Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Sangho Yoo

Jejin Lee

Dongil Jung

Jaeyang Lee

Dongkyu Lee

Yonghee Jang

Sukho Lee

Changyong Lee

Taeil Kim

Byoungguk Lim

Sangyoon Han

Gwangchel Jeong

Kwangsik Han

Donghan Ko

Hyeongseok Lim

An air conditioner including: a compressor; a heat exchanger fluidly connected to the compressor; a pressure sensor provided in a first flow path connecting an outlet of the compressor to an inlet of the first heat exchanger; a temperature sensor provided in a second flow path connected to an outlet of the heat exchanger; and a processor connected to the compressor, the pressure sensor, and the temperature sensor. The processor configured to: acquire a reference index value based on a first reference pressure measured by the pressure sensor and a first reference temperature measured by the temperature sensor, acquire a measurement index value based on a first measurement pressure measured by the pressure sensor and a first measurement temperature measured by the temperature sensor, and display a shortage of a refrigerant of the air conditioner based on the reference index value and the measurement index value.

Air conditioner and controlling method thereof

An air conditioner, and a control method, including a compressor to compress a refrigerant; an outdoor heat exchanger; a first four-way valve between a discharge port of the compressor and an upper inlet of the outdoor heat exchanger; a second four-way valve between the discharge port of the compressor and a lower inlet of the outdoor heat exchanger; and a controller electrically connected to the compressor and the first four-way valve and the second four-way valve to control the first and second four-way valves to perform a first defrosting operation which defrosts an upper and a lower portion of the outdoor heat exchanger during a heating operation, and control the first and second four-way valves to perform a second defrosting operation which operates the upper portion as an evaporator, and operates the lower portion as a condenser, based on a detected need for additional defrosting of the lower portion.

Air conditioner with defrosting operation and method for controlling the same

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Sangho Yoo