The invention provides an air conditioner and a control method of
air conditioning refrigerants. The air conditioner comprises a compressor, a condenser, a throttling device, an
evaporator and a
liquid storage tank which are connected through a
refrigeration pipeline, wherein a gaseous
refrigerant flow path is arranged between the throttling device and the
liquid storage tank; a part of a gaseous
refrigerant or all the gaseous
refrigerant flowing out of the throttling device flows into the
liquid storage tank through the gaseous refrigerant flow path; and other refrigerants flowing out of the throttling device flow into the
liquid storage tank after flowing through the
evaporator for heat exchange. According to the air conditioner, the gaseous refrigerant flow path is arranged, so that a part of the gaseous refrigerants or all the gaseous refrigerant flowing out of the throttling device is enabled to flow into the
liquid storage tank through the gaseous refrigerant flow path, so that the
dryness of the inlet of the
evaporator is reduced, the heat exchange efficiency of the evaporator is improved, and the
refrigeration performance of the air conditioner is improved; and besides, the
dryness of the inlet of the evaporator is low, so that the divided flow of the refrigerants in the evaporator is relatively good, the refrigerant flowing
noise generated by a
flow divider is greatly reduced, and a water blowing phenomenon of the air conditioner in a
high humidity condition is avoided.