The refrigerant circulation direction is switched between first and second circulation directions. In the first circulation direction, the refrigerant is circulated in order of a first heat exchanger, a compressor, a second heat exchanger, and a first decompressor, and circulated in order of the first heat exchanger, the compressor, a third heat exchanger, and a second decompressor. A controller identifies a specific heat exchanger from among the second heat exchanger and the third heat exchanger. When an elapsed time from activation of the compressor is shorter than a reference time, the controller makes an opening degree of a specific decompressor that communicates with the specific heat exchanger larger than an opening degree of the decompressor that is among the first decompressor and the second decompressor and different from the specific decompressor, and sets the refrigerant circulation direction to the second circulation direction opposite to the first circulation.

The refrigerant circulation direction is switched between first and second circulation directions. In the first circulation direction, the refrigerant is circulated in order of a first heat exchanger, a compressor, a second heat exchanger, and a first decompressor, and circulated in order of the first heat exchanger, the compressor, a third heat exchanger, and a second decompressor. A controller identifies a specific heat exchanger from among the second heat exchanger and the third heat exchanger. When an elapsed time from activation of the compressor is shorter than a reference time, the controller makes an opening degree of a specific decompressor that communicates with the specific heat exchanger larger than an opening degree of the decompressor that is among the first decompressor and the second decompressor and different from the specific decompressor, and sets the refrigerant circulation direction to the second circulation direction opposite to the first circulation.

An electronic expansion valve includes: a valve seat, the valve seat has a valve cavity and is provided with a valve port; a valve needle, matching the valve port and used to perform flow adjustment of the electronic expansion valve; a lead screw, forming a floating connection to the valve needle via a barrel portion; and a nut, wherein a threaded fit is formed between the nut and the lead screw, and a lower portion of the nut is provided with a nut guiding portion. A guide component is fixedly connected to the valve seat. The guide component guides both the barrel portion and the valve needle. The electronic expansion valve of the invention is provided with the guide component, and the guide component can guide both the valve needle and the barrel portion, effectively preventing abnormal wear caused by radial deviation of the valve needle and the barrel portion.

An electronic expansion valve includes: a valve seat, the valve seat has a valve cavity and is provided with a valve port; a valve needle, matching the valve port and used to perform flow adjustment of the electronic expansion valve; a lead screw, forming a floating connection to the valve needle via a barrel portion; and a nut, wherein a threaded fit is formed between the nut and the lead screw, and a lower portion of the nut is provided with a nut guiding portion. A guide component is fixedly connected to the valve seat. The guide component guides both the barrel portion and the valve needle. The electronic expansion valve of the invention is provided with the guide component, and the guide component can guide both the valve needle and the barrel portion, effectively preventing abnormal wear caused by radial deviation of the valve needle and the barrel portion.

An air-conditioning apparatus includes a primary-side circuit in which a compressor, a first flow switching device, an outdoor heat exchanger, a second flow switching device, a first expansion device, and a relay heat exchanger are connected by pipes and in which refrigerant circulates; a secondary-side circuit in which the relay heat exchanger, a pump, a plurality of indoor heat exchangers, and heat medium flow control devices are connected by pipes and in which a heat medium circulates; and a controller configured to control the first and second flow switching devices such that in cooling and heating operations, the refrigerant and a heat-source-side fluid flow through the outdoor heat exchanger in opposite directions and the refrigerant flows through the relay heat exchanger in a constant direction. The pump is installed such that the heat medium, the refrigerant flow, and air for an air-conditioning target space flow in particular directions.

A refrigeration system includes a gas cooler or a condenser configured to reject first heat from a first fluid that is at a first pressure and that is in a supercritical state or subcritical state. The refrigeration system further includes an evaporator configured to absorb second heat into a second fluid that is at a second pressure that is lower than the first pressure and that is in a liquid state, a vapor state, or a two-phase mixture of liquid and vapor. The refrigeration system further includes a rotary pressure exchanger configured to receive the first fluid from the gas cooler or the condenser, to receive the second fluid from the evaporator, and to exchange pressure, via a rotor of the rotary pressure exchanger, between the first fluid and the second fluid.

A refrigeration system includes a rotary pressure exchanger fluidly coupled to a low pressure loop and a high pressure loop. The rotary pressure exchanger replaces a traditional bulk flow compressor. The rotary pressure exchanger is configured to receive the refrigerant at high pressure from the high pressure loop, to receive the refrigerant at low pressure from the low pressure loop, and to exchange pressure between the refrigerant at high pressure and the refrigerant at low pressure, and wherein a first exiting stream from the rotary pressure exchanger includes the refrigerant at high pressure in the supercritical state or the subcritical state and a second exiting stream from the rotary pressure exchanger includes the refrigerant at low pressure in the liquid state or the two-phase mixture of liquid and vapor.

A heat pump system including a charge compensator having a liquid line port for an inflow of a refrigerant into the charge compensator and for an outflow of the refrigerant from the charge compensator. The heat pump system further includes an isolation valve configured to control flows of the refrigerant to and from the charge compensator through a liquid line piping of the heat pump system based on whether the heat pump system is operating in a cooling mode, a defrost mode, or a heating mode, where the liquid line port is fluidly coupled to the liquid line piping of the heat pump system.

The application provides an air-conditioning system with mixed working medium, including: a compressor, and a first heat exchanger, wherein the first heat exchanger is communicated with an exhaust port of the compressor, the first heat exchanger is provided with a first flow channel communicated with a first inlet end and a second flow channel communicated with a first outlet end, and a first gas-liquid separator is further connected between the first flow channel and the second flow channel; and the first gas-liquid separator includes a first inlet, a first liquid outlet and a first gas outlet, the first inlet is communicated with the first flow channel, the first gas outlet is communicated with the second flow channel, and a liquid flowing out of the first liquid outlet is capable of being throttled and heated and then connected to a gas supplement port of the compressor for gas supplement. The application enables more high-boiling point refrigerant working medium entering the first heat exchanger to improve condensation performance, and further increases the amount of low-boiling point refrigerant working medium entering the second heat exchanger to improve evaporation performance, thereby solving the problem of poor gas supplement effect of a gas supplement system with mixed working medium, and improving the performance of the air-conditioning system.

The application provides an air-conditioning system with mixed working medium, including: a compressor, and a first heat exchanger, wherein the first heat exchanger is communicated with an exhaust port of the compressor, the first heat exchanger is provided with a first flow channel communicated with a first inlet end and a second flow channel communicated with a first outlet end, and a first gas-liquid separator is further connected between the first flow channel and the second flow channel; and the first gas-liquid separator includes a first inlet, a first liquid outlet and a first gas outlet, the first inlet is communicated with the first flow channel, the first gas outlet is communicated with the second flow channel, and a liquid flowing out of the first liquid outlet is capable of being throttled and heated and then connected to a gas supplement port of the compressor for gas supplement. The application enables more high-boiling point refrigerant working medium entering the first heat exchanger to improve condensation performance, and further increases the amount of low-boiling point refrigerant working medium entering the second heat exchanger to improve evaporation performance, thereby solving the problem of poor gas supplement effect of a gas supplement system with mixed working medium, and improving the performance of the air-conditioning system.