Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hyeongjoon Seo

Youngju Joo

Jun Sik Hwang

Kyunghoon Kim

Donggyu Lee

Eomji Jang

Jaehyoung Sim

Duhan Jung

Munsub Kim

Sunggoo Kim

Sangwoo Lee

Sungjune Cho

Jaewoo Choi

Taewoo Kim

Minkyong Kim

Seonuk Na

Hyeongkyu Cho

Taesung Choi

Seungkwan Choi

Kwangil Nam

Younghoon Kim

Dongjun Shin

Hyojin Kim

Changmin Seok

Seonghyun Yoon

Mingi Cho

Seojeong Kim

Hyunwoo Ock

Seungjun Park

Jeonguk Park

Hyungseon Song

Hyunho Kim

Tan Kim

Soonhyung Gwon

Seungwon Oh

Youjae Kim

Chandra Ashok Maloo

Byoungguk Lim

Hyoshin Lee

Sukho Kang

Soonhoon Hwang

Hyoungseo Choi

Sunhee Son

Kilsoo Son

Heechan Kang

Hyunwuk Kang

Jongkweon Ha

Wonfa Song

Younguk Yun

Churju Lee

A ventilation apparatus including a housing having an inlet flow path to discharge outdoor air, to an indoor space through a first outlet, and an outlet flow path to discharge indoor air, to an outdoor space through a second outlet, a total enthalpy heat exchanger in which air flowing along the inlet flow path and air flowing along the outlet flow path exchange heat, and a heat exchanger to remove moisture in the air flowing along the inlet flow path. The housing including a connection flow path connecting the inlet flow path to the outlet flow path, and a connection path opening and closing unit configured to selectively open and close the connection flow path. The connection flow path to allow indoor air, to pass through the heat exchanger and flow to the first outlet while preventing the indoor air from flowing to the total enthalpy heat exchanger.

Ventilation apparatus and ventilation system including the same

An integrated air conditioning system includes a ventilation device comprising a first temperature sensor, a first humidity sensor, and a heat exchanger installed on the inlet flow path. An indoor unit configured to discharge heat-exchanged air into an indoor space. An outdoor unit configured to supply a refrigerant to the ventilation device and the indoor unit. A controller connected to the ventilation device, the indoor unit, and the outdoor unit. The controller configured to obtain an indoor temperature from the first temperature or the second temperature sensor. The controller configured to obtain indoor humidity from the first humidity sensor or the second humidity sensor and configured to control at least one of the ventilation device and the indoor unit based on the indoor temperature and the indoor humidity.

Ventilation system, integrated air conditioning system and control method thereof

An integrated air conditioning system includes an outdoor unit, an indoor unit, and a ventilation device. The ventilation device includes a housing including an inlet flow path, and an outlet flow path, a total heat exchanger in which air flowing through the inlet flow path and air flowing through the outlet flow path exchange heat with each other, a first heat exchanger disposed on the inlet flow path to receive a refrigerant from the outdoor unit, a second heat exchanger disposed upstream of the first heat exchanger on the inlet flow path and connected to the first heat exchanger to be supplied with refrigerant discharged from the first heat exchanger, a first expansion device to expand the refrigerant supplied to the first heat exchanger from the outdoor unit, and a second expansion device to expand the refrigerant discharged from the first heat exchanger and supplied to the second heat exchanger.

Ventilation device and integrated air conditioning system having the same

A ventilation apparatus includes: a housing including a first inlet through which outside air is sucked, a second inlet through which room air is sucked, a first outlet through which air is supplied to an indoor space, and a second outlet through which air is discharged to an outdoor space; an outside temperature sensor configured to measure a first temperature of the outside air; a room temperature sensor configured to measure a second temperature of the room air; a total heat exchanger configured to perform heat exchange between the outside air and the room air; a first blower communicating with the first outlet; a second blower communicating with the second outlet; and a processor to perform a drying operation for the total heat exchanger by operating at least one of the first blower or the second blower, based on a difference value between the first temperature and the second temperature.

Ventilation apparatus and control method thereof

An air conditioner is provided. The air conditioner includes a housing with separate channels, a heat exchanger, two fans, a driver, and a controller. The heat exchanger exchanges heat with air in one channel, while the two fans expel air from separate channels. The driver operates the fans, and the controller regulates their operation based on indoor and outdoor temperatures, selectively activating a second fan of the two fans according to preset temperature conditions.

Air conditioner and method for controlling same

An air conditioner which comprises: a temperature sensor; and a processor that obtains, based on receiving a turn-on command for the air conditioner, a first temperature value sensed through the temperature sensor; based on a threshold time elapsing subsequent to the receiving of the turn-on command, obtains a second temperature value sensed through the temperature sensor; and provides notification information related to an environment in which the air conditioner is installed, on the basis of the first temperature value and the second temperature value.

Air conditioner and controlling method therefor

A ventilation system including a ventilator and a processor. The ventilator includes a housing, first intake, second intake, first outlet, second outlet, dampers, first air blower, second air blower, total heat exchanger, and heat exchanger. The processor is configured to change the air flow path of air flowing through the housing from an intake flow path and discharge flow path while in a ventilation mode to a heat exchanger cleaning mode or a total heat exchanger drying mode, in which air in the room flows into the housing through the first outlet, passes through the heat exchanger and then the total heat exchanger, and is discharged to the space outside the room through the second outlet.

Ventilation system and method for controlling the same

An air conditioner and a method for controlling same are disclosed. An air conditioner according to the disclosure comprises: an indoor unit including an indoor heat exchanger and an indoor fan; an outdoor unit including a compressor; at least one sensor; at least one memory storing instructions; and at least one processor to execute the instructions to identify a freezing process to form ice-capsules on a surface of the indoor heat exchange according to a first relative humidity sensed through the at least one sensor, control the indoor fan and the compressor to operate in the identified freezing process so that the ice-capsules are formed, identify a thawing process to thaw the formed ice-capsules according to a second relative humidity sensed through the at least one sensor while the indoor fan and the compressor are operating in the identified freezing process, and control the indoor fan to operate in the identified thawing process.

A ceiling type air conditioner includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet, a heat exchanger provided inside the housing to exchange heat with air suctioned through the inlet, a blower fan configured to cause the air having heat exchanged with the heat exchanger to flow such that the air having heat exchanged is discharged through the outlet, and a blade unit configured to guide the air discharged to the outlet. The blade unit includes a main blade, a sub-blade, and a guide link provided to guide a movement of the sub-blade.

Ceiling type air conditioner

An air conditioner includes a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an expansion device, an indoor heat exchanger, and a noise reduction device configured to reduce flow noise of a refrigerant. The noise reduction device includes a housing including a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet, and a plurality of baffles disposed inside the housing. The baffles include a first baffle and a second baffle that partition an inside of the housing into a plurality of spaces in a flow direction of the refrigerant. Each of the first baffle and the second baffle includes a hole through which the refrigerant passes. The holes of the first and second baffles are respectively disposed at centers of the first and second baffles at positions corresponding to each other in the flow direction of the refrigerant.

Air conditioner

An air conditioner is provided. The air conditioner includes a display, a storage configured to store power consumption information and time information which are required to increase or decrease an indoor temperature by a unit temperature according to an outdoor temperature, a sensor, and a processor configured to predict, based on a desired temperature being input, at least one of a power consumption or a required time for the indoor temperature to reach the desired temperature by the sensor based on information stored in the storage, and provide at least one of the predicted power consumption or the required time through the display.

Air conditioner providing information on time and/or power required to reach a desired temperature and method for control thereof

An air conditioning device is provided. The air conditioning device includes an image sensor, and a processor configured to identify an object based on edge information included in an image acquired through the image sensor, and control an operation of the air conditioning device based on the type information of the identified object.

Air conditioning device and control method thereof

An air conditioner includes an outdoor heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between a refrigerant and outdoor air; an indoor heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant and indoor air; a first pipe configured to provide a channel for the refrigerant flowing out of the outdoor heat exchanger and having a first inner diameter; a second pipe configured to provide a channel for the refrigerant flowing into the indoor heat exchanger; a coupling member configured to couple end portions of the first pipe and the second pipe; and a first insertion pipe inserted in the second pipe at the end portion of the second pipe and having a second inner diameter smaller than the first inner diameter of the first pipe.

An outdoor unit of an air conditioner having an expansion valve unit. The outdoor unit of the air conditioner includes a compressor, a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between outdoor air and refrigerant compressed by the compressor, an expansion valve unit configured to decompress the refrigerant discharged from the heat exchanger, a refrigerant pipe configured to deliver the refrigerant, which is decompressed and expanded by the expansion valve unit, to the indoor unit of the air conditioner, and a bracket configured to support the expansion valve unit. The expansion valve unit includes an expansion valve, a first connection portion configured to connect the expansion valve to the heat exchanger, and a second connection portion configured to connect the expansion valve to the refrigerant pipe. The expansion valve, and one of the first connection portion or the second connection portion are fixed to the bracket.

Outdoor unit of airconditioner

A server is provided. The server includes a communication device configured to receive operation information from an air conditioner, a memory configured to store information of a plurality of groups and a cooling capacity prediction model for predicting a cooling capacity that corresponds to each of the plurality of groups, and a processor to map the air conditioner to one group among the plurality of groups based on the received operation information, and control the communication device to enable the air conditioner to use the cooling capacity prediction model corresponding to the mapped group.

Server, air conditioner and method for controlling thereof

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Hyeongjoon Seo