Refrigerator with reservoir

Abstract

A refrigerator is disclosed, which is capable of minimizing consumption of power while satisfying refrigerating performance of a freezing compartment by having a reservoir that stores a surplus refrigerant exceeding a required amount to independently cool the freezing compartment. The refrigerator includes a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment, and a refrigeration cycle including first and second evaporators respectively corresponding to the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment. The refrigeration cycle includes a first refrigeration cycle to refrigerate both the first and the second evaporators, and a second refrigeration cycle to refrigerate any one of the first and the second evaporators independently, and the second refrigeration cycle includes a bypass path bypassing the other one of the first and the second evaporators, and a reservoir mounted on the bypass path to adjust a circulated refrigerant amount by storing part of the refrigerant being circulated along the second refrigeration cycle.

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