Casarte, the Tesla of home appliances, has a compressor-free refrigeration technology that completely subverts your perception of refrigerators and wine cabinets

Microsoft, Apple, Google, and Tesla have always been recognized by the outside world as technology companies that create disruptive technologies and products.

But for a long time, there has been no disruptive revolution in the home appliance industry.

At present, compressor refrigeration is the mainstream technology for refrigeration appliances. In the more than 100 years since its birth, compressors have always been in a monopoly position, and no new technology has emerged to match or replace it.

After too long of silence, Haier has developed a groundbreaking refrigeration technology, namely the solid-state thin-film refrigeration technology developed by Haier by integrating resources from Silicon Valley in the United States. It not only took the lead in proposing the possibility of compressor-free refrigeration for home appliances and successfully put it into practice, but also became a powerful booster for Haier to continue to lead the development of the refrigeration industry. The compressor-free refrigeration technology, together with Haier's aerospace refrigerator technology, ultra-low temperature medical refrigerator technology, deep-sea -60℃ technology, and oil-free compressor refrigeration technology, has promoted the accelerated innovation of the global refrigeration industry and has become the Tesla of the home appliance industry.

What is compressor-free refrigeration technology?

Compressors are also known as the "heart" of refrigeration appliances and are widely used in wine cabinets, refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners and other products. Although compressors have played a pioneering role in refrigeration technology, in actual applications, compressor refrigeration has exposed obvious drawbacks. Take wine cabinets as an example. Although compressor refrigeration has good effects and a wide temperature control range, the vibration and noise caused by operation and temperature fluctuations caused by periodic start and stop are quite a headache for users and difficult to solve. The compressors that have existed for a century are facing elimination.

Haier's first solid-state thin-film refrigeration technology uses an electronic chip made of innovative materials and leading technology. The cold end uses a passive CO2 heat pipe heat exchanger, and the hot end uses a H2O air direct cooling dual-purpose heat exchanger to produce a cooling effect. It is reported that this technology can currently achieve the same cooling depth as a compressor, and has more advantages in size, weight, and modular combination flexibility.

The advantages of solid-state thin film refrigeration technology can be summarized by three "zeros".

Zero noise: The cooling source of solid-state refrigeration products adopts electronic chips, the cold end adopts a CO2 heat pipe heat exchanger with passive cooling, and the heat pipe adopts a H2O air direct cooling dual-purpose heat exchanger. Except for the high ambient temperature of 32℃ and the initial power-on pull-down, the hot end fan needs to be turned on. In the normal 25℃ use state, the fan is not turned on, and the whole machine is completely silent.

Zero vibration: The maximum vibration speed of household appliances using compressors is 3.5mm/s when in operation. However, refrigerators and wine cabinets that use solid-state film refrigeration technology eliminate the vibration source - the compressor, achieving a zero vibration effect.

Zero temperature and humidity fluctuations: Solid-state refrigeration uses 0-36V DC voltage dual power supply control. Through voltage conversion and intelligent switching of dual power supplies, it achieves "never-stop" refrigeration, and the dual temperature zones can be controlled separately, which is equivalent to installing two "variable frequency compressors" with a starting frequency of 0Hz, so that the operating temperature and cold pipe temperature in the box are maintained within ±0.1℃, close to 0 fluctuations, and the humidity is also kept constant.

Solid-state refrigeration technology achieves true greenness, energy saving and environmental protection. It not only enables users to practice environmentally friendly concepts, but also surpasses compressor refrigeration products in terms of safety.

Casarte wine cabinet = living room wine cellar

At present, Haier's solid-state thin-film refrigeration technology that does not require a compressor has been first applied to Casarte wine cabinets. This revolutionary product means the birth of a true "living room wine cellar" for consumers.

According to relevant data, in 2020, my country's per capita income is expected to exceed US$12,000, which means that my country will enter the ranks of middle-income countries. Among them, the middle-income population will reach at least 400-600 million people, and the consumption power represented by this group of users should not be underestimated. The consumption habits of this part of the young middle class for alcoholic products have also changed. They like wine much more than liquor and beer. It can be foreseen that a large part of the traditional alcohol market will be replaced by wine in the future.

As the wine market continues to expand, home wine cabinets will also usher in new opportunities for development, and Haier's layout in this field can be said to have a long history. As early as 2000, Haier developed the first wine cabinet and exported it to the United States. According to statistics from Euromonitor International, a world-renowned market research organization, Haier's wine cabinets have ranked first in the world for six consecutive years. This means that after nearly 20 years of active exploration, Haier's wine cabinets have been recognized by the international market.

However, it should be noted that, whether it is the initial semiconductor wine cabinet or the compressor wine cabinet, although they can meet the needs of wine storage, they can never avoid the vibration and noise caused by the compressor refrigeration during the operation of the wine cabinet, as well as the ±2℃ temperature fluctuation caused by the periodic switching on and off. Red wine has very strict requirements on the storage environment. These problems caused by compressor refrigeration are very likely to disrupt its molecular structure, causing sediment to rise, causing the wine to "mature" or "shock". Therefore, with the improvement of life taste and users' awareness of the disadvantages of traditional compressor wine cabinets, users are more and more in need of vibration-free and noise-free "compressor-free" wine cabinets.

Casarte compressor-free wine cabinet uses electronic chip refrigeration composed of innovative materials and leading technology to create a "living room wine cellar" for high-end red wine. Professional tests show that Casarte compressor-free wine cabinet has obvious advantages in reliability, anti-vibration, quietness, constant temperature, no refrigerant and environmental protection.

In terms of quietness, users can't feel the noise when the compressor-free wine cabinet is running at room temperature; in terms of temperature control, the wine cabinet uses DC voltage dual power supply control to achieve "never-stop" refrigeration, so that the operating temperature and humidity in the cabinet remain constant. This not only meets the "wine cellar-style" experience requirements of global red wine enthusiasts, but also fundamentally solves the defect of compressor wine cabinet vibration.

Industry experts pointed out that Casarte compressor-free wine cabinets provide the best storage solution for high-end red wines around the world, and are milestones in terms of user experience and industry leadership. It is foreseeable that after the launch of Casarte compressor-free wine cabinets, which are the first to achieve noise-free, vibration-free and constant temperature, they are expected to redefine the wine cabinet standard and become a new starting point in the refrigeration field of the global home appliance industry.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.