An air-conditioning apparatus is provided with a refrigerant cycle through which a heat-source-side refrigerant is to be circulated, a first heat medium channel to which a pump is connected and through which a heat medium such as water, an anti-freezing solution or the like is circulated, a first he
An air-conditioning apparatus is provided with a refrigerant cycle through which a heat-source-side refrigerant is to be circulated, a first heat medium channel to which a pump is connected and through which a heat medium such as water, an anti-freezing solution or the like is circulated, a first heat medium channel to which a pump is connected and through which a heat medium is circulated, and a plurality of use-side heat exchangers connected to the first heat medium channels. Also, the first heat medium channels are connected to the suction side of a pump through a pump flow direction switching device, and the first heat medium channels are connected to the discharge side of the pump through a pump flow direction switching device. By controlling opening degrees of the pump flow direction switching devices, the first heat medium channel which communicates with the pump is selected.
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1. An air-conditioning apparatus including at least a compressor, a heat-source-side heat exchanger, a plurality of expansion devices, a plurality of heat exchangers related to heat medium, a plurality of first heat-medium feeding devices, a plurality of use-side heat exchangers, a second heat-mediu
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An air-conditioning apparatus including at least a compressor, a heat-source-side heat exchanger, a plurality of expansion devices, a plurality of heat exchangers related to heat medium, a plurality of first heat-medium feeding devices, a plurality of use-side heat exchangers, a second heat-medium feeding device, a first heat-medium flow direction switching device, and a second heat-medium flow direction switching device, comprising: a refrigerant cycle connecting the compressor, the heat-source-side heat exchanger, the plurality of expansion devices, and heat-source-side refrigerant channels of the plurality of heat exchangers related to heat medium, the refrigerant cycle circulating a heat-source-side refrigerant;a plurality of first heat medium channels each connecting the heat-medium-side channel of each of the heat exchangers related to heat medium and each of the first heat-medium feeding devices, each of the first heat medium channels circulating a heat medium different from the heat-source-side refrigerant; anda plurality of second heat medium channels each connecting each of the use-side heat exchanger and at least one of the first heat medium channels, each of the second heat medium channels circulating the heat medium,the first heat-medium flow direction switching device being connected to a suction side of the second heat-medium feeding device and at least two of the first heat medium channels,the second heat-medium flow direction switching device being connected to a discharge side of the second heat-medium feeding device and the first heat medium channel to which the first heat-medium flow direction switching device is connected, andthe apparatus selecting the first heat medium channel, which communicates with the second heat-medium feeding device, by controlling the first heat-medium flow direction switching device and the second heat-medium flow direction switching device. 2. The air-conditioning apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the compressor and the heat-source-side heat exchanger are stored in an outdoor unit;the plurality of expansion devices, the plurality of heat exchangers related to heat medium, the plurality of first heat-medium feeding devices, the second heat-medium feeding devices, the first heat-medium flow direction switching device, and the second heat-medium flow direction switching device are stored in a relay unit;the use-side heat exchanger is stored in an indoor unit; andthe outdoor unit, the relay unit, and the indoor unit are formed individually and can be installed at locations separate from each other. 3. The air-conditioning apparatus of claim 1, being capable of executing a cooling and heating mixed operation mode in which a high-temperature and high-pressure heat-source-side refrigerant discharged from the compressor is made to flow through part of the plurality of heat exchangers related to heat medium so as to heat the heat medium, and a low-temperature and low-pressure heat-source-side refrigerant is made to flow through the other part of the plurality of heat exchangers related to heat medium so as to cool the heat medium, wherein: in a case of the cooling and heating mixed operation mode,at least one of the first heat medium channels, in which the first heat-medium feeding device circulating the heat medium for heating is disposed, communicates with the second heat-medium feeding device when a heating load is larger than a cooling load, andat least one of the first heat medium channels, in which the first heat-medium feeding device circulating the heat medium for cooling is disposed, communicates with the second heat-medium feeding device when a cooling load is larger than a heating load. 4. The air-conditioning apparatus of claim 1, wherein a rotation speed instruction value of the second heat-medium feeding device is set to be the same as a rotation speed instruction value of the first heat-medium feeding device disposed in any of the first heat medium channels which communicate with the second heat-medium feeding device. 5. The air-conditioning apparatus of claim 2, wherein the outdoor unit and the relay unit are connected by two refrigerant pipelines and the relay unit and the indoor unit are connected by two heat medium pipelines. 6. An air-conditioning apparatus including at least a compressor, a heat-source-side heat exchanger, a plurality of expansion devices, a plurality of heat exchangers related to heat medium, a plurality of first heat-medium feeding devices, a plurality of use-side heat exchangers, a second heat-medium feeding device, a first heat-medium flow direction switching device, a second heat-medium flow direction switching device, a plurality of third heat-medium flow direction switching devices, and a plurality of fourth heat-medium flow direction switching devices, comprising: a refrigerant cycle connecting the compressor, the heat-source-side heat exchanger, the plurality of expansion devices, and heat-source-side refrigerant channels of the plurality of heat exchangers related to heat medium, the refrigerant cycle circulating a heat-source-side refrigerant;a plurality of first heat medium channels each connecting the heat-medium-side channel of the heat exchanger related to heat medium and the first heat-medium feeding device, each of first heat medium channels circulating a heat medium different from the heat-source-side refrigerant; anda plurality of second heat medium channels each connecting one end of a corresponding first heat medium cycle of the first heat medium cycles and one end of a corresponding use-side heat exchanger of the use-side heat exchangers through a corresponding switching device of the third heat-medium flow direction switching devices, and each connecting the other end of the corresponding use-side heat exchanger and the other end of the corresponding first heat medium cycle through a corresponding switching device of the fourth heat-medium flow direction switching devices, each of the second heat medium channels circulating the heat medium, wherein:the compressor and the heat-source-side heat exchanger are stored in an outdoor unit;the plurality of expansion devices, the plurality of heat exchangers related to heat medium, the plurality of first heat-medium feeding devices, the second heat-medium feeding devices, the first heat-medium flow direction switching device, the second heat-medium flow direction switching device, the plurality of third heat-medium flow direction switching devices, and the plurality of fourth heat-medium flow direction switching devices are stored in a relay unit;the use-side heat exchanger is stored in an indoor unit; andthe outdoor unit, the relay unit, and the indoor unit are formed individually and can be installed at locations separate from each other,the first heat-medium flow direction switching device being connected to the suction side of the second heat-medium feeding device and at least two of the first heat medium channels,the second heat-medium flow direction switching device being connected to the discharge side of the second heat-medium feeding device and the first heat medium channel which connects the first heat-medium flow direction switching device, andthe apparatus selecting the first heat medium channel, which communicates with the second heat-medium feeding device, by controlling the first heat-medium flow direction switching device and the second heat-medium flow direction switching device. 7. The air-conditioning apparatus of claim 6, being capable of executing a cooling and heating mixed operation mode in which a high-temperature and high-pressure heat-source-side refrigerant discharged from the compressor is made to flow through part of the plurality of heat exchangers related to heat medium so as to heat the heat medium, and a low-temperature and low-pressure heat-source-side refrigerant is made to flow through the other part of the plurality of heat exchangers related to heat medium so as to cool the heat medium, wherein: in a case of the cooling and heating mixed operation mode,at least one of the first heat medium channels, in which the first heat-medium feeding device circulating the heat medium for heating is disposed, communicates with the second heat-medium feeding device when a heating load is larger than a cooling load, andat least one of the first heat medium channels, in which the first heat-medium feeding device circulating the heat medium for cooling is disposed, communicates with the second heat-medium feeding device when a cooling load is larger than a heating load. 8. The air-conditioning apparatus of claim 6, wherein a rotation speed instruction value of the second heat-medium feeding device is set to be the same as a rotation speed instruction value of the first heat-medium feeding device disposed in any of the first heat medium channels which communicate with the second heat-medium feeding device. 9. The air-conditioning apparatus of claim 6, wherein the outdoor unit and the relay unit are connected by two refrigerant pipelines and the relay unit and the indoor unit are connected by two heat medium pipelines.
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