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Food in a refrigerator with its door open. A refrigerator, commonly shortened to fridge, is a commercial and home appliance consisting of a thermally insulated compartment and a heat pump (mechanical, electronic or chemical) that transfers heat from its inside to its external environment so that its inside is cooled to a temperature below the room temperature. [1]
By 1890, after acquiring the patent rights of Franz Windhausen's CO 2-compression refrigeration system, the J & E Hall company installed the first marine CO 2 refrigerator system on the Nelson Line ship Highland Chief. In 1900, a worldwide survey found 356 refrigerated ships, 37% of which had air machines, 37% ammonia compressors and 25% CO 2 ...