A meat aging chamber suitable for residential or portable use is provided. An aging apparatus comprises a refrigerated aging cabinet having a climate created by environmental apparatus. A server in a cloud resource communicates with a control circuit in the aging apparatus and with a portable interactive device. In a setup mode the portable interactive device communicates with a control circuit in the aging apparatus via a communications interface to identify the user to the control circuit. In an operating mode the communications interface enables communication between the cloud resource and the control circuit. A sensor module provides current values to the cloud resource for controlling operation in accordance with a software program embodying the aging protocol. The cloud resource can inform the smartphone of aging progress and alarm conditions. Physical features enable embodying the functions of a commercial aging chamber in a residential sized unit.

A system to control the conditions of an aging room for food in which independent feedback loops control the dry bulb temperature and the dew point while controlling the difference between the vapor pressure in the room and the vapor pressure of the food stuff being aged, thereby controlling the aging of the food stuff and its quality.

A ripening compartment for a refrigerator and a refrigerator having the same. The ripening compartment for a refrigerator includes a drawer provided in a cabinet of the refrigerator in a drawable mode, an upper end of the drawer being open to form a top opening for taking and placing foods, and a rear wall plate of the drawer including an air outlet and an air return port; an upper cover plate provided above the drawer, and closing the top opening of the drawer and defining a ripening space together with the drawer when the drawer is completely pushed into the cabinet; and an air flow circulation assembly provided on a rear side of the rear wall plate of the drawer and prompting air flow to enter the ripening space through the air outlet and be blown out from the air return port.

A method includes receiving moisturized air from a refrigerated room and absorbing, in a portion of a desiccant wheel, moisture from the moisturized air, wherein absorbing moisture from the moisturized air produces dehumidified air. The method further includes discharging the dehumidified air to the refrigerated room.

In a refrigerator control method according to an embodiment of the present invention, an operation corresponding to a freezer chamber load is performed when a heat load penetrates the inside of the freezer chamber, and the internal temperature of a deep-freezing chamber is differently set and controlled according to the on/off state of a deep-freezing chamber mode, and thus the input condition of the operation corresponding to the freezer chamber load can be differently set according to the on/off state of the deep-freezing chamber mode.

The refrigeration apparatus includes a controller. The controller performs normal operation control for controlling drive of the exterior fan and the compressor in order to bring the interior temperature to a target temperature, dehumidification control in which the interior humidity is adjusted to a predetermined target range of the high-humidity region, and power-saving control which is implemented by the control of drive of the exterior fan and the compressor such that a change in the interior temperature is kept within a temperature range based on the target temperature. The controller switches from the dehumidification control to the power-saving control in the case where the interior humidity has become a lower limit value of the target range of the high-humidity region or less.

A refrigerator includes a refrigerating compartment configured to preserve food, the compartment including a plurality of walls forming a cavity, a door coupled to the compartment configured to cover the refrigeration space when in a closed position, and a passageway positioned on at least one of the walls and the door such that air within the cavity is in fluid communication with air outside the cavity when the door is in the closed position.

To configure existing drawers as evacuable drawers of a vacuum drawer device, a cover for installation in the drawer body can be used. The cover evacuates at the drawer interior with an evacuation system, so that the interior is evacuated when the drawer is closed and ventilated before the drawer is opened. The cover is airtight, is profiled in such that evacuation with a controller, a pump and a valve are fixedly integrated in at least one recess in the cover and the cover has at least one air channel leading into the inside of the cover or, respectively, into the at least one recess, with the air channel operatively connected to the evacuation system such that when the cover is placed onto the drawer, air from the interior can be pumped out of the interior, the inside of the cover interior or, respectively, the at least one recess through the air duct.

A control method for a refrigerator and a refrigerator are provided. The refrigerator includes a compartment, an evaporator, and a heating module. The method includes: acquiring a current temperature of the compartment; and adjusting an operating power of the heating module according to the current temperature, so that the heating module heats the compartment to a target temperature according to the operating power, where different temperature ranges correspond to different operating powers.

A container refrigeration device aims to improve dehumidification performance of the container refrigeration device. The container refrigeration device is configured to perform, in accordance with a dehumidification load, first dehumidification control under which air having passed through an evaporator is heated by exchanging heat with a refrigerant in a reheat heat exchanger, and blown into an inside of a container, and second dehumidification control under which a pressure of the refrigerant discharged from a compressor and flowing into the reheat heat exchanger is caused to be higher than a pressure of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor under the first dehumidification control, and a flow rate of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor is regulated such that a temperature inside the container is within a predetermined temperature range.