| 摘要 |
An air conditioner is provided with a heat storage tank 32 that accommodates a heat storage material 36 for storing therein heat generated by a compressor 6 and a heat storage heat exchanger 34. A heat storage bypass circuit is provided to connect a refrigerant pipe between an indoor heat exchanger 16 and an expansion valve 12 and a refrigerant pipe between a four-way valve 8 and an inlet port defined in the compressor 6, and a defrosting bypass circuit is provided to connect a refrigerant pipe between the expansion valve 12 and an outdoor heat exchanger 14 and a refrigerant pipe between an outlet port defined in the compressor 6 and the four-way valve 8. The heat storage heat exchanger 34 and a heat storage two-way valve 42 are provided in the heat storage bypass circuit, and a defrosting two-way valve 30 is provided in the defrosting bypass circuit. At the start of a defrosting operation, a refrigerant discharged from the compressor 6 is introduced into the outdoor heat exchanger 14 by opening the defrosting two-way valve 30, and after a lapse of a predetermined period of time from the opening control of the defrosting two-way valve 30, a refrigerant having passed through the indoor heat exchanger 16 is introduced into the heat storage heat exchanger 34 by opening the heat storage two-way valve 42. |
