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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2018
Gd Midea Heating & Ventilating Equipment Co., Ltd., Foshan, CN;
Midea Group Co., Ltd., Foshan, CN;
Yuanyang Li, Foshan, CN;
GD MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., Foshan, CN;
MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD, Foshan, CN;
Abstract
Provided are an air conditioner and a mode switching control method thereof. The air conditioner comprises an outdoor unit and an indoor unit. One end of the outdoor unit is connected to one end of the indoor unit via a throttling element, and the other end of the indoor unit is connected to the other end of the outdoor unit via a liquid storage tank. The mode switching control method comprises the following steps: when the indoor unit switches to a refrigeration mode, acquiring an outlet superheat degree of the liquid storage tank, and determining whether the outlet superheat degree is less than a first preset value; and if the outlet superheat degree is less than the first preset value, controlling to turn down the throttling element until the outlet superheat degree is greater than a second preset value that is greater than the first preset value.