Appliances and furniture
Inside a refrigerator — the refrigeration cycle and the airflow inside
A fridge does not make cold, it pumps heat out — and it throws away more than it took, because the compressor's electricity comes out as heat too
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Notes in the source (in Japanese)
冷蔵庫は冷やしていない。庫内の熱を汲み出して、外へ捨てている。背面が温かいのはそのため。捨てる熱は、取った熱 + 圧縮機が使った電気。
回すのは 4 つだけ —— 圧縮機・凝縮器・キャピラリチューブ・蒸発器。家庭用は膨張弁ではなく細い管でしぼる。
蒸発器は 1 つしかない。 冷凍室の裏で冷やし、ファンで各室へ配り、ダンパで冷蔵室へ行く量を変える。霜取りヒーターが要るのは、庫内の水分がいちばん冷たい所(蒸発器)へ集まるから。冷蔵室の戻り空気は蒸発器へ戻す(冷凍室へ入れると冷凍室が温まる)。ファンは冷凍室にも直接吹く。
冷媒は 3 代で替わった。 R12(ODP 1.0 / GWP 10,900)→R134a(0 / 1,430)→ R600a(0 / 3) —— 温暖化の重さは 3,600 分の 1。かわりに燃える冷媒(A3)に戻ったので、量を少なく抑えている(家庭用はおおむね 100g 以下。Refrig.jp「R600aってどんな冷媒?」https://refrig.jp/archives/703 、2026-10-02 確認)。
真空断熱材は、ウレタン 63mm ぶんの断熱を 14mm で作る(U = 0.38 W/m²K)。外形が同じでも内容積が違うのは、壁の厚みの差。
GWP は IPCC 第 4 次評価報告書の 100 年値(R12 10,900・R134a 1,430。フロン排出抑制法の算定に使う値)。R600a の 3 は AR4 の表に無く、業界の代表値 —— 出典は確かめていない。冷凍室 −18℃ は JIS C 9607 の目安。JIS C 9607 の版は確かめていない。
Source (YAML)
examples/gallery/246-冷蔵庫の中身.zumen.yaml
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