Temperature controlled compartment and method for a refrigerator
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsRonald Scott Tarr, Matthew William Davis, Alvaro Delgado, Omar Haidar, Alexander Pinkus Rafalovich, Toby Whitaker, Martin Mitchell Zentner
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Abstract
A secondary loop temperature control circuit for a temperature-controlled region in a compartment of a refrigerator is shown. The secondary loop temperature control circuit has a reservoir, configured to have a medium flow there through. A first heat exchanger is in flow communication with the reservoir and is configured to have the medium flow there through. The first heat exchanger is in thermal communication with the temperature-controlled region.
Claims27
Secondary loop temperature control circuit for a temperature-controlled region in a compartment of a refrigerator, comprising:
- a first heat exchanger, configured to have a medium flow there through;
- a second heat exchanger in flow communication with the first heat exchanger, configured to have the medium flow there through and in thermal communication with the temperature-controlled region.
The secondary loop temperature control circuit of claim 8, wherein the medium is a propylene glycol and water mixture.
A refrigerator comprising:
- a secondary loop temperature control circuit comprising:
- a first heat exchanger in a first compartment of the refrigerator configured to have a medium flow there through in thermal communication with a reservoir;
- a second heat exchanger in flow communication with the first heat exchanger configured to have the medium flow there through and in thermal communication with the temperature-controlled region in a second compartment of the refrigerator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.