# US 7,461,517 B2 · Refrigerant cycle unit

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- Number: US 7,461,517 B2
- Document ID: US7461517B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/363,191
- Filed: 2006-02-28
- Published: 2006-08-31
- Granted: 2008-12-09
- Earliest claimed: 2005-02-28
- Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Yoshiaki Kurosawa
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7461517B2

## CPC

- B60H 1/00921: {where the flow direction of the refrigerant does not change and there is an extra subcondenser, e.g. in an air duct}
- F24F 3/153: with subsequent heating, i.e. with the air, given the required humidity in the central station, passing a heating element to achieve the required temperature
- F25B 9/008: {the refrigerant being carbon dioxide}
- F25B 40/00: Subcoolers, desuperheaters or superheaters
- B60H 2001/00957: {comprising locations with heat exchange within the refrigerant circuit itself, e.g. cross-, counter-, or parallel heat exchange}
- F25B 2309/061: with cycle highest pressure above the supercritical pressure
- F25B 2600/2507: Flow-diverting valves
- F25B 2700/02: Humidity
- F25B 2700/1931: Discharge pressures
- F25B 2700/2101: in a bypass
- F25B 2700/2102: at the outlet of the gas cooler
- F25B 2700/2104: of an indoor room or compartment
- F25B 2700/21152: at the discharge side of the compressor
- F25B 2700/2117: of an evaporator
- B60H: ARRANGEMENTS OF HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATING OR OTHER AIR-TREATING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PASSENGER OR GOODS SPACES OF VEHICLES
- F24F: AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B15/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F17/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L17/02)
- F25B: REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS

## Abstract

A refrigerant cycle unit having a side heat exchanger for dehumidifying a space, and a heating mode for delivering a refrigerant from a compressor into an internal gas cooler. The refrigerant cycle unit further includes a cooling mode delivering the refrigerant from the compressor into the external heat exchanger, and after being decompressed by the compressor flowing the refrigerant into an evaporator and into the internal gas cooler. The refrigerant flows into the evaporator, and the decompressed refrigerant flows into the external heat exchanger and the two refrigerants are discharged from the evaporator and the external heat exchanger, respectively, and are united together and returned to the compressor.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A refrigerant cycle unit comprising a utilizing side heat exchanger arranged to be capable of heat exchanging with a space to be air-conditioned, a heat source side heat exchanger arranged outside the space to be air-conditioned, and a compressor for compressing and delivering a refrigerant, and using carbon dioxide as the refrigerant and pressure on high pressure side becoming possibly supercritical pressure,
wherein an internal heat exchanger is provided for heat exchanging the refrigerant discharged from the utilizing side heat exchanger and the refrigerant discharged from the heat source side heat exchanger,
a heating mode can be performed in which the refrigerant delivered from the compressor is caused to flow into the utilizing side heat exchanger so as to give off heat, and after the refrigerant which has given off the heat in the utilizing side heat exchanger has been decompressed, the refrigerant is caused to flow into the heat source side heat exchanger so as to absorb heat and to be returned to the compressor, and
a cooling mode can be performed in which the refrigerant delivered from the compressor is caused to flow into the heat source side heat exchanger so as to give off heat, and after the refrigerant which has given off the heat in the heat source side heat exchanger has been decompressed, the refrigerant is caused to flow into the utilizing side heat exchanger so as to absorb heat and to be returned to the compressor, and
wherein the heat exchanged amount of the refrigerant in the internal heat exchanger in the cooling mode is greater than the heat exchanged amount in the heating mode.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The refrigerant cycle unit as set forth in claim 1, wherein the internal heat exchanger integrally comprises at least three refrigerant flow passages capable of heat exchanging with one another and having heat exchanging capabilities therebetween different from one another, and at least one refrigerant of the refrigerants discharged from the utilizing side heat exchanger and the heat source side heat exchanger, respectively, is caused to flow in the different refrigerant flow passage depending upon the heating and cooling modes to vary heat exchanged amounts of the heating and cooling modes.