The invention relates to an extractor hood and a control method thereof.The extractor hood comprises a
machine shell and a draught fan arranged in the
machine shell, an oil fume parameter
detector is arranged in the
machine shell and comprises an optical
signal sensor, and the oil fume parameter
detector further comprises a Venturi tube and a vortex generator enabling fluid to generate vortex motion; the swirl generator is arranged in the Venturi tube and is adjacent to the inlet end of the Venturi tube; and the optical
signal sensor is positioned at the downstream of the
airflow direction of the swirl generator. According to the range hood, oil
smoke concentration and
airflow speed detection can be achieved at the same time without an additional flow sensor, separation of oil
smoke and air is increased through the
spiral flow generator, the detectability of oil
smoke changes is further improved through Venturi acceleration, spiral
precession of the vortex core around the axis also strengthens rotary separation of air and oil smoke, and the detection efficiency is improved. The action intensity of oil smoke on light is enhanced, so that the detection of small smoke is expanded more conveniently, and the purposes of wide measuring range, high
linearity and more reliable detection are achieved.