Abstract:
A micro channel type heat exchanger, including a first pass which is disposed in some of flat tubes disposed in a first heat exchange module and along which a refrigerant flows in one direction, a second pass which is disposed in remaining some of the flat tubes disposed in the first heat exchange module and along which the refrigerant supplied from the first pass flows in an opposite direction to the direction of the first pass, a third pass which is distributed and disposed in the remainder of the flat tubes disposed in a first heat exchange module other than the first pass and the second pass and in some of flat tubes disposed in a second heat exchange module, and a fourth pass which is disposed in the remainder of the flat tubes disposed in the second heat exchange module and along which a refrigerant supplied from the third pass flows in an opposite direction to a direction of the third pass.
Abstract:
A scroll compressor and an air conditioner including a scroll compressor are provided. The scroll compressor may include a casing, a fixed scroll, an orbiting scroll, and an injection passage. The fixed scroll may further include a first injection hole and a second injection hole formed on a spiral flow passage, and a third injection hole and a fourth injection hole formed on the spiral flow passage at a position inwardly rotated by about 360 degrees from the first injection hole and the second injection hole along the spiral flow passage. The first injection hole and the third injection hole may be formed on an outer lane of the spiral flow passage, and the second injection hole and the fourth injection hole may be formed on an inner lane of the spiral flow passage.
Abstract:
A micro channel type heat exchanger in which a first heat exchange module and a second heat exchange module are stacked, the micro channel type heat exchanger including a plurality of flat tubes disposed within the first heat exchange module and the second heat exchange module, and a heat blocking member configured to form a heat blocking space by separating the first heat exchange module and the second heat exchange module, wherein the heat blocking member forms a heat blocking space between the first heat exchange module and the second heat exchange module that minimizes heat conductivity and improves thermal exchange performance of the heat exchanger.
Abstract:
Provided are a supercooler and an air conditioner including the same. The supercooler disposed between a condenser and an evaporator of an air conditioner to supercool a refrigerant condensed in the condenser, thereby allowing the supercooled refrigerant to flow into the evaporator includes an inner tube in which a first refrigerant passing through the condenser flows, an outer tube having an inner space in which the inner tube is disposed, the outer tube allowing a second refrigerant heat-exchanged with the first refrigerant to flow by using the inner tube as a boundary, and a baffle supporting the inner tube to prevent the inner tube from being shaken within the outer tube.
Abstract:
An air conditioner and a method for controlling an air conditioner are provided that efficiently inject a refrigerant into a compressor. The air conditioner may include a compressor to compress a refrigerant; a condenser to condense the refrigerant compressed at the compressor; an evaporator to evaporate the refrigerant condensed at the condenser; and an injection module to selectively or simultaneously inject some or a portion of the refrigerant flowing from the condenser to the evaporator into a high pressure side and a low pressure side of the compressor.
Abstract:
An air conditioner includes an outdoor unit comprising a compressor and an outdoor heat exchanger, and an indoor unit connected to the outdoor unit and provided with an indoor heat exchanger. The indoor unit includes a first refrigerant flow tube configured to connect an inlet side of the indoor heat exchanger to the outdoor unit, a second refrigerant flow tube configured to connect an outlet side of the indoor heat exchanger to the outdoor unit, a first bypass tube branched from a first branch point of the first refrigerant flow tube and joined to a first joining point of the second refrigerant flow tube, a second bypass tube branched from a second branch point of the first refrigerant flow tube and joined to a second joining point of the second refrigerant flow tube, and a flow switching valve disposed between the first joining point and the second joining point of the second refrigerant flow tube.
Abstract:
An air conditioner and a method for controlling an air conditioner are provided. The air conditioner may include an outdoor unit including a compressor and an outdoor heat exchanger; and an indoor unit connected to the outdoor unit through a gas pipe and a liquid pipe and having an indoor heat exchanger including a first coil and a second coil branched from the gas pipe and connected in series, in which the indoor unit may include a first manifold and a second manifold connected by refrigerant pipes to enable refrigerant flow to the indoor heat exchanger, an expansion valve connected in parallel to the liquid pipe and configured to block flow of refrigerant or expand the refrigerant to reduce a pressure thereof, a distributor in which expansion valves are connected in series and connected by a refrigerant pipe to enable refrigerant flow to the first coil, a refrigerant flow pipe that connects a gas pipe side of the first manifold and the second coil, a gas-liquid separator installed in the refrigerant flow pipe to phase-separate the refrigerant, a bypass pipe installed between the gas pipe and the gas-liquid separator to bypass the gas-phase refrigerant separated in the gas-liquid separator and circulate the gas-phase refrigerant to the outdoor unit through the gas pipe, and a control valve installed on the gas pipe to block flow of refrigerant.
Abstract:
An air conditioner is provided. The air conditioner includes a compressor having a suction unit and a plurality of injection inlets, an inside heat exchanger into which refrigerant compressed in the compressor is introduced during a heating operation, an outside heat exchanger into which refrigerant compressed in the compressor is introduced during a cooling operation, a plurality of refrigerant separation devices through which refrigerant condensed in the inside heat exchanger or the outside heat exchanger pass, a plurality of injection flow paths which extends from the three refrigerant separation devices to the plurality of injection inlets, and a bypass flow path which extends from any one injection flow path among the plurality of injection flow paths to the suction unit of the compressor.
Abstract:
An air conditioner and a method for controlling an air conditioner are provided that inject a refrigerant into a compressor to perform a defrosting operation. The air conditioner may include a compressor; an outdoor heat exchanger; an indoor heat exchanger; a first injection module that injects some or a portion of a refrigerant flowing from the indoor heat exchanger to the outdoor heat exchanger into the compressor to perform a heating operation and that does not inject some or a portion of a refrigerant flowing from the outdoor heat exchanger to the indoor heat exchanger into the compressor to perform a defrosting operation; and a second injection module that injects some or a portion of a refrigerant flowing from the indoor heat exchanger to the outdoor heat exchanger into the compressor to perform the heating operation and that injects some or a portion of a refrigerant flowing from the outdoor heat exchanger to the indoor heat exchanger into the compressor to perform the defrosting operation.
Abstract:
An air conditioner and a method for controlling an air conditioner are provided. The air conditioner may include an air handling unit; a return duct connected to the air handling unit to supply ventilation air to the air handling unit; an outside air introduction duct connected to the air handling unit to introduce outdoor air into a room; a damper module installed at a position at which the return duct and the outside air introduction duct are connected to each other and including a damper that opens or closes the return duct and the outside air introduction duct; a detector installed in the damper module to detect a temperature, humidity, enthalpy, and air pressure of air flowing through the damper module; and a controller that selectively and variably controls an opening amount of the damper based on a measured value and a set value of the detector.