Control systems are provided that provide thermodynamically decoupled control of temperature and relative humidity and/or reduce or prevent frost formation or remove previously-formed frost. The control systems herein may be included as a component of a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration system that includes a heat exchanger.

Control systems are provided that provide thermodynamically decoupled control of temperature and relative humidity and/or reduce or prevent frost formation or remove previously-formed frost. The control systems herein may be included as a component of a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration system that includes a heat exchanger.

An air-conditioning unit is provided, comprising: an input vent for receiving return air; an intermediate vent; an output vent; a blower fan proximate to the input vent for moving the return air from the input vent to the intermediate vent; and an air-conditioner coil between the intermediate vent and the output vent including an active portion including one or more operational air-conditioning coils that receive a first portion of the return air from the intermediate vent, for circulating a coolant, condition the first portion of the return air by heat exchange with the coolant to create conditioned air, and pass the conditioned air to the output vent, and an inactive portion that does not circulate coolant and passes a second portion of the return air as unconditioned air to the output vent, wherein the conditioned air and the unconditioned air pass through the output vent as supply air.

An air conditioner unit includes a refrigeration loop, a variable speed compressor coupled to the refrigeration loop, an indoor temperature sensor, an electric heater, and a controller operably coupled to the variable speed compressor, the indoor temperature sensor, and the electric heater. The controller is configured to operate the variable speed compressor at a target speed, identify an auxiliary heating trigger of the air conditioner unit, and operate the electric heater according to the auxiliary heating trigger.

A heat exchange system includes an outdoor unit heat exchange assembly, a first circulation pipeline, a control valve assembly, a heating pipeline and a heating assembly, wherein the outdoor heat exchange assembly includes a coolant heat radiation module and fins; the first circulation pipeline includes an output pipe, a connecting pipe and a return pipe; the output pipe communicates with an air conditioner indoor unit and the coolant heat radiation module; the connecting pipe communicates with the coolant heat radiation module and the fins; the return pipe communicates with the fins and the air conditioner indoor unit; the control valve assembly is connected with the output pipe; the heating pipeline communicates with the output pipe and the fins, communicates with the return pipe, and is also connected with the control valve assembly; and the heating assembly is connected with the heating pipeline.

An air-conditioning unit is provided, comprising: an input vent for receiving return air; an intermediate vent; an output vent; a blower fan proximate to the input vent for moving the return air from the input vent to the intermediate vent; and an air-conditioner coil between the intermediate vent and the output vent including an active portion including one or more operational air-conditioning coils that receive a first portion of the return air from the intermediate vent, for circulating a coolant, condition the first portion of the return air by heat exchange with the coolant to create conditioned air, and pass the conditioned air to the output vent, and an inactive portion that does not circulate coolant and passes a second portion of the return air as unconditioned air to the output vent, wherein the conditioned air and the unconditioned air pass through the output vent as supply air.

A contamination information estimation system includes a camera that captures an image of a drain pan in a casing of an air conditioner, and an estimator that estimates contamination information related to contamination on the drain pan on the basis of image data captured by the camera and operation data of the air conditioner and/or environment data related to an environment in which the air conditioner is provided.

A contamination information estimation system includes a camera that captures an image of a drain pan in a casing of an air conditioner, and an estimator that estimates contamination information related to contamination on the drain pan on the basis of image data captured by the camera and operation data of the air conditioner and/or environment data related to an environment in which the air conditioner is provided.

A device for managing a temperature according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a conversion controller that estimates an indoor set temperature based on a temperature of air returned from a target zone and an operating time of a state converter, and controls a state conversion amount of the state converter by comparing the estimated indoor set temperature with the temperature of the returned air, and a heat exchanger for varying the temperature of the returned air and providing the air whose temperature is varied to the target zone.

A device for managing a temperature according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a conversion controller that estimates an indoor set temperature based on a temperature of air returned from a target zone and an operating time of a state converter, and controls a state conversion amount of the state converter by comparing the estimated indoor set temperature with the temperature of the returned air, and a heat exchanger for varying the temperature of the returned air and providing the air whose temperature is varied to the target zone.