indoor heat exchanger provided to cause heat exchange to be performed between indoor air and the heat medium, and a flow control valve provided to adjust a flow rate of the heat medium that flows through the indoor heat exchanger, the plurality of indoor units being connected to the heat-medium transfer device by respective heat medium pipes; and a controller provided to control an opening degree of the flow control valve. The controller determines a valve opening-degree control range that is a control range of an opening degree of the flow control valve of each indoor unit, based on a flow-passage resistance depending on a length of a pipe that extends from the heat-medium transfer device to the indoor unit, such that the lower the flow-passage resistance, the smaller the valve opening-degree control range.

    AIR-CONDITIONER
    9.
    发明公开
    AIR-CONDITIONER 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:EP3859244A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-04

    申请号:EP18935245.3

    申请日:2018-09-28

    IPC分类号: F25B47/02

    摘要: An air-conditioning apparatus includes: a plurality of outdoor units each including a compressor and an outdoor heat exchanger, refrigerant flowing through the plurality of outdoor units; an indoor unit including an indoor heat exchanger, a heat medium flowing through the indoor unit; a plurality of relay devices to which the plurality of outdoor units are connected independently, and to which the indoor unit is connected, each of the plurality of relay devices including a heat medium heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant and the heat medium; and a controller configured to control action of the plurality of outdoor units, the indoor unit, and the plurality of relay devices, wherein the controller includes a defrost determination unit configured to determine necessity for a defrosting operation, a load determination unit configured to compare, in a case where the defrosting operation is necessary, an indoor unit total load with an outdoor unit total capacity, and an equipment control unit configured to control an operating frequency of the compressor of an outdoor unit other than the outdoor unit on which the defrosting operation is to be performed such that the outdoor unit total capacity is increased in a case where the indoor unit total load is greater than the outdoor unit total capacity.