摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air conditioner capable of controlling the amount of refrigerant circulated from an accumulator as a refrigeration cycle on the basis of a refrigerant discharge temperature of a compressor. <P>SOLUTION: In this air conditioner including the compressor, a four-way valve, an outdoor heat exchanger, a pressure reducer, and an indoor heat exchanger, an accumulator for storing a gas-liquid mixture of the refrigerant including oil after heat exchange, is disposed between the four-way valve and the compressor, a gas suction pipe disposed in the accumulator is connected with the compressor through a first throttle mechanism, a return adjustment pipe is disposed on a bottom section of the accumulator, the return adjustment pipe is connected with a return pipe through a second throttle mechanism, the return pipe is connected between the first throttle mechanism in the gas suction pipe and the compressor, and the second throttle mechanism is controlled to be opened and closed on the basis of a discharge temperature of the compressor. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT</p> |