OPERATION OF KIMCHI REFRIGERATOR BY CONTROLLING MATURATION TIME TO ALLOW KIMCHI WHICH IS PUT INTO EACH CHAMBER TO DIFFER IN MATURING ACIDITY RANGE

摘要

PURPOSE: A method of operating a kimchi refrigerator by controlling the maturation time to allow kimchi which is put into each chamber to differ in the maturing acidity range is provided. The kimchi refrigerator has a different volume between kimchi storage chambers to allow a small amount of kimchi to be matured fast in a small chamber and a large amount of kimchi to be matured slowly in a large chamber, whereby enabling the consumer to eat kimchi having a desired taste. CONSTITUTION: The kimchi refrigerator contains plural chambers for receiving a kimchi container; an evaporator and a heater installed according to each chamber to separately control the temperature of each chamber; an inlet part for selecting the chamber and maturation temperature and time according to each chamber; and a control part for controlling the maturation time of corresponding chamber according to the input condition of the input part. The control part controls the maturation time to allow the acidity of kimchi which is put into each chamber to have 0.3 to 0.8. The minimum acidity and maximum acidity of kimchi which is put into one side chamber have higher value than that of kimchi which is put into another side chamber.