CN104160223A - Refrigeration device with a region for storing food items in a generated field - Google Patents
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Abstract
Provided is a refrigeration device for storing food within an electric field. The refrigeration device includes a fresh food compartment and a freezer compartment vertically below an elevation of the fresh food compartment. A storage compartment in which a desired temperature for storing food in the storage compartment is selectable by a user independently of a target temperature of at least one of the fresh food compartment and the freezer compartment is also provided. A refrigeration system provides a cooling effect to the fresh food compartment, the freezer compartment and the storage compartment, and a conductor is arranged within close physical proximity to a bottom surface of the storage compartment.; A control system controls delivery of an alternating electric signal to the conductor for generating an electric field that extends into the storage compartment, wherein the alternating electric signal comprises a frequency less than 1 kHz and a voltage greater than or equal to 1 kV.
Description
Technical field
The application relates generally to a kind of method and apparatus for storage food, relates more specifically to be stored in food exposure in cold storage environment to refrigeration plant and method in the field that utilizes low-frequency ac signal to produce.
Background technology
Food can store the longer time period in the cold storage environment lower than zero degree.But the freshness of food and oeverall quality can be because being exposed to cryogenic temperature variation.For example, food can demonstrate the sign of the unfavorable situation such as frozen food dry tack free or hardening.As another example, freezing food conventionally need to thaw from freezing state before being cooked or enjoying.It is consuming time having such as fresh food compartment, in the conventional cold storage environment higher than the temperature of freezing point, thawing.On work top or for a long time freezing food to be thawed in other non-cold storage environment be worthless, because for melting the inside of food in the required time, more than the temperature of the part of the exposure of food can rise to safe storage temperature.And use cooking apparatus such as micro-wave oven come accelerate dissolution process prematurely cooking food some parts and make other parts of food still keep freezing.
For the possible other problems that addresses these problems at least in part and do not mention above, by stored food exposure to the time span that can store before dry or hardening at experience epidermis with food and extend in the electrostatic field in this cold storage environment.An example of this system relates to and will be placed in conductor in special-purpose freezer unit as frame that can accommodating food.Along with food is in place, the signal of telecommunication is incorporated into conductor to produce described.Yet the use that produces field in special-purpose freezer unit is limited.Temperature in whole compartment freezer must maintain the suitable temperature for stored specific food, and this makes this utensil is unpractiaca for various dissimilar food is stored with various temperature.
For food, preserve and make the other system of use attempt by conductor being embedded in two relative lateral sidewalls that limit compartment, the storage area in refrigerated being maximized.But conductor separation is opened to so distance far away has required utilization may produce higher than the high-frequency driving signal of 500kHz described.This high-frequency system needs complicated drive circuit, and this can increase the cost of this system, and the energy efficiency of those systems is exerted an influence.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, have in the art the demand to following refrigeration plant, this refrigeration plant has a plurality of different refrigerated, to adapt to multiple food storage demand, and at least one compartment in described compartment, utilizes low frequency drive signal to produce field.
According to an aspect, the application relates to a kind of for the refrigeration plant in electric field by food storage.This refrigeration plant comprises: fresh food compartment, and in fresh food compartment, food storage is in the cold storage environment having higher than the target temperature of zero degrees celsius; And compartment freezer, in compartment freezer, food storage has being below the freezing point in environment lower than the target temperature of zero degrees celsius.A kind of storage compartment is also provided, in storage compartment, for store at least one the target temperature that the preferred temperature of food can be independent of by user in this fresh food compartment and this compartment freezer in this storage compartment, has selected.Refrigeration system provides a cooling effect to fresh food compartment, compartment freezer and storage compartment, and conductor arrangement becomes in the scope of the basal surface of close proximity storage compartment on entity.Control system control ac signal extends to the electric field in storage compartment to the conveying of conductor to produce, and wherein, this ac signal comprises the frequency that is less than 1kHz and the voltage that is more than or equal to 1kV.
More than the general introduction of simplifying has been shown in general introduction, to provide the basic understanding of the system of discussion and/or some aspects of method herein.This general introduction is not the summary of the broad sense of the system discussed herein and/or method.This general introduction is not intended to identify key/main element, or is intended to describe the scope of these systems and/or method.Its sole purpose is that the form to simplify presents the preamble in greater detail that some concepts are used as presenting subsequently.
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The present invention can take entity form aspect the layout of some part and part, and embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail in this manual and be shown in the drawings, and described accompanying drawing forms the part of this description, and in described accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is the stereogram that shows the illustrated embodiment of refrigeration plant;
Fig. 2 is the partial sectional view of the 2-2 intercepting along the line of the refrigeration plant in Fig. 1; And
Fig. 3 is for being received in removably the stereogram of drawer of the storage compartment of the fresh food compartment that is arranged in refrigerating appliance, wherein, storage compartment and drawer have the temperature that the temperature in one or both that can be independent of in fresh food compartment and compartment freezer is controlled.
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Some term in this article only object for convenience use, and not as limitation of the present invention.With reference to accompanying drawing, understand best relational language used herein, in the accompanying drawings, identical Reference numeral is for identifying identical or similar object.In addition, in the accompanying drawings, some feature may illustrate with slightly schematic form.
It should be noted that equally phrase " at least one ", if a plurality of members of following in this article are herein used, mean the one in described member, or the combination of more than one described member.For example, phrase " at least one in the first device and the second device " means in this application: the first device, the second device or the first device and the second device.Similarly, " at least one in the first device, the second device and the 3rd device " means in this application: the first device, the second device, the 3rd device, the first device and the second device, the first device and the 3rd device, the second device and the 3rd device or the first device and the second device and the 3rd device.
Fig. 1 shows the illustrated embodiment of refrigerating appliance 10, and it is configured to be called as " bottom installing formula " refrigerator.Although refrigerating appliance 10 illustrates and describes with the configuration of bottom installing in this article, without departing from the scope of the invention, refrigerating appliance 10 can comprise any relevant layout of refrigeration compartment and compartment freezer.Yet, as depicted in the figures, refrigerating appliance 10 comprises cabinet 11, this cabinet 11 limits fresh food compartment 12 and compartment freezer 14 (Fig. 2), in this fresh food compartment 12, food is stored in the cold storage environment having higher than the target temperature of zero degrees celsius (0 ℃), and the inside of compartment freezer 14 covered by door 16 in Fig. 1, and compartment freezer 14 is set in the At The Height of vertical below of the height of fresh food compartment 12.Food can be stored in being below the freezing point in environment lower than the target temperature of zero degrees celsius (0 ℃) that have in compartment freezer 14.But as mentioned above, according to other embodiments, compartment freezer 14 can be arranged in alternatively fresh food compartment 12 vertical top At The Height or be arranged to fresh food compartment 12 adjacent in the horizontal.Other embodiments of other of refrigerating appliance can only comprise fresh food compartment 12 or only comprise compartment freezer 14.Yet for succinct object, the illustrated embodiment of refrigerating appliance 10 described below comprises the compartment freezer 14 of the vertical below that is set in fresh food compartment 12.
In order to limit the inside that enters fresh food compartment 12, first 22 is pivotally connected to cabinet 12 by hinge component in the mode adjacent with the first lateral sides of cabinet 12.Similarly, second 26 is pivotally connected to cabinet 12 by hinge component to be close to the mode of the second lateral sides of cabinet 12.Be for first 22 and second 26 heat insulation, so that by heat, selecting from fresh food compartment 12 minimizes.Open user that door 22,26 allows to stand in the place ahead of refrigerating appliance 10 and can enter the inside of fresh food compartment 12.According to some illustrated embodiment, open door 22,26 and can also allow alternatively user to enter to be received in removably the drawer 30 in storage compartment 32 (Fig. 2) that the inside with fresh food compartment 12 separates.For this embodiment, storage compartment 32 can be interpreted as the outer surface that is positioned at fresh food compartment 12 and comprises the temperature that is exposed to fresh food compartment 12, but storage compartment 32 within it portion limit independent stored under refrigeration position.
Refrigerating appliance 10 is also included within refrigeration system schematically illustrated in Fig. 2 18.This refrigeration system 18 can be operable to be provided cooling effect and to the inside of above-mentioned all compartments, provides cooling effect alternatively at least one the inside in fresh food compartment 12, compartment freezer 14 and storage compartment 32.As shown, refrigeration system 18 make to be supplied in compartment freezer 14 as cold air 34, be supplied in fresh food compartment 12 as cold air 36 and be supplied to the air as cold air 38 in storage compartment 32 and turn cold.The cold air 38 being incorporated in storage compartment 32 can be supplied with via the conduit (not shown) extending between compartment freezer 14 and storage compartment 32 alternatively, and controls by the operation of damper 40.Adjusting damper 40 can control by any other the suitable controller that for example comprises the printed circuit-board assembly (" PCBA ") 42 of suitable control circuit or control specially the temperature in storage compartment 32 with the behavior of the temperature in regulation and control storage compartment 32 and optional drawer 30.
Refrigeration system 18 can be to utilize any suitable cooling system of following cold-producing medium, thereby the experience phase transformation from liquid to gas in evaporimeter as known in the art of this cold-producing medium is removed heat from be just incorporated into the air at least one fresh food compartment 14 and compartment freezer 16.Conventionally, can provide compressor to refrigeration system 18, gaseous refrigerant is compressed into high temperature, gases at high pressure, described gas is by condenser condenses and be partly cooled to warm liquid.Described warm liquid refrigerant is exposed to the inside of the evaporator assemblies that comprises many heat transmission fin, and in evaporator assemblies, cold-producing medium promptly expands and is vaporizated into gas.This phase transformation is removed the latent heat in vaporization from the surrounding environment of evaporimeter, coolingly thus through evaporimeter, is incorporated into the air at least one in fresh food compartment 14 and compartment freezer 16, so that the cooling effect of expectation to be provided.Gaseous refrigerant turns back in compressor, and repeats as required this circulation.
Fig. 3 shows the stereogram of the drawer 30 being received in removably in storage compartment 32.For the embodiment illustrating, drawer 30 has roughly been crossed over the whole width of fresh food compartment 32 along the horizontal direction of being indicated by arrow 35.According to substituting embodiment, drawer 30 can be crossed over across the pact of the width of fresh food compartment 12 half or shorter distance.Be a part that forms the dividing plate that storage compartment 32 is separated with the inside of fresh food compartment 12 vinyl cover form top surface 44 support operation connect into the user interface 46 being communicated with PCBA42.User interface 46 can comprise up/down temperature button 48 or can be handled to increase/reduce by user other suitable input equipments of the preferred temperature in storage compartment 32.According to other embodiments, user interface 46 can comprise classification button 50 alternatively, and each classification button 50 is different classes of relevant to food, and to need be relevant in the corresponding temperature of storage compartment 32 interior foundation.No matter present embodiment how, always the signal of the preferred temperature that indication is inputted via user interface 46 transfers to PCBA42.Preferred temperature based on entering via user interface 46, the operation that PCBA42 can control damper 40 (Fig. 2) and/or refrigeration system 18 provides cooling effect with the inside to storage compartment 32.This cooling effect is suitable for making the temperature in storage compartment 32 to approach the preferred temperature via user interface 46 inputs.
PCBA42 can be specifically designed to be independent of in fresh food compartment 12 and compartment freezer 14 at least one or be independent of alternatively fresh food compartment 12 and compartment freezer 14 temperature in the two are controlled the temperature in storage compartment 32.In other words, user can input to be independent of and for the drawer 30 in storage compartment 32, store the preferred temperature of specific food for one or both target temperature set up in fresh food compartment 12 and compartment freezer 14.User can be alternatively input and need can utilize up/down temperature control button at the preferred temperature of drawer 30 interior foundation by keying in special value temperature via user interface 46, or can be in addition the preferred temperature in given drawer 30 directly.According to substituting embodiment, user can be alternatively by press button or handle in addition be set to for example, the input equipment input corresponding to the specific food that need store or food type (, meat, seafood, beverage etc.) of user interface 46 in drawer 30 need be at the preferred temperature of drawer 30 interior foundation.Based on selected food or food type, the processing unit such as being set to 42 the microprocessor of PCBA for example can be carried out the computer executable instructions that is stored in non-transient computer-readable access to memory to select the proper temperature for selected food or food type.Other other embodiments can comprise following user interface 46, this user interface 46 presents two kinds for inputting the option of the preferred temperature in drawer 30 to user, or comprises different input equipments, such as, touch screen interface, control handle etc., to allow user to control the preferred temperature in drawer 30.
Referring again to Fig. 2, at least one conductor 52 or optional a plurality of conductor 52,54---each conductor forms by conductive material---for example can be arranged to be located at, in the scope of close proximity storage compartment 32 on entity and optional drawer 30 (, being positioned at 6 inches or shorter distance).For example, lower conductor 52 can be arranged to the basal surface almost parallel with storage compartment 32 and drawer 30, and is attached to the basal surface of storage compartment 32.Other embodiments can comprise following lower conductor 52, and this lower conductor 52 is attached to the basal surface of drawer 30, or are mounted in addition the basal surface of contiguous drawer 30.Other other embodiment can comprise the lower conductor of the bottom that forms drawer 30, or is suspended on the lower conductor of drawer 30 belows.
For any above-mentioned embodiment, the bottom that lower conductor 52 can for good and all be fixed into contiguous storage compartment 32 alternatively makes removing of lower conductor 52 in the situation that do not make a part for refrigerating appliance 10 stand entity to destroy and cannot complete.For other embodiments, the concrete knowledge that can need to be alternatively particularly suitable for the entity configuration of the instrument that lower conductor 52 is discharged from refrigerating appliance 10 and/or the refrigerating appliance 10 not possessed by ordinary terminal user removes lower conductor 52.Lower conductor 52 is installed in this way be can be used in obstruction or prevents that alternatively user from attempting to remove lower conductor 52 or affecting in addition lower conductor 52.
For example, lower conductor 52 can be formed by any suitable conductive material such as metal alloy.Specifically being exemplified as of suitable metal alloy comprises the aluminium alloy of the combination of at least one and aluminium in magnesium and silicon, such as 6061 aluminium alloys, and more specifically, and 6061-T6 aluminium alloy for example.
In addition, upper conductor 54 can be arranged to the top surface 44 of contiguous storage compartment 32 alternatively, and this top surface 44 separates the inside of a part for storage compartment 32 and fresh food compartment 12.Upper conductor 54 can be mounted to the scope being positioned at closely near top surface 44, installs alternatively, and formed by any suitable conductive material in permanent mode substantially.As shown at Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, upper conductor 54 hangs from the top surface 44 of reservoir vessel, but can be set in alternatively the top of top surface 44, can embed and fully be enclosed in top surface 44, or can be mounted in addition contiguous top surface 44.Although conductor 52,54 is described as metallic plate for succinct object in this article, according to other embodiments, conductor 52,54 for example can extend or the conductive material of any shape that serpentine extends forms by being such as parallel lines.
Conductor 52,54 is formed by any suitable conductive material, and for example can form the antenna such as monopole antenna, and this antenna is for launching the unearthed conductor of electromagnetic field with little current loss.According to other embodiments, this conductor for conductor 52,54, set up to the reference potential such as ground return to conducting path time can be used as electrode.Under the control of control system 60 (Fig. 2), ac signal can be supplied to lower conductor 52, upper conductor 54 or lower conductor 52 and upper conductor 54 the two.Control system 60 can realize converting to and need be delivered to one or both the ac signal in lower conductor 52 and upper conductor 54 via corresponding conductor 62 supplying with signal by any suitable circuit and/or electronic circuit and/or processing unit.Each corresponding conductor can be set up conduction and connect so that ac signal is delivered to one or both conductor 52,54 from control system 60, described conductor 52,54 can all lack the connection of returning to the earth terminal of control system 60 separately, thereby can between conductor 52,54 and control system 60, set up floating voltage.For example, coaxial cable is an example of suitable conductor 62.Irrelevant with the particular configuration of conductor 52,54, when ac signal is delivered to one or both in conductor 52,54, by the conductor 52,54 that receives signal, near each corresponding conductor 52,54, set up electric field.
According to substituting embodiment, one or both in conductor 52,54 can be replaced by permanent magnet, electromagnet or analog alternatively or be arranged to combine with permanent magnet, electromagnet or analog, to set up, replaces or is attached to because ac signal being supplied to the magnetic field of one or both electric field producing in conductor 52,54.According to other embodiments, electric field can be by ac signal being supplied to one or both electromagnetic field producing in conductor 52,54.Yet for succinct object, this field producing will be described to electric field in this article, it also can be attended by magnetic field.
Supplying with signal can be any ac signal such as the signal of exporting from supplied with electric conventional AC household socket by electric power facility.In the U.S., this supply signal had the frequency of voltage and the about 60Hz of about 115V before being converted into described ac signal.In other compasses of competency, this supply signal may have the frequency of voltage and the about 50Hz of about 240V.
Irrelevant with changed specific supply signal, this ac signal can be sine wave, square wave, sawtooth waveforms or any other oscillator signal.The ac signal that is supplied to conductor 52,54 by control system 60 also can comprise following voltage, and this voltage is more than or equal to 1kV and alternatively in from about 1kV in the scope of about 10kV.The frequency of the ac signal of being supplied with by control system 60 can comprise about 60Hz, about 50Hz or be less than the frequency of any suitable low value of 1kHz.For using the embodiment of lower conductor 52 and upper conductor 54, be supplied to a conductor ac signal can with the ac signal that is supplied to another conductor homophase roughly.In addition, conductor 52,54 can be arranged to prevent electric field 64 counteractings that a conductor in conductor 52,54 produces or the electric field 64 that greatly disturbs another conductor in conductor 52,54 to produce.
By ac signal be supplied to unearthed lower conductor 52, upper conductor 54 or lower conductor 52 and upper conductor 54 the two to produce electric field 64, this electric field 64 is transmitting from supply with one or more conductor 52,54 that has ac signal.Conductor 52,54 is located so that electric field 64 extends in storage compartment 32, and extends to alternatively in drawer 30, and wherein, the food being stored in storage compartment 32 or drawer 30 will be exposed to electric field 64.This electric field 64 can have the field intensity in falling into from about 1kV/m to the scope of about 150kV/m.
The electric field 64 that produced as described in this article may with the suitable function phase mutual interference of other control assemblies of for example controlling the temperature in drawer 30 such as PCBA42.For this interference effect is minimized; the shield 66 being formed by the material that is at least the one in electric conductor and magnet can be at least partly driven PCBA42 or other control circuits and conductor for 52,54 minutes, protects at least partly thus PCBA42 to avoid the interference of electric field 64.As shown in Figure 2, shield 66 forms housing, and this housing roughly extends around a part of PCBA42, otherwise this part of PCBA42 will directly be subject to the impact of electric field 64.
Ac signal can be alternatively supplied to one or both in electrode 52,54 to produce the mode of the electric field of the keeping quality that is suitable for promoting the specific food that is stored in drawer 30 and/or specific food type.For example, by user, via the selection of the food type of user interface described above 46 inputs, can be alternatively by for example arranging to the computer processor of PCBA42 or other suitable controllers, for determining, need be supplied to one or more conductor 52,54 to produce voltage, frequency or the voltage of ac signal of electric field of the keeping quality that is specifically suitable for promoting the food selected via user interface 46 and/or food type and the combination of frequency.
Ac signal can be supplied to one or more conductor 52,54 with a plurality of different operator schemes alternatively.For example, based on via user interface 46 input or in addition by user directly or indirectly select be stored in specific food and/or the specific food type in drawer 30, ac signal can be supplied with continuous mode, pulse mode or changeable mode alternatively.In continuous mode, as long as food storage is in drawer 30, ac signal can be supplied with to be suitable for promoting the food that is stored in drawer 30 and/or predetermined voltage and/or the frequency of food type.Therefore, in continuous mode, ac signal in food storage in drawer 30 during in substantially supply with continuously.
In pulse mode, the ac signal with predetermined voltage and/or preset frequency can repeatedly be carried continuously in limited burst length section.Each burst length section is significantly shorter than the time of food storage in drawer 30, and in food storage in drawer 30 during in, a plurality of pulses of ac signal are supplied to one or more conductor 52,54.For example, ac signal can be supplied to lower conductor 52, upper conductor 54 or 52,54 the two lasting X second or any suitable duration of conductor, and wherein, for example X is more than or equal to 2 integer.Subsequently, ac signal, to a period of time that one or both the conveying in conductor 52,54 can be interrupted expectation, restarts next pulse subsequently.Therefore, in pulse operation pattern, ac signal in food storage to being repeatedly delivered to one or more conductor 52,54 (described in when being delivered to two conductors ac signal roughly homophase) in during in drawer 30 and interrupting.In addition, the dutycycle of the pulse of ac signal can be determined independently alternatively, and can in the middle of each pulse, change with regard to each pulse.
In variable operator scheme, ac signal can be supplied to one or more conductor 52,54 alternatively to produce the electric field with variable voltage and/or variable frequency.Therefore, voltage and/or frequency can initially set up and in ac signal being delivered to conductor 52,54 one or both during in change.Yet frequency can maintain the frequency that is less than 1kHz, and voltage can maintain the voltage that is more than or equal to 1kV.
Illustrated embodiment has above been described.Be apparent that for those of ordinary skills, above equipment and method can add variation and remodeling in the situation that not departing from overall range of the present invention.Be intended to all these remodeling and modification to be included in scope of the present invention.In addition, in context, term " comprise " describe in detail or claim in use, this term is intended to be similar to mode that term " includes " and represents nonexcludability, as the meaning that " including " explained when the transition vocabulary as in claim.
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1. for the refrigeration plant in electric field by food storage, described refrigeration plant comprises:
Fresh food compartment, in described fresh food compartment, food storage is in the cold storage environment having higher than the target temperature of zero degrees celsius;
Compartment freezer, described compartment freezer is used for food storage at the environment that is below the freezing point having lower than the target temperature of zero degrees celsius;
Storage compartment, in described storage compartment, selects for store at least one the described target temperature that the preferred temperature of food can be independent of by user in described fresh food compartment and described compartment freezer in described storage compartment;
Refrigeration system, described refrigeration system can be operable to described fresh food compartment, described compartment freezer and described storage compartment cooling effect is provided;
Conductor, described conductor arrangement becomes to be located on entity described in close proximity in the scope of the basal surface of storage compartment; And
Control system, described control system control ac signal extends to the electric field in described storage compartment to the conveying of described conductor to produce, and wherein, described ac signal comprises the frequency that is less than 1kHz and the voltage that is more than or equal to 1kV.
2. refrigeration plant according to claim 1, wherein, the described preferred temperature in described storage compartment can be independent of described fresh food compartment and the described compartment freezer described target temperature in the two by user and select.
3. refrigeration plant according to claim 1, wherein, the inside of described storage compartment and described fresh food compartment separates, and the door that can enter the inside of described fresh food compartment via restriction enters.
4. refrigeration plant according to claim 3, also comprises drawer, and described drawer is received in described storage compartment removably, and the food that need be stored in described storage compartment will be placed in described drawer.
5. refrigeration plant according to claim 4, wherein, described conductor set for be positioned at the described drawer that is received in described storage compartment height vertically below At The Height close on the described basal surface of described storage compartment.
6. refrigeration plant according to claim 1, also comprise the second conductor, described the second conductor arrangement becomes to be located on entity described in close proximity in the scope of the top surface of storage compartment, and operatively connects into and receive the described ac signal of being controlled by described control system.
7. refrigeration plant according to claim 6, wherein, the described signal that is delivered to the described signal of described conductor and is delivered to described the second conductor is homophase roughly each other.
8. refrigeration plant according to claim 1, wherein, described control system is suitable for converting the supply signal with the voltage of about 115V and the frequency of about 60Hz to described ac signal.
9. refrigeration plant according to claim 8, wherein, the described ac signal that is delivered to described conductor by described control system comprises voltage in from about 1kV roughly to the scope of about 10kV and the frequency of about 60Hz.
10. refrigeration plant according to claim 1, wherein, the described electric field producing to the conveying of described conductor in response to described ac signal has the field intensity in from about 1kV/m to the scope of about 150kV/m.
11. refrigeration plants according to claim 1, wherein, described storage compartment has been extended and the width of described fresh food compartment distance about equally along horizontal direction.
12. refrigeration plant according to claim 1, wherein, described conductor is for good and all fixed into the described bottom of closing on described storage compartment, and can not from described refrigeration plant, be removed by user in the situation that not making described refrigeration plant damage.
13. refrigeration plants according to claim 1, wherein, described conductor is attached to the base plate that is received in removably the drawer in described storage compartment, to remove and to be inserted into described storage compartment from described storage compartment together with described drawer.
14. refrigeration plants according to claim 1, wherein, described conductor is general plane, and is formed by aluminium alloy, described aluminium alloy comprise with magnesium and silicon in the aluminium of at least one combination.
15. refrigeration plants according to claim 1, also comprise:
Storage compartment controller, the setting of described storage compartment controller is to described storage compartment, and described storage compartment controller is controlled the operation of described refrigeration system to set up described preferred temperature in described storage compartment; And
The shield being formed by conductive material, described shield is arranged to shield the parts of described storage compartment controller and the region outside described refrigeration plant with respect to described storage compartment controller in order to avoid the interference of described that suffers to produce by described ac signal to the described conveying of described conductor.
16. refrigeration plants according to claim 1, wherein, the unearthed ground terminal to described control system of described conductor, and described conductor stands ungrounded voltage at described ac signal during the described conveying of described conductor.
17. refrigeration plants according to claim 1, wherein, described storage compartment has been extended as the pact of the width of described fresh food compartment half or shorter distance along horizontal direction.
18. 1 kinds for the refrigeration plant in electric field by food storage, and described refrigeration plant comprises:
Main fresh food is preserved compartment, described main fresh food preserve compartment specially as following the two one of:
Fresh food compartment, in described fresh food compartment, food storage in the cold storage environment having higher than the target temperature of zero degrees celsius, or
Compartment freezer, described compartment freezer is used for food storage at the environment that is below the freezing point having lower than the target temperature of zero degrees celsius;
Storage compartment, in described storage compartment, can be independent of described main fresh food by user and preserve the described target temperature of compartment and select for store the preferred temperature of food in described storage compartment;
Refrigeration system, described refrigeration system can be operable to described main fresh food preservation compartment and described storage compartment cooling effect is provided;
Conductor, described conductor arrangement becomes to be located on entity described in close proximity in the scope of the basal surface of storage compartment; And
Control system, described control system control ac signal extends to the electric field in described storage compartment to the conveying of described conductor to produce, and wherein, described ac signal comprises the frequency that is less than 1kHz and the voltage that is more than or equal to 1kV.
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