US20110100042A1 - Refrigerating cycle device and air conditioner - Google Patents

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US20110100042A1
US20110100042A1 US13/000,072 US200913000072A US2011100042A1 US 20110100042 A1 US20110100042 A1 US 20110100042A1 US 200913000072 A US200913000072 A US 200913000072A US 2011100042 A1 US2011100042 A1 US 2011100042A1
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  • the present invention relates to a refrigerating cycle device constituting a refrigerating cycle such as air conditioners including a multi-air conditioner for building, a room-air conditioner, a package air conditioner and the like, a refrigerator and the like.
  • a refrigerating cycle device constituting a refrigerating cycle such as air conditioners including a multi-air conditioner for building, a room-air conditioner, a package air conditioner and the like, a refrigerator and the like.
  • a refrigerating cycle device using a refrigerating cycle such as an air conditioner, a freezer, a water heater and the like
  • a compressor, a condenser (heat exchanger), an expansion valve, and an evaporator (heat exchanger) are connected by piping so as to constitute a refrigerant circuit through which a refrigerant is circulated, for example.
  • heating (radiation) and cooling (heat absorption) of a heat-exchange target by the refrigerant in evaporation and condensation an air-conditioning operation, a cooling operation, a heating operation and the like are performed while a pressure inside a pipe is changed.
  • single refrigerant such as HCFC-22 (CHClF 2 ) and HFC-134a (CF 3 CH 2 F) and mixed refrigerant such as R-410A, which is a mixture of HFC-32 (CH 2 F 2 ) and HFC-125 (CH 3 CHF 2 ), and R-407C, which is a mixture of HFC-32 (CH 2 F 2 ) and HFC-425 (CF 3 CF 2 ), and HFC-134a (CF 3 CH 2 F), which are chemically stable substances, are used (See Patent Literature 1 , for example)
  • a refrigerant having as small global warming coefficient (GWP: a degree of incurring global warming with respect to a substance, which is a greenhouse effect gas, represented by a coefficient determined on the basis of knowledge internationally approved as numeral values indicating a ratio to the degree regarding carbon dioxide) as possible is preferably used.
  • GWP small global warming coefficient
  • Such refrigerant includes those containing a substance having a double bond (multi bond) in an atomic bond such as CF 3 CF ⁇ CH 2 , CF 3 CH ⁇ CH 2 , CF 3 CF ⁇ CF 2 and the like (hereinafter referred to as refrigerant having a double bond).
  • the mixed refrigerant as a whole might stop functioning since it is decomposed and deteriorated by the other refrigerants or decomposes and deteriorates the other refrigerants, and as a result, there is a possibility that the refrigerating cycle device cannot be used normally.
  • the present invention was made in order to solve the above problems and has an object to obtain a refrigerating cycle device or the like that can prevent decomposition of the refrigerant and maintain a normal operation for a long time even if a refrigerant containing a chemically unstable substance such as a refrigerant having a double bond is used as a refrigerant to be circulated through a refrigerant circuit.
  • a refrigerant circuit is configured by connecting a compressor for compressing a refrigerant containing a substance having a double bond, a condenser for condensing the refrigerant by heat exchange, expanding means for decompressing the condensed refrigerant, and an evaporator for evaporating the decompressed refrigerant by heat exchange by piping and the device is provided with control means for controlling an operation of the refrigerant circuit so that a pressure value of the refrigerant in the refrigerant circuit becomes less than a critical pressure of the substance having the double bond.
  • the refrigerating cycle device of the present invention in configuring a refrigerant circuit through which a refrigerant containing a substance having double bond is circulated, since an operation of the refrigerant circuit is controlled so that a pressure value of the refrigerant in the refrigerant circuit becomes less than a critical pressure of the substance having double bond, in the refrigerant containing the substance having chemically unstable double bond, decomposition of the substance itself having double bond due to exceeding of the critical pressure by the substance having double bond or attack on the substance having double bond due to exceeding of the critical pressure of the other substances, which results in non-functioning as the refrigerant, can be effectively suppressed.
  • a refrigerating cycle device in which a refrigerant with a smaller global warming coefficient and containing a substance suitable for the environment and having double bond, for example, can be effectively used.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a refrigerating cycle device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a P-h diagram of the refrigerating cycle device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a chemical change of refrigerant having double bond.
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration including a system according to control of Embodiment 1.
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of the refrigerating cycle device according to Embodiment 1.
  • FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an air conditioner according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an air conditioner according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a refrigerating cycle device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
  • the refrigerating cycle device has a compressor 21 , a condenser 22 , a condenser fan 31 , expanding means 23 , an evaporator 24 , an evaporator fan 32 , and pressure detecting means 41 .
  • a refrigerant circuit is configured by connecting the compressor 21 , the condenser 22 , the expanding means 23 , and the evaporator 24 by piping.
  • a mixed refrigerant in which at least one type of refrigerant containing a substance having double bond in atomic bond is mixed is sealed as a refrigerant to become a medium for carrying heat in the refrigerant circuit.
  • the refrigerant will be described later.
  • the compressor 21 sucks the refrigerant to be circulated in the refrigerant circuit, compresses it and raises its pressure.
  • the compressor 21 any of various types such as reciprocating, rotary, scroll, screw and the like may be used.
  • the compressor may be provided with an inverter circuit, for example, that can change a capacity (an amount of the refrigerant to be fed per unit time) by arbitrarily changing a compressor frequency even in a compressor with a fixed compressor frequency.
  • the condenser 22 performs heat exchange between a gas state refrigerant (hereinafter referred to as a gas refrigerant) discharged by the compressor 21 and a heat-exchange target (supposing to be air in this Embodiment), emits a heat quantity of the refrigerant to heat the air.
  • the condenser fan 31 feeds air to the condenser 22 so as to perform heat exchange with the refrigerant efficiently.
  • the expanding means 23 is constituted by an electronic expansion valve, a temperature-type expansion vale, a capillary tube and the like and adjusts a flow rate of the passing refrigerant to lower the pressure of the refrigerant (to decompress).
  • the evaporator 24 performs heat exchange between a gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant (a refrigerant in a state in which a gas refrigerant and a liquid-state refrigerant (hereinafter referred to as a liquid refrigerant) are mixed) whose pressure is lowered by the expanding means 23 and the heat-exchange target (supposing to be air, too) so that the refrigerant absorbs the heat quantity and is gasified.
  • the air is cooled.
  • the evaporator fan 32 is also provided for efficient heat exchange between the air and the refrigerant in the evaporator 24 .
  • heat exchange with air is performed using the condenser fan 31 and the evaporator fan 32
  • heat exchange with water can be performed using a water cooler using a pump and water instead of the condenser fan 23 , a device such as a chiller using pump and water or brine instead of the evaporator fan 26 and the like.
  • the pressure detecting means 41 which is a pressure sensor, is disposed on the side of a refrigerant outlet (discharge) of the compressor 21 , which is a portion with the highest pressure in the refrigerant circuit in this Embodiment and transmits a signal on the basis of a pressure relating to the detection to control means or the like, which will be described later.
  • a level of the pressure in the refrigerant circuit is not determined by a relationship with a pressure to be a reference but is indicated as a relative pressure determined by compression of the compressor 21 , refrigerant flow-rate control of the expanding means 23 and the like. The same applies to a degree of the temperature.
  • FIG. 1 a configuration with a single unit of the condenser 22 and a single unit of the evaporator 24 is described as an example, but the number of connection of the condenser 22 and the evaporator 24 in the refrigerant circuit is not limited to one, but a plurality of units can be connected in parallel, for example.
  • the compressor 21 a configuration with a single unit is also described as an example, but a plurality of compressors 21 can be connected in series or in parallel, for example.
  • FIG. 2 is a P-h diagram relating to the refrigerant circuit configured by the refrigerating cycle device in FIG. 1 .
  • Pressures and enthalpy at points a, b, c, and d shown in FIG. 2 represent the pressures and enthalpy at the corresponding points in the refrigerating cycle device in FIG. 1 .
  • the liquefied refrigerant is fed into the expanding means 23 .
  • the liquid refrigerant is decompressed while passing through the expanding means 23 so as to become the gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant and is fed into the evaporator 24 .
  • the gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant having passed through the evaporator 24 is heat-exchanged with the air fed in by the evaporator fan 32 and evaporated and gasified.
  • the gasified refrigerant is sucked again by the compressor 21 .
  • a flow passage of the refrigerant from the compressor 21 to the expanding means 23 is a high-pressure flow passage, which is a flow passage with a relatively high pressure in the refrigerant circuit.
  • the pressure Pa of the refrigerant on the outlet side of the compressor 21 is the highest, while the pressure Pb of the refrigerant on the inlet side of the expanding means 23 is slightly lower than Pa due to the pressure loss in the condenser 22 and the connection piping.
  • control for keeping the refrigerant pressure in the refrigerant circuit low is performed by constituent means of the refrigerating cycle device, but the refrigerant pressure here is basically supposed to the pressure Pa of the refrigerant on the outlet side of the compressor 21 .
  • a point where a saturated liquid line meets a saturated gas line is referred to as a critical point, and in a state in which the refrigerant pressure is higher than a pressure at the critical point (hereinafter referred to as a critical pressure. It is a pressure Pcr in FIG. 2 ), the refrigerant is in a supercritical state, which is neither liquid nor gas. If the refrigerant is brought into the supercritical state, it presents a nature different from that in the gas state or liquid state. In the supercritical state, even a substance, which is stable in a usual use, has a nature to decompose, a nature that dissolves various substances well and the like are shown. Such high solubility and reactivity require consideration for materials of a container or a seal in the compressor 21 or the like.
  • a mixed refrigerant constituted as a mixture of a plurality of types of refrigerants is considered.
  • Mixed refrigerants usually used include R-410A, which is a mixture of HFC-32 and HFC-125, R-407C, which is a mixture of HFC-32, HFC-125, and HFC-134a and the like.
  • HFC-32 is CH 2 F 2
  • HFC-125 is CH 3 CHF 2
  • HFC-134a is CF 3 CH 2 F.
  • a refrigerant made of a substance having a double bond might be mixed with other refrigerants.
  • the refrigerant made of a substance having the double bond includes CF 3 CF ⁇ CH 2 (hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) refrigerant represented by 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and HFO-1234yf) and a refrigerant containing substances such as CF 3 CH ⁇ CH 2 , CF 3 CF ⁇ CF 2 and the like (the symbol “ ⁇ ” represents a double bond), for example.
  • HFO hydrofluoroolefin
  • a mixed refrigerant in which a plurality of types of refrigerants with smaller global warming coefficients and made of substances having the double bond are mixed may be preferably used, but a refrigerant made of a substance bonded by a single bond such as HFC-32, HFC-125, HFC-134a and the like or other refrigerants can be also mixed.
  • the substance having double bond has a chemically unstable nature, and the refrigerant made of such substance has a nature of being easily decomposed in the air, for example, due to an influence of light, ozone and the like.
  • the refrigerant made of such substance has a nature of being easily decomposed in the air, for example, due to an influence of light, ozone and the like.
  • the single refrigerant made of a substance having double bond or a mixed refrigerant containing the refrigerant made of a substance having double bond is sealed to be used as a refrigerant to be circulated through the refrigerant circuit (working fluid), the double bond is decomposed in the refrigerant circuit, and there is a risk that the refrigerant stops functioning as refrigerant.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of decomposition of CF 3 CF ⁇ CH 2 or the like.
  • the decomposition of double bond will be described using the decomposition of CF 3 CF ⁇ Cl 2 as an example.
  • CF 3 CF ⁇ CH 2 causes a chemical change as shown in FIG. 3 .
  • Molecules of CF 3 CF ⁇ CH 2 might be polymerized to become a polymer compound with a large molecular weight in the form of CF 3 CFCH 2 (CF 3 CFCH 2 )nH.
  • This polymer compound becomes a sludge and circulates with the refrigerant in the refrigerant circuit, which causes valve clogging or the like in the expanding means or the like whose flow passage is narrow, for example.
  • the compound might become alcohol presenting acidity in the form of CF 3 CFCOHCH 3 or sludge.
  • Moisture in the refrigerant circuit is usually adsorbed and removed by a drier (not shown) or the like.
  • the polymer might become an acid in the form of CH 3 CFHC ⁇ OOH and change its property and in the end, stop performing a function as a refrigerant.
  • the refrigerant having double bond is used as a refrigerant to be circulated in the refrigerant circuit (working fluid), it should be used in a state in which a cause to promote decomposition of the refrigerant such as air, light and the like is removed as much as possible.
  • the mixed refrigerant has different natures relating to heat, different refrigerating cycles (P-h diagram), and different critical points depending on constituting refrigerants.
  • P-h diagram refrigerating cycles
  • each refrigerant repeats condensation and evaporation and circulates in the refrigerant circuit.
  • a critical pressure of the refrigerant with the lowest critical point is referred to as the lowest critical pressure.
  • the critical pressure of the refrigerant is 5.78 MPa for HFC-32, 3.616 MPa for HFC-125, 4.048 MPa for HFC-134, and approximately 3.3 MPa for CF 3 CF ⁇ CH 2 , for example. Therefore, if the refrigerants of HFC- 32 , HFC- 125 , and CF 3 CF ⁇ CH 2 are mixed, the critical pressure of CF 3 CF ⁇ CH 2 is the smallest, and CF 3 CF ⁇ CH 2 itself is the first to be brought into the supercritical state.
  • the refrigerant circuit through which the mixed refrigerant is circulated if the pressure of the refrigerant (particularly, the pressure on the high-pressure side) is lower than the lowest critical pressure all the time, the refrigerants are not decomposed or the like but circulated in the refrigerant circuit for a long time and is capable of repeated condensation, evaporation and the like. However, if the refrigerant pressure becomes higher than the lowest critical pressure, the refrigerant with a low critical pressure is brought into the supercritical state, and it is circulated in the supercritical state with other refrigerants in the refrigerant circuit.
  • the mixed refrigerant constituted only by chemically stable refrigerants such as R-410A and R-407C for example, even if the refrigerant pressure on the high pressure side becomes higher than the lowest critical pressure and a part of the refrigerants is brought into the supercritical state, the mixed refrigerant as a whole is not decomposed but can be used stably.
  • the refrigerant made up of a substance having double bond such as CF 3 CF ⁇ CH 2 is contained in the mixed refrigerant
  • refrigerants other than the refrigerant made up of the substance having double bond is brought into the supercritical state, for example, the refrigerant in the supercritical state attacks the refrigerant made up of the chemically unstable substance having double bond, and the refrigerant is decomposed and cannot maintain stable properties any longer.
  • the mixed refrigerant will not function as a refrigerant at all.
  • the refrigerant pressure at all the positions in the refrigerant circuit is controlled so that the pressure is at the lowest critical pressure or less all the time and the mixed refrigerant is circulated so that none of the refrigerants is brought into the supercritical state.
  • the refrigerant in the supercritical state also attacks itself.
  • the above also applies to a situation in which the critical pressure of the other refrigerants are higher than the refrigerant made up of a substance having the double bond or a situation in which only the refrigerant made up of a substance having the double bond is used as a refrigerant, and if the device is to be operated, control should be made in circulating the refrigerant so that the refrigerant is not turned into the supercritical state.
  • a flow passage to become the high pressure side in the refrigerant circuit is a flow passage leading from the compressor 21 to the expanding means 23 .
  • this flow passage too, since the refrigerant is compressed and boosted in the compressor 21 , in the general refrigerating cycle device, the pressure on the outlet (discharge) side of the compressor 21 is the highest in the refrigerant circuit.
  • the pressure detecting means 41 is disposed on the outlet side of the compressor 21 so as to obtain the refrigerating cycle device controlled so that a pressure on the basis of a signal from the pressure detecting means 41 does not exceed the lowest critical pressure.
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the refrigerating cycle device including a system relating to control of this Embodiment.
  • control means 53 executes processing for controlling operations of each means of the refrigerating cycle device.
  • the control means functions as high-pressure control means for controlling each means by determining a value of a refrigerant pressure of a portion to become the highest pressure in the refrigerant circuit (hereinafter referred to as a high-pressure pressure value) on the basis of a signal from the pressure detecting means 41 and executing processing such as calculation.
  • Pressure storage means 51 stores data of a plurality of high-pressure pressure values per predetermined interval for a past predetermined period of time.
  • the critical pressure storage means 52 is means for storing a pressure value set on the basis of the lowest critical pressure mentioned in the mixed refrigerant.
  • the means stores two values, that is, a first pressure value and a second pressure value.
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of pressure control executed by the control means 53 .
  • the control means 53 determines a high-pressure pressure value (ST 1 ) and has it stored in the pressure storage means 51 .
  • control means 53 compares the high-pressure pressure value with the first pressure value stored in the critical pressure storage means 52 (ST 2 ).
  • the first pressure value a value obtained by subtracting a predetermined value a to become a margin from a value of the lowest critical pressure is set as the first pressure value so that it becomes less than the critical pressure having double bond, for example, considering a detection error of pressure contained in the high-pressure pressure value, a refrigerant pressure inside the compressor 21 and the like.
  • the first pressure value is a value lower than the lowest critical pressure.
  • a value of the predetermined value a can be determined arbitrarily but here, it is supposed to be 0.2 (MPa).
  • the control means 53 controls the compressor 21 so as to rapidly lower the refrigerant pressure on the high pressure side of the refrigerant circuit (ST 3 ) so that the refrigerant is not decomposed.
  • the control of the compressor 21 includes rapid lowering of a compressor frequency if the compressor 21 is a compressor having an inverter circuit, for example. Alternatively, if the compressor 21 is a compressor with a fixed compressor frequency, its operation is temporarily stopped.
  • a forecast value of a pressure after a predetermined time is calculated (ST 4 ).
  • a variation with time (trend) is derived from a plurality of high-pressure pressure values using a method as a three-point forecast method or the like, and a pressure value after a predetermined time is calculated as a forecast value.
  • the control means 53 may calculate the forecast value not only by the three-point forecast method but also by other methods.
  • the control means 53 compares the calculated forecast value and the second pressure value stored in the critical pressure storage means 52 (ST 5 ).
  • a value obtained by subtracting a predetermined value ⁇ to become a margin from a value of the lowest critical pressure is set as the second pressure value, considering a detection error of a pressure included in the high-pressure pressure value or the like.
  • the second pressure value is also a value lower than the lowest critical pressure.
  • a value of the predetermined value ⁇ can be determined arbitrarily, but it is supposed to be 0.5 (MPa), here.
  • the first pressure value is made different from the second pressure value, but they may be the same. Alternatively, only one of comparison between the high-pressure pressure value and the first pressure value and comparison between the forecast value and the second pressure value can be made.
  • the control means 53 controls operations of one or more means of the compressor 21 , the condenser fan 31 , the evaporator fan 32 , and the expanding means 23 of the refrigerating cycle device.
  • the refrigerant pressure on the high-pressure side of the refrigerant circuit is lowered so that the pressure does not exceed the lowest critical pressure and the refrigerant is not decomposed.
  • the compressor 21 is a compressor having an inverter circuit, for example, the compressor frequency is lowered by a predetermined amount (10 Hz, for example).
  • a heat quantity of the refrigerant in the condenser 22 is emitted by increasing the rotation number of the fan.
  • an opening degree is increased and the pressure on the high pressure side is lowered.
  • the evaporator fan 32 the rotation number of the fan is decreased, and absorption of the heat quantity by the refrigerant in the evaporator 24 is suppressed.
  • the control means 53 repeats the above processing and controls each means of the refrigerating cycle device so that even one type of the refrigerants constituting the mixed refrigerant circulating in the refrigerant circuit is not decomposed or the like.
  • pressure loss from the outlet of the compressor 21 to the condenser 22 or the expanding means 23 can be calculated from a piping diameter, a piping length, a refrigerant flow-rate and the like, for example.
  • a pressure at the outlet of the compressor 21 can be estimated and calculated easily from a refrigerant pressure value relating to detection at the position.
  • the pressure detecting means 41 a pressure sensor of a semiconductor type or a strain gauge type for performing signal transmission according to a detected pressure is generally used.
  • the pressure detecting means 41 is not limited to these types of pressure sensor but a pressure sensor outputting an ON signal at a predetermined pressure may be used, for example. In this case, the control means 53 does not have to determine the high-pressure pressure value.
  • a pressure switch a value slightly lower than the lowest critical pressure is set as a predetermined pressure in the pressure switch, and wiring is laid so that a compression operation of the compressor 21 is stopped by an ON signal outputted by the pressure switch at the predetermined pressure.
  • the pressure storage means 51 , the critical pressure storage means 52 , and the control means 53 as high-pressure control means in this Embodiment are not necessary any more, and an inexpensive control system can be configured.
  • the compressor 21 repeats start and stop in the vicinity of the lowest critical pressure. Thus, there is a possibility that cooling capacity or heating capacity cannot be fully exerted, and the pressure sensor is preferably used.
  • temperature detecting means such as a temperature sensor or the like for detecting a condensation temperature may be installed close to the center of the condenser 22 instead of the pressure detecting means 41 , for example, so that a refrigerant pressure on the high pressure side is calculated on the basis of a condensation temperature.
  • the refrigerant needs to be in a gas-liquid two-phase state at a position where the temperature detecting means is installed, basically, and if the means are installed at plural locations, detection accuracy of the condensation temperature can be improved, by which detection accuracy of the pressure can be also improved.
  • a refrigerant circuit through which a refrigerant containing a substance having double bond such as CF 3 CF ⁇ CH 2 , CF 3 CH ⁇ CH 2 , CF 3 CF ⁇ CF 2 and the like is circulated is to be configured, if the control means 53 determines that a pressure on the outlet side of the compressor 21 to become the highest pressure portion in the refrigerant circuit is larger than the first pressure value set on the basis of the lowest critical pressure, which is the lowest in the substances constituting the refrigerant, control is made so that the compressor frequency of the compressor 21 is rapidly lowered or the compressor 21 is stopped so as to prevent the lowest critical pressure from being exceeded.
  • the refrigerant containing a chemically unstable substance having double bond can be prevented from being attacked by decomposition of the substance itself having double bond or decomposition of substances of the other refrigerants in the mixed refrigerant and decomposed so as to stop functioning as a refrigerant. Therefore, performances of the refrigerating cycle device can be maintained for a long time, and reliability can be also ensured.
  • the pressure can be lowered by other means, but in order to lower the pressure on the outlet side of the compressor 21 , it is most effective to rapidly lower the compressor frequency of the compressor 21 or to stop the compressor 21 .
  • the HFO refrigerant such as tetrafluoropropylene or the like used as refrigerant at this time has a global warming coefficient equivalent to that of carbon dioxide, which is a natural refrigerant, for example, and this is preferable in terms of the environment.
  • the forecast value of the refrigerant pressure on the outlet side of the compressor 21 after a predetermined time is calculated by a three-point forecast method or the like, for example, on the basis of data of the high-pressure pressure value for a past predetermined period of time relating to detection of the pressure detecting means 41 and if the value is determined to be larger than the second pressure value, the refrigerant pressure is lowered by control, a trend of the refrigerant pressure can be determined so that the trend is responded according to the determination and the pressure does not exceed the lowest critical pressure, and the refrigerant can be prevented from being decomposed. Also, by controlling one or more in combination of the condenser fan 31 , the evaporation fan 32 and the like, the refrigerant pressure on the outlet side of the compressor 21 can be effectively lowered.
  • FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an air conditioner according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
  • an air conditioner such as a multi air conditioner for building will be described as a typical example of the refrigerating cycle device in Embodiment 1.
  • means and the like given the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 are means basically performing the same operations as the operations described above.
  • the control means 53 in this Embodiment executes control for controlling operations of each means (particularly means on the side of an outdoor unit 60 ) of the refrigerating cycle device on the basis of an operation state of indoor units 61 a and 61 b.
  • the air conditioner in FIG. 6 has the single outdoor unit 60 and two indoor units 61 a and 61 b.
  • the outdoor unit 60 has the compressor 21 , an outdoor heat exchanger 25 , a four-way valve 27 , an accumulator 28 , an outdoor heat exchanger fan 33 , and the pressure detecting means 41 .
  • the indoor units 61 a and 61 b have expanding means 23 a and 23 b, indoor heat exchangers 26 a and 26 b, and indoor heat exchanger fans 34 a and 34 b, respectively. If not particularly being distinguished, the indoor units 61 a and 61 b and their constituting means will be described with omitting their suffixes (the same applies to the following).
  • the outdoor heat exchanger 25 functions as the condenser 22 in Embodiment 1 in a cooling operation, into which a refrigerant discharged by the compressor 21 flows, and functions as the evaporator 24 in a heating operation by switching of the four-way valve 27 and performs heat exchange between air and the refrigerant.
  • the indoor heat exchangers 26 a and 26 b function as the evaporator 24 in a cooling operation, contrary to the outdoor heat exchanger 25 , and function as the condenser 22 in a heating operation and perform heat exchange between indoor air of a space to be air-conditioned and the refrigerant.
  • the accumulator 28 is means for reserving extra refrigerant.
  • a case in which the accumulator is attached to the intake side of the compressor 21 is shown, but a receiver may be attached to the outlet side of the heat exchanger to become the condenser 22 , for example, so that the liquid refrigerant is reserved.
  • the outdoor heat exchanger fan 33 , the indoor heat exchanger fans 34 a and 34 b are provided for efficient heat exchange between the air and the refrigerant.
  • the refrigerant similar to that in Embodiment 1 is used and circulated in the refrigerant circuit.
  • FIG. 6 Shows along the refrigerant circuit shown in FIG. 6 represent a flow of the refrigerant in the heating operation.
  • the high-temperature and high-pressure gas refrigerant pressurized by compression of the compressor 21 and discharged flows into the indoor unit 61 through the piping.
  • the indoor unit 61 the refrigerant having passed through the indoor heat exchanger 26 is condensed and liquefied.
  • the refrigerant radiates heat to the indoor air fed into by the indoor heat exchanger fan 34 , by which the indoor air as a target of the heat exchange is heated.
  • the heated indoor air is supplied into a room as a hot air.
  • the liquefied refrigerant is decompressed while passing through the expanding means 23 .
  • the decompressed refrigerant is evaporated while passing through the outdoor heat exchanger 25 and gasified.
  • the gasified refrigerant is sucked into the compressor 21 again.
  • the expanding means 23 of the indoor unit 61 controls a flow rate of the refrigerant passing through the indoor heat exchanger 26 .
  • the indoor unit 61 is brought into a thermo-off state, the indoor heat exchanger fan 34 is stopped, and the expanding means 23 is fully closed.
  • the closed state in this Embodiment means the minimum opening degree to such a degree that the refrigerant does not flow.
  • the refrigerant does not pass through the indoor heat exchanger 26 in the thermo-off state.
  • the indoor heat exchanger 26 functions as a condenser, but if either one of the indoor units 61 a and 61 b is brought into the thermo-off state, the expanding means 23 of the indoor unit 61 is fully closed, and the refrigerant no longer passes through the indoor heat exchanger 26 .
  • the number of condensers heat exchangers on the high pressure side
  • the refrigerant pressure on the high pressure side is raised.
  • the indoor unit 61 is brought into the thermo-off state, and feedback control is executed so that the raised pressure of the refrigerant on the high pressure side gets close to the target pressure.
  • the refrigerant having double bond is circulated, overshoot of the refrigerant pressure should be prevented in order to prevent decomposition of the refrigerant.
  • the control means 53 determines that the temperature of the space to be air-conditioned detected by temperature detecting means (not shown) provided on the indoor unit 61 , for example, reaches the target temperature
  • the control means controls operations of the means constituting the refrigerating cycle device such as stop of refrigerant inflow into the indoor heat exchanger 26 by fully closing the expanding means 23 , stop of the indoor heat exchanger fan 34 and the like before stop of the supply of a heat quantity to the indoor heat exchanger 26 (condenser) or substantially at the same time as the stop of the supply of a heat quantity so that the refrigerant pressure on the high pressure side of the refrigerant circuit is lowered.
  • the refrigerant pressure does not exceed the minimum critical pressure, and the refrigerant is prevented from being decomposed.
  • control by means (expanding means 23 , indoor heat exchanger fan 34 ) on the side of the indoor unit 61 continuing operations is practically difficult.
  • control of operation of the compressor 21 has an immediate effect and effective in lowering the pressure, but the compressor 21 and the outdoor heat exchanger fan 33 may be controlled in combination.
  • the control means 53 controls the operation of the compressor 21 , for example, so as to lower the refrigerant pressure on the outlet side of the compressor 21 and to prevent the pressure from exceeding the minimum critical pressure.
  • the refrigerant containing a chemically unstable substance having double bond can be prevented from being attacked by decomposition of the substance itself having double bond or decomposition of substances of the other refrigerants in the mixed refrigerant and decomposed so as to stop functioning as the refrigerant. Therefore, the performances of the refrigerating cycle device can be maintained for a long time, and moreover, reliability can be ensured.
  • FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an air conditioner according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
  • the air conditioner will be described.
  • means and the like given the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 6 are means basically performing the same operations as the operations described above.
  • flow-passage opening/closing means 29 a and 29 b are installed, respectively.
  • the flow-passage opening/closing means 29 a and 29 b are means for adjusting (controlling) a flow rate of the refrigerant similarly to the expanding means 23 a and 23 b. However, they are not capable of fine flow-rate control as the expanding means 23 a and 23 b but if they are opened, the refrigerant is made to pass, while if they are closed, the refrigerant is not made to pass. Also, pressure detecting means 42 a and 42 b are installed between the expanding means 23 a and 23 b and the flow-passage opening/closing means 29 a and 29 b. The control in this Embodiment is also executed by the control means 53 .
  • the expanding means 23 of the indoor unit 61 is controlling a flow rate of the refrigerant to flow into the indoor heat exchanger 26 and to be passed. If the temperature of the space to be air-conditioned in which the indoor unit 61 is installed gets close to the target temperature, for example, control is made so that the expanding means 23 is throttled to a direction where an opening area is gradually reduced, for example. Then, when the temperature of the space to be air-conditioned reaches the target temperature, the flow-passage opening/closing means 29 is brought into a closed state so that the refrigerant does not flow into the indoor heat exchanger 26 .
  • the expanding means 23 is throttled till the refrigerant flow rate reaches zero, the expanding means 23 is considered to be fully closed.
  • the liquid refrigerant is sealed in the piping between the flow-passage opening/closing means 29 and the expanding means 23 .
  • the sealed liquid refrigerant is gasified if being heated from the periphery, and its volume is rapidly increased. Gasification (evaporation) of the refrigerant rapidly raises the refrigerant pressure. In this way, since the pressure is raised in a portion where the refrigerant (particularly, the liquid refrigerant) is sealed, the minimum critical pressure might be exceeded, and the refrigerant is likely to be decomposed.
  • pressure detecting means 42 is installed between the flow-passage opening/closing means 29 and the expanding means 23 in order to prevent the refrigerant from being located in a sealed state by enlarging the opening area of the expanding means 23 before the refrigerant pressure relating to detection by the pressure detecting means 42 exceeds the lowest critical pressure and to prevent decomposition of the refrigerant caused by pressure rise.
  • the control means 53 executes control such that at least one (the expanding means 23 , here) is opened, the rapid rise of the refrigerant pressure in the sealed state is prevented, and exceeding of the lowest critical pressure can be prevented.
  • the refrigerant containing a chemically unstable substance having double bond can be prevented from being attacked by decomposition of the substance itself having double bond or decomposition of the substances of the other refrigerants in the mixed refrigerant and decomposed so as to stop functioning as the refrigerant. Therefore, performances of the refrigerating cycle device can be maintained for a long time, and moreover, reliability can be ensured.
  • the control means 53 can make more detailed determination or the like concerning the sealing of the refrigerant. Also, the control means 53 determines a state in the control of the expanding means 23 and the flow-passage opening/closing means 29 , for example, and if it determines that the space between the expanding means 23 and the flow-passage opening/closing means 29 is in a sealed state, the control means makes control such that at least either one is opened so as to release the sealed state after a predetermined period of time, for example. And thus, the pressure detecting means 42 does not have to be provided, which can contribute to cost reduction.
  • the mixed refrigerant was described, but the present invention can be also applied to a single refrigerant, which is a refrigerant made up of a substance having double bond, for example.
  • the lowest critical pressure in this case is a critical pressure in the single refrigerant made up of a substance having double bond.
  • the present invention be also applied to a situation including a refrigerant made up of a chemically unstable substance.
  • the present invention can also be applied to other refrigerating cycle devices constituting a refrigerant circuit such as a heat pump or the like.
  • 29 a, 29 b flow-passage opening/closing means

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