The invention discloses an
air conditioning unit and a control method thereof.The
air conditioning unit comprises a compressor, an oil separator, a condenser and an
evaporator which are sequentially connected, and the oil separator is connected with an oil return opening of the compressor through a lubricating oil outlet; the
air conditioning unit further comprises an oil cooler, one end of the oil cooler is connected with a
refrigerant outlet of the condenser, the other end of the oil cooler is connected with a
refrigerant inlet of the condenser, and the oil cooler is arranged in the oil separator and used for cooling lubricating oil in the oil separator through a
refrigerant of a condensation outlet of the condenser. One end of the heat recoverer is connected with the heat
recovery water inlet, the other end of the heat recoverer is connected with the heat
recovery water outlet, and the heat recoverer is arranged in the oil separator and used for absorbing heat in the oil separator to heat the heat
recovery water. The problems that in the prior art, an oil separator, an oil cooler and a heat recoverer are designed in a split mode, the
pressure difference of an
oil supply pipeline is increased, and the heat recovery efficiency is low are solved, the oil return and
unit operation reliability is improved, meanwhile,
heat energy is saved, and the heat exchange efficiency is improved.