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Classification of Refrigerator

Categorization by cooling method

Class	Direct Cooling (Natural convection method)	Indirect Cooling (Forced circulation method)
Characteristics	Cools down a refrigerator with cold air from cooling system through natural convection. Natural defrosting by simply stopping cooling system.	Cools down a refrigerator with cold air by forced circulation. Electrical heater in the cooling system operates at a regular interval to defrost.
Advantages	Low power consumption, low noise. No separate operation is necessary.	Temperature distribution is uniform within a refrigerator.
Disadvantages	Manual defrosting is necessary. (Stored food needs to be stored elsewhere while defrosting) Temperature distribution is not uniform within a refrigerator.	High power consumption, high noise.
Notes	Small models. Popular in Europe	Medium and larger models. Popular in U.S.A./Japan

*Initially type was direct cooling. Currently, indirect cooling is universal.

Categorization by the location of a freezer

Class	Top Mount	Bottom Freeze	Side By Side
Type
Advantages	Design is easy to be realized. Interior appears stable. Convenient to store variety of food. Refrigerator space utilization is high.	Ergonomically convenient. Freezer space utilization is high. Convenient to store variety of food.	Minimal space requirement for opening/closing a door. Easy to identify stored food. Stable interior structure. Easy to store tall items.
Disadvantages	Freezer space utilization is low. Large space requirement for opening/closing a door. Inconvenient for models with larger than 600ℓ capacity.	Upper refrigerator space utilization is inconvenient. Large space requirement for opening/closing a door. Refrigerator appears unstable. Inconvenient for models with larger than 600ℓ capacity.	Design is not easy to be realized. Easy to store wide items. Difficult to apply for models with larger than 600ℓ capacity.
Notes	200ℓ~600ℓ U.S.A./Japan/Korea	200ℓ~600ℓ Europe/Japan partially applied	greater than 600ℓ U.S.A./Australia/Korea

Categorization by door opening type

Class	Up-Right	Chest	Side By Side
Shape
Advantages	Easy to identify stored food. (Sort and Store)	Minimal space requirement for opening/closing a door. Low power consumption. Large storage volume.	Easy to identify stored food.(Sort and Store) Minimal space requirement for opening/closing a door.
Disadvantages	Large space requirement for opening/closing a door.	Difficult to identify stored food.(Not easy for large capacity models)	Difficult to apply for models with less than 600ℓ capacity.s
Notes	Less than 600ℓ	Less than 150ℓ Small size Built-In Show Case	Greater than 600ℓ


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