An air conditioner is disclosed. The air conditioner comprises a storage, and a processor for identifying a target space on the basis of first gas sensing data, moving the air conditioner to the target space, acquiring information about a gas type on the basis of second gas sensing data sensed within the target space and reference data stored in the storage, and performing an air conditioning operation on the basis of the information about the gas type, wherein the gas sensing data is sensed by a sensor comprising a plurality of sensing modules that react to different gases.

This disclosure provides an air-conditioning equipment and an electric energy processing method for the air-conditioning equipment, and relates to the technical field of electric appliance, while the air-conditioning equipment includes: an equipment module; and a power port module connected to the equipment module, and configured to be connected to a bus opened by an energy system, for providing the equipment module with an electric energy output by the energy system via the bus.

Disclosed are an Internet of Things (IoT)-based smart hybrid dehumidification system capable of reducing energy consumption, that is, the usage of a heater by using the condensation heat of a pre-cooler as a heat source for heating a rotor for releasing moisture in a dehumidification device to the outside, and a control method therefor. The IoT-based smart hybrid dehumidification system includes a sensing unit provided in a dehumidification space, a direct heating unit configured to suction humid air and supply dehumidified dry air to the dehumidification space, a direct digital controller (DDC) configured to control the direct heating unit, and a user terminal configured to remotely control the DDC in real time according to a sensing signal sensed by the sensing unit, and thus it is possible to maximize user convenience.

According to an aspect of this disclosure, a ventilation and lighting system including a main housing having an inlet opening and a discharge opening, a blower and motor assembly disposed within a housing and operable to move air through the inlet and outlet, a grille configured to be located at the inlet opening, the grille having a cavity and a plate defining a plurality of apertures through which air may move, and one or more lighting elements arranged within the cavity and an optical component covering the cavity. The system is arranged such that light developed by the one or more lighting elements mixes within the cavity and transmits through the optical component covering the cavity, and the system further includes a controller that coordinates operation of the blower and motor assembly and the one or more lighting elements from a remote location.

The air conditioning system with solar-powered subcooling system includes a main cooling system having an evaporator, a compressor, a condenser, and an expansion valve configured to operate in a conventional vapor compression refrigerant cycle. The subcooling system includes a compressor, a condenser, and an expansion valve, the compressor being powered by at least one rechargeable battery connected to a photovoltaic solar panel. The main system and the subcooling system are linked by a heat exchanger having a primary coil in the main system between the condenser and the expansion valve and a secondary coil in the subcooling system disposed between the expansion valve and the compressor. The main system and the subcooling system may use the same type of refrigerant, or different refrigerant types. The additional cooling provided to the refrigerant in the main system by subcooling increases the efficiency of the air conditioning system.

Provided is a tower-type outdoor air cleaning apparatus that is disposed outside a facility that performs air cleaning, cleans outside air, and supplies the cleaned air, including: a tower body unit that is disposed away from the facility on one side of the facility, is provided in a tower type with a double-wall structure, in which fomentation is performed inward, air is filtered and suctioned, and is exhausted; an air supply unit that is provided above the tower body unit, in which air is supplied through an upper portion thereof and air flows in through a side portion at a plurality of locations of an outer circumference thereof and is mixed with the air supplied through the upper portion; an air ventilation filter unit that is disposed inside the air supply unit and the tower body unit, filters the mixed air supplied from the air supply unit to be supplied to the facility connected thereto, and exhausts the air circulated in the facility to the outside; a fomentation facility unit that is disposed inside the tower body unit and generates heat and electricity using solar energy for use in fomentation; and a control unit that is connected to the air ventilation filter unit and the fomentation facility unit to control the amount of air supplied by the air supply unit through the air ventilation filter unit, and controls production and transfer of heat and electricity using solar energy in the fomentation facility unit.

An energy recovery ventilation device includes a housing having a first side, a second side opposite the first side. The device also includes at least one first channel within the housing, and at least one second channel within the housing. The device includes a first inlet and a first outlet. The first inlet is fluidly coupled to the first outlet via the first channel. The device also includes a second inlet and a second outlet. The second inlet is fluidly coupled to the second outlet via the second channel. The device includes a first cover supported by the first side of the housing. The first cover is made of a first material. The device also includes a second cover supported by the second side of the housing. The second cover is made of a second material that is different than the first material.

The present disclosure discloses a fabricated air conditioner wall and an operation method thereof, and the fabricated air conditioner wall included a precast wall and a heat pump system embedded in the precast wall. The components of the fabricated air conditioner wall are mass-produced and assembled in factories. The fabricated air conditioner wall mainly includes an indoor heat exchanger, a throttle valve, a condensate water tank, a four-way valve, a wall-buried pipe, a compressor, and an outdoor heat exchanger. In a cooling mode, condensate water is collected in the condensate water tank to cool the refrigerant. In winter, when the precast wall is illuminated by sunlight, a temperature of an outer wall is often higher than a temperature of outdoor air, and this solar energy can be reasonably utilized by the wall-buried pipe, thereby improving the heating effect of the air conditioner itself.

Method of operating a thermal energy system coupled to a building energy system which selectively provides heating and/or cooling to a building, the method comprising the steps of; (a) providing a thermal energy system comprising a heat pump system having an output side and an input side, a heat energy working fluid loop extending into the building, the output side being coupled to a building by the heat energy working fluid loop to provide heating to the building from the thermal energy system, a cooling demand working fluid loop extending into the building, a first geothermal system in which a working fluid is circulated and a second geothermal system in which a working fluid is circulated; (b) selectively thermally connecting the first geothermal system to the input side of the heat pump system, or to the heat energy working fluid loop to provide heating to the building; and (c) selectively thermally connecting the second geothermal system to the input side of the heat pump system, or to the cooling demand working fluid loop to provide cooling to the building.

According to an aspect of this disclosure, a ventilation and lighting system including a main housing having an inlet opening and a discharge opening, a blower and motor assembly disposed within a housing and operable to move air through the inlet and outlet, a grille configured to be located at the inlet opening, the grille having a cavity and a plate defining a plurality of apertures through which air may move, and one or more lighting elements arranged within the cavity and an optical component covering the cavity. The system is arranged such that light developed by the one or more lighting elements mixes within the cavity and transmits through the optical component covering the cavity, and the system further includes a controller that coordinates operation of the blower and motor assembly and the one or more lighting elements from a remote location.