Domestic refrigerators : recent developments

Abstract The refrigerator/freezer is one of the most important and the biggest energy-consuming home appliances. There are several literature references that discuss the historical development of refrigeration 1–14 . Most of them, however, consider historical highlights up to several decades ago. This paper summarizes recent developments in the field of domestic household refrigerators based on a survey of publications and patents.

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