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EP 3279576 A1 20180207 - VARIABLE REFRIGERANT FLOW SYSTEM

Title (en)

VARIABLE REFRIGERANT FLOW SYSTEM

Title (de)

VARIABLES KÜHLMITTELSTRÖMUNGSSYSTEM

Title (fr)

SYSTÈME À DÉBIT VARIABLE DE FLUIDE FRIGORIGÈNE

Publication

EP 3279576 A1 20180207 (EN)

Application

EP 15887320 A 20151222

Priority

  • CN 201510151648 A 20150331
  • CN 2015098290 W 20151222

Abstract (en)

A variable refrigerant flow system, comprising an outdoor unit apparatus (10), a split-flow apparatus (30) and a plurality of indoor unit apparatuses (21, 22, 23, 24), wherein each of the indoor unit apparatuses (21, 22, 23, 24) comprises an indoor heat exchanger (211, 221, 231, 241) and a throttling element (212, 222, 232, 242), the split-flow apparatus (30) comprises a plurality of first control valves (302A, 302B, 302C, 302D) and a plurality of second control valves (303A, 303B, 303C, 303D) corresponding to each of the indoor unit apparatuses (21, 22, 23, 24), and when any one of the indoor unit apparatuses (21, 22, 23, 24) receives a mode switching instruction, the mode switching instruction is sent to the split-flow apparatus (30); and according to the mode switching instruction, the split-flow apparatus (30) determines whether the first control valves (302A, 302B, 302C, 302D) and the second control valves (303A, 303B, 303C, 303D) corresponding to the indoor unit apparatuses (21, 22, 23, 24) are open or closed. The variable flow refrigerant system can effectively reduce the noise produced when the indoor unit apparatuses switch modes, thereby improving the user's degree of comfort.

IPC 8 full level

F24F 3/06 (2006.01); F25B 41/04 (2006.01); F25B 49/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: CN EP US)

F24F 1/0003 (2013.01 - CN US); F24F 3/06 (2013.01 - EP US); F24F 11/30 (2017.12 - CN US); F24F 11/62 (2017.12 - CN US); F24F 11/65 (2017.12 - US); F24F 11/89 (2017.12 - CN EP US); F25B 13/00 (2013.01 - EP US); F25B 29/003 (2013.01 - EP US); F25B 41/20 (2021.01 - CN EP US); F25B 41/39 (2021.01 - CN EP US); F25B 49/02 (2013.01 - EP US); F24F 11/65 (2017.12 - CN); F24F 2221/54 (2013.01 - CN US); F25B 2313/006 (2013.01 - EP US); F25B 2313/007 (2013.01 - EP US); F25B 2313/0231 (2013.01 - EP US); F25B 2313/0233 (2013.01 - EP US); F25B 2313/0292 (2013.01 - EP US); F25B 2313/0311 (2013.01 - EP US); F25B 2400/23 (2013.01 - EP US); F25B 2500/12 (2013.01 - EP US); F25B 2600/2509 (2013.01 - EP US); F25B 2600/2513 (2013.01 - EP US); F25B 2600/2519 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3279576 A1 20180207; EP 3279576 A4 20181205; BR 112016030917 A2 20170822; CN 104748239 A 20150701; CN 104748239 B 20171031; US 2018340700 A1 20181129; WO 2016155370 A1 20161006

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 15887320 A 20151222; BR 112016030917 A 20151222; CN 2015098290 W 20151222; CN 201510151648 A 20150331; US 201515329821 A 20151222