Patent ID: 11959649
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 7:
8. The air-conditioning apparatus of claim 7, wherein
each of the plurality of outdoor heat exchangers is configured to be also capable of operating as a condenser, and
where when one or more of the plurality of outdoor heat exchangers operates as condensers, one or more of the plurality of outdoor heat exchangers that do not operate as condensers are second resting outdoor heat exchangers,
of the flow switching devices, a flow switching device or flow switching devices each of which is connected to an associated one of the second resting outdoor heat exchangers are each configured to cause a suction side of the compressor and the associated second resting outdoor heat exchanger to communicate with each other, and
of the expansion valves, an expansion valve or expansion valves each of which is connected to an associated one of the second resting outdoor heat exchangers are each configured to adjust a flow rate of the refrigerant that flows in the associated second resting outdoor heat exchanger.