It is an object to provide a refrigerator that suppresses heat intrusion from a heat radiation pipe for suppressing dew condensation with respect to a partition plate of a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a partition plate that partitions a room into a plurality of rooms and a door that seals the plurality of rooms. The partition plate includes an upper plate that positions on upper side, a lower plate that positions on lower side, a design plate that positions between the upper plate and the lower plate, and a heat insulating material fixed between the design plate and the upper plate or the lower plate in a compressed state in which a compressed portion has a thickness smaller than a thickness of other portions.

Disclosed is a refrigerator including a cabinet, a storage compartment provided in the cabinet to form a single space in which a storage item is stored, a single door for opening or closing the space formed by the storage compartment, a first cold air supply duct and a second cold air supply duct provided respectively on left and right sides of the single storage compartment, the first cold air supply duct and the second cold air supply duct supplying different amounts of cold air, and a storage unit for being pushed into or pulled from the storage compartment in a front-and-rear direction along with the door.

An airflow system has an evaporator positioned in a first compartment of a refrigeration appliance and a damper. The airflow system includes a first supply duct that can be coupled to the first compartment and a second compartment and can direct air to the second compartment. A flap of the damper can be controlled based on a temperature setting of the second compartment. A second supply duct can be coupled to the first compartment and a third compartment and can direct air to the third compartment. A first return duct can be coupled to the first compartment and the second compartment and can direct air from the second compartment to the evaporator. Additionally, a second return duct can be coupled to the first compartment and the third compartment and can direct air from the third compartment to the evaporator.

Refrigerator (200, 210) comprising a compartment (13a) for storing foodstuff; a cooling system (200, 210) comprising an evaporator (12a), a condenser (14) and a variable speed compressor (10), the cooling system (200, 210) being adapted to go through a refrigeration cycle at certain intervals. A control system (11) is configured to control the variable speed compressor (10) during the refrigeration cycle, the control system (11) being based on a minimum speed (36) and a required speed (22), whereby the control system (11) is configured to set the compressor speed (35) to the highest speed of both the minimum speed (36) and the required speed (22). Such control system (11) provides an improved performance of the cooling system (200, 210), maintaining a balance of different temperatures inside the refrigerator (100, 110).

A refrigerator appliance having a temperature controlled drawer with improved temperature control is provided. A sealed system including a compressor, an evaporator, and an evaporator fan may be configured for cooling the fresh food chamber. A controller is configured to operate the evaporator fan when the compressor is off in order to increase the temperature of the temperature controlled drawer. Additionally, or alternatively, a secondary fan may be attached to the temperature controlled drawer and may be selectively operated by the controller to circulate air from the chilled chamber through the temperature controlled drawer. In this manner, the temperature of the temperature controlled drawer may be more precisely controlled regardless of whether the compressor is running.

The present invention relates to a temperature-context-aware refrigerator and a method for controlling the same. A temperature-context-aware refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a temperature context awareness unit for sensing a temperature of at least one storage compartment, and when the difference between the sensed temperature and a temperature set for the corresponding storage compartment is equal to or greater than a predetermined level, generating load-responsive operation information including a target temperature lower or higher than the set temperature; a temperature control unit for controlling a temperature sensor and the temperature context awareness unit, and performing a load-responsive operation for controlling the temperature of the storage compartment by using the load-responsive operation information; and a database unit which is required for the temperature context awareness unit to generate the load-responsive operation information.

A refrigerator, including a sealed refrigeration system, is provided herein. The sealed refrigeration system may include a compressor, a phase separator, and a rotatable heat exchanger. The phase separator may be in fluid communication with the compressor and include a separator body defining an inner face and an outer face. The inner face may define a refrigerant cavity. The outer face may be directed away from the refrigerant cavity opposite the inner face. The rotatable heat exchanger may include a thermally conductive body and a plurality of spaced planar fins. The thermally conductive body may be positioned about the outer face along a rotation axis. The planar fins may extend from the thermally conductive body in a radial direction away from the phase separator. The plurality of spaced planar fins may define an axial intake channel extending parallel to the rotation axis through one or more planar fins.

A sectorized sub-zero cooling arrangement for refrigerators with direct access to the consumer products without having to open other cold storage chambers of the refrigerator. The sectorized cooling arrangement has at least one access door to at least one cold storage chamber. The access door is provided with a sectorized compartment with multiple storage sectors for containers of consumer products. The compartment is equipped with a partition wall that separates it from the cold storage chamber and at least one air extractor/blower with the cold storage chamber on the upstream side and the sectorized compartment on the downstream side.

A cooling arrangement for refrigerators that enables better temperature control and maintenance for beverage cans. The cooling arrangement facilitates access to the beverage cans without opening other cold storage chambers of the refrigerator. The cooling arrangement also prevents abrupt movement of the cans that can generate overflow of the liquid content of the beverage cans upon opening.

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.