Kimchi fermentation and/or storage control method for a refrigerator

A control method including a fermentation and storage mode as well as a storage mode in an apparatus, which includes a compartment for receiving a fermentable substance, cooling means for cooling said compartment, heating means for heating said compartment, a temperature setting and mode selecting section, a temperature sensing means for sensing temperature inside said compartment, and a microprocessor for controlling all operations of the apparatus, said method comprising the steps of:

• setting a fermentation temperature and a storage temperature;
• determining whether or not a fermentation process is completed including the steps of:
• storing a fermentation completion value, which is a mathematical product of a time required to obtain an optimum level of the fermentation substance at a given temperature and the given temperature in a memory of the microprocessor;
• accumulating a product value of the inner temperature of the compartment at given time intervals;
• determining that the fermentation process is completed if said accumulated product value is equal to said stored fermentation completion value;
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• maintaining the inner temperature of the compartment at the storage temperature after said fermentation process is completed;
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• determining whether or not said storage mode is selected and, if said storage mode is selected, performing the steps of;
• sensing an inner temperature of said compartment;
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• maintaining an inner temperature of said compartment at said storage temperature.