Air conditioner
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1. An air conditioning system comprising:
- a refrigerant circulating path network connecting, with refrigerant lines, a compressor;
a heat-source side heat exchanger for evaporating and gasifying or condensing and liquefying a heat-source side refrigerant;
expansion valves for controlling a flow rate of the refrigerant;
refrigerant pipes in intermediate heat exchangers for exchanging heat between the heat-source side refrigerant and a use-side heat medium; and
a four-way valve, a plurality of two-way valves or a plurality of three-way valves for switching a circulation path of the refrigerant, for circulating the heat-source side refrigerant; and
a heat medium circulating path network connecting, with heat-medium lines, pumps for pressurizing and sending the heat medium;
use-side heat exchangers for exchanging heat between the heat medium with air in interior spaces to be air conditioned; and
heat-medium pipes in the intermediate heat exchangers, for circulating the heat medium,whereintemperatures in the interior spaces to be air conditioned are controlled by exchanging heat, through the use-side heat exchangers, between the air in the interior spaces to be air-conditioned and the heat medium heated or cooled by the heat-source side refrigerant in the intermediate heat exchangers,the air conditioning system further comprising;
integrated heat-medium flow-path switching devices connectedly interposed between the intermediate heat exchangers and the use-side heat exchangers, each integrated heat-medium flow-path switching device including thereinside;
a heat-medium flow-path switching valve having holes formed in its sidewall and having a longitudinal inner partition, a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the longitudinal inner partition extending from the first end to the second end,wherein the heat-medium flow-path switching valve is revolved to select either of the heated heat medium or the cooled heat medium for it to flow between the intermediate heat exchangers and the use-side heat exchangers, whereby air conditioning is performed.
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A heat-medium flow-path switching device and a heat-medium flow-rate adjusting device are integrated into an integrated heat-medium flow-rate adjusting device. The integrated heat-medium flow-rate adjusting device is configured to perform the heat-medium flow-path switching function and the meat-medium flow-rate adjusting function by driving and controlling a single drive unit. Moreover, the integrated heat-medium flow-path switching device is configured to perform a function of closing flow paths from/to a use-side heat exchanger added to the heat-medium flow-rate adjusting function.
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1. An air conditioning system comprising:
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a refrigerant circulating path network connecting, with refrigerant lines, a compressor;
a heat-source side heat exchanger for evaporating and gasifying or condensing and liquefying a heat-source side refrigerant;
expansion valves for controlling a flow rate of the refrigerant;
refrigerant pipes in intermediate heat exchangers for exchanging heat between the heat-source side refrigerant and a use-side heat medium; and
a four-way valve, a plurality of two-way valves or a plurality of three-way valves for switching a circulation path of the refrigerant, for circulating the heat-source side refrigerant; anda heat medium circulating path network connecting, with heat-medium lines, pumps for pressurizing and sending the heat medium;
use-side heat exchangers for exchanging heat between the heat medium with air in interior spaces to be air conditioned; and
heat-medium pipes in the intermediate heat exchangers, for circulating the heat medium,wherein temperatures in the interior spaces to be air conditioned are controlled by exchanging heat, through the use-side heat exchangers, between the air in the interior spaces to be air-conditioned and the heat medium heated or cooled by the heat-source side refrigerant in the intermediate heat exchangers, the air conditioning system further comprising; integrated heat-medium flow-path switching devices connectedly interposed between the intermediate heat exchangers and the use-side heat exchangers, each integrated heat-medium flow-path switching device including thereinside; a heat-medium flow-path switching valve having holes formed in its sidewall and having a longitudinal inner partition, a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the longitudinal inner partition extending from the first end to the second end, wherein the heat-medium flow-path switching valve is revolved to select either of the heated heat medium or the cooled heat medium for it to flow between the intermediate heat exchangers and the use-side heat exchangers, whereby air conditioning is performed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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