| CPC F24F 11/63 (2018.01) | 19 Claims |
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1. A method of controlling a refrigerator including a cold air generator to generate cold air for cooling a storage compartment and a cold air transmission unit to transmit the cold air to the storage compartment, the method comprising:
operating, by a controller of the refrigerator, the cold air generator and the cold air transmission unit when a temperature of the storage compartment is equal to or greater than a first reference temperature;
when the temperature of the storage compartment becomes equal to or less than a second reference temperature that is less than the first reference temperature while the operating the cold air generator and the cold air transmission unit, turning off, by the controller, the cold air transmission unit; and
when the temperature of the storage compartment becomes equal to or greater than the first reference temperature after turning off the cold air transmission unit, turning on, by the controller, the cold air transmission unit again,
wherein the controller determines an initial setting for an operation output of the cold air transmission unit based on a cooling power of the cold air generator, and
wherein after turning on the cold air transmission unit again, the cold air transmission unit operates with the determined initial setting for the operation output,
wherein the cold air generator includes a compressor, and
wherein the cold air transmission unit includes a cooling fan operating to provide the cold air to the storage compartment,
wherein the operation output for the cooling fan changes from the initial setting one or more times before the cooling fan is turned off again.
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