Compact air conditioner

A controller for an air conditioner including:

• a compressor configured to draw and discharge a refrigerant;
• a condenser configured to condense the high-pressure refrigerant from the compressor through heat exchange between the high-pressure refrigerant and an air;
• a decompressor configured to decompress the high-pressure refrigerant from the condenser;
• an evaporator configured to evaporate the low-pressure refrigerant from the decompressor through heat exchange between the low-pressure refrigerant and an air;
• and
• a warm air chamber through which a warm air from the condenser flows, wherein
• a condensed water is generated in the evaporator and guided to the warm air chamber, the controller comprising:
• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory coupled to the one or more processors and storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to at least:
• determine whether an amount of the condensed water is greater than a predetermined amount;
• and
• increase a temperature of the warm air in the warm air chamber upon determining that the amount of the condensed water is greater than the predetermined amount by executing (i) at least one of a first control to decrease a flow rate of an air sent to the condenser by the blower or a second control to narrow an area of a front surface of the condenser, and (ii) at least one of a third control to increase a rotational speed of the compressor or a fourth control to reduce an opening degree of a valve of the decompressor.

A method for an air conditioner including:

• a compressor configured to draw and discharge a refrigerant;
• a condenser configured to condense the high-pressure refrigerant from the compressor through heat exchange between the high-pressure refrigerant and an air;
• a decompressor configured to decompress the high-pressure refrigerant from the condenser;
• an evaporator configured to evaporate the low-pressure refrigerant from the decompressor through heat exchange between the low-pressure refrigerant and an air;
• and
• a warm air chamber through which a warm air from the condenser flows, wherein
• a condensed water is generated in the evaporator and is guided to the warm air chamber, the method implemented by one or more processors, comprising:
• determining whether an amount of the condensed water is greater than a predetermined amount;
• and
• increasing a temperature of the warm air upon determining that the amount of the condensed water is greater than the predetermined amount by executing (i) at least one of a first control to decrease a flow rate of an air sent to the condenser by the blower or a second control to narrow an area of a front surface of the condenser, and (ii) at least one of a third control to increase a rotational speed of the compressor or a fourth control to reduce an opening degree of a valve of the decompressor.