Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for determining power consumption
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Application No.: US14589479Application Date: 2015-01-05
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Publication No.: US10240841B2Publication Date: 2019-03-26
- Inventor: Sangbok Choi , Kibae Lee
- Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Dentons US LLP
- Priority: KR10-2014-0001440 20140106
- Main IPC: F25B49/02
- IPC: F25B49/02 ; D06F33/02 ; F25D29/00 ; D06F39/00 ; D06F25/00

Abstract:
A refrigerator includes a compressor, an input current detector to detect input current of alternating current (AC) power inputted to the refrigerator, a converter to convert the inputted AC power into direct current (DC) power, a capacitor to store the converted DC power, an inverter to output AC power using the converted DC power for driving of the compressor, a DC terminal voltage detector to detect voltage at two terminals of the capacitor, and a compressor microcomputer to control the inverter and to calculate refrigerator power consumption based on the detected input current and the detected DC terminal voltage. The refrigerator enables simplified power consumption calculation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150192337A1 REFRIGERATOR AND HOME APPLIANCE Public/Granted day:2015-07-09
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