Drying device and refrigerator with same

Abstract

The invention provides a drying device. The drying device is provided with a drying chamber, a cooling unit and a control part. The drying chamber is provided with at least one air port, an opening part used for storing goods and a cover body used for covering the opening part. The cooling unit can generate cooling gas with the temperature being lower than that of gas in the drying chamber. The control part controls the replacing process of the cooling gas and the gas temperature-rise process in the drying chamber to be performed alternately. The replacing process of the cooling gas refers to the process that the cooling gas generated by the cooling unit replaces the gas in the drying chamber via the air ports of the drying chamber. Moreover, the gas temperature-rise process in the drying chamber refers to a gas temperature rising process in the drying chamber after the replacing process of the cooling gas is completed. Furthermore, the invention provides a refrigerator with the drying device. According to the drying device and the refrigerator with the drying device, the drying effect is good, the storage quality of goods can be effectively improved, and the storage time of the goods can be prolonged.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a drying device and a refrigerator provided with the drying device. Background technique [0002] The current refrigerator technology has been able to basically realize the setting of different storage temperatures for different types of food, but with consumers’ expectations for a healthier lifestyle, the proportion of dry foods such as shiitake mushrooms and ginseng in the diet structure is gradually increasing. Then comes the question of how to store these dry goods for a long time under corresponding temperature and humidity conditions. [0003] In order to solve this problem, it is a promising solution to equip a compartment with adjustable humidity on the basis of the refrigeration function of the refrigerator. As such a compartment having a drying function, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses a refrigerator having a drying compartment. The drying chamber is formed as an independent space in the refrigerati...

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[0006] However, the disadvantage of the above solution is that it needs to use an auxiliary electric heating device to heat the air before it flows into the drying chamber, which will cause a large fluctuation range of the gas temperature in the drying chamber, and increase power consumption and high manufacturing cost

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