Patent ID: 7546746

Claim:
A cooling apparatus comprising: a refrigerant circuit which includes a compressor capable of controlling a speed of rotation, and uses a carbon dioxide refrigerant; a control device which controls a speed of rotation of the compressor; and a cooled state sensor capable of detecting a cooled state of a space to be cooled by an evaporator included in the refrigerant circuit, wherein the control device sets a target evaporation temperature of the refrigerant at the evaporator based on a temperature of the cooled space detected by the cooled state sensor, and controls the speed of rotation of the compressor so as to set an evaporation temperature of the refrigerant equal to the target evaporation temperature at the evaporator, wherein the control device sets the target evaporation temperature of the refrigerant at the evaporator in a relation of being higher as the temperature of the cooled space is higher based on the temperature of the cooled space detected by the cooled state sensor; wherein the control device sets the target evaporation temperature in a relation of being small in change thereof which accompanies a change in the temperature of the cooled space in a region of a high temperature of the cooled space detected by the cooled state sensor, and large in change thereof which accompanies a change in the temperature of the cooled space in a region of a low temperature of the cooled space.