A header includes a plurality of branch tubes and a header manifold. If refrigerant flowing into the header manifold forms a pattern of annular flow or churn flow, tips of the branch tubes inserted into the header manifold pass through a liquid-phase portion having a thickness δ [m] and reach a gas-phase portion. The thickness δ [m] of the liquid-phase portion is defined as δ=G×(1−x)×D/(4ρ.sub.L×U.sub.LS), where G is a flow speed [kg/(m.sup.2 s)] of the refrigerant, x is a quality of the refrigerant, D is an inside diameter [m] of the header manifold, ρ.sub.L is a liquid density [kg/m.sup.3] of the refrigerant, U.sub.LS is a reference apparent liquid speed [m/s] that is a maximum value within a range of variation in an apparent gas speed of the refrigerant flowing into a flow space of the header manifold. The reference apparent liquid speed U.sub.LS [m/s] is defined as G(1−x)/ρ.sub.L.

An integrated valve includes a connecting member including a first valve element and a second valve element. The first valve element is disposed in a pressure reducing chamber of a body of the integrated valve and forms a pressure reducing valve that reduces the pressure of the refrigerant discharged from a compressor. The second valve element is disposed in an on-off valve chamber of the body and forms an on-off valve for adjusting a flow rate of the refrigerant flowing into an intermediate-pressure port of the compressor. The on-off valve is in a fully opened state when the pressure reducing valve is in a throttling state, the on-off valve is in an opened state when the pressure reducing valve is in an opened state, and the on-off valve is in a closed state when the pressure reducing valve is in a fully opened state.

A rotary compressor of an embodiment has a rotating shaft, an electric motor, a compression mechanism, a balancer, and a balancer cover. The compression mechanism has a cylinder, a main bearing, and a sub-bearing. The balancer is provided on the rotating shaft on a second side of the sub-bearing in an axial direction thereof. The balancer cover covers the balancer. A lubricating oil supply path that opens on a second side end face in the axial direction is provided in the rotating shaft. A supply hole that allows the supply path to communicate with the outside of the balancer cover is formed in the balancer cover at a position facing the supply path in the axial direction. A seal mechanism that seals between the balancer cover and the rotating shaft is provided between the balancer cover and the rotating shaft while allowing relative movement between the balancer cover and the rotating shaft in the axial direction.

Refrigerant for a refrigeration device (1) comprising a gas mixture, said gas mixture comprising at least carbon dioxide, 1,1,1,2-tetrafiuoroethane and difluoromethane, characterised in that carbon dioxide has a mass percentage higher than 50 % in relation to the total mixture.

An air conditioner includes: a heat-source-side unit including a compressor and a heat-source-side heat exchanger; use-side units each including a use-side heat exchanger; an intermediate unit that causes the use-side heat exchanger of each of the use-side units to individually function as an evaporator or a radiator of a refrigerant; and three or more connection pipes that connect the heat-source-side unit to the intermediate unit. The intermediate unit includes: an ejector that pressurizes the refrigerant; and a gas-liquid separator into which the refrigerant flowing out from the ejector flows. The refrigerant that has released heat in any of the use-side units that perform a heating operation is not pressurized by the ejector.

An air conditioner includes: a heat-source-side unit including a compressor and a heat-source-side heat exchanger; use-side units each including a use-side heat exchanger; an intermediate unit that causes the use-side heat exchanger of each of the use-side units to individually function as an evaporator or a radiator of a refrigerant; and two connection pipes that each connect the heat-source-side unit and the intermediate unit. The intermediate unit includes: an ejector that is configured to pressurize the refrigerant evaporated in the use-side heat exchanger that functions as the evaporator by using a driving flow; and a gas-liquid separator into which the refrigerant flowing out from the ejector flows.

The invention provides a system for energy distribution that uses liquid carbon dioxide as a working fluid. Evaporation of the carbon dioxide provides cooling, and compression of the carbon dioxide gas back to the liquid state provides heat. The amount of heat transferred at both stages is sufficient to provide environmental heating and cooling. Waste thermal energy from a power plant, in the form of hot water, is fed into the system and used to drive the overall process. An underground thermal energy storage system is used to store energy flowing into the system that is in excess of the current demand.

A test chamber and a method for conditioning air in a temperature-insulated test space of a test chamber, which is sealable against an environment and serves for receiving test material, a temperature ranging from −20° C. to +180° C. being produced within the test space by means of a cooling device of a temperature control device of the test chamber, using a cooling circuit with carbon dioxide (CO.sub.2) as a cooling agent, using a heat exchanger in the test space, using a low-pressure compressor and using a high-pressure compressor downstream of the low-pressure compressor, using a gas cooler, using a storage means for the cooling agent and using an expansion valve, the temperature in the test space being controlled and/or regulated by means of a control device of the test chamber. A gaseous and/or liquid cooling agent is dosed in the storage means by means of a high-pressure valve of the cooling circuit downstream of the gas cooler, the storage means being connected to a medium-pressure side of the cooling circuit upstream of the high-pressure compressor and downstream of the low-pressure compressor via a medium-pressure bypass of the cooling circuit, the gaseous cooling agent being dosed in the medium-pressure side from the storage means by means of a medium-pressure valve when the low-pressure compressor is switched off.

A single-stage carbon dioxide multi-split cooling and heating multifunctional central air conditioner, comprising a single-stage carbon dioxide circulation system using carbon dioxide as a circulation working medium; the single-stage carbon dioxide circulation system comprises an outdoor unit and a plurality of end heat exchangers provided in parallel; and the carbon dioxide medium performs cooling and/or heating in a circulating manner in a carbon dioxide compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, a liquid storage tank and the end heat exchangers which are in communication with one another.

A gas turbine engine has a compressor section, a combustor, and a turbine section. An associated fluid is to be cooled and an associated fluid is to be heated. A transcritical vapor cycle heats the fluid to be heated, and cools the fluid to be cooled. The transcritical vapor cycle includes a gas cooler in which the fluid to be heated is heated by a refrigerant in the transcritical vapor cycle. An evaporator heat exchanger at which the fluid to be cooled is cooled by the refrigerant in the transcritical vapor cycle. A compressor upstream of the gas cooler compresses the refrigerant to a pressure above a critical point for the refrigerant. An expansion device expands the refrigerant downstream of the gas cooler, with the evaporator heat exchanger being downstream of the expansion device, and such that the refrigerant passing through the gas cooler to heat the fluid to be heated is generally above the critical point.