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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2004
Alexander Rafalovich, Louisville, KY (US);
Ziqiang HU, Prospect, KY (US);
Anil Kumar Tummala, Louisville, KY (US);
Richard Devos, Goshen, KY (US);
Alexander Rafalovich, Louisville, KY (US);
Ziqiang Hu, Prospect, KY (US);
Anil Kumar Tummala, Louisville, KY (US);
Richard DeVos, Goshen, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for defrosting an evaporator of a refrigeration sealed system, the system including at least one refrigeration compartment and a controller operatively coupled to a compressor, an evaporator, an evaporator fan and a condenser fan, wherein the method includes initiating a defrost cycle, operating the sealed system to prechill the refrigeration compartment, and selectively operating the evaporator fan and the condenser fan to raise a temperature of the evaporator.