Air conditioning system and method for controlling the same

Abstract

Air conditioning system including a temperature sensor for sensing a room temperature, an MET (metabolic) sensor for sensing an activity amount of people in a room, a dust sensor for sensing a dust amount, a gas sensor for sensing an intensity of smell, a VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) sensor for sensing a compound amount, a fan driving unit for controlling an air flow rate, a heater for raising a room temperature, an anion generating unit for generating anion, and a control unit for controlling the fan driving unit and the heater according to an operation condition preset with reference to a sensed room temperature and the activity amount of people in the room, and controlling the fan driving unit and the anion generating unit according to an operation condition preset with reference to a sensed dust amount, the intensity of smell, and the VOC amount, thereby enhancing comfortability, and performing effective cleaning function, and displaying room cleanliness in real time on a screen, to improve a product reliability.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application claims the benefit of Korean Application No. P2004-0036351 filed May 21, 2004, which is hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein. technical field [0003] The invention relates to an air conditioning system, in particular to an air conditioning system and a control method thereof. Background technique [0004] Most modern people spend 80% of their time indoors such as homes, offices or underground spaces. For modern people who spend 80% of their time indoors, a comfortable indoor environment becomes a very important factor in order to improve work efficiency and maintain their health. Especially with the improvement of people's living standards, the demand for comfortable indoor space increases. [0005] However, the air in enclosed spaces becomes uncomfortable as CO2 levels increase due to people breathing indoors, and office heat loads grow rapidly due to office automation and ...

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Problems solved by technology

[0018] First, because the air-conditioning system in the prior art is only effective for room temperature and humidity, it cannot satisfy the user's desired comfort.

[0019] Second, related prior art air conditioning systems not only fail to properly deal with VOCs, dust and indoor odors that interfere with comfort, but also fail to properly deal with the above correlations

[0020] Third, although it is necessary to heat the indoor air for dust collection and disinfection, most air-conditioning systems related to the prior art are not set with a heater, and even if the heater is set, the heater is set for simple indoor air heating without being able to control the heater according to the indoor environment

[0021] Fourth, although the user needs to know the current indoor air cleanliness from the air-conditioning system, because the air-conditioning system in the prior art cannot calculate the indoor cleanliness, the user cannot know the cleanliness

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