Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Lg Electronics Inc.

Yunsu Cho

Bumsoo Park

Yoonyoung Kim

Sangbok Choi

Kyongbae Park

Seonkeun Park

Jinie Ryu

Sunghoon Hong

Sungwook Kim

Kiseong Kim

JungHun Lee

Kyunghun Cha

Changyoon Jung

Hankyung Ji

Youngseung Song

Jungmin Yeo

Na-Kyoung Lee

Euijung Jang

Jieun Kang

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A refrigerator includes an evaporator, a defrost heater, a temperature sensor to detect a temperature associated with the evaporator, and controller to control the defrost heater. In response to a defrosting operation start time point arriving, the controller is configured to perform a defrost operation mode including a pre-defrost cooling mode, a heater operation mode, and a post-defrost cooling mode, perform a pulse operation mode in which the defrost heater is repeatedly turned on and off based on the heater operation mode, and change a magnitude of cooling power supplied in the post-defrost cooling mode based on an ON period of the defrost heater or a temperature of a cooling compartment in the pulse operation mode.

Refrigerator

There is disclosed a controlling method for a refrigerator comprising: a first defrosting step of performing defrosting for an evaporator, the first defrosting step which ends when the temperature of the evaporator reaches a first temperature; a pressure difference sensing step of measuring a difference between the pressure in a first through-hole arranged between an inlet hole for drawing air from a storage compartment and the evaporator and the pressure in a second through-hole arranged between an outlet hole for discharging air towards the storage compartment and the evaporator by using one differential pressure sensor; and a second defrosting step of performing additional defrosting for the evaporator when the measured pressure difference is a preset pressure or more.

Refrigerator and controlling method for the same

The present disclosure provides a method of controlling a refrigerator that includes a compressor, an evaporator to supply cold air to a storage chamber, a defrosting heater to defrost the evaporator, and a controller to control the defrosting heater. The method includes: operating a cooling cycle for cooling the storage chamber; determining whether a defrosting start condition is satisfied during operation of the cooling cycle; determining whether a defrosting delay condition is satisfied when the defrosting start condition is satisfied; and starting a defrosting operation when the defrosting delay condition is not satisfied, and starting the defrosting operation at a delayed defrosting start time when the defrosting delay condition is satisfied.

Refrigerator and method of controlling the same

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Seoul, South Korea

Yunsu Cho