Patent ID: 8707719
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: F24F,F25B

Abstract:
1. An air conditioner comprising: a refrigerant circuit arranged and configured to sequentially circulate a refrigerant through a compressor, an indoor heat exchanger, a decompression mechanism and an outdoor heat exchanger during a heating operation; a switching valve connected to the refrigerant circuit to switch a flow direction of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor; an outdoor fan; and a controller configured to execute a defrosting operation control in which the outdoor fan is deactivated and the switching valve directs the refrigerant discharged from the compressor towards the outdoor heat exchanger during a defrosting operation, the controller being further configured to maintain the switching valve so the refrigerant discharged from the compressor is directed towards the outdoor heat exchanger and to execute a fan defrosting operation control in which