Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jung Woo Yoo

Kook Jeong Seo

Su-Cheol Yoo

Do-Hyung Kim

Ju Young Kim

Won-Jae Yoon

Ha-Jin Jeong

Chang-Hern Lee

A refrigerator includes a main body having a storage compartment formed therein, and a cooling module forming a machine compartment in which a compressor is disposed and detachably mounted to the main body. The cooling module includes a module body forming the machine compartment, a condenser of an L shape disposed on one side of the compressor and including a first part corresponding to a portion of a rear surface of the machine compartment and a second part corresponding to one side of the machine compartment. The condenser is vertically mounted on a base plate disposed below the module body. A module cover is provided to cover the rear of the machine compartment, and a suction flow path includes first and second suction flow paths.

Refrigerator

A refrigerator and a method for controlling the same. The refrigerator includes a main body; a first storage chamber and a second storage chamber provided in the main body; a first evaporator provided in the first storage chamber, configured to generate cool air; a second evaporator provided in the second storage chamber, configured to generate the cool air; a switching valve configured to supply a refrigerant to at least one of the first evaporator or the second evaporator; and a controller configured to generate a control signal for controlling the switching valve so that the refrigerant supplied to at least one of the first evaporator or the second evaporator is distributed according to a predetermined reference, and lower the temperature of the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber to a predetermined temperature based on the generated control signal.

Refrigerator and controlling method thereof

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Jung Woo Yoo