REFRIGERATION DEMAND RESPONSE RECOVERY

A refrigerator comprises a fresh food compartment and a freezer compartment and one or more power consuming features/functions including a refrigeration system for cooling the fresh food compartment and the freezer compartment. A controller is operatively connected to the one or more power consuming...

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Main Authors DRAKE JEFF DONALD, FINCH MICHAEL F, WORTHINGTON TIMOTHY DALE, FRANKS DARIN, BESORE JOHN K, NEWTON WILLIAM
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 02.02.2012
Subjects
BLASTING
COLD ROOMS
COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS
CONTROLLING
COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT COVERED BY ANY OTHERSUBCLASS
HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
HEATING
ICE-BOXES
LIGHTING
LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
PHYSICS
REFRIGERATION OR COOLING
REFRIGERATORS
REGULATING
SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
WEAPONS
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Summary:A refrigerator comprises a fresh food compartment and a freezer compartment and one or more power consuming features/functions including a refrigeration system for cooling the fresh food compartment and the freezer compartment. A controller is operatively connected to the one or more power consuming features/functions. The controller is configured to receive and process a signal indicative of current state of an associated energy supplying utility. The controller adjusts the temperature of the refrigerator and/or freezer from a normal setting to a higher point during an energy saving mode and then back to a normal temperature. The transition between low and high is controlled to reduce energy consumption.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20100938748