INTRODUCTION

Household refrigerator is a daily-necessity domestic appliance and operates practically all the
year. Due to the impact of global warming effect and energy shortage, the minimum energy
performance standards (MEPS) of domestic electric appliances have been improving. At the
heart of refrigerators is the most important part, the compressor. It plays a major role in cooling
and maintaining the temperature inside the refrigerator. Over the past few years, there have been
a lot of improvements in compressor technologies most refrigerator manufacturers have
introduced the inverter compressor technology. To proficiently reduce energy consumption
without affecting the overall performance of appliances, it is crucial to understand and invest in
energy efficient technologies i.e. the inverter technology.
WORKING

Fig: Inverter circuit

Basic structure of inverter circuit consist of mainly two parts; converter and inverter.

Converter: An electrical device that is used to convert alternating current into direct current is
called as rectifier. Rectifier is an electronic circuit which consists of with the combination of two
or four Diodes, The Rectifier circuit converts the AC voltage level into Pulsating DC voltage
level. As we know that Diode is a unidirectional device which allows to flow current only in one
direction and permitting the current to flow in other direction due to this property diode used in
Rectifier circuit. There are two different configuration to generate full wave pulsating DC. One is
full wave and other is half wave Full wave Bridge Rectifier have advantages over half wave
Rectifier because the average output of DC is much higher than the half wave rectifier. In this
system a full bridge rectifier is used.

Inverter: The speed of the motor can be controlled from low to high by varying the power
supplied to the motor through the switching of the transistors.By signal being input on each
transistor, current will go through the motor. This signal input format is different according to
the motor (AC inverter DC inverter)
From the ac motor working principle, we know that the synchronous speed of motor (rpm) is
dependent upon frequency. Therefore by varying the frequency of the power supply through AC
drive we can control the synchronous motor speed:

Speed (rpm) = Frequency (Hertz) x 120 / No. of poles

Where:
Frequency = Electrical Frequency of the power supply in Hz. No. of Poles = Number of
electrical poles in the motor stator. Thus we can conveniently adjust the speed of an AC motor
by changing the frequency applied to the motor.
 BENEFITS OF INVERTER REFRIGERATOR

Better temperature control: Refrigerators with smart Inverter Technology are designed for
precise cooling. It automatically changes the compressor speed depending on the food load,
outside temperature, thermostat settings and up and down of the temperature during opening and
closing of the door.

Lower Noise and Vibration Levels: The conventional refrigerators make loud noise and also
vibrate when it starts the compressor. A refrigerator with inverter technology uses low speeds
when it starts and works on balancing the speed so it works without making much noise.

Longer Life Span: Inverter Refrigerators have much longer life span because here the
compressor runs slowly and gradually increase or decrease its speed. Also, there is no sudden
shock loads from the stop-start- run at full speed mechanism of the ordinary compressors. This
reduces the wear and tear on the compressor and make them last long.

Higher Power Factor: Regular compressor motor has much lower power factors where the Inverter
Compressor has higher power factor. For commercial and industrial use, there is penalty on lower power
factor and discount on higher power factors. An inverter motor has power factor about 1 unit which will
save electricity and will also provide discount.