JP2013100926A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator that can achieve power saving and improving reliability.SOLUTION: A refrigerator 1 includes first and second chilled air passages 7 and 8 communicating with each other through a damper 15 and a cooling device 11 arranged in the first chilled air passage 7. The refrigerator drives a compressor 10 when one of a refrigeration chamber 3 and a freezer chamber 4 or both of them come to a predetermined upper-limit temperature or higher and stops the compressor 10 when one of the refrigeration chamber 3 and the freezer chamber 4 or both of them falls to a predetermined lower-limit temperature or below. It provides a high speed operation mode which drives the compressor 10 at a predetermined rotational speed and a low speed operation mode which drives the compressor 10 at a rotational speed lower than that of the high speed operation mode. In the low speed operation mode, a difference between an upper-limit temperature tf1 of the freezer chamber 4 and a lower-limit temperature tf2 is set smaller than that during the high speed operation mode, and when the damper 15 is opened, an air volume of the second chilled air passage 8 is set to be smaller than that during high speed operation mode.

Description

  The present invention relates to a refrigerator provided with an inverter-controlled compressor.

  A conventional refrigerator is disclosed in Patent Document 1. This refrigerator includes a refrigerator compartment for storing stored items in a refrigerator and a freezer chamber for storing stored items in a frozen state. A cool air passage through which cool air flows is provided behind the refrigerator compartment and the freezer compartment. A cooler and a blower fan are disposed in the cool air passage. The cooler is arranged in the low temperature part of the refrigeration cycle operated by the compressor. The air flowing through the cold air passage is heat-exchanged with the cooler by driving the blower fan to generate cold air.

  When the refrigerator compartment or the freezer compartment becomes higher than the predetermined upper limit temperature, the compressor and the blower fan are driven. Thereby, the cold air which distribute | circulates a cold air path is supplied to a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment. Thereby, the refrigerator compartment and the freezer compartment are cooled, and the cold air that has cooled the refrigerator compartment and the refrigerator compartment returns to the cooler. And if a refrigerator compartment or a freezer compartment becomes temperature lower than predetermined | prescribed minimum temperature, a compressor and a ventilation fan will be stopped.

  The rotation speed of the compressor is varied by inverter control. As a result, when a large amount of cooling power is required, such as when the outside air temperature is high or when the doors of the refrigerator compartment or freezer compartment are frequently opened and closed, a high-speed operation mode for driving the compressor at a high rotational speed is performed. . In addition, when a large amount of cooling power is not required, such as when the outside air temperature is low or the doors of the refrigerator compartment and freezer compartment are closed for a long time, a low-speed operation mode for driving the compressor at a low rotational speed is performed. . As a result, the period during which the power consumption increases due to the driving of the compressor at a high rotational speed is shortened, and the power consumption of the refrigerator can be reduced.

JP 2001-141347 A (page 3 to page 4, FIG. 1)

  However, according to the conventional refrigerator, the cooling capacity of the cooler is reduced because the rotation speed of the compressor is low in the low-speed operation mode. In addition, the cool air that has been heated through the refrigerator compartment returns to the cooler. For this reason, there has been a problem that the compressor cannot be driven for a long time without the freezer compartment reaching the lower limit temperature, and sufficient power saving cannot be achieved, and the reliability of the compressor is lowered.

  An object of this invention is to provide the refrigerator which can improve reliability while aiming at power saving.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention generates cold air by storing a refrigerator in a refrigerator, storing a refrigerator in a refrigerator, a compressor having a variable rotation speed, and operating a refrigeration cycle. A first cool air passage that supplies the cool air to the freezer compartment by disposing the cooler, and a second cold air passage that communicates with the first cool air passage via a damper to supply the cool air to the refrigerating chamber And a blower for circulating cold air through the first cold air passage and the second cold air passage, and when one or both of the refrigerator compartment and the freezer compartment becomes higher than a predetermined upper limit temperature, the compressor is driven. A high-speed operation mode for driving the compressor at a predetermined number of revolutions in a refrigerator that stops the compressor when one or both of the refrigerator compartment and the freezer compartment become lower than a predetermined lower limit temperature; and the compressor The fast luck A low-speed operation mode that is driven at a lower rotational speed than the mode, and at the time of the low-speed operation mode, the difference between the upper limit temperature and the lower limit temperature of the freezer compartment is smaller than that in the high-speed operation mode, and The air volume of the second cold air passage when the damper is opened is smaller than that in the high-speed operation mode.

  According to this configuration, when a large amount of cooling power is required, the freezer compartment and the refrigerator compartment are cooled in the high speed operation mode. At this time, when the freezer compartment becomes higher than a predetermined upper limit temperature, the damper is closed and the blower and the compressor are driven. The cold air flowing through the first cold air passage is supplied to the freezer compartment, and the freezer compartment is cooled. When the freezer compartment becomes lower than the predetermined lower limit temperature, the blower and the compressor are stopped. When the refrigerator compartment becomes higher than a predetermined upper limit temperature, the damper is opened and the blower is driven. At this time, when the freezer compartment is lower than the upper limit temperature, the compressor may be driven or stopped. The cold air flowing through the second cold air passage is supplied to the refrigerator compartment, and the refrigerator compartment is cooled. When the refrigerator compartment is cooler than a predetermined lower limit temperature, the blower is stopped.

  When large cooling power is not required, the freezer compartment and the refrigerator compartment are cooled by the low speed operation mode. At this time, the difference between the upper limit temperature and the lower limit temperature of the freezer compartment is set smaller than that in the high speed operation mode. When the freezer compartment becomes higher than the upper limit temperature, the damper is closed and the blower and the compressor are driven. The compressor is driven at a lower rotational speed than in the high-speed operation mode. The cold air flowing through the first cold air passage is supplied to the freezer compartment, and the freezer compartment is cooled. And if a freezer compartment becomes temperature lower than lower limit temperature, an air blower and a compressor will be stopped. When the refrigerator compartment becomes higher than the upper limit temperature, the damper is opened and the blower is driven. At this time, cool air having a smaller air volume than that in the high-speed operation mode is circulated through the second cold air passage by the blower and is supplied to the refrigerator compartment. When the refrigerator compartment is cooler than the lower limit temperature, the blower is stopped.

  In the refrigerator having the above-described configuration, the air volume of the blower when the damper is opened is smaller than that when the damper is closed in the low-speed operation mode.

  In the refrigerator having the above-described configuration, the lower limit temperature of the freezer compartment in the low speed operation mode is higher than the lower limit temperature of the freezer compartment in the high speed operation mode.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the refrigerator configured as described above, when the door of the refrigerator compartment and the door of the freezer compartment are closed for a predetermined time, the high-speed operation mode is switched to the low-speed operation mode. Yes. According to this configuration, the high-speed operation mode is performed in a short time after the door of the refrigerator compartment or the door of the freezer compartment is opened and closed. When a long time has passed since the doors of the refrigerator compartment and the freezer compartment were opened and closed, the low speed operation mode is performed.

  Moreover, the present invention is characterized in that, in the refrigerator configured as described above, when the outside air temperature is lower than a predetermined temperature, the high speed operation mode is switched to the low speed operation mode. According to this configuration, the high-speed operation mode is performed when the outside air temperature becomes higher than the predetermined temperature. When the outside air temperature becomes lower than the predetermined temperature, the low speed operation mode is performed.

  According to the present invention, the difference between the upper limit temperature and the lower limit temperature of the freezer compartment is made smaller than in the high speed operation mode in the low speed operation mode in which the rotation speed of the compressor is lower than that in the high speed operation mode, and the damper is opened. 2 The air volume in the cool air passage is less than in the high-speed operation mode. Therefore, the temperature of the freezer can be surely reached the lower limit temperature in a short time, and the driving and stopping of the compressor are repeated. Therefore, it is possible to save power in the refrigerator and improve reliability.

Side surface sectional view which shows the refrigerator of embodiment of this invention The block diagram which shows the structure of the refrigerator of embodiment of this invention. The time chart which shows the example of the operation state of the refrigerator of embodiment of this invention The time chart which shows the example of the detailed operation state at the time of the high-speed operation mode of the refrigerator of embodiment of this invention The time chart which shows the example of the detailed operation state at the time of the low speed operation mode of the refrigerator of embodiment of this invention Time chart showing an example of the operating state of the refrigerator of the comparative example

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing a refrigerator according to an embodiment. The refrigerator 1 is provided with a refrigerator compartment 3, a freezer compartment 4, and a vegetable compartment 5 in order from above the heat insulating box 2. The front surfaces of the refrigerator compartment 3, the freezer compartment 4 and the vegetable compartment 5 are opened and closed by heat insulating doors 3a, 4a and 5a, respectively. The refrigerator compartment 3 stores the stored items in a refrigerator, and the freezer compartment 4 stores the stored items in a frozen state. The vegetable room 5 is maintained at a higher temperature than the refrigerated room 2 and stores stored items such as vegetables in a refrigerated state.

 First and second cold air passages 7 and 8 that communicate with each other via a damper 15 are provided on the back surfaces of the freezer compartment 4 and the refrigerator compartment 3. In the first cold air passage 7, a cooler 11 and a freezer compartment fan 12 are arranged, and a discharge port 7 a facing the freezer compartment 4 is opened. The second cool air passage 8 is provided with a refrigerating room blower fan 13, and a discharge port 8 a facing the refrigerating room 3 is opened.

  A machine room 6 is provided behind the vegetable room 5, and a compressor 10 whose rotation speed is variable by inverter control is installed in the machine room 6. A condenser (not shown), a capillary tube (not shown), and a cooler 11 are sequentially connected to the compressor 10 via a refrigerant pipe (not shown) through which refrigerant flows, and the compressor 10 returns to the compressor 10.

  The high-temperature and high-pressure gas refrigerant compressed by the compressor 10 is condensed while dissipating heat in the condenser. The condensed high-temperature liquid refrigerant expands in the capillary tube forming the expander, becomes low-temperature and low-pressure, and is sent to the cooler 11. The refrigerant flowing into the cooler 11 evaporates while absorbing heat to become a low-temperature gas refrigerant, and is sent to the compressor 10. Thereby, the refrigerant circulates and the refrigeration cycle is operated.

  When the freezer compartment fan 12 is driven, air flows through the first cold air passage 7. At this time, when the damper 15 is opened and the refrigerating room blower fan 13 is driven, cold air flows through the second cold air passage 8. Therefore, the air blower that distributes the cold air to the first and second cold air passages 7 and 8 is constituted by the freezer compartment blower fan 12 and the refrigerating compartment blower fan 13.

  The air flowing through the first cold air passage 7 exchanges heat with the cooler 11 disposed in the low temperature part of the refrigeration cycle to generate cold air, which is discharged from the discharge ports 7a and 8a. The freezer compartment 4 is provided with a return port (not shown) for returning the cold air to the first cold air passage 7. The refrigerator compartment 3 has a communication passage (not shown) communicating with the vegetable compartment 5, and the vegetable compartment 5 is provided with a return port (not shown) for returning the cold air to the first cold air passage 7. Therefore, the vegetable compartment 5 is cooled by the cold air that cools the refrigerator compartment 3, and the vegetable compartment 5 constitutes a part of the refrigerator compartment 3. In the following description, the cooling of the refrigerator compartment 3 includes the cooling of the vegetable compartment 5.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the refrigerator 1. The refrigerator 1 has a control unit 9 that controls each unit. A timer for measuring time is provided in the control unit 9. The control unit 9 includes a compressor 10, a blower fan 12, a damper 15, an operation unit 14, a storage unit 18, an outside air temperature sensor 22, a refrigerating room temperature sensor 16, a freezer room temperature sensor 17, a refrigerating room door sensor 19, and a freezer room door. A sensor 20 and a vegetable compartment door sensor 21 are connected.

  The operation part 14 is provided in the heat insulation door 3a etc. of the refrigerator compartment 3, etc., and performs the temperature setting of the refrigerator compartment 3, the freezer compartment 4, etc. The storage unit 8 includes a RAM and a ROM, and stores a control program for the refrigerator 1 and temporarily stores calculations by the control unit 9. The outside air temperature sensor 22 detects the outside air temperature around the refrigerator 1. The refrigerator compartment temperature sensor 16 detects the internal temperature of the refrigerator compartment 3. The freezer temperature sensor 17 detects the internal temperature of the freezer room 4.

  The refrigerator compartment door sensor 19 detects opening and closing of the heat insulation door 3 a of the refrigerator compartment 3. The freezer compartment door sensor 20 detects opening and closing of the heat insulation door 4 a of the freezer compartment 4. The vegetable compartment door sensor 21 detects opening and closing of the heat insulation door 5a of the vegetable compartment 5.

  In the refrigerator 1 having the above configuration, when the freezer compartment 4 becomes higher than a predetermined upper limit temperature tf1, the compressor 10 and the freezer compartment blower fan 12 are driven. Thereby, the cold air which distribute | circulates the 1st cold air channel | path 7 is discharged and supplied to the freezer compartment 4 from the discharge outlet 7a, and the inside of the freezer compartment 4 is cooled. The cold air flowing through the freezer compartment 4 returns to the first cold air passage 7 through the return port. When the freezer compartment 4 becomes lower than the predetermined lower limit temperature tf2, the compressor 10 and the freezer compartment fan 12 are stopped.

  At this time, when the refrigerator compartment 3 becomes higher than the predetermined upper limit temperature tr1, the damper 15 is opened and the freezer compartment fan 12 is driven. Further, the refrigerator air blower fan 13 is driven during a high speed operation mode described later, and the refrigerator air blower fan 13 is stopped during a low speed operation mode. Thereby, the cold air which distribute | circulates the 2nd cold air | gas channel | path 8 is discharged and supplied to the refrigerator compartment 3 from the discharge outlet 8a, and the inside of the refrigerator compartment 3 is cooled.

  The cold air that has circulated through the refrigerator compartment 3 is discharged to the vegetable compartment 5 through the communication path, and the inside of the vegetable compartment 5 is cooled. The cold air flowing through the vegetable compartment 5 returns to the first cold air passage 7 through the return port. If the freezer compartment 4 reaches the lower limit temperature tf2 during this period, the compressor 10 is stopped. Thereafter, when the refrigerator compartment 3 becomes lower than the predetermined lower limit temperature tr2, the freezer compartment fan 12 and the refrigerator compartment fan 13 are stopped.

  When the refrigerator compartment 3 reaches the lower limit temperature tr2 prior to the freezer compartment 4, the damper 15 is closed and the refrigerator refrigerator fan 13 is stopped. Thereafter, when the freezer compartment 4 reaches the lower limit temperature tf2, the compressor 10 and the freezer compartment fan 12 are stopped.

  As described above, the compressor 10 is driven when the freezer compartment 4 becomes hotter than the upper limit temperature tf1, and is stopped when the freezer compartment 4 becomes colder than the lower limit temperature tf2.

  It should be noted that when the freezer compartment 4 becomes lower than the upper limit temperature tr1 when the freezer compartment 4 is at a lower temperature than the upper limit temperature tf1, or when the freezer compartment 4 and the freezer compartment 4 are cooled before the lower limit temperature tf2 is reached. The compressor 10 may be driven when reaching. At this time, the compressor 10 is driven when the refrigerator compartment 3 becomes higher than the upper limit temperature tr1, and is stopped when the temperature becomes lower than the lower limit temperature tr2. That is, the compressor 10 is driven when one or both of the refrigerating room 3 and the freezing room 4 becomes higher than the upper limit temperatures tr1 and tf1, and one or both of the refrigerating room 3 and the freezing room 4 are lower than the lower limit temperatures tr2 and tf2. Stops when the temperature is low.

  When the outside air temperature becomes higher than a predetermined temperature as detected by the outside air temperature sensor 22, a large amount of cooling power is required. In addition, a large amount of cooling power is required even in a short period of time after any one of the heat insulating doors 3a, 4a, and 5a is opened and closed by the detection of the refrigerator compartment door sensor 19, the freezer compartment door sensor 20, and the vegetable compartment door sensor 21. For this reason, the high speed operation mode in which the rotation speed of the compressor 10 is high is performed.

  When the outside air temperature is lower than a predetermined temperature, or when a long time has passed since all of the heat insulating doors 3a, 4a and 5a are closed, a large cooling power is not required. For this reason, the low speed operation mode in which the rotation speed of the compressor 10 is lower than the high speed operation mode is performed. Thereby, the period when the power consumption by the drive of the compressor 10 at high rotation speed becomes large is shortened, and the power saving of the refrigerator 1 is achieved.

  Table 1 shows an example of set values for the high-speed operation mode and the low-speed operation mode. According to Table 1, the compressor 10 is driven at 2600 rpm in the high speed operation mode, and is driven at 3000 rpm only for a predetermined period when the refrigerator 1 is powered on. In the low speed operation mode, the compressor 10 is driven at 1600 rpm.

  In the high-speed operation mode, when the damper 15 is opened, the freezer compartment blower fan 12 and the refrigerator compartment blower fan 13 are driven. In the low-speed operation mode, when the damper 15 is opened, the freezer compartment blower fan 12 is driven and the refrigerating compartment blower fan 13 is stopped. Thereby, the air volume of the cool air flowing through the second cold air passage 8 in the low speed operation mode is smaller than that in the high speed operation mode. It should be noted that the cool air blower fan 13 may be rotated at a lower rotational speed than in the high speed operation mode in the low speed operation mode to reduce the air volume in the second cold air passage 8.

  In the high-speed operation mode, the upper limit temperature tf1 of the freezer compartment 4 is set to -21 ° C, and the lower limit temperature tf2 is set to -25 ° C. Thereby, the difference (differential) between the upper limit temperature tf1 and the lower limit temperature tf2 is 4 ° C. In the low speed operation mode, the upper limit temperature tf1 of the freezer compartment 4 is set to −21 ° C., and the lower limit temperature tf2 is set to −22.5 ° C. Thereby, the difference (differential) between the upper limit temperature tf1 and the lower limit temperature tf2 is 1.5 ° C.

  Further, the upper limit temperature tr1 and the lower limit temperature tr2 of the refrigerator compartment 3 are the same in the high speed operation mode and the low speed operation mode, and are set to 5 ° C. and 1 ° C., respectively (differential 4 ° C.).

  FIG. 3 is a time chart showing an example of driving states of the compressor 10, the refrigerator compartment blower fan 13, and the damper 15. The vertical axis represents the driving pulse on / off state, and the horizontal axis represents time. Period T1 shows immediately after power-on of the refrigerator 1, the high speed operation mode is performed, and the compressor 10 is continuously operated at 3000 rpm. At this time, the refrigerating room blower fan 13 is turned on / off according to the temperature of the refrigerating room 3, and the damper 15 is opened and closed in conjunction with the refrigerating room blower fan 13.

  Periods T2 and T4 indicate the high-speed operation mode, and period T2 indicates after a predetermined time has elapsed since the power was turned on. In the periods T2 and T4, the compressor 10 is turned on and off at 2600 rpm according to the temperature of the freezer compartment 4. At this time, the refrigerating room blower fan 13 is turned on / off according to the temperature of the refrigerating room 3, and the damper 15 is opened and closed in conjunction with the refrigerating room blower fan 13.

  A period T3 indicates a low-speed operation mode, and the compressor 10 is turned on and off at 1600 rpm according to the temperature of the freezer compartment 4. At this time, the refrigerator compartment blower fan 13 is stopped, and the damper 15 is opened and closed according to the temperature of the refrigerator compartment 3.

  4 and 5 show details of the temperature of the refrigerator compartment 3 in the high-speed operation mode and the low-speed operation mode, the ON / OFF state of the refrigerator fan 13 and the damper 15, the temperature of the cooler 11, and the ON / OFF state of the compressor 10, respectively. It is a time chart which shows the example of transition. FIG. 5 is omitted because the refrigerator fan 13 is in a stopped state. For comparison, FIG. 6 shows a case where the rotational speed of the compressor 10 is set to 1600 rpm under the conditions in the high-speed operation mode shown in Table 1 described above. 4 to 6, the horizontal axis is time.

  As shown in FIG. 4, in the high-speed operation mode, when the freezer compartment 4 reaches the upper limit temperature tf1, the compressor 10 is driven (at this time, the temperature of the cooler 11 is te1). Thereby, the cooler 11 falls and the freezer compartment 4 is cooled. Next, when the refrigerator compartment 3 reaches the upper limit temperature tr1, the damper 15 is opened and the refrigerator fan 13 is driven. Thereby, the temperature in the refrigerator compartment 3 is lowered. At this time, since the cold air flowing through the refrigerator compartment 3 returns to the cooler 11, the temperature of the cooler 11 rises.

  When the refrigerator compartment 3 reaches the lower limit temperature tr2, the damper 15 is closed and the refrigerator compartment blower fan 13 is stopped. Thereby, while the temperature of the refrigerator compartment 3 rises, the cooler 11 and the freezer compartment 4 are temperature-fallen. When the freezer compartment 4 reaches the lower limit temperature tf2, the compressor 10 is stopped (at this time, the temperature of the cooler 11 is te2). Thereby, the temperature of the cooler 11 and the freezer compartment 4 rises, and when the freezer compartment 4 reaches the upper limit temperature tf1, the compressor 10 is driven. This operation is repeated to cool the refrigerator compartment 3 and the freezer compartment 4.

  As shown in FIG. 6, when the rotation speed of the compressor 10 in the high-speed operation mode is reduced to 1600 rpm, the cooling capacity of the cooler 11 is reduced. Further, when the damper 15 is opened and the refrigerating room blower fan 13 is driven, the cool air heated in the refrigerating room 3 returns to the cooler 11. As a result, the cooler 11 is not cooled down to the temperature te2 corresponding to the lower limit temperature tf2 of the freezer compartment 4, and the next refrigerator compartment 3 starts to be cooled and heated up at a high temperature by Δte. For this reason, the driving is continued without stopping the compressor 11.

  On the other hand, in the low speed operation mode, the freezer compartment 4 differential is made smaller than that in the high speed operation mode, and the refrigerating room blower fan 13 is stopped. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, when the cooler 11 reaches a temperature te2 'corresponding to the lower limit temperature tf2 of the freezer compartment 4, the compressor 10 is stopped. At this time, the temperature drop of the refrigerator compartment 3 becomes gentler than the case of FIG. 6 by the stop of the refrigerator fan 13 but the temperature rise of the cooler 11 is suppressed. For this reason, the compressor 10 can be shifted to a stop state at an early stage. Therefore, power saving of the refrigerator 1 can be achieved and the reliability of the compressor 10 and the refrigerator 1 can be improved.

  According to the present embodiment, the difference (differential) between the upper limit temperature tf1 and the lower limit temperature tf2 of the freezer compartment 4 is made smaller in the low speed operation mode in which the rotation speed of the compressor 10 is lower than that in the high speed operation mode than in the high speed operation mode. The air volume of the second cold air passage 8 when the damper 15 is opened is less than that in the high speed operation mode. Therefore, the temperature of the freezer compartment 4 can be surely reached the lower limit temperature tf2 in a short time, and the driving and stopping of the compressor 10 are repeated. Therefore, the power saving of the refrigerator 1 can be achieved and the reliability can be improved.

  Note that the upper limit temperature tf1 of the freezer compartment 4 in the low speed operation mode may be lower than that in the high speed operation mode, and the differential between the upper limit temperature tf1 and the lower limit temperature tf2 may be reduced. However, when the lower limit temperature tf2 of the freezer compartment 4 in the low speed operation mode is set higher than that in the high speed operation mode to reduce the differential, the drive time of the compressor 11 can be further shortened. Therefore, further power saving can be achieved.

  Further, since the high-speed operation mode is switched to the low-speed operation mode when the heat insulation doors 3a, 4a, and 5a are closed for a predetermined time, the compressor 10 is restored when the temperature of the refrigerator compartment 3 and the freezer compartment 4 is stabilized. The power consumption of the refrigerator 1 can be reduced by reducing the rotation speed.

  Further, since the high-speed operation mode is switched to the low-speed operation mode when the outside air temperature is lower than the predetermined temperature, the compressor 10 is rotated at a low speed when the temperature of the refrigerator compartment 3 and the freezer compartment 4 is stabilized, so that the refrigerator 1 can be saved. Electricity can be achieved.

  In the present embodiment, the cooling room blower fan 13 may be omitted, and a blower that distributes the cold air to the first and second cold air passages 7 and 8 by the freezer compartment blower fan 12 may be configured. And the rotation speed of the freezer compartment ventilation fan 12 at the time of low speed operation mode is made lower than at the time of high speed operation mode. Thereby, the air volume of an air blower falls and the air volume of the 2nd cold passage 8 at the time of opening the damper 15 can be made smaller than the time of high speed operation mode.

  At this time, the rotation speed of the freezer compartment fan 12 when the damper 15 is closed in the low speed operation mode may be the same as that in the high speed rotation mode. Then, the rotational speed of the freezer compartment fan 12 when the damper 15 is opened in the low-speed operation mode is set lower than when the rotational speed is closed. Thereby, the air volume of an air blower falls and the air volume of the 2nd cold passage 8 at the time of opening the damper 15 can be made smaller than the time of high speed operation mode.

  According to this invention, it can utilize for the refrigerator provided with the compressor controlled by an inverter.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Refrigerator 2 Heat insulation box 3 Refrigerating room 4 Freezing room 5 Vegetable room 6 Machine room 7 1st cold air passage 8 2nd cold air passage 7a, 8a Discharge port 9 Control part 10 Compressor 11 Cooler 12 Freezer compartment fan 13 Cold room Blower fan 14 Operation unit 15 Damper 16 Cold room temperature sensor 17 Freezer room temperature sensor 18 Storage unit 19 Cold room door sensor 20 Freezer room door sensor 21 Vegetable room door sensor 22 Outside air temperature sensor

Claims (5)

  There are provided a refrigerator compartment for storing stored items in a refrigerator, a freezing chamber for storing stored items in a frozen state, a compressor for operating a refrigeration cycle with a variable rotation speed, a cooler for generating cold air, and the cooler. A first cold air passage for supplying cold air to the freezer compartment, a second cold air passage for communicating cold air to the first cold air passage via a damper, and a first cold air passage and a second cold air passage. An air blower that circulates cold air, and when one or both of the refrigerating chamber and the freezing chamber becomes higher than a predetermined upper limit temperature, the compressor is driven, and one of the refrigerating chamber and the freezing chamber or In a refrigerator that stops the compressor when both are lower than a predetermined lower limit temperature, a high-speed operation mode in which the compressor is driven at a predetermined rotation speed, and the compressor is operated at a rotation speed lower than that in the high-speed operation mode. Drive And a second cool air when the damper is opened while the difference between the upper limit temperature and the lower limit temperature of the freezer compartment is made smaller than in the high speed operation mode in the low speed operation mode. A refrigerator characterized in that the air volume in the passage is smaller than that in the high-speed operation mode.   2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein in the low-speed operation mode, the air volume of the blower when the damper is opened is less than when the damper is closed.   The refrigerator according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the lower limit temperature of the freezer compartment during the low speed operation mode is set higher than the lower limit temperature of the freezer compartment during the high speed operation mode.   The switching from the high-speed operation mode to the low-speed operation mode is performed when the state in which the door of the refrigerator compartment and the door of the freezer compartment are closed for a predetermined time continues. Refrigerator.   The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the high-speed operation mode is switched to the low-speed operation mode when the outside air temperature is lower than a predetermined temperature.

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