Refrigerator
US6244061A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 18, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jun 12, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 18, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02B30/70
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
When inverter control is implemented in a refrigerator or the like, the rotating speed of a compressor motor is often operated at the preset minimum rotating speed. At this time, there has been a problem that when the DC voltage is boosted, the efficiency of the circuit drops due to switching loss in the power element. Still more, when the DC voltage is boosted even at the minimum rotating speed, the lowest voltage of the DC voltage must be controlled at 163 V or more including the fluctuation of the voltage. Therefore, there has been a problem in that the efficiency of the compressor motor also drops. To avoid these problems, when the temperature within a compartment of a refrigerator is cooled and approaches a preset temperature, and when a conduction ratio of the compressor motor falls below a preset value or a command on a rotating speed of the compressor motor becomes a preset rotating speed and the actual rotating speed also becomes the preset rotating speed, the control of the converter control circuit is turned off.
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