CN-121977314-A - Ice making method and ice making apparatus

CN121977314ACN 121977314 ACN121977314 ACN 121977314ACN-121977314-A

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of ice making, and provides an ice making method and ice making equipment. The ice making method comprises the steps of responding to switching information of a second ice making mode for an ice making assembly executing the first ice making mode, obtaining the ambient temperature of the ice making assembly and the actual water temperature of a cold water tank of the ice making assembly, determining a theoretical water temperature interval of the cold water tank corresponding to the ambient temperature in the second ice making mode, determining that the actual water temperature is not in the theoretical water temperature interval, and controlling and adjusting ice making duration in the second ice making mode until the ice making assembly reaches a stable working state in the second ice making mode, wherein one of the first ice making mode and the second ice making mode is a transparent ice mode, and the other is a static ice mode. When the mode is switched, the ice making time of the ice making assembly is controlled and regulated by judging the relation between the actual water temperature and the theoretical water temperature under the environment temperature, so that big ice is avoided or too small ice particles are avoided, the icing quality is improved, and the ice making assembly is protected to the greatest extent.

Inventors

WANG CONGCONG
ZHENG YUEDONG
GUI PENG
WU TING

Assignees

佛山市顺德区美的饮水机制造有限公司
美的集团股份有限公司

Dates

Publication Date: 20260505
Application Date: 20251219

Claims (13)

1. A method of making ice, comprising: For an ice making assembly which is executing a first ice making mode, responding to switching information of a second ice making mode, and acquiring the ambient temperature of the ice making assembly and the actual water temperature of a cold water tank of the ice making assembly; determining a theoretical water temperature interval of the cold water tank corresponding to the ambient temperature in a second ice making mode; Determining that the actual water temperature is not in the theoretical water temperature interval, and controlling and adjusting the ice making time length in the second ice making mode until the ice making assembly reaches a stable working state in the second ice making mode; wherein one of the first ice making mode and the second ice making mode is a transparent ice mode, and the other is a static ice mode.
2. The ice making method according to claim 1, wherein said first ice making mode is a static ice mode and said second ice making mode is a transparent ice mode.
3. The ice making method according to claim 2, wherein said determining that said actual water temperature is not within said theoretical water temperature interval controls and adjusts a length of ice making in said second ice making mode until said ice making assembly reaches a steady state of operation in said second ice making mode, comprising: And controlling to prolong the ice making time length in the transparent ice mode according to different extension degrees based on the absolute difference between the actual water temperature and the theoretical water temperature, wherein the absolute difference and the extension degrees have non-negative correlation.
4. The ice making method according to claim 2, wherein said determining that said actual water temperature is not within said theoretical water temperature interval controls and adjusts a length of ice making in said second ice making mode until said ice making assembly reaches a steady state of operation in said second ice making mode, comprising: A correction step, namely prolonging the ice making time length in the transparent ice mode and finishing one-time ice making; a detection step of detecting the actual water temperature again; And judging, namely determining that the actual water temperature reaches the theoretical water temperature interval, controlling the ice making assembly to make ice according to a normal ice making program in a transparent ice mode, or determining that the actual water temperature is still higher than the theoretical water temperature interval, and executing the correction step, the detection step and the judgment step again.
5. The ice making method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein said obtaining, for an ice making assembly that is executing the first ice making mode, an ambient temperature in which the ice making assembly is located and an actual water temperature of a cold water tank of the ice making assembly in response to the switching information of the second ice making mode, comprises: And after the ice making assembly is controlled to complete the preparation of the ice cubes in the current period, the ambient temperature and the actual water temperature are obtained.
6. The ice making method according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein said obtaining, for the ice making assembly that is executing the first ice making mode, the ambient temperature in which the ice making assembly is located and the actual water temperature of the cold water tank of the ice making assembly in response to the switching information of the second ice making mode, includes: determining a transition stage of the ice making assembly after power-on, and detecting the ambient temperature and the actual water temperature through different sensors respectively; and determining that the ice making assembly is in a stable working state, detecting the ambient temperature, and determining the actual water temperature corresponding to the ambient temperature in a static ice mode through a preset mapping relation.
7. The ice-making method according to claim 6, wherein said ambient temperature includes a low temperature zone, a medium temperature zone and a high temperature zone, The determining that the ice making assembly is in a stable working state, detecting the ambient temperature, and determining the actual water temperature corresponding to the ambient temperature in a static ice mode through a preset mapping relation comprises the following steps: After power-on, when the ice making assembly is detected to continuously prepare ice cubes exceeding a preset plate in a static ice mode, it is determined that the ice making assembly reaches a stable working state in the static ice mode, the ice making assembly in the stable working state in the static ice mode has an actual water temperature corresponding to a low temperature zone of the ice making assembly as a first actual water temperature, an actual water temperature corresponding to a medium temperature zone of the ice making assembly as a second actual water temperature, an actual water temperature corresponding to a high temperature zone of the ice making assembly as a third water temperature, and the first actual water temperature < the second actual water temperature < the third actual water temperature.
8. The ice making method according to claim 7, wherein the low temperature interval T1 satisfies 6 ℃ < T1≤18, the medium temperature interval T2 satisfies 18 ℃ < T1≤31 ℃, the high temperature interval T1 satisfies 31 ℃ < T1≤45 ℃, and the ice making assembly is in a static ice mode when 4 ℃ ltoreq.first actual water temperature≤5 ℃,6 ℃ < second actual water temperature≤7 ℃,10 ℃ < third actual water temperature≤15 ℃.
9. An ice making apparatus, comprising: The acquisition module is used for responding to the switching information of the second ice making mode for the ice making assembly which is executing the first ice making mode, and acquiring the ambient temperature of the ice making assembly and the actual water temperature of the cold water tank of the ice making assembly; The determining module is used for determining a theoretical water temperature interval of the cold water tank corresponding to the ambient temperature in a second ice making mode; The control module is used for controlling and adjusting the ice making duration in the second ice making mode until the ice making assembly reaches a stable working state in the second ice making mode under the condition that the actual water temperature is not in the theoretical water temperature interval; wherein one of the first ice making mode and the second ice making mode is a transparent ice mode, and the other is a static ice mode.
10. An ice making apparatus, comprising: an ice-making assembly including an ice-making housing, an evaporator for cooling the ice-making housing, and a cold water tank for supplying water to the ice-making housing; A first temperature sensor for detecting an actual water temperature in the cold water tank; the second temperature sensor is used for detecting the ambient temperature of the ice making equipment; A controller for performing the ice making method of any one of claims 1 to 8.
11. An electronic device comprising a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the processor implements the ice making method of any one of claims 1 to 8 when the program is executed by the processor.
12. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program, which when executed by a processor implements the ice making method according to any one of claims 1 to 8.
13. A computer program product comprising a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements a method of making ice as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8.

Description

Ice making method and ice making apparatus Technical Field The invention relates to the technical field of ice making, in particular to an ice making method and ice making equipment. Background The ice-making assembly has a transparent ice mode and a static ice mode. In the transparent ice mode, water circulation is formed between the cold water tank and the ice making box, and then the water temperature in the cold water tank is generally close to the water temperature in the ice making box under the stable working state. In the static ice mode, the water temperature in the cold water tank is related to the ambient temperature in a stable operating state. It is also known that the water temperature in the cold water tank in the static ice mode is significantly higher than the water temperature in the cold water tank in the transparent ice mode when the ice making assembly is in a steady operation. If the working mode of the ice making assembly is switched in the working process, the problems of big ice or too small ice particles and the like can be caused if ice making is still carried out according to a pre-stored normal ice making program. Disclosure of Invention The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the technical problems existing in the related art. To this end, the present invention proposes an ice making method that can avoid the problem of ice formation or ice particle size. The invention also provides an ice making device. The invention also provides ice making equipment. The invention further provides electronic equipment. The invention also proposes a non-transitory computer readable storage medium. The invention also proposes a computer program product. An embodiment of a method for making ice according to a first aspect of the present invention includes: For an ice making assembly which is executing a first ice making mode, responding to switching information of a second ice making mode, and acquiring the ambient temperature of the ice making assembly and the actual water temperature of a cold water tank of the ice making assembly; determining a theoretical water temperature interval of the cold water tank corresponding to the ambient temperature in a second ice making mode; Determining that the actual water temperature is not in the theoretical water temperature interval, and controlling and adjusting the ice making time length in the second ice making mode until the ice making assembly reaches a stable working state in the second ice making mode; wherein one of the first ice making mode and the second ice making mode is a transparent ice mode, and the other is a static ice mode. According to the ice making method provided by the embodiment of the invention, when the first ice making program is switched to the second ice making mode, the ice making time of the ice making assembly is controlled and regulated by judging the relation between the actual water temperature and the theoretical water temperature under the ambient temperature, so that the ice making is prevented from being big or too small, the ice making quality is improved, and the ice making assembly is protected to the greatest extent. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the first ice making mode is a static ice mode and the second ice making mode is a transparent ice mode. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the determining that the actual water temperature is not in the theoretical water temperature interval, controlling and adjusting the ice making duration in the second ice making mode until the ice making assembly reaches a stable working state in the second ice making mode, includes: And controlling to prolong the ice making time length in the transparent ice mode according to different extension degrees based on the absolute difference between the actual water temperature and the theoretical water temperature, wherein the absolute difference and the extension degrees have non-negative correlation. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the determining that the actual water temperature is not in the theoretical water temperature interval, controlling and adjusting the ice making duration in the second ice making mode until the ice making assembly reaches a stable working state in the second ice making mode, includes: A correction step, namely prolonging the ice making time length in the transparent ice mode and finishing one-time ice making; a detection step of detecting the actual water temperature again; And judging, namely determining that the actual water temperature reaches the theoretical water temperature interval, controlling the ice making assembly to make ice according to a normal ice making program in a transparent ice mode, or determining that the actual water temperature is still higher than the theoretical water temperature interval, and executing the correction step, the detection step and the judgment step again. According to one embodim