Air-conditioning apparatus
First Claim
1. An air-conditioning apparatus in whicha compressor, a heat source side heat exchanger, expansion devices, and heat exchangers related to heat medium connect to form a refrigerant circuit for circulating a heat source side refrigerant, andpumps, a plurality of use side heat exchangers, and the heat exchangers related to heat medium connect to form a plurality of heat medium cycles circulating a heat medium,the air-conditioning apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of heat medium flow control devices for controlling a flow rate of the heat medium that circulates in each of the use side heat exchangers, respectively;
a first temperature sensor, which is positioned at a point in a passage between each of the heat exchangers related to heat medium and an inlet side of the use side heat exchangers, detecting a temperature of the heat medium;
a second temperature sensor, which is positioned at a point in a passage between each outlet side of the use side heat exchangers and the heat exchangers related to heat medium, detecting a temperature of the heat medium; and
a controller configured to control at least the plurality of heat medium flow control devices, the pumps, the compressor, and the expansion devices,the controller configured to;
execute a heat medium flow control device control that controls an opening degree of the heat medium flow control devices,execute a pump control that controls each operation capacity of the pumps, based upon a relationship of a maximum opening degree among the plurality of heat medium flow control devices to a predetermined target opening degree, andexecute a refrigeration-cycle control of the refrigerant circuit such that the detection temperature of the first temperature sensor approaches a target temperature of the heat medium, whose wherein the flow rate is controlled by the heat medium flow control device control and the pump control, by setting a control target value of at least one of a condensing temperature and an evaporating temperature of the heat source side refrigerant, or a control target value of at least one of an amount of change of the condensing temperature and an amount of change of the evaporating temperature of the heat source side refrigerant based on the detection temperature of the heat medium by the first temperature sensor.
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Abstract
To provide an air-conditioning apparatus capable of achieving energy saving, a pump control of controlling the operating capacity of a pump is performed such that an opening degree of a heat medium flow control device, controlled by a heat-medium-flow-control-device control, approaches a target opening degree, and a refrigeration cycle of a refrigerant circuit is controlled such that the temperature of a heat medium, whose flow rate is controlled by the heat-medium-flow-control-device control and the pump control, approaches a target temperature.
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1. An air-conditioning apparatus in which
a compressor, a heat source side heat exchanger, expansion devices, and heat exchangers related to heat medium connect to form a refrigerant circuit for circulating a heat source side refrigerant, and pumps, a plurality of use side heat exchangers, and the heat exchangers related to heat medium connect to form a plurality of heat medium cycles circulating a heat medium, the air-conditioning apparatus, comprising: -
a plurality of heat medium flow control devices for controlling a flow rate of the heat medium that circulates in each of the use side heat exchangers, respectively; a first temperature sensor, which is positioned at a point in a passage between each of the heat exchangers related to heat medium and an inlet side of the use side heat exchangers, detecting a temperature of the heat medium; a second temperature sensor, which is positioned at a point in a passage between each outlet side of the use side heat exchangers and the heat exchangers related to heat medium, detecting a temperature of the heat medium; and a controller configured to control at least the plurality of heat medium flow control devices, the pumps, the compressor, and the expansion devices, the controller configured to; execute a heat medium flow control device control that controls an opening degree of the heat medium flow control devices, execute a pump control that controls each operation capacity of the pumps, based upon a relationship of a maximum opening degree among the plurality of heat medium flow control devices to a predetermined target opening degree, and execute a refrigeration-cycle control of the refrigerant circuit such that the detection temperature of the first temperature sensor approaches a target temperature of the heat medium, whose wherein the flow rate is controlled by the heat medium flow control device control and the pump control, by setting a control target value of at least one of a condensing temperature and an evaporating temperature of the heat source side refrigerant, or a control target value of at least one of an amount of change of the condensing temperature and an amount of change of the evaporating temperature of the heat source side refrigerant based on the detection temperature of the heat medium by the first temperature sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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