Refrigerator Connecticut

A refrigerator (often shortened to fridge) is an electrical or gas appliance that uses refrigeration to help preserve food. A domestic refrigerator is present in 99.5% of American homes. It works using phase change heat pumps operating in a refrigeration cycle. An industrial refrigerator is simply a refrigerator used in an industrial setting, usually in a restaurant or supermarket.

They may consist of either a cooling compartment only (a larger refrigerator) or a freezing compartment only (a freezer) or contain both. The dual compartment was introduced commercially by General Electric in 1939. Some refrigerators are now divided into four zones for the storage of different types of food:

-18°C (0°F) (freezer)

0°C (32°F) (meats)

4°C (40°F) (refrigerator)

10°C (50°F) (vegetables)

The capacity of a refrigerator is measured in liters (or cubic feet). Typically the freezer volume is 100 liters (this will vary) and the refrigerator 140 liters.

Although ice houses have been used for thousands of years to provide a source of ice in summer, the first common domestic refrigeration was in the form of ice boxes in the latter years of the 19th Century. As the ice melted it was replaced with ice bought from commercial manufacturers.
In 1856, using the principle of vapor compression, Australian James Harrison produced the world's first practical refrigerator. He was commissioned by a brewery to build a machine that cooled beer.

In 1857, the first refrigerated railway car was introduced by the Chicago meatpacking industry, to prevent spoilage during shipping. In 1866, the first refrigerated railway car to carry fruit was built by Parker Earle of Illinois. The car was used to ship strawberries on the Illinois Central Railroad.

The first domestic refrigerator was apparently manufactured in 1913 by Fred W. Wolf Jr. in Chicago, and called the DOMELRE (DOMestic ELectric REfrigerator). It was not commercially successful, that distinction apparently going to the Kelvinator Company. This company was formed in May 1916 as the Electro-Automatic Refrigerating Company by Edmund J. Copeland and an industrialist, Arnold H. Gross. The company was renamed within two months to the Kelvinator Company and produced their first model shortly afterwards. Like most of their modern descendants, this refrigerator cooled using a phase change heat pump.

The first refrigerators were of the "remote" type, essentially an upgrade of an existing ice box with the installation of a cooling unit in it, but the motor, compressor and condenser installed either beside it or in the basement. The first self-contained refrigerators were not manufactured until 1925.

The earliest units used toxic refrigerants, typically ammonia (R-717), sulfur dioxide (R-764), or methyl chloride (R-40) as their refrigerant.

The first refrigerator to see widespread use was the General Electric "Monitor-Top" refrigerator introduced in 1927. The compressor assembly, which produced substantial heat, was placed above the cabinet, and surrounded with a decorative ring. Over 1,000,000 units were produced. This refrigerator used sulfur dioxide refrigerant. Many units are still functional today.

In the early 1920s the industry grew considerably, with some other manufacturers using absorption of ammonia in water instead of liquefying a gas through compression to achieve the phase change. A similar design, the Einstein refrigerator, used butane as a refrigerant and ammonia as a pressure-equalizing fluid. However, these were not very successful, largely because of public prejudice against ammonia as a refrigerant. Today they are used in homes that are not connected to the electric grid, and in recreational vehicles because they can be efficiently powered using a heat source rather than an electric motor.

It was not until 1931 that Dupont produced commercial quantities of R-12, the first refrigerant which was neither toxic nor flammable.

Freestanding

Counter/cabinet depth: a refrigerator can be approximately 30 inches deep as opposed to approximately 35 inches deep like a normal refrigerator. This allows the unit to be more flush with surrounding cabinets. A counter depth refrigerator tends to come at a steep price premium despite providing less capacity.

Built under: refrigerators and freezers which can be installed under the counter top. Often known as a Bar Fridge it is used in personal bars as a means to cool beverages.

Integrated.

In-Column refrigerators or freezers: these are built into a tall cabinet in your kitchen furniture. The appliance is built into your kitchen so that it looks like a normal cupboard. Getting the right size refrigerator is very important when choosing integrated.

Door situation

Eye level freezer refrigerator (or top mount).

Bottom freezer refrigerator (or bottom mount). The freezer is generally bigger and the refrigerator has two independent motor-compressors.

French door (or trio). Similar to bottom freezer, but the refrigerator (top) section has two doors that swing outward like a kitchen pantry.

Side-by-side. The unit is divided into two tall compartments, with the freezer on the left and the refrigerator on the right.

Wide-by-side. Similar to side-by-side, but the refrigerator compartment is wider at eye level and becomes narrow at the bottom. Allows the convenience of a side-by-side, but able to fit wider items in the refrigerator.

Single door. Originally, most units featured only one door, with the freezer compartment located within the larger refrigerator compartment. Beginning in the early 1960s manufactures began offering units with separate freezer compartments, which gradually took over the market. One-door models, though still manufactured, are now rare in full size. This style is still common with small half-size refrigerators.

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