EP2746699B1 - Refrigeration cycle device - Google Patents

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EP2746699B1
EP2746699B1 EP11871146.4A EP11871146A EP2746699B1 EP 2746699 B1 EP2746699 B1 EP 2746699B1 EP 11871146 A EP11871146 A EP 11871146A EP 2746699 B1 EP2746699 B1 EP 2746699B1
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  • the present invention relates to a refrigeration cycle apparatus using a non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture, and particularly relates to a refrigeration cycle apparatus which accurately estimates the composition of a refrigerant circulating through a refrigeration cycle and efficiently operates with high reliability.
  • the composition of the circulating refrigerant changes.
  • a change in the composition of the circulating refrigerant is noticeable.
  • the condensing temperature or the evaporating temperature is different even at the same pressure, and superheat or subcooling is different even at the same temperature and the same pressure at an outlet of a heat exchanger.
  • a refrigeration cycle apparatus that includes a plurality of load-side heat exchangers
  • a desired ability is not exerted, or appropriate subcooling is not provided before the refrigerant flows into an expansion valve, the refrigerant comes into a two-phase gas-liquid state, and generation of refrigerant sound or an unstable phenomenon occurs.
  • a refrigeration cycle apparatus that includes a refrigerant storage container (receiver) at a high-pressure side has a smaller fluctuation range of the composition of a circulating refrigerant than that of a refrigeration cycle apparatus that includes a refrigerant storage container (accumulator) at a low-pressure side.
  • a refrigerant storage container that includes a refrigerant storage container (accumulator) at a low-pressure side.
  • the fluctuation range of the composition is increased immediately regardless of whether the pressure of the refrigerant storage container is low or high. Therefore, means for detecting the composition of the circulating refrigerant is required in order to operate in a desired cycle state and in order to detect refrigerant leak.
  • a refrigerating and air-conditioning apparatus that is an existing refrigeration cycle apparatus which estimates a refrigerant composition
  • a refrigerating and air-conditioning apparatus in which a bypass is provided between an outlet pipe of a compressor and an inlet pipe of the compressor, the outlet pipe of the compressor, a high-pressure side path of high and low pressure heat exchangers, a pressure reducing device, a low-pressure side path of the high and low pressure heat exchangers, and the inlet pipe of the compressor are sequentially connected in this order, the temperature at an inlet of the pressure reducing device, the temperature at an outlet of the pressure reducing device, and the pressure at the outlet of the pressure reducing device are detected, a refrigerant composition is estimated by composition detection means on the basis of the detected information (see, for example, Patent Literature 1).
  • EP 0 693 663 A2 discloses a refrigeration cycle according to the preamble of claim 1, and describes a control-information detecting apparatus for a refrigeration-air conditioner using a non-azeotrope refrigerant which is equipped with a temperature sensor and a pressure sensor at the refrigerating cycle of the air-conditioner, which cycle is formed by connecting a compressor, a condenser, a decompressing device, and an evaporator, to detect the temperature and the pressure of the refrigerant circulating the cycle for obtaining the circulation composition of the refrigerant with the composition computing unit thereof.
  • Patent Literature 1 Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 8-75280 (pages 5 and 6, Fig. 6 )
  • the refrigerating and air-conditioning apparatus is influenced by the measurement errors of a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the refrigerant and a pressure sensor for detecting the pressure of the refrigerant.
  • a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the refrigerant
  • a pressure sensor for detecting the pressure of the refrigerant.
  • the present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to obtain a refrigeration cycle apparatus which allows high accurate estimation of the composition of a refrigerant even when the detection accuracy of a used sensor is the same as that in an existing one.
  • a refrigeration cycle apparatus is defined in claim 1.
  • a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device, and an evaporator are sequentially connected via refrigerant pipes to form a refrigeration cycle and in which a non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture circulates as a refrigerant circulating through the refrigeration cycle.
  • the refrigeration cycle apparatus includes: a detection path which bypasses the refrigerant from a high-pressure side that is an outlet side of the condenser to a low-pressure side that is a suction side of the compressor and on which a pressure reducing device and a heating device are provided from the high-pressure side toward the low-pressure side; and a controller which controls an operation of the refrigeration cycle.
  • the heating device turns the refrigerant at an outlet side thereof into a superheated gas state.
  • the controller calculates an enthalpy at an inlet side of the pressure reducing device on the detection path, calculates an enthalpy at the outlet side of the heating device on the detection path, calculates an enthalpy difference of the refrigerant between the outlet side and an inlet side of the heating device, calculates an enthalpy at an outlet side of the pressure reducing device on the basis of the enthalpy difference and the enthalpy at the outlet side of the heating device, and estimates a circulation composition that is a composition of the refrigerant circulating through the refrigeration cycle, on the basis of the calculated enthalpy at the inlet side of the pressure reducing device and the calculated enthalpy at the outlet side of the pressure reducing device.
  • an enthalpy at the outlet side of the pressure reducing device on the basis of which the composition of the circulating refrigerant is estimated is derived by using the temperature of the refrigerant at the outlet side of the heating device.
  • Fig. 1 is a refrigerant circuit diagram of a refrigeration cycle apparatus 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
  • a refrigerant circuit is formed in order of a compressor 2, a condenser 3, an expansion device 4, an evaporator 5, an accumulator 6, and again the compressor 2 via refrigerant pipes.
  • a detection path 7 is provided so as to branch from a high-pressure side refrigerant pipe connecting the condenser 3 to the expansion device 4, to bypass a refrigerant to a low-pressure side refrigerant pipe connecting the accumulator 6 to the compressor 2.
  • connection portion 41 A portion branching from the high-pressure side refrigerant pipe connecting the condenser 3 to the expansion device 4 to the detection path 7 is referred to as a connection portion 41, and a portion connecting the detection path 7 to the low-pressure side refrigerant pipe connecting the accumulator 6 to the compressor 2 is referred to as a connection portion 42.
  • a pressure reducing device 8 and a heating device 9 are provided from the high-pressure side toward the low-pressure side, respectively.
  • a non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture including R32 which is a low-boiling-point component and HFO1234yf which is a high-boiling-point component (for example, a filled composition of R32 is 54 wt% and a filled composition of HFO1234yf is 46 wt%, whereby global warming potential (GWP) is 300 and the environmental load is reduced) is used as a non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture circulating through the refrigerant circuit configured as described above.
  • GWP global warming potential
  • the refrigeration cycle apparatus 1 includes a high-pressure sensor 10 which detects the pressure of the refrigerant at a discharge side of the compressor 2, a low-pressure sensor 11 which detects the pressure of the refrigerant at a suction side of the compressor 2, a first inlet temperature sensor 12 which detects the temperature of the refrigerant at an inlet side of the detection path 7, and a first outlet temperature sensor 13 which detects the temperature of the refrigerant at an outlet side of the detection path 7. Furthermore, the refrigeration cycle apparatus 1 includes a controller 31 and receives detection information from each sensor described above.
  • the compressor 2 sucks a low-temperature and low-pressure gas refrigerant, compresses the gas refrigerant, and discharges the gas refrigerant as a high-temperature and high-pressure refrigerant to the condenser 3 side.
  • the condenser 3 performs heat exchange between the high-temperature and high-pressure refrigerant discharged from the compressor 2 and air sent from a fan (not shown) or the like to condense the refrigerant into a liquid refrigerant.
  • the expansion device 4 reduces the pressure of the high-pressure liquid refrigerant having flowed out of the condenser 3 to turn the liquid refrigerant into a low-pressure two-phase gas-liquid refrigerant.
  • the evaporator 5 performs heat exchange between the low-pressure two-phase gas-liquid refrigerant resulting from the pressure reduction by the expansion device 4 and air sent from a fan (not shown) or the like to evaporate the two-phase gas-liquid refrigerant into a gas refrigerant.
  • the accumulator 6 stores therein an excess non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture generated depending on an operation condition or a load condition of the refrigeration cycle apparatus 1, among the refrigerant having flowed out of the evaporator 5. Specifically, the accumulator 6 separates the non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture into a liquid refrigerant in which the high-boiling-point component is contained in a large amount and a gas refrigerant in which the low-boiling-point component is contained in a large amount, and stores therein the liquid-phase refrigerant in which the high-boiling-point component is contained in a large amount.
  • the composition of the refrigerant circulating through the refrigeration cycle shows a tendency that the low-boiling-point component is increased in amount.
  • the composition of the refrigerant circulating through the refrigeration cycle shows a tendency that the low-boiling-point component is increased in amount.
  • the refrigerant leaks from a refrigerant pipe through which a liquid single-phase refrigerant circulates, an amount of the low-boiling-point component that gasifies and leaks is larger.
  • the composition of the refrigerant circulating through the refrigeration cycle shows a tendency that the high-boiling-point component is increased in amount.
  • the detection path 7 is a path which bypasses the refrigerant from the connection portion 41 on the high-pressure side refrigerant pipe to the connection portion 42 on the low-pressure side refrigerant pipe.
  • the pressure reducing device 8 reduces the pressure of the liquid refrigerant branched at the connection portion 41 to the detection path 7, to turn the liquid refrigerant into a low-pressure two-phase gas-liquid refrigerant.
  • the heating device 9 is composed of an electric heater or the like and heats and evaporates the low-pressure two-phase gas-liquid refrigerant resulting from the pressure reduction by the pressure reducing device 8.
  • the high-pressure sensor 10 detects the pressure of the refrigerant at the discharge side of the compressor 2.
  • the high-pressure sensor 10 is provided on the refrigerant pipe between the discharge side of the compressor 2 and an inlet side of the condenser 3, but suffices to be provided at any position from the discharge side of the compressor 2 to an inlet side of the expansion device 4.
  • the low-pressure sensor 11 detects the pressure of the refrigerant at the suction side of the compressor 2.
  • the low-pressure sensor 11 is provided on the refrigerant pipe between an outlet side of the accumulator 6 and the suction side of the compressor 2, but suffices to be provided at any position from an outlet side of the expansion device 4 to the suction side of the compressor 2.
  • the first inlet temperature sensor 12 detects the temperature of the refrigerant at the inlet side of the detection path 7.
  • the position at which the first inlet temperature sensor 12 is provided may be any position in a closed region defined by the condenser 3, the expansion device 4, and the pressure reducing device 8.
  • the first outlet temperature sensor 13 detects the temperature of the refrigerant at the outlet side of the detection path 7.
  • the position at which the first outlet temperature sensor 13 is provided may be any position between the heating device 9 and the connection portion 42.
  • each sensor When each sensor is provided at a position in the limited range as described above, it is possible to commonalize each sensor with a sensor used for another purpose, leading to cost reduction.
  • the controller 31 receives information detected by the high-pressure sensor 10, the low-pressure sensor 11, the first inlet temperature sensor 12, and the first outlet temperature sensor 13, estimates the composition of the refrigerant of the non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture circulating through the refrigeration cycle on the basis of this information, and controls the entirety of the refrigeration cycle apparatus 1. A process of estimating the composition of the refrigerant by the controller 31 will be described in detail later.
  • the high-pressure sensor 10, the low-pressure sensor 11, the first inlet temperature sensor 12, and the first outlet temperature sensor 13 correspond to "high-pressure detection means,” “low-pressure detection means,” “first inlet temperature detection means,” and “first outlet temperature detection means,” respectively, in the present invention.
  • the high-temperature and high-pressure gas refrigerant compressed and discharged from the compressor 2 flows into the condenser 3.
  • the gas refrigerant having flowed into the condenser 3 is subjected to heat exchange with air sent from the fan or the like, to be condensed into a liquid refrigerant, and flows out of the condenser 3.
  • the liquid refrigerant having flowed out of the condenser 3 is separated at the connection portion 41 into a refrigerant flowing toward the expansion device 4 and a refrigerant flowing toward the detection path 7.
  • the liquid refrigerant flowing toward the expansion device 4 is reduced in pressure by the expansion device 4 into a low-temperature and low-pressure two-phase gas-liquid refrigerant, and flows into the evaporator 5.
  • the two-phase gas-liquid refrigerant having flowed into the evaporator 5 is subjected to heat exchange with air sent from the fan or the like, to be evaporated into a low-temperature and low-pressure refrigerant, and flows out of the evaporator 5.
  • the refrigerant having flowed out of the evaporator 5 flows into the accumulator 6 and is separated into a liquid refrigerant and a gas refrigerant, and the gas refrigerant flows out of the accumulator 6.
  • the gas refrigerant having flowed out of the accumulator 6 joins, at the connection portion 42, the refrigerant having flowed through the detection path 7, and is sucked into the compressor 2 and compressed again.
  • the liquid refrigerant branched at the connection portion 41 to the detection path 7 is reduced in pressure by the pressure reducing device 8 into a low-temperature and low-pressure two-phase gas-liquid refrigerant, and flows into the heating device 9.
  • the two-phase gas-liquid refrigerant having flowed into the heating device 9 is heated and evaporated into a low-temperature and low-pressure gas refrigerant, and flows out of the heating device 9.
  • the gas refrigerant having flowed out of the heating device 9 joins, at the connection portion 42, the gas refrigerant having flowed out of the accumulator 6, and is sucked into the compressor 2 and compressed again.
  • Fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of estimating the composition of the non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture in the refrigeration cycle apparatus 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention
  • Fig. 3 is a flowchart of a process of calculating an enthalpy difference ⁇ h between an outlet side and an inlet side of the heating device 9 in the refrigeration cycle apparatus 1.
  • the operation of estimating the composition of the refrigerant will be described with reference to Figs. 2 and 3 .
  • the controller 31 starts the following operation of estimating the composition of the non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture, under a predetermined condition.
  • Figs. 2 and 3 described above illustrate the operation of estimating the composition of the low-boiling-point component of the non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture, but the present invention is not limited to this and the composition of the high-boiling-point component may be estimated.
  • controller 31 performs all the calculations shown in formulas (1) to (8) described above, but the present invention is not limited to the single controller performing the calculations, and a plurality of controllers or calculators distribute and process the calculation based on each formula described above.
  • Fig. 8 is a refrigerant circuit diagram of a refrigeration cycle apparatus 101 as a related art example configured on the basis of the contents of the related art (Patent Literature 1).
  • Patent Literature 1 the difference from the configuration of the refrigeration cycle apparatus 1 according to the embodiment shown in Fig. 1 will be described with reference to Fig. 8 .
  • the refrigeration cycle apparatus 101 has a detection path 102 which branches from a high-pressure side refrigerant pipe connecting the condenser 3 to the expansion device 4, to bypass the refrigerant to a low-pressure side refrigerant pipe connecting the accumulator 6 to the compressor 2, and which corresponds to the detection path 7 in the refrigeration cycle apparatus 1.
  • the refrigeration cycle apparatus 101 includes a temperature sensor 103 which detects the temperature of the refrigerant between the pressure reducing device 8 and the heating device 9, instead of the first outlet temperature sensor 13 in the refrigeration cycle apparatus 1.
  • the refrigeration cycle apparatus 101 includes a controller 104 instead of the controller 31 in the refrigeration cycle apparatus 1.
  • the controller 104 receives information detected by the high-pressure sensor 10, the low-pressure sensor 11, the first inlet temperature sensor 12, and the temperature sensor 103, and determines the composition of the refrigerant of the non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture circulating through the refrigeration cycle, on the basis of this information.
  • the controller 104 of the refrigeration cycle apparatus 101 first receives a high-pressure pressure Pd detected by the high-pressure sensor 10, a low-pressure pressure Ps detected by the low-pressure sensor 11, an inlet temperature TI detected by the first inlet temperature sensor 12, and a temperature T* at the outlet side of the pressure reducing device 8 which is detected by the temperature sensor 103.
  • the controller 104 calculates an enthalpy at the outlet side of the pressure reducing device 8 on the basis of the low-pressure pressure Ps and the temperature T* at the outlet side of the pressure reducing device 8, and calculates an enthalpy at the inlet side of the pressure reducing device 8 on the basis of the high-pressure pressure Pd and the inlet temperature TI. Then, the controller 104 calculates a circulation composition value of the refrigerant that causes the calculated enthalpy at the outlet side of the pressure reducing device 8 to agree with the calculated enthalpy at the inlet side of the pressure reducing device 8.
  • Fig. 9 is a diagram illustrating a change in a state of the refrigerant in the detection path 102 in the refrigeration cycle apparatus 101
  • Fig. 10 is a diagram illustrating influence of detection accuracy of each sensor of the refrigeration cycle apparatus 101 on enthalpy.
  • the refrigerant at the inlet side of the detection path 102 is a supercooled liquid
  • the refrigerant at the outlet side of the detection path 102 is a superheated gas.
  • the refrigerant between the pressure reducing device 8 and the heating device 9 between which the temperature sensor 103 is provided is a two-phase gas-liquid refrigerant.
  • it is a characteristic of the non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture that, of a constant-temperature line shown in Fig. 10 , a portion in a two-phase gas-liquid state is nearly horizontal but has a gradient that is not zero.
  • the influence of the errors of the detection values of the first inlet temperature sensor 12 and the high-pressure sensor 10 on enthalpy error is fairly small, but the influence of the detection values of the temperature sensor 103 and the low-pressure sensor 11 on enthalpy error is significant, and the precision of the composition value of the refrigerant calculated with the errors is poor.
  • Fig. 4 is a diagram illustrating a change in a state of the refrigerant in the detection path 7 in the refrigeration cycle apparatus 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention
  • Fig. 5 is a diagram illustrating influence of detection accuracy of each sensor of the refrigeration cycle apparatus 1 on enthalpy.
  • the refrigerant at the inlet side of the detection path 7 is a supercooled liquid
  • the refrigerant at the outlet side of the detection path 7 is a superheated gas.
  • the refrigerant between the pressure reducing device 8 and the heating device 9 is a two-phase gas-liquid refrigerant.
  • it is a characteristic of the non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture that, of a constant-temperature line shown in Fig. 5 , a portion in a two-phase gas-liquid state is nearly horizontal but has a gradient that is not zero.
  • an enthalpy error ⁇ hTI and error ⁇ hPd caused with errors of the detection values of the first inlet temperature sensor 12 and the high-pressure sensor 10 are small as described above with reference to Fig. 10 .
  • the influence of the detection value of the high-pressure sensor 10 itself on enthalpy is sufficiently smaller than the influence of the detection value of the first inlet temperature sensor 12 itself on enthalpy.
  • the constant-temperature line in a superheated gas state is sufficiently inclined as compared to the constant-temperature line in the two-phase gas-liquid refrigerant, and an enthalpy error ⁇ hTO caused with the error is sufficiently smaller than that in the case of the temperature sensor 103 in the related art example.
  • an enthalpy error ⁇ hPs caused with the error ⁇ Ps is sufficiently smaller than that in the case of the low-pressure sensor 11 in the related art example.
  • the average condensing temperature is 50 degrees C
  • the saturated gas evaporating temperature is 0 degrees C
  • subcooling at the inlet side of the detection path 7 is 5 degrees C
  • superheat at the outlet side of the detection path 7 is 5 degrees C
  • variation of the enthalpy at the outlet side of the pressure reducing device 8 in the embodiment is about 1/4 of that in the related art example.
  • the variation of the enthalpy deteriorates the accuracy of estimating the circulation composition of the refrigerant, and the accuracy in the embodiment is about 1/2 of that in the related art example.
  • the detection path 7 in the refrigeration cycle apparatus 1 bypasses from the high-pressure side to the low-pressure side in the refrigeration cycle, and thus causes decrease of the ability of the refrigeration cycle apparatus 1. Furthermore, power is consumed by the heating device 9, and thus it is conceived that the efficiency of the refrigeration cycle apparatus 1 further falls.
  • the advantages provided by improvement of the operating efficiency by estimating the circulation composition of the refrigerant with high accuracy and appropriately operating the refrigeration cycle as in the embodiment is much greater than the above disadvantages.
  • estimating the circulation composition of the refrigerant with high accuracy is even more advantageous.
  • the detection path 7 including only the pressure reducing device 8 and the heating device 9 which is an electric heater or the like is used in order to estimate the circulation composition of the refrigerant, and the configuration is simple and size reduction thereof is possible.
  • the detection path 7 including only the pressure reducing device 8 and the heating device 9 which is an electric heater or the like is used as a means for estimating the circulation composition of the refrigerant, the configuration is simple, and size reduction thereof is possible.
  • non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture of R32 and HFO1234yf is used as the refrigerant in the embodiment, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture of another low-boiling-point refrigerant and another high-boiling-point refrigerant may be used.
  • a hydrofluoroolefin-based refrigerant having double bonds may be used, a low flammable refrigerant may be used, or a flammable HC-based refrigerant may be used.
  • non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture used in the embodiment contains two components as described above, but may contain three or more components. In this case, representation with the composition of one low-boiling-point component is possible.
  • Fig. 6 is a refrigerant circuit diagram of the refrigeration cycle apparatus 1a according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
  • a refrigerant circuit is formed in order of a compressor 2, a condenser 3, a refrigerant heat exchanger 22, an expansion device 4, an evaporator 5, an accumulator 6, and again the compressor 2 via refrigerant pipes, whereby a refrigeration cycle is formed.
  • a detection path 7 is provided so as to branch from a high-pressure side refrigerant pipe connecting the refrigerant heat exchanger 22 to the expansion device 4, to bypass a refrigerant to a low-pressure side refrigerant pipe connecting the accumulator 6 to the compressor 2.
  • connection portion 41a A portion branching from the high-pressure side refrigerant pipe connecting the refrigerant heat exchanger 22 to the expansion device 4 to the detection path 7 is referred to as a connection portion 41a.
  • a pressure reducing device 21 and the refrigerant heat exchanger 22 are provided from the high-pressure side toward the low-pressure side, respectively.
  • the refrigeration cycle apparatus 1a includes a high-pressure sensor 10, a low-pressure sensor 11, a first inlet temperature sensor 12, and a first outlet temperature sensor 13, and also includes a second inlet temperature sensor 23 which detects the temperature of the refrigerant at an inlet side of a high-pressure side path of the refrigerant heat exchanger 22, a third inlet temperature sensor 24 which detects the temperature of the refrigerant at a suction side of the compressor 2, and a second outlet temperature sensor 25 which detects the temperature of the refrigerant at a discharge side of the compressor 2.
  • the pressure reducing device 21 reduces the pressure of the liquid refrigerant branched at the connection portion 41a to the detection path 7, to turn the liquid refrigerant into a low-pressure two-phase gas-liquid refrigerant.
  • the refrigerant heat exchanger 22 has the high-pressure side path which causes the refrigerant to flow from the condenser 3 to the expansion device 4 and a low-pressure side path which causes the refrigerant to flow from the pressure reducing device 21 toward an outlet of the detection path 7, and performs heat exchange between the refrigerant in the high-pressure side path and the refrigerant in the low-pressure side path.
  • the refrigerant heat exchanger 22 is regarded as a heating device for heating with the refrigerant in the high-pressure side.
  • the refrigerant heat exchanger 22 is regarded as a cooler for cooling with the refrigerant in the low-pressure side.
  • the controller 31 receives information detected by the high-pressure sensor 10, the low-pressure sensor 11, the first inlet temperature sensor 12, the first outlet temperature sensor 13, the second inlet temperature sensor 23, the third inlet temperature sensor 24, and the second outlet temperature sensor 25, and estimates the composition of the refrigerant of the non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture circulating through the refrigeration cycle on the basis of these information.
  • a process of estimating the composition of the refrigerant by the controller 31 will be described in detail later.
  • second inlet temperature sensor 23, the third inlet temperature sensor 24, and the second outlet temperature sensor 25 correspond to “second inlet temperature detection means,” “third inlet temperature detection means,” and “second outlet temperature detection means,” respectively, in the present invention.
  • the gas refrigerant having flowed into the condenser 3 is subjected to heat exchange with air sent from a fan or the like, to be condensed into a liquid refrigerant, and flows out of the condenser 3.
  • the liquid refrigerant having flowed out of the condenser 3 flows into the high-pressure side path of the refrigerant heat exchanger 22, and heat is removed therefrom by the refrigerant flowing through the low-pressure side path in the refrigerant heat exchanger 22, so that the liquid refrigerant is cooled.
  • the liquid refrigerant having flowed out of the high-pressure side path of the refrigerant heat exchanger 22 is separated at the connection portion 41a into a refrigerant flowing toward the expansion device 4 and a refrigerant flowing through the detection path 7.
  • the liquid refrigerant flowing toward the expansion device 4 is reduced in pressure by the expansion device 4 into a low-temperature and low-pressure two-phase gas-liquid refrigerant, and flows into the evaporator 5.
  • the two-phase gas-liquid refrigerant having flowed into the evaporator 5 is subjected to heat exchange with air sent from a fan or the like, to be evaporated into a low-temperature and low-pressure refrigerant, and flows out of the evaporator 5.
  • the refrigerant having flowed out of the evaporator 5 flows into the accumulator 6 and is separated into a liquid refrigerant and a gas refrigerant, and the gas refrigerant flows out of the accumulator 6.
  • the gas refrigerant having flowed out of the accumulator 6 joins, at the connection portion 42, the refrigerant having flowed through the detection path 7, and is sucked into the compressor 2 and compressed again.
  • the liquid refrigerant branched at the connection portion 41a to the detection path 7 is reduced in pressure by the pressure reducing device 21 into a low-temperature and low-pressure two-phase gas-liquid refrigerant, and flows into the low-pressure side path of the refrigerant heat exchanger 22.
  • the two-phase gas-liquid refrigerant having flowed into the low-pressure side path of the refrigerant heat exchanger 22 is heated and evaporated into a low-temperature and low-pressure gas refrigerant by the refrigerant flowing through the high-pressure side path in the refrigerant heat exchanger 22, and flows out of the low-pressure side path.
  • the gas refrigerant having flowed out of the low-pressure side path of the refrigerant heat exchanger 22 joins, at the connection portion 42, the gas refrigerant having flowed out of the accumulator 6, and is sucked into the compressor 2 and compressed again.
  • Fig. 7 is a flowchart of a process of calculating an enthalpy difference ⁇ h between an outlet side and an inlet side of the low-pressure side path of the refrigerant heat exchanger 22 in the refrigeration cycle apparatus 1a according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
  • a process of calculating an enthalpy difference ⁇ h between an outlet side and an inlet side of the low-pressure side path of the refrigerant heat exchanger 22 in the refrigeration cycle apparatus 1a according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention Hereinafter, an operation of estimating the composition of the refrigerant will be described with reference to Figs. 2 and 7 .
  • the operation of estimating the composition of the non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture in the refrigeration cycle apparatus 1a according to the embodiment is similar to the flowchart shown in Fig. 2 , but the type of information detected by each temperature sensor and each pressure sensor in step S2 and the method of calculating the enthalpy difference ⁇ h in step S7 are different.
  • the enthalpy difference ⁇ h represents the enthalpy difference between the outlet side and the inlet side of the low-pressure side path of the refrigerant heat exchanger 22.
  • step S8 the controller 31 proceeds to step S8.
  • the influence of the detection value of the high-pressure sensor 10 itself on enthalpy is sufficiently smaller than the influence of the detection value of the second inlet temperature sensor 23 itself on enthalpy.
  • the arguments in formula (10) are reduced, ensuring the reduction of the processing load on the controller 31 and reduction of the storage capacity of the controller 31.

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