CN109000401B - Refrigerator with a door - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides a refrigerator. The refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body and a unfreezing device, wherein the refrigerator body is limited with a cold storage chamber and a freezing chamber which are sequentially distributed along the vertical direction of the refrigerator, and a vertical beam is respectively arranged in the cold storage chamber and the freezing chamber so as to respectively divide the cold storage chamber and the freezing chamber into a left chamber and a right chamber. The thawing apparatus comprises: a barrel defining a thawing chamber therein having a forward opening; the device door body is arranged at the front opening of the unfreezing chamber and used for opening and closing the unfreezing chamber; a radio frequency generation module configured to generate a radio frequency signal; and the upper electrode plate and the lower electrode plate are respectively and horizontally arranged at the top wall and the bottom wall of the unfreezing chamber and are respectively and electrically connected with the radio frequency generating module so as to generate radio frequency waves with corresponding frequencies in the unfreezing chamber according to radio frequency signals and unfreeze objects to be processed in the unfreezing chamber, and the unfreezing device is arranged in the freezing chamber. The unfreezing device is arranged in the freezing chamber of the refrigerator, so that a user can conveniently take and place the object to be processed, and the convenience of the user is improved.
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of unfreezing, in particular to a refrigerator with a quick unfreezing function.
Background
During the freezing process, the quality of the food is maintained, however, the frozen food needs to be thawed before processing or consumption. In order to facilitate a user to freeze and thaw food, the related art generally defrosts the food by providing a heating device or a microwave device in a refrigerator.
However, the heating device generally needs a long thawing time to thaw food, and the thawing time and temperature are not easy to be controlled, so that water evaporation and juice loss of the food are easily caused, and the quality of the food is lost; the microwave device is used for unfreezing food, the speed is high, the efficiency is high, the loss of nutrient components of the food is low, but the penetration and the absorption of microwaves to water and ice are different, the distribution of internal substances of the food is not uniform, the energy absorbed by a melted area is large, and the problems of uneven unfreezing and local overheating are easily caused. In view of the above, there is a need for a refrigerator having high thawing efficiency, uniform thawing, and guaranteed food quality.
Disclosure of Invention
An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator which is convenient in thawing.
A further object of the invention is to avoid excessive thawing of the product to be treated.
Particularly, the invention provides a refrigerator, which comprises a refrigerator body and a unfreezing device, wherein the refrigerator body is limited with a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber which are sequentially distributed along the vertical direction of the refrigerator, and a vertical beam is respectively arranged in the refrigerating chamber and the freezing chamber so as to respectively divide the refrigerating chamber and the freezing chamber into a left chamber and a right chamber; wherein the thawing apparatus comprises:
a barrel defining a thawing chamber therein having a forward opening for placing an object to be treated;
the device door body is arranged at the front opening of the unfreezing chamber and used for opening and closing the unfreezing chamber;
a radio frequency generation module configured to generate a radio frequency signal; and
the upper electrode plate and the lower electrode plate are respectively horizontally arranged on the top wall and the bottom wall of the unfreezing chamber and are respectively electrically connected with the radio frequency generating module so as to generate radio frequency waves with corresponding frequencies in the unfreezing chamber according to the radio frequency signals and unfreeze the object to be processed in the unfreezing chamber; and is
The thawing device is arranged in the freezing chamber.
Optionally, a device air inlet is formed in the rear plate of the barrel, and a gap is left between the rear plate of the barrel and the rear wall of the freezing chamber, so that air in the freezing chamber enters the thawing chamber through the device air inlet; and is
The side plates on the two transverse sides of the barrel are provided with device air outlets, and gaps are reserved between the side plates on the two transverse sides of the barrel and the side walls on the two transverse sides of the freezing chamber, so that gas in the thawing chamber is discharged to the freezing chamber through the device air outlets.
Optionally, the distance between the rear wall of the cylinder and the side plates at the two transverse sides and the rear wall of the corresponding freezing compartment and the side walls at the two transverse sides is 2-3 mm.
Optionally, the refrigerator is an air-cooled refrigerator;
the freezing chamber comprises an air duct cover plate, the air duct cover plate and the rear wall of the liner of the freezing chamber are clamped to form a freezing air duct, and a freezing air inlet is formed in the air duct cover plate to provide cold energy for the freezing chamber; and is
A plurality of accommodating spaces are respectively limited in the left chamber and the right chamber of the freezing chamber, and the freezing air inlet is arranged in the uppermost accommodating space of the left chamber of the freezing chamber;
the thawing apparatus is arranged in the accommodating space at the top, so that the freezing air duct provides cold energy for the thawing apparatus.
Optionally, the projection of the air inlet of the device in the thickness direction of the air duct cover plate is located in the freezing air inlet, so that the freezing air duct provides cold for the thawing device.
Optionally, the refrigerator further comprises a refrigerating door body and a freezing door body for respectively opening and closing the left chamber and the right chamber of the refrigerating chamber and the freezing chamber, wherein the refrigerating door body and the freezing door body are respectively arranged on the left chamber and the right chamber of the refrigerating chamber and the freezing chamber
Any one of the refrigeration door bodies is provided with a thawing switch for controlling the thawing program to start or stop so as to adjust the thawing switch; and the radio frequency generation module is configured to:
when the unfreezing switch is turned on, the work is started;
and when the defrosting switch is closed, the defrosting switch stops working.
Optionally, the thawing apparatus further comprises:
and the infrared sensor is arranged on the inner wall of the unfreezing chamber to sense whether the object to be processed is placed in the unfreezing chamber.
Optionally, the refrigerator is configured to:
when the unfreezing switch is turned on, the refrigeration quantity is stopped to be provided for the freezing compartment;
when the object to be processed is taken out from the unfreezing chamber, the original refrigeration program of the refrigerator is operated;
and when the time for which the object to be treated is not taken out of the unfreezing cavity after the object to be treated is unfrozen is more than or equal to a preset time threshold, providing cold energy for the freezing chamber.
Optionally, the refrigerator further comprises:
and the detection module is configured to detect an incident wave signal and a reflected wave signal of an electric connecting line connecting the radio frequency generation module and the upper electrode plate, and calculate the change rate of the dielectric coefficient of the object to be processed according to the voltage and the current of the incident wave signal and the voltage and the current of the reflected wave signal so as to judge the thawing progress of the object to be processed.
Optionally, the radio frequency generation module is configured to:
when the change rate of the dielectric coefficient of the object to be treated is greater than or equal to a first rate threshold value, the working power of the object to be treated is reduced by 30-40% so as to prevent the object to be treated from being excessively thawed; and/or
And stopping working when the change rate of the dielectric coefficient of the object to be processed is reduced to be less than or equal to a second rate threshold value.
The unfreezing device is arranged in the freezing chamber of the refrigerator, so that a user can conveniently take and place the object to be processed, and the convenience of the user is improved.
Furthermore, the invention judges the thawing progress of the object to be treated by calculating the change rate of the dielectric coefficient of the object to be treated through the detection module. Prior to the present invention, it was generally believed by those skilled in the art that when the temperature of the treatment was high (i.e., the temperature of the treatment was-7℃. or higher), the thermal effects would be significantly attenuated and the treatment would not be excessively thawed. However, this is not the case, and the rf thawing power is usually large, for example, greater than 100W, and when the temperature of the object to be treated is already high, the object to be treated is easily over-thawed. The inventor of the application creatively realizes that when the temperature of the object to be treated is higher, the working power of the radio frequency generation module is reduced by 30-40%, and the object to be treated can be effectively prevented from being excessively thawed. Furthermore, the invention judges whether the unfreezing is finished or not according to the change rate of the dielectric coefficient of the object to be treated, compared with the prior art that whether the unfreezing is finished or not is judged by sensing the temperature of the object to be treated, the judgment is more accurate, the object to be treated can be further prevented from being excessively unfrozen, and tests show that the object to be treated unfrozen by the unfreezing device has the temperature of-4 to-2 ℃ generally when the unfreezing is finished, and the generation of blood water during unfreezing when the object to be treated is meat can be avoided.
The above and other objects, advantages and features of the present invention will become more apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of specific embodiments thereof, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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Some specific embodiments of the invention will be described in detail hereinafter, by way of illustration and not limitation, with reference to the accompanying drawings. The same reference numbers in the drawings identify the same or similar elements or components. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale. In the drawings:
fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which all outer door bodies of the refrigerator are removed to show a compartment structure in a cabinet of the refrigerator;
FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along section line A-A in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a schematic partial enlarged view of region B in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along section line C-C in FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a graph of the rate of change of the dielectric constant of an object to be treated according to one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of the compressor compartment of FIG. 2;
FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram of the thawing apparatus of FIG. 3 with the apparatus door removed to show the internal structure of the bowl;
fig. 8 is a flowchart of a thawing method for a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which all outer door bodies of the refrigerator are removed to show a compartment structure in a cabinet of the refrigerator; FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along section line A-A in FIG. 1; fig. 3 is a schematic partial enlarged view of the region B in fig. 2. Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the refrigerator 10 may include a case 100 defining a refrigerating compartment 110 and a freezing compartment 120 sequentially distributed in a vertical direction of the refrigerator 10, and a thawing device 200. A vertical beam 130 may be provided in each of the refrigerating compartment 110 and the freezing compartment 120 to divide the refrigerating compartment 110 and the freezing compartment 120 into left and right compartments. The refrigerator 10 may further include a refrigerating door 111 and a freezing door 121 for opening and closing left and right compartments of the refrigerating compartment 110 and the freezing compartment 120, respectively. In particular, the thawing apparatus 200 may be provided in the freezing compartment 120. The thawing apparatus 200 may be secured in the freezing compartment 120 by interference fit, snap fit, or the like. The thawing apparatus 200 is disposed in the freezing compartment 120 of the refrigerator 10, so that the user can conveniently take and place the object to be treated, and the convenience of the user is improved.
In addition, as well known to those skilled in the art, the refrigerating compartment 110 is a storage compartment for preserving food materials at a temperature of 0 to +8 ℃; the freezing chamber 120 is a storage chamber with the preservation temperature of food materials being-20 to-15 ℃.
Specifically, the thawing device 200 may include a cylinder 210, a device door 220, a radio frequency generation module 230, and upper and lower electrode plates 240a and 240 b. The barrel 210 may include a top plate, a bottom plate, a rear plate, and two opposing lateral side plates, and may define a thawing chamber 214 therein having a forward opening, the thawing chamber 214 being used for placing an object to be treated. The door 220 may be disposed at a forward opening of the thawing chamber 214 for opening or closing the thawing chamber 214. The device door 220 may be installed with the cartridge 210 by an appropriate method, such as a left-hand door, a right-hand door, an up-hand door, or a pull door. The RF generation module 230 may be configured to generate RF signals (generally referred to as RF signals having a frequency of 300KHz to 300 GHz). The upper electrode plate 240a and the lower electrode plate 240b may be horizontally disposed at the top wall and the bottom wall of the thawing chamber 214, respectively, and are electrically connected to the rf generating module 230, respectively, so as to generate rf waves with corresponding parameters in the thawing chamber 214 according to the rf signals generated by the rf generating module 230 and thaw the object to be processed placed in the thawing chamber 214. In the present invention, the upper electrode plate 240a is a transmitting antenna; the lower electrode plate 240b is a receiving antenna. In some embodiments, 50 ohm electrical connections may be used to electrically connect the upper electrode plate 240a and the lower electrode plate 240b to the rf generation module 230, respectively.
In some embodiments, the thawing apparatus 200 may further comprise a detection module 250. The detection module 250 may be configured to detect an incident wave signal and a reflected wave signal of an electrical connection connecting the rf generation module 230 and the upper electrode plate 240a, and calculate a load impedance of the rf generation module 230 based on a voltage and a current of the incident wave signal and a voltage and a current of the reflected wave signal. The calculation formula of the load impedance is as follows:
SWR＝Z2/Zl(1)
Zl＝Ul/II＝RI+jXl(2)
Z2＝U2/l2＝R2+jX2(3)
in equations (1), (2), (3): SWR is standing wave ratio; z1Is the output impedance; z2Is the load impedance; u shape1Is the incident wave voltage; i is1Is incident wave current; r1Is an output resistor; x1Is an output reactance; u shape2Is the reflected wave voltage; i is2Is a reflected wave current; r2Is a load resistor; x2To load reactance (as will be understood by those skilled in the art, inputThe outgoing impedance is an impedance of an electrical connection line connecting the rf generation module 230 and the upper electrode plate 240a, and the load impedance is an impedance of the object to be processed).
The thawing apparatus 200 may further include a load compensation module 260. The load compensation module 260 may include a compensation unit and a motor for adjusting an impedance of the compensation unit. The compensation unit may be disposed in series with the object to be processed, i.e., when the load impedance of the rf generation module 230 is the sum of the impedance of the object to be processed and the impedance of the compensation unit. The motor may be configured to controllably increase or decrease the impedance of the compensation unit, and thus the load impedance Z of the rf generation module 2302And makes the load impedance Z of the RF generation module 2302And an output impedance Z1Difference (i.e. load impedance Z)2Subtracting the output impedance Z1The obtained value) is more than or equal to a first impedance threshold value and less than or equal to a second impedance threshold value, and the first impedance threshold value is less than the second impedance threshold value, so as to improve the thawing efficiency of the object to be treated. In some preferred embodiments, the first impedance threshold is the output impedance Z1Is-6 to-4%, and the second impedance threshold is the output impedance Z14-6% of the total. Further preferably, the first impedance threshold is the output impedance Z1Of the second impedance threshold is the output impedance Z15% of the total. In other words, the load compensation module may be configured to cause the load impedance Z of the RF generation module 230 to be2And an output impedance Z1The absolute value of the difference is always smaller than the output impedance Z in the whole thawing process15% of (e) may be, for example, the output impedance Z11%, 3% or 5%.
The detection module 250 may be configured to further determine the load impedance Z of the RF generation module 2302And calculating the dielectric coefficient of the object to be treated and the change rate of the dielectric coefficient so as to judge the thawing progress of the object to be treated. The dielectric coefficient of the object to be processed is calculated by the following formula:
X2＝1/2πfC (4)
ε＝4πKdC/S (5)
in equations (4), (5): f is the frequency of the radio frequency wave; c is the capacitance of the capacitor formed by the upper electrode plate 240a and the lower electrode plate 240 b; epsilon is the dielectric coefficient of the object to be treated; k is an electrostatic constant; d is the thickness of the upper electrode plate; and S is the area of the upper electrode plate.
The rate of change of the permittivity of the object to be treated can be obtained by calculating the value of change Δ ∈ of the permittivity within a unit time Δ t, which may be 0.1 second to 1 second, for example, 0.1 second, 0.5 second, or 1 second. FIG. 5 is a graph showing a rate of change of permittivity of an object to be treated according to an embodiment of the present invention (ordinate: rate of change of permittivity Deltaε/Deltat of the object to be treated; abscissa: thawing time t of the object to be treated, in min). Referring to fig. 5, in some preferred embodiments, the rf generation module 230 may be configured to reduce the operating power by 30% -40%, for example, 30%, 35% or 40%, when the change rate Δ ∈/Δ t of the dielectric coefficient of the object to be processed is greater than or equal to the first rate threshold, so as to prevent the object to be processed from being excessively thawed (as will be understood by those skilled in the art, the excessively thawed object is greater than 0 ℃). The first rate threshold may be 15-20, such as 15, 17, 18, or 20. The RF generation module 230 can be further configured to stop operating when the rate of change of the permittivity Δ ε/Δ t of the object to be treated drops to less than or equal to a second rate threshold. The second rate threshold may be 1-2, such as 1, 1.5, or 2.
It is known to those skilled in the art that the dielectric constant of the object to be processed varies with the temperature of the object to be processed, however, the dielectric constant is usually measured by a special instrument (such as a dielectric constant tester), and the special instrument occupies a large space and is high in cost, and is not suitable for a refrigerator. The dielectric coefficient of the object to be processed is obtained by detecting the incident wave signal and the reflected wave signal of the electric connecting line connecting the radio frequency generation module 230 and the upper electrode plate 240a and calculating, so that the device has the advantages of small occupied space and low cost, and is particularly suitable for a thawing device in a refrigerator. And the difference between the load impedance and the output impedance of the rf generating module 230 is within a predetermined range (greater than or equal to a first impedance threshold and less than or equal to a second impedance threshold) through the load compensating module 260, so as to improve the thawing efficiency of the object to be treated.
Further, the invention judges the thawing progress of the object to be treated by calculating the change rate of the dielectric coefficient of the object to be treated through the detection module 250. Prior to the present invention, it was generally believed by those skilled in the art that when the temperature of the treatment was high (i.e., the temperature of the treatment was-7℃. or higher), the thermal effects would be significantly attenuated and the treatment would not be excessively thawed. However, this is not the case, and the rf thawing power is usually large, for example, greater than 100W, and when the temperature of the object to be treated is already high, the object to be treated is easily over-thawed. The inventor of the present application has creatively recognized that, when the temperature of the object to be treated is high, the operating power of the rf generating module 230 is reduced by 30-40%, which can effectively prevent the object to be treated from being excessively thawed. Furthermore, the invention judges whether the unfreezing is finished or not according to the change rate of the dielectric coefficient of the object to be treated, compared with the prior art that whether the unfreezing is finished or not is judged by sensing the temperature of the object to be treated, the judgment is more accurate, the object to be treated can be further prevented from being excessively unfrozen, and tests show that the object to be treated unfrozen by the unfreezing device has the temperature of-4 to-2 ℃ generally when the unfreezing is finished, and the generation of blood water during unfreezing when the object to be treated is meat can be avoided.
Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of the compressor compartment 140 of fig. 2. Referring to fig. 6, the cabinet 100 of the refrigerator 10 further defines a compressor chamber 140. The compressor chamber 140 may include a main control panel 143 for controlling the operation of the refrigerator 10, a compressor 141, a condensed water collecting structure 144, and an external power line (not shown) for supplying power for the operation of the refrigerator 10, which are sequentially disposed. In some embodiments, the refrigerator 10 may further include a power supply module 142 for supplying power to the radio frequency generation module 230. The power module 142 may be disposed within the compressor compartment 140 of the refrigerator 10 to facilitate heat dissipation and maintenance of the power module 142. The power module 142 may be fixed to an upper wall of the compressor compartment 140 to facilitate electrical connection of the rf generation module 230 with the power module 142. In some embodiments, the power supply module 142 may be a DCDC converter. The DCDC converter may be provided to be electrically connected with the main control board 143 to supply power to the thawing device 200. The DCDC converter may be disposed between the main control board 143 and the compressor 141 to facilitate electrical connection with the main control board 143. In other embodiments, power module 142 may be an ACDC converter. The ACDC converter may be configured to electrically connect to an external power source of the refrigerator 10. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that it is easy to connect the various components of the defrosting apparatus 200 to the control circuit of the refrigerator 10.
Fig. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along a sectional line B-B in fig. 3. Referring to fig. 3 and 4, the cylinder 210 may further include a vertical partition 211 and a horizontal partition 212 for defining an inner space of the cylinder 210. The vertical partition 211 may be provided to extend from a top plate of the cylinder 210 to a bottom plate of the cylinder 210 in a vertical direction. The rf generation module 230 may be disposed between the vertical partition 211 and the rear plate of the cylinder 210. The horizontal partition 212 may be provided to extend forward from the vertical partition 211 in a horizontal direction. The detection module 250 and the load compensation module 260 may be disposed between the horizontal partition 212 and the top plate of the cylinder 210. The thawing chamber 214 may be enclosed by a vertical partition 211, a horizontal partition 212, and a bottom plate and two lateral side plates of the drum 210. The upper electrode plate 240a may be disposed on a lower surface of the horizontal partition 212, and the lower electrode plate 240b may be disposed on an upper surface of the bottom plate of the cylinder 210. The barrel 210 may further include a baffle 213 extending vertically upward from the front side end of the horizontal partition 212 to the top plate of the barrel 210 to prevent the detection module 250 and the load compensation module 260 from being exposed and to reduce the aesthetic appearance of the thawing apparatus 200. In other embodiments, the horizontal partition 212 may be disposed to extend forward from the rear plate of the cylinder 210 in the horizontal direction, and the vertical partition 211 may be disposed to extend from the horizontal partition 212 to the bottom plate of the cylinder 210 in the vertical direction, according to the actual situation (the size of the rf generation module 230 and the detection module 250, and the load compensation module 260).
The vertical partition 211 may be opened with a first wire passing port 2112, so that the rf generation module 230 is electrically connected to the upper electrode plate 240a through the first wire passing port 2112. The rear plate of the barrel 210 may be formed with a second wire passing port 216 so that the electrical connection of the thawing apparatus 200 is led out from the second wire passing port 216 and connected to the power supply module 142.
In some embodiments, the rear plate of the drum 210 may be formed with a device inlet 215, and the vertical partition 211 at the rear side of the thawing chamber 214 may be formed with a thawing inlet 2111, so that air in the freezing compartment 120 enters the thawing chamber 214 of the thawing device 200 through the device inlet 215 and the thawing inlet 2111. The lateral plates of the barrel 210 may be provided with device outlets 218, so that the gas in the thawing chamber 214 is discharged to the freezing compartment 120 through the device outlets 218. The rear plate of the drum 210 may be spaced from the rear wall of the freezing compartment 120 to facilitate the air in the freezing compartment 120 to enter the thawing apparatus 200. The lateral plates at both lateral sides of the barrel 210 may have a gap with the lateral walls at both lateral sides of the freezing compartment 120, so that the gas in the thawing apparatus 200 is discharged into the freezing compartment 120. When the refrigerator 10 is a direct-cooling refrigerator, the rear wall of the freezing compartment 120 is the rear wall of the inner container thereof; when the refrigerator 10 is an air-cooled refrigerator, the rear wall of the freezer compartment 120 is the front surface of its inner duct cover.
In some preferred embodiments, the distance between the rear plate and the lateral side plates of the barrel 210 and the corresponding rear wall and the lateral side walls of the freezing compartment 120 may be 2-3 mm, such as 2mm, 2.5mm or 3mm, so as to ensure that the thawing chamber 214 has a larger effective volume while ensuring that the thawing apparatus 200 has a proper air intake and air output.
In some embodiments, the refrigerator 10 according to the present invention may be an air-cooled refrigerator, and the freezer compartment 120 may include an air duct cover 122. The air duct cover plate 122 and the rear wall of the inner container of the freezing compartment 120 are clamped to form a freezing air duct, and a freezing air inlet 1221 and a freezing air return inlet for providing cold energy for the freezing compartment 120 are formed in the air duct cover plate 122. The freezing air inlet 1221 and the freezing air return may be disposed in the left compartment and the right compartment of the freezing compartment 120, respectively, to prevent the food in the freezing compartment 120 from being tainted with the smell. In some preferred embodiments, the left and right compartments of the freezing compartment 120 may define a plurality of receiving spaces, respectively, and in the present invention, a plurality is two, three, or more than three, etc., and the thawing devices 200 may be disposed in the receiving spaces adjacent to the freezing air inlets 1221. Referring to fig. 2, the freezing air inlet 1221 is disposed in the left compartment of the freezing compartment 120, and since the freezing air inlet 1221 is typically disposed in the uppermost accommodating space of the freezing compartment 120, the thawing apparatus 200 is preferably disposed in the uppermost accommodating space of the left compartment of the freezing compartment 120 so that the freezing air duct cools the thawing chamber 214 of the thawing apparatus 200. In some further preferred embodiments, the projection of the device inlet 215 of the defrosting device 200 in the thickness direction of the duct cover 122 may be within the freezing inlet 1221 to facilitate cooling of the defrosting chamber 214 of the defrosting device 200.
According to the invention, the device air inlet 215 and the device air outlet 218 are arranged on the unfreezing device 200, so that the unfreezing chamber 214 can be used for placing food materials when a unfreezing instruction is not received, and the storage space in the freezing compartment 120 is fully utilized.
In some preferred embodiments, the device inlet 215 and the defrost inlet 2111 of the defrosting device 200 may be disposed at both lateral sides of the rf generation module 230, respectively, to facilitate heat dissipation of the rf generation module 230. In some alternative embodiments, the device inlet 215 and the thaw inlet 2111 of the thawing device 200 may be disposed on the same side of the rf generation module 230.
The thawing apparatus 200 may further comprise a tray 270. A tray 270 is disposed in the thawing chamber 214, and the object to be processed is placed on the tray 270. The tray 270 may be configured to be controllably moved in the depth direction of the thawing chamber 214 to facilitate placement and removal of the item to be treated. In some preferred embodiments, the distance between the lower surface of the tray 270 and the lower electrode plate 240b may be 8-12 mm, such as 8mm, 10mm, 12mm, to prevent friction with the lower electrode plate 240b during the drawing of the tray 270.
In some embodiments, a defrost switch 112 for controlling the start or stop of the defrost process may be provided on any one of the refrigeration door bodies 111 to facilitate user adjustment of the defrost switch 112. The rf generation module 230 may be configured to begin operation when the defrost switch 112 is open; when the defrosting switch 112 is turned off, the operation is stopped. During the thawing process, the user may terminate the thawing process by closing the thaw switch 112. Any one compartment door body can be also provided with a buzzer (not shown in the figure) for reminding a user that the object to be treated is thawed. The buzzer may be configured to start operating when the detection module 250 determines that the object to be treated is thawed (when the rate of change of the dielectric coefficient of the object to be treated decreases to be equal to or less than the second rate threshold); when the object to be processed is taken out of the thawing chamber 214, the operation is stopped.
The thawing apparatus 200 may further comprise an infrared sensor 219. An infrared sensor 219 is disposed on an inner wall of the thawing chamber 214 to sense whether the object to be treated is placed inside the thawing chamber 214. In some preferred embodiments, the refrigeration system of the refrigerator 10 may be configured to stop providing cold to the freezing compartment 120 when the thawing switch 112 is turned on, so as to avoid affecting the thawing of the object to be treated by the thawing device 200; when the object to be processed is thawed and taken out of the thawing chamber 214 within a preset time threshold, the original refrigeration program of the refrigerator 10 is operated; when the time for which the object to be processed is not taken out from the thawing chamber 214 after thawing is greater than or equal to the predetermined time threshold value, cold energy is provided for the freezing chamber 120. That is, when the time that the object to be processed is not taken out from the thawing chamber 214 is less than the predetermined time threshold, the temperature in the thawing chamber 214 is not changed, so that the object to be processed is always in a thawing state during the time, so that the user can use the object to be processed; when the time that the object to be processed is not taken out from the unfreezing chamber 214 is greater than or equal to the preset time threshold value, the refrigerating system provides cold energy for the freezing chamber 120 to re-freeze the object to be processed so as to ensure the quality of the object to be processed. In the present invention, the time when the material to be treated is not removed from the thawing chamber 214 after completion of thawing can be recorded by a timer in the refrigerator 10. The predetermined time threshold may be 15-25 min, such as 15min, 20min or 25 min.
Fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of the thawing apparatus of fig. 3, in which an apparatus door of the thawing apparatus is removed to show an internal structure of the drum. Referring to fig. 1 and 7, the cylinder 210 and the device door 220 may be provided with electromagnetic shielding features 217, respectively. The electromagnetic shielding feature 217 disposed on the barrel 210 and the electromagnetic shielding feature 217 disposed on the apparatus door 220 can be electrically connected to reduce the amount of outward magnetic leakage of the thawing apparatus 200 when the apparatus door 220 is closed. The electromagnetic shielding feature 217 may be a conductive coating applied to the inner wall of the cylinder 210 and the inner surface (surface facing the cylinder 210) of the door assembly 220, a conductive metal mesh attached to the inner wall of the cylinder 210 and the inner surface of the door assembly 220, or a conductive metal mesh formed among the respective plate bodies surrounding the cylinder 210 and in the door assembly 220, or the like.
In some preferred embodiments, the thawing apparatus 200 may further comprise an elastic conductive loop 280. The elastic conductive ring 280 may be disposed at a periphery of the front opening of the thawing chamber 214, so that the elastic conductive ring 280 may be extruded and deformed when the door body 220 is closed, and is tightly attached to the door body 220, i.e., a seal is formed between the elastic conductive ring 280 and the door body 220. The electromagnetic shielding feature 217 disposed on the barrel 210 and the electromagnetic shielding feature 217 disposed on the device door 220 may be respectively disposed in conductive contact with the elastic conductive ring 280, so as to reduce the outward magnetic leakage of the thawing device 200 when the device door 220 is closed. In some preferred embodiments, the elastic conductive loop 280 may be made of silicone, silicone fluoride, EPDM, fluorocarbon-silicon fluoride, and silver-plated aluminum. The elastic conductive ring 280 may have a hollow ring structure, so that it can be tightly attached to the door 220 when the door 220 is closed. The width of the elastic conductive ring 280 may be 20-30 mm, such as 20mm, 25mm or 30mm, to improve the sealing performance of the thawing apparatus 200. In some preferred embodiments, the device intake 215, the thawing intake 2111 and the device outtake 218 of the thawing apparatus 200 may each be provided with a conductive metal mesh 290, and the conductive metal mesh 290 may be provided in conductive connection with the electromagnetic shielding feature 217 provided to the barrel 210 to reduce the amount of magnetic leakage of the thawing apparatus 200.
In particular, in the present invention, the rf signal (i.e. the electromagnetic wave for thawing the object to be treated) generated by the rf generating module 230 can be a predetermined fixed frequency within a range of 40-42 MHz, such as 40MHz, 40.48MHz, 40.68MHz, 41MHz or 42MHz, so as to reduce the thawing time of the object to be treated, improve the temperature uniformity of the object to be treated and reduce the juice loss rate thereof. In a preferred embodiment, the frequency of the RF wave can be a predetermined fixed frequency within a range of 40.48-40.68 MHz, so as to further reduce the thawing time of the object to be treated, improve the temperature uniformity of the object to be treated and reduce the juice loss rate thereof. Among them, when the frequency of the radio frequency wave is 40.68MHz, the thawing effect is best.
For a further understanding of the present invention, preferred embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to more specific examples, but the present invention is not limited to these examples.
TABLE 1
| Example 1 | Example 2 | Example 3 | Example 4 | Example 5 | Comparative example 1 | Comparative example 2 | |
| Frequency (MHz) | 40 | 40.48 | 40.68 | 41 | 42 | 13.56 | 27.12 |
In the thawing apparatuses 200 respectively provided with the rf frequencies of the above-described embodiments 1 to 5 and comparative examples 1 to 2, the power of the rf wave was 100W, and the structures of the thawing apparatuses 200 and their operation flows were the same.
The thawing apparatus 200 provided with the frequencies of the respective embodiments and the respective comparative examples was subjected to a thawing effect test. Description of the test: selecting 1kg of beef with the same shape and specification and an initial temperature of-18 ℃, respectively placing the beef on trays 270 in the thawing devices 200 of each embodiment and each proportion, and respectively measuring the thawing time, temperature uniformity and juice loss rate of each embodiment and each proportion, wherein the thawing time is the time from the beginning of thawing to the time when the thawing device 200 judges that the thawing is finished (namely the radio frequency generation module 230 stops working); temperature uniformity: after thawing, respectively measuring the temperatures of four corners and a central point of the beef, and calculating the difference value between the temperature of the central point and the average value of the four corners, wherein the temperature uniformity is the ratio of the difference value to the average value; juice loss rate: and respectively measuring the weight of the beef before thawing and the weight of the beef after thawing, and calculating the difference between the two weights, wherein the juice loss rate is the ratio of the difference to the weight of the beef before thawing.
The results of the thawing effect test according to examples 1 to 7 and according to comparative examples 1 to 2 are shown in table 2.
TABLE 2
| Thawing time (min) | Temperature uniformity | Juice loss (%) | |
| Example 1 | 19 | 0.4 | 0.35 |
| Example 2 | 18 | 0.4 | 0.32 |
| Example 3 | 18 | 0.3 | 0.29 |
| Example 4 | 19 | 0.5 | 0.35 |
| Example 5 | 20 | 0.5 | 0.40 |
| Comparative example 1 | 25 | 0.6 | 0.35 |
| Comparative example 2 | 23 | 0.6 | 0.40 |
According to the test results of example 5 and comparative example 1 in table 2, it can be seen that under the same power of the rf wave and the same structure of the thawing apparatus 200 and the same work flow, the thawing apparatus 200 using the rf frequency within the scope of the embodiment of the present invention has better thawing effect than the thawing apparatus 200 using the rf frequency in the prior art under the same test conditions, the former has a 20% shorter thawing time and the temperature uniformity has an improved 17% compared to the latter.
According to the test results of the examples 1 to 5 in table 2, it can be seen that the thawing time of the thawing apparatus 200 according to the embodiments of the present invention is 20min or less, the temperature uniformity is 0.5 or less, and the juice loss rate is 0.40% or less. By further optimizing the frequency of the radio frequency (for example, the radio frequency is 40.48-40.68 MHz), the thawing time of the thawing device 200 can be reduced to below 18min, the temperature uniformity can be improved to below 0.4, and the juice loss rate can be reduced to below 0.32%.
Fig. 8 is a flowchart of a thawing method for the refrigerator 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 8, the thawing method of the refrigerator 10 of the present invention may include the steps of:
step S802: judging whether the unfreezing switch 112 is turned on, if so, executing step S804; if not, go to step S802.
Step S804: the power supply module 142 starts operating.
Step S806: judging whether the device door body 220 is closed, if so, executing step S808; if not, go to step S806. In this step, the open/close state of the door 220 may be detected by the door opening detection device. The door opening detection device can detect by utilizing various modes such as a sector switch, a magnetic sensitive switch, a hall switch and the like, and different electric signals are respectively generated when the device door body 220 is completely closed or opened so as to indicate the state of the device door body 220.
Step S808: the refrigeration system stops providing cold energy for the freezing compartment 120, the radio frequency generation module 230 generates a radio frequency signal of 40-42 MHz, and the detection module 250 detects an incident wave signal and a reflected wave signal of an electrical connection line connecting the radio frequency generation module 230 and the upper electrode plate 240 a. Step S810 and step S811 are performed. In this step, the rf generation module 230 generates an rf signal of 40.68 MHz.
Step S810: and acquiring the voltage and the current of the incident wave signal and the voltage and the current of the reflected wave signal, and calculating the change rate delta epsilon/delta t of the dielectric coefficient of the object to be processed.
Step S812: judging whether the change rate delta epsilon/delta t of the dielectric coefficient of the object to be processed is larger than or equal to a first rate threshold value, if so, executing a step S814; if not, go to step S810.
Step S814: the working power of the rf generation module 230 is reduced by 30% -40%. In this step, the operating power of the rf generation module 230 may be reduced by 35%.
Step S816: and acquiring the voltage and the current of the incident wave signal and the voltage and the current of the reflected wave signal, and calculating the change rate delta epsilon/delta t of the dielectric coefficient of the object to be processed.
Step S818: judging whether the change rate delta epsilon/delta t of the dielectric coefficient of the object to be processed is less than or equal to a second rate threshold value, if so, executing a step S820; if not, go to step S816.
Step S820: the power supply module 142 stops operating, the defrost switch 112 resets (i.e., closes), the original refrigeration program of the refrigerator 10 is run, and the buzzer starts operating.
Step S822: the timer starts counting time.
Step S824: judging whether the object to be processed is taken out from the unfreezing chamber 214, if so, executing a step S826; if not; step S828 is performed.
Step S826: the buzzer stops working and the original refrigeration program of the refrigerator 10 is run.
Step S828: judging whether the value of the timer is greater than or equal to a preset time threshold value, if so, executing a step S830; if not, go to step S824.
Step S830: the timer is cleared and the buzzer stops working, and the refrigeration system of the refrigerator 10 provides cold for the freezing compartment 120.
Step S811: obtaining the voltage and current of the incident wave signal and the voltage and current of the reflected wave signal, and calculating the load impedance Z of the RF generation module 2302。
Step S813: determining the load impedance Z of the RF generating module 2302And an output impedance Z1If the difference is smaller than the first impedance threshold, execute step S815; if not, go to step S817.
Step S815: the motor of the load compensation module 260 operates to increase the impedance of the compensation unit. The process returns to step S811.
Step S817: determining the load impedance Z of the RF generating module 2302And an output impedance Z1If the difference is greater than the second impedance threshold, execute step S819; if not, go to step S811.
Step S819: the motor of the load compensation module 260 operates to reduce the impedance of the compensation unit. The process returns to step S811.
As will be understood by those skilled in the art, when the program proceeds to step S820, the power supply module 142 stops operating, i.e., stops supplying power, the rf generation module 230, the detection module 250 and the load compensation module 260 all stop operating, i.e., when the change rate Δ ∈/Δ t of the dielectric constant of the object to be processed decreases to be equal to or less than the second rate threshold, the detection module 250 stops detecting the incident wave signal and the reflected wave signal of the electrical connection line connecting the rf generation module 230 and the upper electrode plate 240a, and the load compensation module 260 stops operating.
One defrosting workflow of the refrigerator 10 of one embodiment of the present invention may include: when the user opens the defrosting switch 112 and the door 220 of the device is closed, the power supply module 142 starts to supply power, the refrigeration system of the refrigerator 10 stops supplying cold energy to the freezing compartment 120, the radio frequency generation module 230 generates a radio frequency signal of 40.68MHz, and the detection module 250 and the load compensation module 260 start to work. The detecting module 250 detects an incident wave signal and a reflected wave signal of an electrical connection line connecting the rf generating module 230 and the upper electrode plate 240a, and calculates a load impedance Z of the rf transmitting device 2302And the rate of change of the dielectric constant Δ ε/Δ t. When the change rate delta epsilon/delta t of the dielectric coefficient of the object to be processed is larger than or equal to the first rate threshold, the current working power of the radio frequency generation module 230 is reduced by 35 percent, and simultaneously, in the whole defrosting work flow, when the load impedance Z of the radio frequency generation module 230 is in a Z shape2And an output impedance Z1When the difference is smaller than the first impedance threshold or larger than the second impedance threshold, the load compensation module 260 adjusts the impedance of the compensation unit through the motor, so as to adjust the load impedance Z of the rf generation module 2302Make the load impedance Z of the RF generation module 2302And an output impedance Z1The difference is always equal to or greater than the first impedance threshold and equal to or less than the second impedance threshold. When the change rate delta epsilon/delta t of the dielectric coefficient of the object to be processed is less than or equal to the second rate threshold value,the power supply module 142 stops supplying power, the rf generation module 230, the detection module 250 and the load compensation module 260 stop working, the buzzer starts working, and the timer starts timing. If the time for not taking out the object to be processed is less than the preset time threshold, the temperature in the thawing chamber 214 is kept unchanged until the user takes out the object to be processed from the thawing chamber 214, the buzzer stops working, and the original refrigeration program of the refrigerator 10 is operated; if the time for taking out the object to be processed is greater than or equal to the preset time threshold, the timer is cleared, the buzzer stops working, and the refrigerating system of the refrigerator 10 provides cold energy for the freezing chamber 120.
Thus, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that while a number of exemplary embodiments of the invention have been illustrated and described in detail herein, many other variations or modifications consistent with the principles of the invention may be directly determined or derived from the disclosure of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the invention should be understood and interpreted to cover all such other variations or modifications.
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1. A refrigerator comprises a box body and a unfreezing device, wherein the box body is limited with a cold storage chamber and a freezing chamber which are sequentially distributed along the vertical direction of the refrigerator, and a vertical beam is respectively arranged in the cold storage chamber and the freezing chamber so as to respectively divide the cold storage chamber and the freezing chamber into a left chamber and a right chamber; wherein the thawing apparatus comprises:
a barrel defining a thawing chamber therein having a forward opening for placing an object to be treated;
the device door body is arranged at the front opening of the unfreezing chamber and used for opening and closing the unfreezing chamber;
a radio frequency generation module configured to generate a radio frequency signal; and
the upper electrode plate and the lower electrode plate are respectively horizontally arranged on the top wall and the bottom wall of the unfreezing chamber and are respectively electrically connected with the radio frequency generating module so as to generate radio frequency waves with corresponding frequencies in the unfreezing chamber according to the radio frequency signals and unfreeze the object to be processed in the unfreezing chamber; wherein
The unfreezing device is arranged in the freezing chamber and is configured to judge the unfreezing progress of the object to be processed according to the change rate of the dielectric coefficient of the object to be processed; and the thawing apparatus further comprises:
the load compensation module is configured to controllably increase or decrease the load impedance of the radio frequency generation module and enable the difference between the load impedance and the output impedance of the radio frequency generation module to be greater than or equal to a first impedance threshold value and smaller than or equal to a second impedance threshold value.
2. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein
The rear plate of the cylinder is provided with a device air inlet, and a gap is reserved between the rear plate of the cylinder and the rear wall of the freezing chamber, so that air in the freezing chamber enters the unfreezing chamber through the device air inlet; and is
The side plates on the two transverse sides of the barrel are provided with device air outlets, and gaps are reserved between the side plates on the two transverse sides of the barrel and the side walls on the two transverse sides of the freezing chamber, so that gas in the thawing chamber is discharged to the freezing chamber through the device air outlets.
3. The refrigerator of claim 2, wherein
The distance between the rear wall of the barrel and the side plates on the two transverse sides and the rear wall of the corresponding freezing chamber and the side walls on the two transverse sides is 2-3 mm.
4. The refrigerator of claim 2, wherein
The refrigerator is an air-cooled refrigerator;
the freezing chamber comprises an air duct cover plate, the air duct cover plate and the rear wall of the liner of the freezing chamber are clamped to form a freezing air duct, and a freezing air inlet is formed in the air duct cover plate to provide cold energy for the freezing chamber; and is
A plurality of accommodating spaces are respectively limited in the left chamber and the right chamber of the freezing chamber, and the freezing air inlet is arranged in the uppermost accommodating space of the left chamber of the freezing chamber;
the thawing apparatus is arranged in the accommodating space at the top, so that the freezing air duct provides cold energy for the thawing apparatus.
5. The refrigerator of claim 4, wherein
The device air inlet is located the projection of wind channel cover plate thickness direction is in the freezing air inlet, so that freezing wind channel does thawing apparatus provides cold volume.
6. The refrigerator according to claim 1, further comprising a refrigerating door body and a freezing door body for opening and closing left and right compartments of the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment, respectively, wherein
Any one of the refrigeration door bodies is provided with a thawing switch for controlling the thawing program to start or stop so as to adjust the thawing switch; and the radio frequency generation module is configured to:
when the unfreezing switch is turned on, the work is started;
and when the defrosting switch is closed, the defrosting switch stops working.
7. The refrigerator of claim 6, wherein the thawing device further comprises:
and the infrared sensor is arranged on the inner wall of the unfreezing chamber to sense whether the object to be processed is placed in the unfreezing chamber.
8. The refrigerator of claim 7, wherein the refrigerator is configured to:
when the unfreezing switch is turned on, the refrigeration quantity is stopped to be provided for the freezing compartment;
when the object to be processed is taken out from the unfreezing chamber, the original refrigeration program of the refrigerator is operated;
and when the time for which the object to be treated is not taken out of the unfreezing cavity after the object to be treated is unfrozen is more than or equal to a preset time threshold, providing cold energy for the freezing chamber.
9. The refrigerator of claim 1, further comprising:
and the detection module is configured to detect an incident wave signal and a reflected wave signal of an electrical connection line connecting the radio frequency generation module and the upper electrode plate, and calculate the change rate according to the voltage and the current of the incident wave signal and the voltage and the current of the reflected wave signal.
10. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the radio frequency generation module is configured to:
when the change rate is greater than or equal to a first rate threshold value, the working power of the device is reduced by 30-40% so as to prevent the object to be treated from being excessively thawed; and/or
And when the change rate is reduced to be less than or equal to a second rate threshold value, stopping the work.
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