KR20090099611A - Air conditioner and control method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

An air conditioner and a control method thereof are provided to control heat according to the external air temperature by applying an inverter method to an inverter heater. An air conditioner(1) comprises a compressor(10), indoor and outdoor heat exchangers(21,41), an outdoor expansion device(30), a first hot gas valve(71), an accumulator(50), and a controller. The refrigerant passing through the compressor is heat-exchanged with the indoor air in the indoor heat exchanger. The outdoor expansion device decompresses refrigerant. The refrigerant is heat-exchanged with external air in the outdoor heat exchanger. The outdoor heat exchanger performs defrosting in the condition set up in advance. The first hot gas valve bypasses the refrigerant from the outlet of the compressor to the inlet of the outdoor heat exchanger. The accumulator has an induction heater(100) for heating the refrigerant. The controller controls continuous heating and defrosting operation to perform heating a room and defrosting an outdoor heat exchanger at the same time according to the temperature of the outdoor heat exchanger and the temperature of the external air.

Description

Air conditioner and control method

An embodiment according to the present invention relates to an air conditioner and a control method thereof.

The embodiment according to the present invention relates to an air conditioner and a control method thereof, and more particularly, to an air conditioner and a control method for improving the structure and control of the air conditioner so that heating and defrosting can be performed efficiently at the same time. will be.

In general, air conditioners are home appliances for maintaining indoor air in a state most suitable for use and purpose. For example, in the summer, the room is cooled to a cool state, in winter, the room is controlled to a warm heating state, and also the humidity of the room and the air in the room to a comfortable clean state.

As life convenience products such as air conditioners are gradually expanded and used, consumers are demanding high energy use efficiency, performance improvement and convenience products.

Such an air conditioner is divided into a separate air conditioner that separates the indoor unit and the outdoor unit, and an integrated air conditioner that combines the indoor unit and the outdoor unit into one device. And, according to the installation form of the air conditioner, it is divided into a wall-mounted air conditioner and a frame air conditioner configured to be mounted on the wall, and a slim air conditioner configured to stand in the living room.

In addition, the air conditioner is a single air conditioner configured to be used in a small place such as a home, and is composed of a capacity capable of driving one indoor unit according to the capacity, and a medium to large air composed of a very large capacity for use in a company or a restaurant. The air conditioner is divided into a multi air conditioner having a capacity capable of sufficiently driving a plurality of indoor units.

Here, the separate air conditioner is configured to be installed indoors to supply hot or cold air into the air conditioning space, and an outdoor unit for compressing, expanding, etc. the refrigerant so that sufficient heat exchange can be performed in the indoor unit.

On the other hand, in the conventional heating operation process of the air conditioner capable of heating and cooling, when the frost occurs on the surface of the outdoor heat exchanger by the temperature sensor provided to the outdoor heat exchanger, the inverter compressor is guided to a low frequency to switch the four-way valve After this, a method of temporarily removing the idea by starting a cooling cycle was used.

However, if such a method is used, the indoor heat exchanger functions as an evaporator, and there is a problem that the room temperature is lowered because defrosting is performed in a cooled state.

In addition, the operation of the air conditioner is switched, and accordingly, since the high temperature refrigerant is provided to the outdoor heat exchanger, there is a problem that the defrosting time for defrosting takes a little longer.

In addition, the switching of the four-way valve is required to switch from the heating operation to the cooling operation, in which case a problem of reliability regarding the operation of the four-way valve occurs.

The embodiment according to the present invention relates to an air conditioner and a control method thereof, and in particular, to improve the structure and control of the air conditioner, thereby providing an air conditioner and a control method for efficient heating and defrosting at the same time. It aims to do it.

In addition, according to the outdoor air temperature and the temperature of the outdoor heat exchanger, the continuous heating defrosting operation or heating control to be performed at the same time to selectively perform the heating and defrosting is made to selectively, so that the defrosting capacity and the indoor heating capacity of the outdoor heat exchanger to increase. It is done.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to enable defrosting of an outdoor heat exchanger without changing a cooling / heating cycle, thereby improving product reliability and minimizing power consumption.

An air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the above problems includes a compressor for compressing a refrigerant; an indoor heat exchanger for allowing the refrigerant passing through the compressor to exchange heat with indoor air; and the indoor An outdoor expansion device configured to reduce the refrigerant passing through the heat exchanger; and an outdoor heat exchanger configured to allow the refrigerant discharged from the outdoor expansion device to exchange heat with the outside air, and to perform defrosting under a predetermined condition; and the outdoor unit from the discharge side of the compressor. A first hot gas valve configured to bypass the refrigerant to an inlet side of the heat exchanger, and an accumulator configured to separate gaseous refrigerant from the refrigerant passing through the outdoor heat exchanger and include an induction heater for heating the refrigerant on one side; And a control unit for controlling the continuous heating defrosting operation to perform the heating of the indoor and the defrost of the outdoor heat exchanger at the same time in accordance with the temperature of the outdoor heat exchanger and the temperature of the outside air.

In addition, the control method of the air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention, the step of determining whether the temperature of the first outdoor air temperature and the outdoor heat exchanger is within a predetermined range; and, continuous heating defrosting operation according to the temperature value And determining whether or not a second outside air temperature is within a preset range in the continuous heating defrosting operation state. On / off of the outdoor unit fan and the induction heater according to the second outside air temperature. To be controlled; And after the on / off control of the outdoor unit fan and the induction heater, determining whether to terminate the continuous heating defrosting operation according to the temperature of the outdoor heat exchanger.

According to the embodiment of the present invention according to the above configuration, by providing an induction heater on one side of the accumulator, the amount of heat transfer lost to outside air is reduced, and the time of heat transfer to the refrigerant from the induction heater is reduced.

In addition, since the induction heater itself has a long life, the reliability of the heater can be ensured, and when the inverter method is applied to the induction heater, there is an advantage in that the heat amount can be adjusted according to the outside temperature.

In addition, by heating the low pressure side refrigerant of the heating cycle from the induction heater in the heating process, there is an advantage that the heating performance can be improved without additionally increasing the output of the compressor.

In addition, in the defrosting process for removing frost formed on the evaporator, by operating the induction heater it is possible to transfer more heat to the low-pressure side refrigerant, there is an advantage that the defrosting performance of the air conditioner can be improved accordingly.

In addition, according to the outdoor air temperature and the temperature of the outdoor heat exchanger, the continuous heating defrosting operation or heating control to be performed at the same time to selectively perform the heating and defrosting is made to selectively, so that the defrosting capacity and the indoor heating capacity of the outdoor heat exchanger to increase. It is done.

In addition, the heating and defrosting can be efficiently performed at the same time, because the switching of the cooling and heating cycle for the defrosting of the outdoor heat exchanger is not necessary, the control of the four-way valve is not necessary, the product reliability can be improved eventually There is this.

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings will be described a specific embodiment of the present invention. However, the spirit of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments presented, and those skilled in the art who understand the spirit of the present invention can easily suggest other embodiments within the scope of the same idea.

1 is a view showing the configuration of the heating cycle of the air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, in the air conditioner 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, a compressor 10 compressing a refrigerant and a refrigerant compressed at high temperature and high pressure by the compressor 10 are introduced into the air conditioner 1. An indoor heat exchanger 21 for exchanging heat, an indoor unit fan 22 for blowing heat-exchanged warm air into the room, an outdoor expansion device 30 for expanding the heat exchanged refrigerant to low pressure, and an expanded refrigerant It includes an outdoor heat exchanger 41 for the heat exchange, and an outdoor unit fan 42 for blowing the heat exchanged cold air to the outside.

In detail, when a heating cycle is performed through an air conditioner, a condenser is applied to the indoor heat exchanger 21 to condense the refrigerant compressed by the compressor 10 to a low temperature, and the outdoor heat exchanger 41 is applied. The evaporator is applied to evaporate the liquid refrigerant decompressed through the outdoor expansion device (30).

Here, the high pressure is formed before the refrigerant circulating in the heating cycle passes through the outdoor expansion device 30, and the low pressure is formed after passing through the outdoor expansion device 30. Hereinafter, the refrigerant before passing through the outdoor expansion device 30 is referred to as a high pressure side refrigerant, and after passing through the low pressure side refrigerant.

In addition, a second bypass flow path 60 is provided on the discharge side of the compressor 10 to allow the refrigerant that has passed through the compressor 10 to bypass the inlet side of the compressor 10. On the second bypass flow path 60, a second hot gas valve 61 is provided which controls the amount of refrigerant to be bypassed.

Here, the second bypass flow path 60 may be connected to the inlet side or the discharge side of the accumulator 50 to be described later.

In detail, the second hot gas valve 61 bypasses a part of the refrigerant passing through the compressor 10 to the inlet side of the compressor 10 so that the evaporation temperature and the pressure of the refrigerant at the inlet of the compressor 10 are increased. Let it rise Thereby, there is an advantage that the input date to be input to the compressor 10 is reduced.

In addition, when the refrigerant is bypassed by the second hot gas valve 61, an imbalance generated between the capacity of the compressor 10 and the capacity of the indoor heat exchanger 21 may be eliminated. .

In addition, a first bypass passage 70 is provided on the discharge side of the compressor 10 to allow the refrigerant to be bypassed to the inlet side of the outdoor heat exchanger 41, and on the first bypass passage 70. A first hot gas valve 71 is provided that controls the amount of refrigerant passed.

In detail, the first hot gas valve 71 may be supplied to the outdoor heat exchanger 41 by bypassing the high temperature and high pressure refrigerant passing through the compressor 10 during the defrosting of the outdoor heat exchanger 41. As a result, the outdoor heat exchanger 41 may be defrosted.

On the other hand, in the heating cycle of the air conditioner, when both the second hot gas valve 61 and the first hot gas valve 71 are opened, as described above, the refrigerant is bypassed and flows, thereby heating and Defrost can be done at the same time. This mode of operation is called continuous heating defrosting.

In addition, a receiver 80 is provided on the discharge side of the indoor heat exchanger 21 to temporarily receive the refrigerant and separate the liquid refrigerant from the refrigerant.

Further, on the discharge side of the receiver 80, a third bypass flow path 90 is provided for allowing the refrigerant to bypass the inlet side of the compressor 10. In addition, the third bypass flow path 90 is provided with a liquid injection valve 91 for controlling the flow rate so that the liquid refrigerant passing through the receiver 80 flows into the compressor 10.

Here, when the discharge side refrigerant temperature of the compressor 10 is greater than or equal to a critical point, the liquid injection valve 91 causes the liquid refrigerant to flow into the compressor 10 at an instant so that the discharge side refrigerant temperature of the compressor 10 is controlled. do.

In addition, an accumulator 50 is provided on the discharge side of the outdoor heat exchanger 41 so that only the gaseous refrigerant of the refrigerant evaporated through the outdoor heat exchanger 41 is introduced into the compressor 10. In addition, the accumulator 50 may have a substantially cylindrical shape.

In addition, one side of the accumulator 50 is provided with an induction heater 100 to allow the refrigerant of the accumulator 50 to be heated.

Hereinafter, the induction heater 100 will be described with reference to the drawings.

2 is a view showing the structure of the accumulator and the induction heater according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the induction heater 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the coil 120 to the current flows to generate a magnetic field, and a ceramic plate provided for insulation on the upper side of the coil 120 110 is included.

In general, the induction heater 100 is a heater using an induction current generated by a magnetic field as a heat source, and is composed of an electromagnet through which a high frequency alternating current can pass. The electromagnet includes a coil 120 through which an alternating current flows.

The heat generating action of the induction heater 100 will be described.

When an alternating current passes through the coil 120, an alternating magnetic field is formed in the coil 120 that changes in direction with time. In addition, the magnetic lines 122 pass through the lower portion of the accumulator 50, and eddy currents (eddy currents) are generated by electromagnetic induction. In addition, a predetermined heat is generated due to the eddy current.

That is, the ceramic plate 110 is provided below the accumulator 50 as an insulator provided at the coil 120 through which an alternating current flows and the upper side of the coil 120 to prevent current from flowing through the accumulator 50. This is provided.

Meanwhile, although the induction heater 100 is illustrated as being provided below the accumulator 50 in the drawing, the induction heater 100 may be arranged to be wound below the accumulator 50.

When a high frequency current flows in the coil 120 while the induction heater 100 is installed below the accumulator 50, the magnetic force line 122 passes through the lower end 50a of the accumulator 50. Then, an induced current is generated below the accumulator 50, and accordingly, a predetermined heat is generated.

Here, at least the lower end 50a of the accumulator 50 may be formed of a resistance component reacting with the magnetic force line 122 such that the accumulator 50 is inductively heated by the induction heater 100. Should be done.

In the accumulator 50 according to the present embodiment, pig iron, pure iron, carbon steel, alloy steel, cast iron and the like may be used.

Here, the reason why the coil 120 is provided below the accumulator 50 is that the liquid refrigerant is positioned below the accumulator 50. Therefore, heat generated by the coil 120 may be directly transferred to the liquid refrigerant.

On the other hand, since the induction current heats only the accumulator 50 itself, the refrigerant inside the accumulator 50 may be induction heated. Then, the liquid refrigerant of the accumulator 50 is vaporized, and thus the vaporized refrigerant 51 may be separated. The induction heater 100 is a heater for supplying heat by an induced current, and has an advantage of low heat loss and good efficiency.

For example, the air conditioner may be defrosted by the induction heater 100 until the evaporation temperature of the outdoor heat exchanger 41 is -8 ° C. In the conventional defrosting method, the defrosting capability is much superior to that in which the defrosting was possible until the evaporation temperature of the outdoor heat exchanger 41 was -1 ° C.

In addition, the induction heater 100 may be an inverter method for controlling the amount of heat supplied from the heater 100. In this case, there is an advantage that the amount of heat can be supplied to vary according to the outside temperature and the temperature of the heat exchanger requiring defrost.

The continuous heating defrosting operation of the air conditioner according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

When the continuous heating defrosting operation, that is, heating and defrosting operation are performed at the same time, both the second hot gas valve 61 and the first hot gas valve 71 are opened. Then, the refrigerant passing through the compressor 10 is bypassed to the second bypass flow path 60 and the first bypass flow path 70.

In this case, the refrigerant introduced into the compressor 10 inlet through the second bypass flow path 60 increases the evaporation temperature and the pressure of the low pressure side refrigerant to improve the compressor 10 efficiency.

In addition, the refrigerant introduced into the inlet of the outdoor heat exchanger 41 through the first bypass passage 70 transfers a predetermined heat to the low pressure side refrigerant, and thus the defrosting is performed in the outdoor heat exchanger 41. Is done.

On the other hand, when the outside air temperature is low in relation to the heating operation, the induction heater 100 can be operated. That is, when the outside air temperature is low, the evaporation temperature of the low pressure side refrigerant decreases. At this time, the compressor 10, the need to increase the output for maintaining the room blow-out temperature as much as corresponds to the evaporation temperature of the coolant is lowered.

However, when the induction heater 100 is operated, since a predetermined amount of heat can be applied to the low pressure side refrigerant, there is an advantage that the burden of increasing the output of the compressor 10 is reduced.

On the other hand, in the case where an frost is generated in the outdoor heat exchanger 41, that is, the evaporator in connection with the defrosting operation, the heat exchange performance of the evaporator 41 is reduced. At this time, the first hot gas valve 71 may be opened to defrost the evaporator 41.

On the other hand, when the induction heater 100 is operated, more heat is transferred to the low pressure side refrigerant, and thus defrosting performance may be improved.

That is, the refrigerant of the outdoor heat exchanger 41 is supplied with heat by the high temperature refrigerant flowing through the first bypass flow path 70, and predetermined heat is provided by the induction heater 100. Can be.

Therefore, there is an advantage that the amount of heat required for the defrost of the evaporator can be provided to the outdoor heat exchanger 41 more quickly.

3 is a view showing the configuration of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 is a flow chart showing a control method of the air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 and 4, the air conditioner 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a compressor 10 for compressing a refrigerant and air provided to one side of the indoor heat exchanger 21 to exchange heat. The indoor unit fan 22 which blows into the room, the outdoor unit fan 42 which is provided at one side of the outdoor heat exchanger 41 and causes the flow of external air to be generated, and the refrigerant passing through the indoor heat exchanger 21 are predetermined. An outdoor expansion device 30 is included to reduce the pressure.

The air conditioner 1 further includes a second hot gas valve 61 for allowing refrigerant to be bypassed from the discharge side of the compressor 10 to the inlet side of the compressor 10 and the compressor 10. A first hot gas valve 71 is included to allow the refrigerant to be bypassed from the discharge side to the inlet side of the outdoor heat exchanger 41.

In addition, on one side of the outdoor heat exchanger 41, an outdoor heat exchanger temperature sensor 43 is provided on the surface of the outdoor heat exchanger 41 and senses whether the outdoor heat exchanger 41 is implanted. . In addition, when the outdoor heat exchanger temperature sensor 43 is provided with a plurality of outdoor heat exchangers 41, a plurality of outdoor heat exchanger 41 may be provided correspondingly thereto.

In addition, one side of an outdoor unit (not shown) for allowing the outdoor heat exchanger 41 to be accommodated therein includes an outdoor air temperature sensor 44 for sensing the temperature of the outside air.

Here, the air conditioner may be controlled to be operated by the temperature sensed by the outdoor heat exchanger temperature sensor 43 and the outside air temperature sensor 44.

In addition, the air conditioner includes a control unit 200 for controlling the operation of the configuration. That is, according to the temperature detected by the outdoor heat exchanger sensor 43 and the outdoor air temperature sensor 44, the operation of the outdoor fan 42 and the induction heater 100 may be controlled.

Likewise, the indoor unit fan 22, the hot gas valves 61 and 71, the compressor 10, and the outdoor expansion device 30 may be controlled by the control unit 200.

Referring to Figure 4, a process of controlling the heating and defrosting operation of the air conditioner will be described.

First, the air conditioner 1 is a heating cycle is activated can be normal heating (S10).

In this state, it is determined whether or not continuous heating defrosting operation to simultaneously perform indoor heating and defrosting of the outdoor heat exchanger 41 (S11).

The temperature THex of the surface of the outdoor heat exchanger 41 and the temperature of the outside air Tair are sensed by the outdoor heat exchanger temperature sensor 43 and the outdoor air temperature sensor 44. When the outdoor air temperature is 0 ° C. or higher, when the temperature of the outdoor heat exchanger 41 satisfies a condition of less than −7 ° C. (S12), a continuous heating defrost operation is performed in which heating and defrosting are performed simultaneously (S15). .

In addition, when the outside air temperature is -5 ° C or lower, continuous heating defrosting operation is performed when the temperature of the outdoor heat exchanger 41 is lower than (outside temperature-11 ° C) (S13). When the outside air temperature is between -5 ° C and 0 ° C, continuous heating defrosting operation is started when the temperature of the outdoor heat exchanger 41 is lower than (outside temperature -8 ° C) (S14). .

As described above, the temperature of the defrostable outdoor heat exchanger 41 varies according to the outdoor air temperature because the evaporation temperature of the outdoor heat exchanger 41 decreases as the outdoor air temperature decreases.

However, in controlling the air conditioner, it is not necessarily limited to the temperature value of the above conditions, it is a value that can be changed according to the defrosting capacity and heating capacity required. The temperature value may be preset to a predetermined value by the controller 200.

When the continuous heating defrosting operation is started in the steps S12, S13, and S14, the control unit 200 allows the indoor unit fan 21 to be operated in a mild wind. In this case, the amount of air heat exchanged with the indoor heat exchanger 21 will be reduced (S16).

In addition, the second hot gas valve 61 is opened to allow the refrigerant discharged from the compressor 10 to bypass the inlet of the compressor 10. In this case, the evaporation temperature and the pressure of the low pressure side refrigerant may be increased (S17).

In addition, the first hot gas valve 71 is opened so that the refrigerant discharged from the compressor 10 is bypassed to the inlet side of the outdoor heat exchanger 41. In this case, the high temperature refrigerant flows into the outdoor heat exchanger 41, whereby an effect of improving the defrosting efficiency of the outdoor heat exchanger 41 is generated (S18).

In addition, the outdoor expansion device 30 is completely opened (S19) and the ON / OFF of the compressor 10 is controlled to control the discharge temperature of the compressor 10 to be about 60 ° C.

This is because when the hot gas valves 61 and 71 and the outdoor expansion device 30 are both open, a change may occur in the refrigerant flow rate circulating in the cycle, and thus the discharge temperature of the compressor 10 may change.

Here, when the discharge temperature of the compressor 10 is about 60 ℃, the temperature of the air supplied to the room may be made at about 35 ℃ (S20).

Then, the temperature of the outside air is determined using the outside temperature sensor 44 (S21). Here, the outside air temperature in the steps S12, S13, and S14 is referred to as the first outside air temperature, and the outside air temperature in this step is referred to as the second outside air temperature.

When the second outside air temperature is greater than 0 ° C. (S22), the outdoor unit fan 42 is normally operated, and the induction heater 100 is turned off (S23).

However, when the second outside air temperature is lower than 0 ° C. (S22), the outdoor unit fan 42 is turned off, and the induction heater 100 is turned on (S24).

In this case, when the second outside air temperature is greater than 0 ° C., since the outside air may help defrost the outdoor heat exchanger 41, the outdoor unit fan 41 may operate normally, and the outdoor air fan 41 may operate normally. You get energy.

On the other hand, when the second outside air temperature is less than 0 ° C, since the outdoor air may adversely affect the defrost efficiency of the outdoor heat exchanger 41, the outdoor unit fan 41 is turned off, the induction heater 100 Can be operated to supply the required amount of heat to the defrost.

After the steps as described above, it is determined whether the continuous heating defrost is terminated (S25). Here, when the surface temperature (Thex) of the outdoor heat exchanger 41 is 2 ° C or more (S26), the continuous heating defrost is terminated (S28). However, when the surface temperature of the outdoor heat exchanger 41 is less than 2 ° C, it is determined whether the continuous heating defrost time has elapsed more than 12 minutes (S27).

If 12 minutes have elapsed, the continuous heating defrost is terminated, and if it has not elapsed, steps S14 and below are performed again.

The numerical value of the temperature 2 ° C. and the time 12 minutes is a predetermined value and is controlled by the controller 200. However, the temperature and time values may be set to other values in consideration of the heating capability and the defrosting capability of the air conditioner.

Then, when the continuous heating defrosting operation is finished, it is controlled to operate the normal heating without defrosting (S29). Although not shown in the flowchart, when the normal heating control is made, the indoor unit fan 22 is controlled to be normal, and the hot gas valves 61 and 71 are closed.

In addition, the compressor 10 and the outdoor expansion device 30 are normally controlled, and the outdoor unit fan 42 and the induction heater 100 are normally controlled.

As described above, it is determined whether the continuous heating defrosting operation according to the outdoor temperature and the outdoor heat exchanger temperature conditions, it is determined whether the end of the continuous heating defrosting according to the outdoor heat exchanger temperature and the continuous heating defrosting operation time.

By the above control method, the heating and defrosting operation can be performed at the same time. In addition, the heating and defrosting efficiency may be increased by the operation of the induction heater 100, and since the continuous heating defrosting operation is controlled by various conditions changing in real time, energy consumed during the defrosting operation may be minimized. There is an advantage.

In addition, as in the prior art, since there is no need for a four-way valve to be switched to the cooling cycle for defrosting, there is an advantage that the reliability of the product with respect to the performance of the air conditioner can be improved.

1 is a view showing the configuration of the heating cycle of the air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a view showing the structure of the accumulator and the induction heater according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a view showing the configuration of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a flow chart showing a control method of the air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (13)

A compressor for compressing the refrigerant; An indoor heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant passing through the compressor and the indoor air; An outdoor expansion device to reduce the refrigerant passing through the indoor heat exchanger; An outdoor heat exchanger configured to allow the refrigerant discharged from the outdoor expansion device to exchange heat with outside air, and to perform defrosting under a preset condition; A first hot gas valve configured to bypass the refrigerant from the discharge side of the compressor to the inlet side of the outdoor heat exchanger; An accumulator to allow gas refrigerant to be separated from the refrigerant having passed through the outdoor heat exchanger and include an induction heater for heating the refrigerant on one side; And And a control unit for controlling the continuous heating defrosting operation such that the heating of the indoor and the defrosting of the outdoor heat exchanger are simultaneously performed according to the temperature of the outdoor heat exchanger and the temperature of the outside air. The method of claim 1, The control unit, And the first hot gas valve is opened in the continuous heating defrost operation. The method of claim 1, The control unit, And the outdoor expansion device is controlled to be completely opened in the continuous heating defrosting operation. The method of claim 1, A second hot gas valve further includes a refrigerant to bypass the refrigerant from the discharge side of the compressor to the inlet side of the compressor, The control unit is an air conditioner, characterized in that for controlling the opening so that the second hot gas valve in the continuous heating defrost operation. The method of claim 1, On one side of the outdoor heat exchanger, Air conditioner is provided with an outdoor unit fan for blowing outside air for heat exchange of the refrigerant. The method of claim 5, wherein The control unit, Air conditioner, characterized in that for controlling the operation of the outdoor unit fan in accordance with the temperature of the outside air in the continuous heating defrost operation. The method of claim 1, The control unit, Air conditioner, characterized in that for controlling the operation of the induction heater in accordance with the temperature of the outside air in the continuous heating defrost operation. Determining whether the first outside air temperature and the temperature of the outdoor heat exchanger are within a preset range; Starting a continuous heating defrosting operation according to the temperature value; Determining whether a second outside air temperature is within a preset range in the continuous heating defrosting operation state; Controlling on / off of the outdoor unit fan and the induction heater according to the second outside temperature; And And after the on / off control of the outdoor unit fan and the induction heater, determining whether to terminate the continuous heating defrosting operation according to the temperature of the outdoor heat exchanger. The method of claim 8, In the continuous heating defrost operation state, And controlling the first hot gas valve and the second hot gas valve to open. The method of claim 8, And the outdoor unit fan is turned off when the second outside air temperature is equal to or less than 0 ° C. The method of claim 8, And the induction heater is turned on when the second outside air temperature is equal to or lower than 0 ° C. The method of claim 8, And controlling the continuous heating defrosting operation to be ended when the temperature of the outdoor heat exchanger is equal to or greater than a preset value. The method of claim 8, The control method of the air conditioner further comprises the step of controlling to terminate when the continuous heating defrosting operation is operated for more than a predetermined time.

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