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US 8,572,995 B2Granted
Refrigeration system
AssigneeDaikin Industries, Ltd.
InventorShinichi Kasahara
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Abstract
An air conditioner (10) includes a refrigerant circuit (20) including a plurality of indoor heat exchangers (27). A controller (1) for controlling operation of the air conditioner (10) includes a change unit (5) configured to change a set temperature Tem to a value larger than a current value when the minimum target superheat degree SHsm of target superheat degrees SHs determined for the respective indoor heat exchangers (27) is higher than a predetermined value SHt.
Claims4
A refrigeration system, comprising:
- a refrigerant circuit (20) configured to perform a refrigeration cycle and including a compressor (21) having a variable capacity, a plurality of evaporators (27), and expansion mechanisms (26) respectively associated with the evaporators (27);
- a capacity adjustment unit (6) configured to adjust the capacity of the compressor (21) such that an evaporation temperature Te of a refrigerant circulating in the refrigerant circuit (20) approaches a predetermined set temperature Tem;
- a pressure-reduction-amount adjustment unit (9) configured to adjust an amount of pressure reduction of a refrigerant passing through each of the expansion mechanisms (26) such that a refrigerant outlet superheat degree SH of an associated one of the evaporators (27) approaches a target superheat degree SHs determined based on an amount of heat exchange necessary for the evaporator (27);
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- a change unit (5) configured to change the set temperature Tem to a value larger than a current value when a lowest one of target superheat degrees SHs determined for the respective evaporators (27) is higher than a predetermined value SHt.
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