Air conditioner
AssigneeCarrier Japan Corporation
InventorsYuji Inada, Ken Miura
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an air conditioner includes an outdoor unit including a control unit which controls an operation of a compressor, an expansion valve kit, at least one air-handling unit, and a controller. The control unit or the controller adjusts, when a parameter value indicating a change in temperature of air blown out of an indoor fan or a parameter value indicating a change in temperature of air sucked by the indoor fan is not within a range defined by a first threshold and a second threshold smaller than the first threshold, each of an opening degree of an indoor expansion valve and a change period of the opening degree or each of an operation frequency of the compressor and a change period of the operation frequency.
Claims8
An air conditioner comprising:
- an outdoor unit including a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an outdoor fan, an outdoor expansion valve, and a control unit which controls an operation of the compressor;
- an expansion valve kit including an indoor expansion valve;
- at least one air-handling unit including an indoor heat exchanger and an indoor fan;
- and
- a controller which operates the indoor expansion valve, wherein
- the control unit or the controller adjusts, when a parameter value indicating a change in temperature of air blown out of the indoor fan or a parameter value indicating a change in temperature of air sucked by the indoor fan is not within a range defined by a first threshold and a second threshold smaller than the first threshold, each of an opening degree of the indoor expansion valve and a change period of the opening degree or each of an operation frequency of the compressor and a change period of the operation frequency.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.