An air-conditioning apparatus includes a heat medium circuit in which a compressor, a flow switching unit, a flow regulating unit, a gas header, a heat source-side heat exchanger, a distributor, an expansion unit, and a use-side heat exchanger are connected by a pipe, and during a defrosting operation to defrost the heat source-side heat exchanger, heat medium circulates, in order, the compressor, the flow switching unit, the gas header, the heat source-side heat exchanger, the distributor, the expansion unit, and the use-side heat exchanger. The heat source-side heat exchanger includes a first heat exchange unit, and a second heat exchange unit provided lower than the first heat exchange unit. The flow regulating unit is configured to, during the defrosting operation, regulate a flow rate of heat medium flowing through the first heat exchange unit and a flow rate of heat medium flowing through the second heat exchange unit.

A refrigerant piping device includes a refrigerating head, an input unit connected to the refrigerating head to input refrigerant, and an output unit connected to the refrigerating head to output refrigerant. The output unit includes a refrigerant return pipe connected to the refrigerating head, and a heating module configured on the refrigerant return pipe to heat up the refrigerant inside the refrigerant return pipe. The refrigerant return pipe is configured with a heating module to heat up the refrigerant inside the pipe, and the heating can remove the frozen state of the refrigerant return pipe to recover the original flexibility and function of the refrigerant return pipe, thus avoiding the problem wherein the refrigerant return pipe is frozen and gets brittle under the low temperature, and breakage due to the high-speed reciprocating motion of the refrigerating head left and right, back and forth, or up and down.

The present invention relates to an air-conditioning system, and a heat exchanger arrangement for fitting to an air-conditioning system, the heat exchanger arrangement using water condensed on the evaporator as a coolant to cool the refrigerant after it has been compressed by the compressor, and before it is directed to the condenser.

An inter-pipe fixing member, an evaporator and a refrigerator. The inter-pipe fixing member includes a fixing portion, which is provided with at least two fixing grooves, wherein each fixing groove is configured to be adapted to a pipeline, and the at least two fixing grooves are adapted to different pipelines, and/or the at least two fixing grooves are adapted to different sections of the same pipeline. The inter-pipe fixing member realizes fixing between different pipelines and/or different sections of the same pipeline, and when the inter-pipe fixing member is applied to the evaporator, it can be ensured that the pipelines of the evaporator are kept at a certain distance, thereby avoiding collisions.

A circulation valve for control a flow of a refrigerant is disclosed. The circulation valve comprises a flow control assembly and a pressure control assembly, where a containing cavity and a plurality of sub-channels are formed in the flow control assembly, the plurality of sub-channels all communicate with the containing cavity, a slide block is disposed in the containing cavity, the slide block is configured to move in the containing cavity to control the number of the sub-channels communicating with the containing cavity, and the slide block divides the containing cavity into a first containing cavity and a second containing cavity that do not communicate with each other; and the pressure control assembly can control a ratio of a pressure of the first containing cavity to a pressure of the second containing cavity so as to drive the slide block to move in the containing cavity.

A cascade refrigeration system having a first refrigeration stage that defines a first fluid circuit and includes a first expansion device and a second refrigeration stage that defines a second fluid circuit, fluidically isolated from the first fluid circuit, that includes a second expansion device. The second expansion device includes a first capillary tube and a second capillary tube in parallel flow arrangement, and a second stage valve in fluid communication with the second capillary tube for selectively controlling flow of the second refrigerant through the second capillary tube in response to at least one operating condition of the refrigeration system without interrupting flow of the second refrigerant through the first capillary tube. The refrigeration system further includes at least one interstage heat exchanger in heat transferring communication with the first and second fluid circuits to exchange heat between the first and second refrigerants.

A cascade refrigeration system having a first refrigeration stage that defines a first fluid circuit and includes a first expansion device and a second refrigeration stage that defines a second fluid circuit, fluidically isolated from the first fluid circuit, that includes a second expansion device. The second expansion device includes a first capillary tube and a second capillary tube in parallel flow arrangement, and a second stage valve in fluid communication with the second capillary tube for selectively controlling flow of the second refrigerant through the second capillary tube in response to at least one operating condition of the refrigeration system without interrupting flow of the second refrigerant through the first capillary tube. The refrigeration system further includes at least one interstage heat exchanger in heat transferring communication with the first and second fluid circuits to exchange heat between the first and second refrigerants.

A packaged terminal air conditioner unit includes a casing. A compressor, a reversing valve and an ejector of the packaged terminal air conditioner unit are positioned within the casing. The ejector is configured for drawing vapor refrigerant into a flow of liquid refrigerant. An exterior heat exchanger and an interior heat exchanger are also positioned within the casing. The interior heat exchanger has a first stage and a second stage.

A refrigerating system may include a compressor configured to compress a non-azeotropic mixed refrigerant, a condenser configured to condense the compressed non-azeotropic mixed refrigerant, a three-way valve configured to branch the non-azeotropic mixed refrigerant condensed by the condenser, a first evaporator configured to supply cold air to a first interior space, a second evaporator configured to supply cold air to a second interior space at a temperature higher than at a temperature of the first interior space, and a capillary tube configured to expand the non-azeotropic mixed refrigerant branched by the three-way valve and supply the expanded non-azeotropic mixed refrigerant to at least one of the first evaporator or the second evaporator. With such features, a high-efficiency refrigerating system to which the non-azeotropic mixed refrigerant is applied may be implemented.

A refrigerating system may include a compressor configured to compress a non-azeotropic mixed refrigerant, a condenser configured to condense the compressed non-azeotropic mixed refrigerant, a three-way valve configured to branch the non-azeotropic mixed refrigerant condensed by the condenser, a first evaporator configured to supply cold air to a first interior space, a second evaporator configured to supply cold air to a second interior space at a temperature higher than at a temperature of the first interior space, and a capillary tube configured to expand the non-azeotropic mixed refrigerant branched by the three-way valve and supply the expanded non-azeotropic mixed refrigerant to at least one of the first evaporator or the second evaporator. With such features, a high-efficiency refrigerating system to which the non-azeotropic mixed refrigerant is applied may be implemented.