MUMBAI, India, Sept. 12 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517070100 A) filed by Daikin Europe N. V., Oostende, Belgium, on July 23, for 'outdoor unit.'
Inventor(s) include Matsuo, Takurou; Takagi, Motoki; and Tamba, Takashi.
The application for the patent was published on Sept. 12, under issue no. 37/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "It is impossible to detect a refrigerant leaking from a site other than a degassing valve in the machine chamber into a machine chamber. An outdoor unit (90) includes a refrigerant circuit, a water circuit, a refrigerant sensor (70), a gas-liquid separator (40), and a degassing valve (54). The refrigerant circuit connects, by means of a pipe, a compressor (12) and a second heat exchanger (20). The second heat exchanger (20) causes heat exchange between the refrigerant and water. The water circuit has a flow of water that exchanges heat with the refrigerant in the second heat exchanger (20). The refrigerant sensor (70) detects the refrigerant to find refrigerant leakage. The gas-liquid separator (40) is connected to the water circuit. The degassing valve (54) is attached to the gas-liquid separator (40). The degassing valve (54) degasses the gas-liquid separator (40). The machine chamber R2 accommodates the compressor (12) and the second heat exchanger (20). The machine chamber R2 accommodates the degassing port (54a) of the degassing valve (54) and the refrigerant sensor (70)."
The patent application was internationally filed on Feb. 21, 2024, under International application No.PCT/EP2024/054367.
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