Five-Way Heat Pump Reversing Valve

摘要

Systems and methods are disclosed which may include providing a five-way reversing valve in a heat pump HVAC system, wherein the five-way reversing valve comprises a selectively movable shuttle, a first high pressure inlet port, a second high pressure inlet port, a first variable port, a first outlet port, and a second variable port, and wherein the five-way reversible valve is configured to selectively alter a flowpath of refrigerant through the reversing valve between a first operational position associated with a cooling mode and a second operational position associated with a heating mode. The five-way reversing valve may also be configured to remove a component from the refrigerant fluid circuit when configured for operation in one of its two modes of operation.