A method and an apparatus for controlling a cooling in a water dispenser are disclosed. The method includes: S1, receiving a cooling instruction and entering a cooling mode according to the cooling instruction; S2, obtaining an operation parameter of the water dispenser; S3, determining whether a suspending condition is satisfied according to the operation parameter; S4, suspending a cooling if the suspending condition is satisfied; and S5, further determining whether a restarting condition is satisfied, performing the cooling and executing steps S2-S5 repeatedly until a cooling terminating condition is satisfied if the restarting condition is satisfied. Therefore, during the process of operating of the water dispenser, performances of the condenser and the evaporator may be restored to the optimal performance state by suspending the cooling, and when operating next, the evaporating temperature may drop very low, so that the performances of the condenser, the evaporator and the compressor may be developed multiple times, thus realizing the ultralow water temperature cooling and improving the cooling capacity.

A method for controlling a refrigerator includes providing an initial input value to a heater configured to supply heat to an evaporator, performing a continuous operation of the heater based on the initial input value to increase a temperature of the evaporator to a predetermined temperature, determining a period of time taken to increase the temperature of the evaporator to the predetermined temperature, determining whether the period of time is within a reference period of time, operating the heater based on a first input value that is equal to the initial input value based on a determination that the period of time is outside of the reference period of time, and operating the heater based on a second input value that is less than the initial input value based on a determination that the period of time is within the reference period of time.

Provided are a refrigerator and a cloud server that diagnose a cause of an abnormal state. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an abnormal state diagnosis unit included in the refrigerator or the cloud server generates information on the abnormal state of the refrigerator based on similarity between stored first group of information and a normal pattern, and a cause diagnosis unit generates, when the abnormal state diagnosis determines that a state of the refrigerator is an abnormal stte, information on cause of the abnormal state based on similarity between stored second group of information and a defect pattern.

A cooling system for rapidly cooling a beverage comprises a cooling channel configured to convey a beverage from upstream to downstream and a nozzle. The cooling channel includes an inner peripheral surface and the nozzle sprays the beverage on the inner peripheral surface such that the beverage is conveyed by gravity along the inner peripheral surface. The beverage cools as the beverage is conveyed by gravity along the inner peripheral surface such that the beverage is cooled by condensation and convection. The nozzle is further configured to reduce the pressure of the beverage such that the beverage cools due to expansion and reduction of pressure. The cooling system can also include a cooling media circulation system, a cooling media refrigeration system, and a post-chill coil.

A freezing and refrigerating device comprises a box body and a door body. An air supply path supplying cooling air flow to a storage compartment, an air return path enabling the air flow from the storage compartment to pass, a cooling chamber and an air discharging path are defined in the box body, wherein the cooling chamber communicates with the air supply path and the air return path, and contains an evaporator, a blower and a defrosting heater, and the air discharging path communicates with the cooling chamber and an ambient space. The air supply path and the air discharging path are respectively provided with an air supply door and an air discharging door for selectively connecting or blocking the air supply path and the air return path. The present invention further provides a defrosting control method of the freezing and refrigerating device.

A set temperature calculating apparatus, a low temperature treatment system, a set temperature calculating method, and a set temperature calculating program are provided for realizing a low temperature treatment. The set temperature calculating apparatus includes: a first obtaining unit configured to obtain data correlating with a heat load in a container storage; a second obtaining unit configured to obtain a set temperature when performing temperature control in the container storage; and a learning unit configured to learn a cargo core temperature in the container storage according to a data set including a combination of the data correlating with the heat load and the set temperature.

A refrigerator and a dehumidification control method thereof to effectively perform both temperature compensation and dehumidification so as to prevent formation of dewdrops in a refrigerating compartment of the refrigerator. The control method includes detecting a temperature of outside air around the refrigerator to judge whether or not the detected temperature corresponds to a low-temperature mode requiring dehumidification, heating a refrigerating compartment by operating a refrigerating compartment heater and a refrigerating compartment fan for dehumidification if the low-temperature mode is judged, cooling the refrigerating compartment by operating a compressor while continuously operating the refrigerating compartment fan, and simultaneously cooling and heating the refrigerating compartment to enable simultaneous implementation of temperature compensation by heating of the refrigerating compartment and dehumidification by cooling of the refrigerating compartment.

A cooling box to control temperature so that an internal temperature of the cooling box becomes equal to a set temperature, includes: a control device including an temperature sensor to detect an ambient temperature of the box, and adjust a supply amount of warm air into the box after stopping supply of cold air thereinto based on the ambient temperature; and a door sensor to detect whether an opening connected with the interior of the cooling box is in either an open or closed state, when the door sensor detects a change of the opening from an open to closed state. The control device executes control so that the warm-air-supply-amount reaches a first value until a predetermined period has elapsed, and executes control so that the warm-air-supply-amount reaches a second value smaller than the first value after the predetermined period has elapsed.

A refrigerator comprises: a cabinet having a refrigerating chamber; a refrigerating chamber evaporator provided to correspond to the refrigerating chamber, and configured to generate cool air by a driving of a compressor; an evaporator temperature sensor mounted to the refrigerating chamber evaporator, and configured to sense a temperature; a blower fan configured to supply cool air generated from the refrigerating chamber evaporator to the refrigerating chamber; and a controller configured to determine whether to stop the blower fan or not, based on a temperature of the refrigerating chamber evaporator sensed by the evaporator temperature sensor when the compressor is stopped.

A dual redundant cooling system for a container is provided. The dual redundant cooling system includes a first cooling unit and a second cooling unit. The first cooling unit is positioned in a first cabinet attached to the container. The first cooling unit includes a first controller operating a first cooling loop to cool an interior of the container. The second cooling unit is positioned in a second cabinet attached to the container and adjacent the first cabinet. The second cooling unit includes a second controller operating a second cooling loop to cool the interior of the container. The first cooling unit and the first cooling loop are separate from the second cooling unit and the second cooling loop. The first controller and the second controller communicate a switch signal between each other so that either the first cooling unit is a primary cooling unit operating the first cooling loop or the second cooling unit is the primary cooling unit operating the second cooling loop. The switch signal switching the primary cooling unit.