Patent ID: 11892206
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 16:
17. A refrigeration cycle apparatus comprising a compressor, a flow path switching unit, a decompression unit, a first heat exchanger, and a second heat exchanger,
the flow path switching unit being provided to switch between a first state in which refrigerant flows successively through the compressor, the first heat exchanger, the decompression unit, and the second heat exchanger, and a second state in which the refrigerant flows successively through the compressor, the second heat exchanger, the decompression unit, and the first heat exchanger, and
the first heat exchanger being provided as the heat exchanger according to claim 1, and being disposed such that the distributor is located downstream of the first heat transfer tube and the second heat transfer tube in a direction in which the refrigerant flows in the first state, and the distributor is located upstream of the first heat transfer tube and the second heat transfer tube in the direction in which the refrigerant flows in the second state.