Patent ID: 8991207
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: F24F,F25B

Abstract:
1. A refrigerating cycle apparatus, comprising: a first compressor that compresses a refrigerant; an expander that decompresses and expands the refrigerant to collect power for expansion; a second compressor that is driven by the power collected by said expander to further compresses the refrigerant compressed by said first compressor; a heat source side heat exchanger having an intercooler that cools the refrigerant compressed by said first compressor and a main radiator that cools the refrigerant compressed by said second compressor to transmit the same to said expander; an evaporator that heats the refrigerant decompressed by said expander; a water spray apparatus for spraying water onto the outer surface of said intercooler and said main radiator; and a controller configured to control the water spray apparatus to adjust an amount of the water, and a four-way valve that switches refrigerant flow paths at a time of a cooling operation and a time of a heating operation, wherein in a refrigerant flow path direction, at the time of the cooling operation, said intercooler and said main radiator are connected in series, said second compressor is located between said intercooler and said main radiator, said intercooler is located at a front stage of said second compressor and said main radiator is located at a back stage of said second compressor, at the time of the heating operation, said intercooler and said main radiator are connected in parallel, said water spray apparatus arranged to sprays water only onto the outer surface of said intercooler provided upstream of said main radiator and, sprayed water that does not evaporate on said intercooler dropping onto said main radiator, and said controller is further configured to control said water spray apparatus so that a water spray amount per heat transfer area of said intercooler is greater than a water spray amount per heat transfer area of said main radiator, and so that a collection drive force by said expander is maintained based on a temperature of the refrigerant discharged from said first compressor.