GREE                Duct type split Air conditioner Inverter Series 
64 
 
Unit: mm 
4.7 Installation space requirement 
If all sides of the ODU (including the top) are surrounded by walls, process according to the following 
requirements for installation space: 
 
5 Pipeline Design of Refrigerant 
5.1 Notices for pipeline design 
Pipeline length and vertical fall shall within the required range, and the pipeline length and fall shall 
be as short as possible; when vertical fall of pipeline is too big, please set oil return loop as required; 
The pipeline shall not go through the load bearing wall/beam of building. 
5.2 Allowable length and fall for refrigerant pipe in IDU and ODU 
Model 
Pipe dimension (mm) 
Max pipe length 
(m)
 
Max height difference between 
indoor unit and outdoor unit (m) 
Gas pipe  Liquid pipe 
FGR20Pd/DNa-X 
Ф9.52  Ф19.05  70  30 
FGR25Pd/DNa-X  Ф9.52  Ф22.2  70  30 
FGR30Pd/DNa-X  Ф12.7  Ф25.4  70  30 
FGR40Pd/D(2)Na-X 
Ф9.52  Ф19.05  70  30 
5.3 Design of oil loop 
5.3.1 Purpose of setting oil loop 
If big fall exist in the pipe, in order to prevent the problem that the refrigeration oil can’t return to the 
compressor effectively, oil loop must be set in the vertical pipeline. 
5.3.2 Principle of setting oil loop 
When there’s a difference between IDU and ODU, for the vertical gas pipe, an oil loop shall be 
installed every 10m from the bottom up. 
Oil loop shall adopt two U-shaped loops or one O-shaped loop, the height is 3~5 times the size of 
pipe diameter.