AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME

Title:

AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/036176

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

An aspect of the present invention relates to an air conditioner and a method for controlling the same, which restrain a refrigerant stored in a refrigerant storage part from rapidly flowing into a main refrigerant circuit when the type of operation is switched. An air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a refrigerant circuit including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator; a refrigerant amount detection apparatus for determining whether a refrigerant state at the exit of the condenser is a super-cooled state or a gas-liquid two-phase state, and calculating a refrigerant amount ratio within the refrigerant circuit on the basis of a setting value predetermined according to the refrigerant state and at least one of the temperature and the pressure detected in the refrigerant circuit; and a control unit for controlling the refrigerant circuit according to the refrigerant amount ratio calculated by the refrigerant amount detection apparatus.

Inventors:

TAKEICHI HISASHI (JP)
EGUCHI HIROAKI (JP)
OGASAWARA TETSUYA (JP)
YAMADA KENICHI (JP)
AONO MASAHIRO (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/KR2015/009327

Publication Date:

March 10, 2016

Filing Date:

September 03, 2015

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD (KR)

International Classes:

F25B1/00; F25B41/04; F25B49/02

Foreign References:

JP2010007993A	2010-01-14
JP2012132601A	2012-07-12
KR20080081942A	2008-09-10
JP2010127586A	2010-06-10
JP2008232579A	2008-10-02

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