Heat pump
AssigneeYanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorsNorihiro OKUDA, Terunori AIKAWA, Hideshi OKADA
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Abstract
A heat pump includes an indoor heat exchanger; an outdoor heat exchanger that is connected to the indoor heat exchanger; an accumulator that is connected to the outdoor heat exchanger; an evaporative heat exchanger that is provided between the outdoor heat exchanger and the accumulator; and a bypass circuit that that is configured to enable a refrigerant that has flowed out of the indoor heat exchanger to flow into the evaporative heat exchanger.
Claims5
A heat pump configured to circulate a refrigerant for cooling and heating that includes an indoor heat exchanger, an outdoor heat exchanger connected to the indoor heat exchanger, and an accumulator connected to the outdoor heat exchanger, the heat pump comprising:
- a first heat exchanger provided between the outdoor heat exchanger and the accumulator;
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- a bypass circuit configured to cause the refrigerant that flows out of the indoor heat exchanger to flow into the first heat exchanger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.