A novel demand-actuated defrost approach based on the real-time thickness of frost for the energy conservation of a refrigerator

• Published in: International journal of refrigeration Vol. 131; pp. 168 - 177
• Main Authors: Malik, Anjum Naeem, Khan, Shaheryar A., Lazoglu, Ismail
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Paris Elsevier B.V 01.11.2021; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Conservation; Conservation d’énergie; Criteria; Defrosting; Demand; Demand defrost; Dégivrage à la demande; Détection du givre en temps réel; Energy conservation; Energy consumption; Evaporation; Evaporators; Heat exchangers; Hybrid systems; Performance enhancement; Real time; Real-time frost detection; Refrigerator; Refrigerators; Réfrigérateur; Thickness; Conservation d’énergie; Real-time frost detection; Réfrigérateur; Energy conservation; Détection du givre en temps réel; Refrigerator; Dégivrage à la demande; Demand defrost

•The thickness of frost based demand defrost technique is an efficient alternate.•A hybrid frost detection and defrost system is adopted.•The real-time thickness of frost based defrosting approach is presented.•Energy conservation of 10% is reported for test refrigerator. The typical domestic refrig...