Air conditioner
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorChitose TANAKA
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Abstract
An air conditioner has a refrigerant circuit and a blower. A refrigerant flow path switching mechanism is configured to switch to a first switching state to allow refrigerant to flow through a reheater, a second expansion valve, and a cooler in this order in a refrigerant circuit. The refrigerant flow path switching mechanism is configured to switch to a second switching state to allow refrigerant to flow through the reheater, the second expansion valve, and the cooler in this order in the refrigerant circuit. The reheater and the cooler are configured to allow air blown by the blower to pass through the cooler and then pass through the reheater during either of the first switching state and the second switching state.
Claims9
An air conditioner comprising:
- a refrigerant circuit comprising a compressor, a refrigerant flow path switching mechanism, an outdoor heat exchanger, a first expansion valve, a reheater, a second expansion valve, and a cooler, and configured to allow refrigerant to circulate in the refrigerant circuit;
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- a blower configured to blow air to the reheater and the cooler,
- the refrigerant flow path switching mechanism being configured to switch between a first switching state and a second switching state,
- the refrigerant flow path switching mechanism being configured to switch to the first switching state to allow the refrigerant to flow through the compressor, the refrigerant flow path switching mechanism, the outdoor heat exchanger, the first expansion valve, the refrigerant flow path switching mechanism, the reheater, the second expansion valve, the cooler, and the refrigerant flow path switching mechanism in this order in the refrigerant circuit,
- the refrigerant flow path switching mechanism being configured to switch to the second switching state to allow the refrigerant to flow through the compressor, the refrigerant flow path switching mechanism, the reheater, the second expansion valve, the cooler, the refrigerant flow path switching mechanism, the first expansion valve, the outdoor heat exchanger, and the refrigerant flow path switching mechanism in this order in the refrigerant circuit, and
- the reheater and the cooler being configured to allow the air blown by the blower to pass through the cooler and then pass through the reheater during either of the first switching state and the second switching state,
- wherein the refrigerant flow path switching mechanism is a six-way valve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.