The invention relates to the technical field of air conditioners, particularly provides an
air conditioning system and a control method thereof, and aims to solve the problem of how to ensure the
heating effect of an air conditioner under the condition of
frequency reduction operation of the air conditioner. In order to achieve the purpose, a
phase change material, a heat storage channel and a heat exchange channel are arranged in a heat storage device in the
air conditioning system, the heat storage channel and the heat exchange channel do not communicate with each other, and the heat storage channel and the heat exchange
device form a heat storage loop, so that a first
refrigerant in the heat exchange device can exchange heat with a first
refrigerant in the heat storage channel; and heat generated by the driving mechanism can be stored in the
phase change material. The two ends of the heat exchange channel are arranged on the inlet side of the
evaporator, so that a heat exchange
branch is formed, a second
refrigerant enters the heat exchange
branch before entering the
evaporator, the second refrigerant in the heat exchange
branch can absorb heat released by the
phase change material, the temperature of the second refrigerant is increased, the
evaporation temperature of the
evaporator can be increased, and the heat exchange efficiency of the evaporator is improved. And the
heating effect of the air conditioner can still be ensured under the condition that the air conditioner runs under the reduced frequency.