Fluid control assembly

A fluid control assembly, comprising an accommodation chamber, wherein

• the fluid control assembly comprises a valve body and a valve core, the valve body comprises a side wall portion that forms at least part of a peripheral wall of the accommodation chamber;
• the fluid control assembly is provided with at least two columns of communication ports which are spaced apart in a circumferential direction of the side wall portion, the at least two columns of communication ports are located on the valve body, wherein each column of the at least two columns of communication ports comprises at least two communication ports spaced apart in an axial direction of the side wall portion;
• at least part of the valve core is in the accommodation chamber, the valve core comprises an outer communication chamber, and the outer communication chamber comprises at least one shared communication channel;
• wherein
• the fluid control assembly comprises at least two operation modes, in two of the at least two operation modes, at least two communication ports respectively from the at least two columns of communication ports are in communication through a same one of the at least one shared communication channel;
• and wherein
• the at least two columns of communication ports comprise a first column of communication ports and a second column of communication ports arranged adjacently, the first column of communication ports comprises a first port and a third port, and the second column of communication ports comprises a second port and a fourth port;
• wherein
• the first port and the second port are spaced apart in the circumferential direction of the side wall portion, and the third port and the fourth port are spaced apart in the circumferential direction of the side wall portion;
• and wherein
• in a first of the two of the operation modes, one of the at least one shared communication channel is configured to communicate the first port, the second and the third port;
• and in a second of the two of the operation modes, the one of the at least one shared communication channel is configured to communicate the first port, the second and the fourth port.