Lg Electronics Inc.

Yoonho Yoo

Jaeheuk Choi

Sangil Park

Doyong Ha

Byoungjin Ryu

Taehee Kwak

Jin-kyun Lee

Seyoon Oh

The present invention relates to a cooling system for a low temperature storage. The cooling system for the low temperature storage according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first outdoor valve disposed between a compressor and an outdoor heat exchanger and selectively restricting an inflow of a refrigerant into the outdoor heat exchanger; and a first bypass pipe branched from an inlet side of the first outdoor valve and guiding the refrigerant to bypass the outdoor heat exchanger, so that the refrigerant can be guided to bypass the outdoor heat exchanger during defrosting operation of the cooling system.

Cooling system for low temperature storage

An air conditioner including an outdoor unit, an air conditioning indoor unit, a showcase indoor unit, and a combination unit. The combination unit includes a first gas control unit connected to the air conditioning indoor unit gas pipe, a second gas control unit connected to the showcase indoor unit gas pipe, a first pipe which connects the outdoor unit liquid pipe and the indoor unit liquid pipe, and a second pipe which connects the first pipe and the second gas control unit. The first gas control unit and the second gas control unit are converged to be connected to the outdoor unit gas pipe, so that the air conditioning indoor unit and the showcase indoor unit can use a single outdoor unit, and heat emitted from the air conditioning indoor unit to a room during a heating operation is used as condensation heat of the showcase indoor unit.

Air conditioner

An outdoor unit is connected to a refrigerator and has two compressors that are connected in series, and a control method thereof. The outdoor unit according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a low pressure side compressor for compressing a refrigerant; a high pressure side compressor for compressing the refrigerant compressed by the low pressure side compressor; an outdoor heat exchanger for condensing the refrigerant compressed by the high pressure side compressor; a heat recovery unit for cooling the refrigerant condensed in the outdoor heat exchanger by exchanging heat with the refrigerant evaporated in the air conditioner; and a supercooler for expanding a part of the refrigerant cooled in the heat recovery unit to cool another part of the refrigerant cooled in the heat recovery unit, so that the discharge temperature of the low pressure side compressor and/or the high pressure side compressor can be reduced.

Outdoor unit and control method thereof

An air conditioner may include a continuous refrigeration apparatus including a first gas control unit connected to a first indoor heat exchanger, a second gas control unit connected to a second indoor heat exchanger, a first pipe connecting a liquid pipe of an outdoor unit and a liquid of an indoor unit, and a second pipe branched from the first pipe and connected to the first and second gas control units. The first gas control unit may include a first-first flow path connecting the first gas control unit to the second pipe; a first-second flow path connected to the first-first flow path, and through which refrigerant discharged from the first indoor heat exchanger flows during a refrigeration operation; and a first-third flow path connected in parallel with the first-second flow path, and guiding refrigerant from the compressor to the first indoor heat exchanger during a defrosting operation.

Heat pump with simultaneous cooling and defrosting of heat exchangers arranged in parallel

The present invention relates to a polymer-based superabsorbent coating composition and a use thereof. The superabsorbent coating composition comprises: (i) an absorbent material; and (ii) a binder comprising a polymerizable absorbent polymer and a crosslinking agent, wherein the absorbent material contains at least one functional group for chemically binding to the binder, thereby chemically bonding to the binder, and the absorbent polymer and the crosslinking agent chemically bond together within the binder.

Polymer-based superabsorbent coating composition and use thereof

An air conditioner is disclosed. The air conditioner includes a case having a first and a second indoor suction port and a first and a second indoor discharge port, an air conditioning unit having a first and a second heat exchanger, a first indoor flow channel connected between the first indoor suction port and the first indoor discharge port, a second indoor flow channel connected between the second indoor suction port and the second indoor discharge port, and a condensing unit to receive regenerated air, heat-exchanged with the condenser, from one of the first indoor flow channel and the second indoor flow channel, and perform a heat exchange between the regenerated air and a cooling fluid having a lower temperature than the regenerated air.

An air conditioner in which a supercooler and a receiver are integrated and the cooling receiver of the air conditioner. The cooling receiver of an air conditioner includes a cooling unit configured to include at least one first refrigerant flow channel through which a refrigerant flows and a second refrigerant flow channel which surrounds the outer circumference of part of the at least one first refrigerant flow channel and through which a refrigerant flows and supercools a refrigerant flowing through the first refrigerant flow channel and a receiver unit configured to have at least one end of the cooling unit disposed in the receiver unit and to store the supercooled refrigerant exiting from the first refrigerant flow channel.

Air conditioner and cooling receiver of air conditioner

An air conditioner including a suction channel module having a suction module housing with a first and a second suction channel provided therein, and a suction connection channel to guide air between the first and second suction channels; a discharge channel module having a discharge module housing with a first and a second discharge channel provided therein, and a discharge connection channel to guide air between the first and second discharge channels; a first heat exchanger disposed between the first suction channel and the first discharge channel to exchange heat with air that passed through the first suction channel and operate as one of a condenser and an evaporator; and a second heat exchanger disposed between the second suction channel and the second discharge channel to exchange heat with air that passed through the second suction channel and operate as the other of the condenser and the evaporator.

Air conditioner apparatus with partitioned suction and discharge channels

Provided is a cascade heat pump. The cascade heat pump includes a first refrigerant cycle including a first compressor and a first indoor heat exchanger, a second refrigerant cycle including a second compressor and a second indoor heat exchanger, an outdoor heat exchanger in which a refrigerant compressed in the first compressor or the second compressor is condensed, a bypass tube allowing the refrigerant compressed in the second compressor to bypass the first compressor, thereby flowing into a discharge side of the first compressor, and a first flow rate regulating part disposed on a discharge side of the second compressor to introduce the refrigerant discharged from the second compressor into one of the first compressor and the bypass tube.

Cascade heat pump

A cooling system and a control method thereof are provided. The cooling system may include a first compressor, a second compressor disposed downstream of the first compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger the performs heat exchange between refrigerant compressed in the first and/or second compressor and external air, an expansion device that decompresses the refrigerant condensed in the outdoor heat exchanger, a cooling evaporator evaporating the refrigerant decompressed in the expansion device, a bypass tube that guides refrigerant compressed in the first compressor to the outdoor heat exchanger, bypassing the second compressor, and a valve device controlling the flow of refrigerant discharged from the first compressor so as to selectively introduce refrigerant into the second compressor.

Cooling system and control method thereof

An air conditioner includes a first compressor and a first indoor heat exchanger, and the air conditioner forming a first refrigeration cycle. A cooler includes a second compressor and a second indoor heat exchanger, and the cooler forming a second refrigeration cycle The cooler includes a sensing part to detect a pressure and/or temperature of a refrigerant circulating in the second refrigeration cycle; and a branch part includes a plurality of branches for dividing the refrigerant to be introduced into the second heat exchange part.

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Seoul, South Korea

Yoonho Yoo