Refrigeration Cycle Apparatus

A refrigeration cycle apparatus, comprising:

• a compressor, a first outdoor heat exchanger, and a second outdoor heat exchanger that are connected to a refrigerant expansion mechanism and an indoor heat exchanger and constitute a refrigerant circuit;
• a flow path switching mechanism configured to switch a flow direction of refrigerant compressed by the compressor in the refrigerant circuit, the flow path switching mechanism being connected to the compressor, the first outdoor heat exchanger, the second outdoor heat exchanger, and the indoor heat exchanger in the refrigerant circuit,
• the first outdoor heat exchanger and the second outdoor heat exchanger being arranged to allow the refrigerant to flow in parallel in the refrigerant circuit;
• and
• a flow rate adjustment mechanism configured to adjust an amount of refrigerant flowing through the second outdoor heat exchanger, wherein
• when switching between a cooling operation in which the refrigerant is distributed to the first outdoor heat exchanger and the second outdoor heat exchanger in parallel and a heating operation in which the refrigerant is distributed to the first outdoor heat exchanger and the second outdoor heat exchanger in parallel, the flow path switching mechanism switches the flow direction of the refrigerant while the flow rate adjustment mechanism temporarily closes a refrigerant flow path to the second outdoor heat exchanger.