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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2015
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An air conditioner and a method for controlling an air conditioner are provided. The air conditioner may include at least one indoor device, an outdoor device connected to the indoor device, the outdoor device including a compressor that compresses refrigerant, an engine generating a power using combustion gas, a generator that generates electricity using the power, a battery that receives at least a portion of the electricity, a first supply line that supplies the electricity stored in the battery into the outdoor device, and a second supply line that supplies the electricity stored in the battery into the at least one indoor device. The battery is charged by the generator, or the electricity stored in the battery is discharged into the indoor device or the outdoor device according to operation performance of each of the indoor device and the outdoor device.