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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2021
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Youngjoo Shin, Seoul, KR;
Ahrae Jo, Seoul, KR;
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A heat pump and a method for operating a heat pump are provided. The heat pump may include a compressor that compresses a refrigerant, at least one fluid-refrigerant heat exchanger that exchanges heat between the refrigerant and a fluid, such as water, a pump including a motor, the pump forcing the fluid to flow into the at least one fluid-refrigerant heat exchanger, and a controller. The controller may be configured to calculate power consumption of the pump, calculate a flow rate of fluid flowing due to the pump based on the power consumption of the pump, and control an operation of the pump to be stopped when the flow rate of the fluid is less than a predetermined reference flow rate.