AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

摘要

Provided is an air conditioner including at least one indoor unit; an EHP outdoor unit connected with the at least one indoor unit, and configured to control an applied current and drive an EHP compressor; a GHP outdoor unit connected with the at least one indoor unit and including a GHP compressor configured to operate using power from an engine driven through a combustion gas and an oil separator provided at an outlet side of the GHP compressor; an oil level sensor provided at the EHP outdoor unit or the GHP outdoor unit and configured to detect an amount of oil; and a control part configured to control an RPM of the EHP compressor or the GHP compressor based on information detected by the oil level sensor.

主权项

1. An air conditioner comprising:
an indoor unit; an EHP outdoor unit connected with the indoor unit to drive an EHP compressor using an applied current; a GHP outdoor unit connected with the indoor unit and including a GHP compressor to operate using power from an engine driven by combustion gas and an oil separator provided at an outlet side of the GHP compressor; an oil level sensor provided at the EHP outdoor unit or the GHP outdoor unit to detect an amount of oil; and a control part configured to control an RPM of the EHP compressor or the GHP compressor based on the amount of oil detected by the oil level sensor.