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

Claim 6:
7. The air-conditioning apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of sets of flow switching devices, outdoor heat exchangers including the outdoor heat exchanger, and expansion valves, the sets of flow switching devices, outdoor heat exchangers, and expansion valves being connected in parallel, the flow switching device, the outdoor heat exchanger and the expansion valve of each of the plurality of sets are connected in series,
wherein
where when one or more of the plurality of outdoor heat exchangers operate as evaporators, one or more of the plurality of the outdoor heat exchangers that do not operate as evaporators are first 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 first resting outdoor heat exchangers are each configured to cause a discharge side of the compressor and the associated first 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 first resting outdoor heat exchangers are each configured to adjust a flow rate of the refrigerant that flows through the associated first resting outdoor heat exchanger.