US 12,287,119 B2
Air conditioner
Jingqiang Jiang, Foshan (CN); and Zhijun Jin, Foshan (CN)
Assigned to GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., Foshan (CN); and MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Foshan (CN)
Appl. No. 17/613,411
Filed by GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., Foshan (CN); and MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Foshan (CN)
PCT Filed Jul. 24, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/097482
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 22, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/237808, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910440985.2 (CN), filed on May 24, 2019; application No. 201920770372.0 (CN), filed on May 24, 2019; application No. 201920770375.4 (CN), filed on May 24, 2019; and application No. 201920775234.1 (CN), filed on May 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0243933 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. F24F 5/00 (2006.01); F24F 13/22 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 5/0017 (2013.01) [F24F 13/222 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air conditioner comprising:
a housing;
a compressor system provided in the housing and including a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, a compressor, and a throttle device that are circularly communicated; and
a liquid pump system provided in the housing and including a third heat exchanger, an energy storage device, and a liquid pump device that are circularly communicated;
wherein:
the liquid pump system contains a coolant circulating in the liquid pump system;
the energy storage device includes an energy storage medium configured to receive energy from the second heat exchanger and store the energy, and to exchange heat with the coolant, the coolant including an alcohol solution having a freezing point lower than a cold storage temperature of the energy storage medium;
the energy storage device further includes:
a storage container containing the energy storage medium, the second heat exchanger being provided in the energy storage medium; and
a fourth heat exchanger provided in the energy storage medium and configured to receive energy from the energy storage medium;
the liquid pump device is coupled between the third heat exchanger and the fourth heat exchanger, to circulate the coolant between the third heat exchanger and the fourth heat exchanger;
a containing chamber is provided inside the storage container, the containing chamber containing the energy storage medium; and
the energy storage device further includes:
an upper member provided at upper portions of the second heat exchanger and the fourth heat exchanger, the upper member being fixed at the storage container; and
a lower member fixed at lower portions of the second heat exchanger and the fourth heat exchanger, the lower member being positioned at a bottom wall of the containing chamber.