Abstract:
An outdoor unit for an air conditioner may include a case, a controller disposed in the case, a coupling member configured to connect the case to the controller, and a cooling pipe coupled to one side of the controller so as to perform heat-exchange with the controller. The controller may include a first controller connected to the coupling member so as to be rotatably coupled to the case, and a second controller coupled to the cooling pipe so as to be fixedly installed inside of the case.
Abstract:
An air conditioner including a hot gas line for receiving a portion of refrigerant compressed in a compressor, an indoor heat exchanger, an outdoor expansion device for expanding the refrigerant having exchanged heat in the indoor heat exchanger, an outdoor heat exchanger functioning as a condenser in a cooling mode while functioning as an evaporator in a heating mode, and a 4-way valve for receiving a remaining portion of the compressed refrigerant, to guide the refrigerant emerging from the compressor to the outdoor heat exchanger in the cooling mode and to the indoor heat exchanger in the heating mode. The outdoor heat exchanger includes a main heat exchanger section functioning as a condenser in the cooling mode while functioning as an evaporator in the heating mode, and an auxiliary heat exchanger for receiving the refrigerant from the hot gas line in a frosting prevention mode.
Abstract:
The air conditioner according to the present disclosure may comprise an outdoor unit, a first indoor unit having a first indoor heat exchanger connected to the outdoor unit, a first intake duct connected to an inlet opening of the first indoor unit, a first air supply duct guiding air discharged from an outlet opening of the first indoor unit to indoor room, a second indoor unit having a second indoor heat exchanger connected to the outdoor unit, a second intake duct connected to an inlet opening of the second indoor unit and a second air supply duct guiding air discharged from an outlet of the second indoor unit to indoor room, wherein the first indoor heat exchanger and the second indoor heat exchanger include a moisture absorption layer.
Abstract:
A communication kit comprising a communication module configured to communicate with a thermostat, an indoor unit, and an outdoor unit; and a controller configured to generate an operation signal to be transmitted to the indoor unit and the outdoor unit, based on a signal received from the thermostat, wherein the controller is configured to determine an operation mode of the indoor unit and the outdoor unit based on an indoor temperature when a backup function of the thermostat is executed.
Abstract:
An air conditioner is provided that may include a defrosting bypass valve disposed at a defrosting bypass pipe having a first end connected to a middle point of the outdoor heat exchanger and a second end connected to an inlet pipe of a compressor, and a processor configured to open and close the defrosting bypass valve according to a temperature of a refrigerant in an outdoor heat exchanger. At a beginning of a defrosting operation, the processor may open the defrosting bypass valve to bypass a portion of the refrigerant in the outdoor heat exchanger to the inlet pipe of the compressor, and if the temperature of the refrigerant in the outdoor heat exchanger exceeds a predetermined temperature, the processor may close the defrosting bypass valve, thereby achieving defrosting performance at an early stage of the defrosting operation.
Abstract:
An air conditioner and a method of controlling the same are provided. The air conditioner includes an outdoor unit provided with a compressor, an outdoor temperature sensor, an outdoor humidity recognition part, and a control part. The outdoor temperature sensor is installed on the outdoor unit to sense outdoor temperature. The outdoor humidity recognition part is installed on the outdoor unit to recognize outdoor humidity information. The control part controls an operation of the compressor, based information sensed from the outdoor temperature sensor and the outdoor humidity recognition part. When the outdoor temperature has a preset value, the control part determines target evaporation temperature such that the target evaporation temperature is decreased as outdoor humidity increases, and the control part drives the compressor at an operation frequency corresponding to the determined target evaporation temperature.
Abstract:
An air conditioner and a method of controlling the same are provided. The air conditioner includes an outside unit, which is provided with a compressor and an evaporator, an outside temperature sensor attached to the outside unit to sense outside temperature, an outside humidity recognition part attached to the outside unit to recognize information about outside humidity, a low pressure sensor that senses an evaporation pressure of the evaporator, and a control part that controls an operation of the compressor, based on both information about dew-point temperature sensed from the outside temperature sensor and the outside humidity recognition part and information about the evaporation pressure sensed from the low pressure sensor. The control part changes an operation frequency of the compressor according to whether the evaporation pressure is not lower than a preset reference low pressure, to prevent frosting of the evaporator.
Abstract:
An oil separator and an air conditioner including an oil separator are provided. The oil separator may include a housing including a suction tube that guides a refrigerant, in which an oil may be mixed, into the housing and a discharge tube that discharges refrigerant separated from the refrigerant, in which the oil may be mixed, to the outside, a first collection tube that communicates with a lower portion of the housing to discharge the oil separated from the oil to a compressor, a second collection tube that communicates with a side surface of the housing to discharge the oil separated from the refrigerant to the compressor, and a control valve provided in communication with the first collection tube or the second collection tube to control a flow of the oil through the first collection tube or the second collection tube. The second collection tube may be sloped or extend in a downward direction and then sloped or extend in an upward direction away from a position at which the second collection tube communicates with the housing, and ends of the first and second collection tubes may be coupled.