| 摘要 |
<p>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. If a temperature detected by a compressor temperature sensor 58, a compressor discharge temperature sensor 60, or a heat storage tank temperature sensor 50 exceeds a first predetermined temperature, the heat storage two-way valve 42 is opened to introduce a refrigerant, which has passed through the indoor heat exchanger 16 or the outdoor heat exchanger 14, into the heat storage heat exchanger 34.</p> |
