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AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorsYusuke Tashiro, Yasuhide Hayamaru, Masakazu Kondo, Masakazu Sato, Atsushi Kawashima
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A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes: a compressor; an indoor heat exchanger; an outdoor heat exchanger including first and second outdoor heat exchangers; a bypass flow passage causing a discharge side of the compressor to communicate with the first or second outdoor heat exchanger; a flow control valve at the bypass flow passage; and a controller performing a heating operation in which the first and second outdoor heat exchangers operate as an evaporator and the indoor heat exchanger operates as a condenser and a simultaneous heating and defrosting operation in which part of refrigerant the compressor discharges is supplied to one of the first and second outdoor heat exchangers through the bypass flow passage, the other of the outdoor heat exchangers operates as an evaporator, the indoor heat exchanger operates as a condenser, and an upper limit frequency of the compressor changes to a value higher than in the heating operation.
A refrigeration cycle apparatus comprising:
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