摘要 |
An air purifier and a control method thereof. The air purifier includes a main body having an air inlet and an air outlet, a fan mounted in the main body, rotational speed of which is changed according to a user-desired air flow rate, cyclones disposed in parallel with each other under the fan, at least one open/close unit to open and close at least one of the cyclones. The open/close unit may include a valve member to open and close an outflow pipe of the cyclone, and a stepping motor to rotate the valve member. An anemometer is mounted to at least one of the cyclones. Accordingly, since the air purifier can measure a speed of air flow in the cyclone and correspondingly change the operating number of the dust-collecting cyclones in an open state, the air purifier can achieve a predetermined dust-collecting performance even when the speed of the air flow in the cyclone is reduced.
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