Patent ID: 8056347
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: F25B,F25C,F25D,Y02P,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator unit, comprising: a main compartment delimiting a storage space in which an item to be cooled can be retained; a main cooling assembly for cooling the main compartment to a predetermined temperature; an auxiliary cooling device disposed within the main compartment, the auxiliary cooling device including: a main controller, the main controller that is operatively connected to the main cooling assembly and that controls the main cooling assembly to cool the main compartment to the predetermined temperature, wherein when waste heat is released into the main compartment from the first heat exchange fluid, it effects a rise in a temperature in the main compartment, and wherein the main controller controls the main cooling assembly to counteract the rise in the temperature in the main compartment to maintain the main compartment at the predetermined temperature.