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Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 19, 2019
Applicant:

Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);

Inventors:

Marcelo Candeo, Anderson, SC (US);

Mario Bittencourt Vargas, Anderson, SC (US);

Kevin Cobb, Easley, SC (US);

Christopher Barnwell, Anderson, SC (US);

Assignee:

Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 11/02 (2006.01); F25D 17/06 (2006.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 11/02 (2013.01); F25D 17/065 (2013.01); F25D 29/00 (2013.01); F25D 2317/06 (2013.01); F25D 2700/12 (2013.01); F25D 2700/122 (2013.01); F25D 2700/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A refrigeration appliance includes a refrigeration circuit with a variable speed compressor, an evaporator, and a variable speed evaporator fan. A controller is operatively connected to the refrigeration circuit and is programmed to calculate a heat load ratio as a ratio between the difference between the ambient temperature and the set point temperature of the fresh-food compartment and the difference between the ambient temperature and the freezer compartment reference point; calculate a speed of one or both of the variable speed compressor and the variable speed evaporator fan as a function of the calculated heat load ratio; and operate one or both of the variable speed compressor and the variable speed evaporator fan at the calculated speed. A method of controlling temperature in cavities of a refrigerator is also provided.


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