Disclosed is a refrigerator including a main body forming a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber each including a temperature sensor, a cooling unit having a compressor and an evaporator accommodated inside the main body and driven to circulate a refrigerant in the compressor and the evaporator to generate cold air around the evaporator, a fan positioned inside the main body to supply the cold air to the freezing chamber, a damper positioned between the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber and opened and closed to allow the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber to selectively communicate with each other, and a controller controlling the damper for a predetermined damper opening time when a temperature of the freezing chamber reaches a freezing satisfaction temperature according to driving of the cooling unit. A temperature change of the refrigerating chamber over time may be reduced and power consumption may be improved.

An evaporation unit and a refrigerator having the same are disclosed. The refrigerator includes a main body having a storage room therein; a door on the main body, configured to open and close the storage room; and an evaporation unit at one side of the storage room. The evaporation unit includes an evaporator configured to cool air by exchanging heat between a refrigerant in the evaporator and the air; and a partition in the evaporator, configured to partition the evaporator into two areas.

Provided are a device (100) for self-adaptive regulation of air volume and a refrigerator (200) having the same. The regulating device (100) comprises: a drainage and air guide cavity (1), arranged on the back of a freezing chamber (201) of a refrigerator, the drainage and air guide cavity (1) comprising a funnel-shaped air collecting cavity (11) and a conical air outlet cavity (12) connected to the funnel-shaped air collecting cavity (11), an outlet of the conical air outlet cavity (12) facing a refrigerating chamber; a drainage tongue (2), provided in the conical air outlet cavity (12) so as to create a first outlet duct (122) and a second outlet duct (123) within the conical air outlet cavity (12), an inlet (20a) of the first outlet duct (122) being located on an extension line of a left side wall (113) of the funnel-shaped air collecting cavity (11) and an inlet (21a) of the second outlet duct (123) being located on an extension line of a right side wall (112) of the funnel-shaped air collecting cavity (11); and a fan (3) arranged inside of the funnel-shaped air collecting cavity (11). By means of rotation of the fan (3), cold air is conveyed through the first outlet duct (122) and the second outlet duct (123) and into a refrigerating chamber (202) under the guide of the left side wall (113) or right side wall (112) of the funnel-shaped air collecting cavity (11).

A refrigerator includes evaporator cases arranged in a freezing chamber and located on a bottom surface of a partition wall, an evaporator installed inside the evaporator cases, and grill covers arranged on a rear side of the evaporator cases and having a blowing fan installed therein. The refrigerator includes a refrigerating chamber discharge passage which extends from the grill covers to a refrigerating chamber and through which at least a portion of cold air passing through the blowing fan flows, and a freezing chamber discharge passage which extends from the grill covers to the freezing chamber and through which the remaining cold air among the cold air passing through the blowing fan passes.

A refrigerator includes a main body that includes an inner case having a storage chamber; a refrigerating chamber discharge duct that divides the storage chamber into a heat exchange chamber and a refrigerating chamber and has refrigerating chamber discharge ports for discharging cold air to the refrigerating chamber. A refrigerating chamber thermoelectric module has a first heat absorbing unit and a first heat dissipating unit, the first heat absorbing unit disposed in the heat exchange chamber. A refrigerating chamber cooling fan circulates cold air in the refrigerating chamber to the heat exchange chamber and the refrigerating chamber; and a refrigerating chamber heat dissipating fan blows external air to the first heat dissipating unit A freezing compartment is disposed in the refrigerating chamber and has a freezing chamber; a freezing compartment thermoelectric module has a second heat absorbing unit and a second heat dissipating unit, the second heating dissipating unit cooling the freezing chamber. An air guide has a channel for guiding cold air from the heat exchange chamber to the second heat dissipating unit; and a freezing compartment damper controls the cold air flowing toward the second heat dissipating unit through the channel.

A refrigerator includes evaporator cases arranged in a freezing chamber and located on a bottom surface of a partition wall, an evaporator installed inside the evaporator cases, and grill covers arranged on a rear side of the evaporator cases and having a blowing fan installed therein. The refrigerator includes a refrigerating chamber discharge passage which extends from the grill covers to a refrigerating chamber and through which at least a portion of cold air passing through the blowing fan flows, and a freezing chamber discharge passage which extends from the grill covers to the freezing chamber and through which the remaining cold air among the cold air passing through the blowing fan passes.

A refrigerator includes: an outer case; an inner case; an evaporator; a partition detachably mounted inside the inner case to define a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment below the refrigerating compartment; a cold air duct at the rear of the partition, the cold air duct being configured to guide cold air inside the inner case; and a cold air connector connected to the cold air duct from an outside of the inner case, the cold air connector being configured to deliver the cold air inside the refrigerating compartment to the evaporator. The cold air duct includes: a first discharge hole; a second discharge hole; and a return flow path extending from the refrigerating compartment to the cold air connector.

A cooling device including a first storage compartment and a second storage compartment disposed adjacent to the first storage compartment. An evaporator is disposed adjacent a wall of the second storage compartment. An air distributor assembly is disposed within the second storage compartment such that the evaporator is positioned between the air distributor assembly and the wall. The air distributor assembly includes an air plenum and a first flow path defined therein. A first damper is disposed within the air distributor assembly. The first damper is movable between first and second positions. When the first damper is in the first position, a first portion of airflow received in the air plenum is permitted to flow into the first flow path. When the first damper is in the second position, the first portion of the airflow is hindered from flowing into the first flow path.

A method for controlling a refrigerator includes determining whether an ice bin accommodated in an ice making compartment that receives cold air from the first storage compartment is full of stored ice, determining, by a controller, whether an algorithm that prevents the ice stored in the ice bin from melting needs to be performed upon determining that the ice bin is full, and performing the algorithm.

A refrigerator includes a grille fan assembly, which includes one evaporator and one blower fan to blow cold air generated from the evaporator, disposed in one storage chamber. The grille fan assembly supplies the cold air blown by the blower fan to a first upper storage chamber and a first lower storage chamber, thereby cooling the three independent storage chambers using one evaporator and one blower fan.