Air conditioner and controlling method thereof
AssigneeKyungdong Navien Co., Ltd.
InventorsWon Jae Jin, Ju Hyuk Lee
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Abstract
An air conditioner includes an indoor introduction air path configured to introduce air into an indoor space and an outdoor discharge air path configured to discharge air to an outdoor space, wherein the outdoor discharge air path includes an air path in which heat exchange is performed with the air introduced into the indoor space, and a by-pass path in which heat exchange is not performed with the air introduced into the indoor space, and the air conditioner further includes a controller configured to control the air discharged to the outdoor space so that the air discharged to the outdoor space flows to one of the air paths, in which the heat exchange is performed, and the by-pass path.
Claims15
An air conditioner comprising:
- an indoor introduction air path that introduces air into an indoor space;
- an outdoor discharge air path that discharges air to an outdoor space;
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- an evaporative cooler including a dry channel connected to the indoor introduction air path, a humid channel having one end and the other end each connected to the outdoor discharge air path and the indoor introduction air path, and in which heat exchange is performed with air which passes through the dry channel, and a water supply part that supplies moisture to air which flows through the humid channel,
- wherein the outdoor discharge air path includes an air path that includes the humid channel in which the air flowing through the humid channel performs heat exchange with the air which passes through the dry channel, and a by-pass path in which air flows through the by-pass path does not perform heat exchange with the air which passes through the dry channel,
- wherein the by-pass path is provided outside of the evaporative cooler and connected to a location adjacent to an inlet of the humid channel, and
- wherein the air conditioner further comprises a controller that controls the air discharged to the outdoor space so that the air discharged to the outdoor space flows to one of the air paths, in which heat exchange is performed, and the by-pass path.
A controlling method of an air conditioner including an indoor introduction air path that introduces air into an indoor space, an outdoor discharge air path that discharges air to an outdoor space, and an evaporative cooler including a dry channel connected to the indoor introduction air path, a humid channel having one end and the other end each connected to the outdoor discharge air path and the indoor introduction air path, and in which heat exchange is performed with air which passes through the dry channel, and a water supply part that supplies moisture to air which flows through the humid channel, the method comprising:
- flowing the air discharged to the outdoor space through the outdoor discharge air path through a by-pass path which is provided outside of the evaporative cooler and connected to a location adjacent to an inlet of the humid channel so that air flowing through the by-pass path performs heat exchange with the air which passes through the dry channel or the air flowing through the by-pass path does not perform heat exchange with the air which passes through the dry channel;
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- controlling, by a controller, the air discharged to the outdoor space to flow through one of the air paths including the humid channel, in which the heat exchange is performed, and the by-pass path.
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