A refrigerator includes a cabinet in which a storage space is formed; a main evaporator which is installed at one side of an inner portion of the storage space to cool the storage space; a case which is installed on the other side the inner portion of the storage space and defines a deep-freezing storage chamber; a drawer which is accommodated in the case so as to be retractable and withdrawable and in which food is stored; and a rapid cooling module which is provided on a rear side of the inner portion of the case and rapidly cools the deep-freezing storage chamber, in which the rapid cooling module may includes an auxiliary evaporator; and a thermoelectric device which is coupled to the auxiliary evaporator and cools the deep-freezing storage chamber through heat exchange by heat conduction.

A refrigeration appliance has at least a first and a second temperature zone and a refrigerant circuit that includes a compressor, a first evaporator for cooling the first temperature zone and a second evaporator for cooling the second temperature zone. The first evaporator is serially connected downstream of the second evaporator in the refrigerant circuit, and a controllable throttle point is arranged upstream of the first evaporator and downstream of the second evaporator in the refrigerant circuit. A compressor controller is configured to control the rotational speed of the compressor on the basis of the temperature in the first temperature zone.

A method of controlling a refrigerator includes starting a first cooling cycle to cool a first storage compartment by operating a compressor and a first fan, determining whether a start condition of a second cooling cycle to cool a second storage compartment is satisfied, operating a second fan for the second storage compartment when the start condition of the second cooling cycle is satisfied, determining whether an output change condition of the second fan is satisfied while the second fan operates, and changing a speed of the second fan when the output change condition of the second fan is satisfied.

Refrigerator (1) comprising an outer casing (2) which has a thermal-insulating structure and is internally provided with a first (3) and a second (4) storage cavities that are thermal-insulated to one another and to the outside and each of which is adapted to accommodate perishable foodstuff; and an electrically-operated, cooling system (5) which is at least partially accommodated inside the outer casing (2) and is structured/adapted to cool down the inside of both said first (3) and said second (4) storage cavities; the first storage cavity (3) being additionally divided into a first (13) and a second (12) compartments that are both adapted to accommodate perishable foodstuff and directly communicate to one another; the cooling system (5) being adapted to circulate, in closed loop inside said first storage cavity (3), a flow of cold air (f) that crosses in sequence said first (13) and said second (12) compartment so as to cool down in sequence the same compartments (12, 13), and comprising an electrically-operated, heat-pump assembly (20) which is provided with a first evaporator (21) that cools down the first storage cavity (3), with a second evaporator (22) that cools down the second storage cavity (4), and with an electrically-operated flow di verier (44) which is located upstream of said first (21) and said second (22) evaporators and is adapted to selectively an alternatively channel the refrigerant towards the inlet of the first evaporator (21) or towards the inlet of the second evaporator (22).

A refrigerator appliance includes a fresh food cold side heat exchanger positioned within a cabinet at a fresh food chamber and a freezer cold side heat exchanger positioned within the cabinet at a freezer chamber. Working fluid is flowable through a caloric material within a regenerator housing. The refrigerator appliances also includes features for flowing the working fluid from the regenerator housing to the fresh food cold side heat exchanger and for separately flowing the working fluid from the regenerator housing to the freezer cold side heat exchanger.

A control method of a refrigerator includes: determining whether a first temperature of a refrigerating compartment satisfies a first temperature condition; based the first temperature satisfying the first temperature condition, determining whether a second temperature of a freezing compartment satisfies a second temperature condition; based on the second temperature satisfying the second temperature condition, determining (i) whether a third temperature of an ice making compartment satisfies a third temperature condition and (ii) whether a driving time for ice making has passed; maintaining operation of a compressor while determining (i) whether the second temperature satisfies the second temperature condition, (ii) whether the third temperature satisfies the third temperature condition, and (iii) whether the driving time has passed; and stopping operation of the compressor based on at least one of (i) a determination that the third temperature satisfies the third temperature condition or (ii) a determination that the driving time has passed.

A refrigerator includes a main body having a freezing chamber and a switchable chamber communicating with a refrigerating chamber through a duct, a compressor connected with a compressor suction path and a compressor discharging path, a condenser connected with the compressor discharging path and connected with a condenser discharging path, a switchable chamber evaporator, a freezing chamber evaporator connected with the switchable chamber evaporator through an evaporator connection path, a damper configured to control flow of cold air through the duct, a pair of switchable chamber capillary tubes connected with the switchable chamber evaporator, a bypass capillary tube connected with the evaporator connection path, a path switching device connected with the condenser discharging path, the pair of switchable chamber capillary tubes and the bypass capillary tube, and a controller for controlling the compressor, the damper and the path switching device.

Disclosed are an ice maker, which can make ice with high transparency. The ice maker includes an ice making container configured to be filled with ice-making water; a heating ice-separator comprising a heating rod extended from above a water surface of the ice-making water into the ice making container so as to be immersed in the ice-making water and configured to transfer heat to the ice-making water, and a rotary shaft connecting with the heating rod, extended to traverse an upper portion of the ice making container, and configured to rotate the heating rod to be separated from the ice making container; and a heater configured to supply heat to the heating rod. By using the heater, the ice maker can not only make the ice with the high transparency, but also make ice-separation structure be simplified.

A refrigerator includes a main body, a damper, a compressor, a condenser, a switchable chamber evaporator, a freezing chamber evaporator, a switchable chamber capillary tube, a bypass capillary tube, a path switching device, a switchable chamber fan, a freezing chamber fan, and a controller. The controller rotates the switchable chamber fan and the freezing chamber fan at different speeds according to satisfaction of a temperature of the switchable chamber, dissatisfaction of the temperature of the switchable chamber, satisfaction of a temperature of the freezing chamber, dissatisfaction of the temperature of the freezing chamber, satisfaction of a temperature of the refrigerating chamber and dissatisfaction of the temperature of the refrigerating chamber.

A refrigerant circuit of a refrigeration device, such as a household refrigeration device, has the following connected in series between a pressure connection and a suction connection of a compressor: a condenser, a first throttle point, a first evaporator for cooling a first storage chamber, a second throttle point. At least one of the first and second throttle points are adjusted to control the pressure in the first evaporator. The refrigerant circuit has a first branch with the first throttle point, the first evaporator and the second throttle point, and at least one second branch, parallel to the first branch, in which a third throttle point, a second evaporator arranged in thermal contact with a second storage chamber and a fourth throttle point are connected in series. At least one of the third and fourth throttle points can be adjusted to control the pressure in the second evaporator.