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Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 15, 2015
Applicant:

Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Heayoun Sul, Seoul, KR;

Dongseok Kim, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 11/00 (2006.01); F25D 17/06 (2006.01); F25B 5/02 (2006.01); F25B 6/04 (2006.01); F25B 40/02 (2006.01); F25B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 17/065 (2013.01); F25B 5/02 (2013.01); F25B 6/04 (2013.01); F25D 11/006 (2013.01); F25B 6/00 (2013.01); F25B 40/02 (2013.01); F25B 2313/02731 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed are a refrigerator and a control method thereof. The refrigerator according to one aspect includes a main body having a storage chamber; a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant; a condenser configured to condense the refrigerant compressed by the compressor; an evaporation expander configured to depressurize the refrigerant condensed by the condenser; a first evaporator configured to evaporate the refrigerant depressurized by the evaporation expander and thus to cool the storage chamber; a condensing expander installed between the condenser and the evaporation expander and configured to depressurize the refrigerant condensed by the condenser; and a subsidiary condenser installed between the condensing expander and the evaporation expander and configured to condense the refrigerant depressurized by the condensing expander.


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