Air conditioner having a low-resistance oil separation unit
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSung-je Oh
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Abstract
An air conditioner includes a compressor for compressing a refrigerant, and a condenser for condensing the refrigerant. A capillary tube lowers the pressure of the refrigerant, and an evaporator evaporates the low-pressure refrigerant. An oil separation unit is disposed between the compressor and the condenser for separating oil contained in the refrigerant. A bypass pipe is disposed in parallel with the oil separation unit and directly conveys some of the refrigerant from the compressor into the condenser, thereby reducing flow resistance in the oil separation unit and reducing power consumption.
Claims4
An air conditioner comprising:
- a compressor for compressing a refrigerant into a high temperature and high pressure gaseous refrigerant;
- a condenser for condensing the compressed gaseous refrigerant into a lower temperature and high pressure liquid refrigerant;
- a pressure-lowering device for lowering the pressure of the refrigerant introduced from said condenser;
- an evaporator for evaporating the refrigerant passed through said pressure-lowering device to cool ambient air;
- an oil separation unit disposed between said compressor and said condenser, for separating oil contained in refrigerant discharged from said compressor;
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- a bypass pipe disposed in parallel with said oil separation unit, for directly conveying, to said condenser, some of the refrigerant discharged from said compressor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.