REFRIGERATOR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

摘要

According to the present invention, a refrigerator comprises: a main body having a storage room; a door which is disposed on the main body, and opens and closes the storage room; a cooling unit to use a compressor, a condenser, a pressure reducer, and a vaporizer connected by a refrigerant pipe to cool the storage room; and a heat transport unit having a first passage unit disposed adjacent to the refrigerant pipe of the cooling unit to receive heat from the refrigerant pipe, and a second passage unit disposed on a front surface of the main body with which the door comes in contact, in which heat of the first passage unit is transported. A first cycle for cooling the storage room and a second cycle for supplying heat to the front surface of the main body are independently arranged, and the second cycle can receive heat from the first cycle to prevent a decrease in cooling capability and an increase in consumed power by an increase in pressure loss of a pipe of the fist cycle.