Abstract: A media design for modular use in an air cleaning or HVAC systems to removes gas phase contaminants. The design allows for a control of gas contaminant removal using variable media length, path length, and contact time to ensure a contained MTZ length and low pressure drop. In one embodiment, the design includes a filter module at an angle to an airflow and an air filter mounted within the filter frame. The filter module may include channels therethrough that are oriented at the optimum angle in relation to the airflow to provide the required dwell time and pressure drop for a given application.

Abstract: An air purification system with specific plants having microbes on rhizosphere/roots capable of removing pollutants from a surrounding environment. The system has a plurality of axial fans provided at an inlet and an outlet to facilitate flow of polluted air in and clean air out. The system has a perforated plate for collecting water in a water tank. The water tank with pump are for regular watering of the plants. The system has a pipe and nozzles for spraying of water with nutrients and a sensor for detecting pollutants. The system is capable of reducing a wide range of pollutants, such as particulate matter, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), sulfur oxides (SOx) and nitrogen oxides (NOx).

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of room humidifier devices, and more particularly to an ultrasonic humidifier that reduces or eliminates aerosolization of pathogens and dissolved solids found in source water.

Abstract: An HVAC air freshener comprises a cylindrical housing having at least one opening in the wall of the housing along the length of the housing, the housing adapted to be inserted through an opening in a planar portion of an HVAC plenum or ductwork, a fastener encircling and attached to the housing near one end of the housing and adapted to attach to an exterior planar surface of the plenum or ductwork, and a fragrance cartridge inserted into the housing. The fragrance from the fragrance cartridge escapes from the cartridge through the housing opening and into the plenum or ductwork.

Abstract: A fire damper for an air distribution system includes a body defining a flow path and a closure means adapted to close the flow path when a temperature within the flow path exceeds a predetermined maximum temperature. A first flange is fixed to the body and a mounting means comprising a second flange is slidably engageable with and removable from the body. The mounting means comprises securing means for securing the mounting means to the body such that a building element through which the fire damper extends, in use, can be clamped between the first and second flanges. A flexible insulating sleeve configured for use with a fire damper, and a method of installing a fire damper, are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a means of reducing exposure to aerosolized particulate pathogens thereby (1) safely increasing throughput, (2) increasing surgical flow rates and (3) improving surgical suite turnover times (i.e., limiting non-productive facility space utilization) through air quality monitoring, generally. Further, the present invention couples air quality sensors with real-time processing technology by combining algorithmic enabled and mechanical means of lowering risk levels of both patients, medical professionals and ancillary staff alike.

Abstract: A multi-zone environmental control system such as an HVAC and/or an IAQ control system includes a control module, a primary user interface, and at least one secondary user interface. The control module is configured to control an environmental system and controlled devices, each device associated with a respective zone. The primary user interface is in communication with the control mode and associated with a first zone. The primary user interface displays information to the user, receives inputs from the user regarding control of at least the first zone, and transmits signals to the control module, which then controls the device associated with the first zone. Each secondary user interface is associated with a zone other than the first zone and is configured to display information to the user, receive an input from the user concerning control of the respective zone, and communicate with the primary user interface.

Abstract: A method of operating a heating, air conditioning, and ventilation (HVAC) system includes determining one or more user preferences for environmental conditions in a structure. The method also includes determining one or more interior environmental parameters measured for the interior space, the one or more environmental parameters including at least one of interior temperature, interior humidity, or interior air quality. The method also includes determining one or more exterior environmental parameters measured for an exterior space outside the structure, the one or more exterior environmental parameters including at least one of exterior temperature, exterior humidity, and exterior air quality. Further, the method includes determining a ventilation decision.

Abstract: A flow control device for an HVAC fluid transportation system includes a sensor module and a logic module. The sensor module includes a flow measurement system to be connected with a flow tube and measures a volumetric flow of a fluid through the flow tube. The sensor module further includes a first electronic circuit connected electrically to the flow measurement system. The logic module is connected to the sensor module and includes a control signal output terminal and a second electronic circuit connected to the first electronic circuit. The second electronic circuit generates and applies on the control signal output terminal an actuator control signal, using the volumetric flow of the fluid measured by the flow measurement system, for an actuator, arranged outside the flow tube of the flow control device, to actuate a valve of the HVAC fluid transportation system.

Abstract: An air conditioner includes processing circuitry to acquire a result of detecting temperature information in a region; to generate thermal distribution information in the region from the temperature information; to generate reference thermal distribution information in the region; to acquire user setting information which includes user information previously assigned to a user and either temperature setting information or relative temperature setting information in each position in the region specified by the user; to store user position information in which the user information and a staying position of the user in the region are associated with each other in a storage; and to control air blow using the user setting information and the user position information.

Abstract: A building system for a building. The building system can include one or more memory devices. The one or more memory device can store instructions. The instructions, when executed by one or more processors, can cause the one or more processors to receive, from one or more sensors, air quality measurements associated with one or more spaces of the building, and generate, using the air quality measurements, a productivity score for at least one of the building or at least one space of the one or more spaces of the building. The productivity score can be based on a predicted productivity or effect on productivity of one or more occupants of the building in view of the air quality measurements.

Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes secondary control circuitry configured to communicatively couple to primary control circuitry of the HVAC system that is configured to operate the HVAC system in a variable operating mode. The secondary control circuitry is configured to cause operation of the HVAC system in a calibration mode to determine a calibrated target temperature and transmit the calibrated target temperature to the primary control circuitry to enable operation of the HVAC system in the variable operating mode via the primary control circuitry based on the calibrated target temperature.

Abstract: A system and method for minimizing indoor infection risk and improving indoor air quality (IAQ) while maximizing energy savings. The system integrates occupancy detection and forecasting, outdoor weather conditions and forecasting, indoor infection risks and air quality modeling, any tunable air filtration, the clean air delivery rate, and any portable air cleaners. The system outputs the total amount of outdoor air intake, the air temperature of the supply air into the space, the supply air flow rate into the space, the operation mode of tunable air filtration/purification/disinfection, the operation mode of the in-room air cleaner, and space/room temperature set-points, and thus can serve as the central controller for an HVAC system.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of air purifiers, and more particularly to an air purifier having a control system providing a noise mitigation feature that detects when an ambient space is occupied and provides for decreased fan speed, resulting in decreased fan noise, during periods of time in which the ambient space is determined to be occupied.

Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes an electrical enclosure having a compressor variable speed drive (VSD) and a condenser fan VSD disposed within the electrical enclosure. The compressor VSD is configured to control operation of a compressor motor of the HVAC system, and the condenser fan VSD is configured to control operation of a condenser fan motor of the HVAC system.

Abstract: An air inlet for an air handling unit includes a duct defining a passageway leading to the air handling unit. The fresh air inlet further includes an intake screen that is formed to include a plurality of openings sized to allow airflow to pass through the openings to the air handling unit. Particles are blocked from adhering and accumulating to surfaces of the intake screen.

Abstract: A air inlet for an air handling unit includes an intake grate that extends around a central axis and is configured to admit an airflow therethrough. The air inlet further includes an outlet duct arranged to lie along the central axis and positioned radially inward of the intake grate. The air inlet further includes a debris collection housing.

Abstract: An air conditioner is provided that may include a case; a base panel that is disposed at a first side of the case and has an inlet into which air flows; an inlet grill that is rotatably disposed in the base panel based on a first rotational shaft, and disposed at a lower side of the inlet; and a first filter that is movably or rotatably disposed in the base panel based on a second rotational shaft, and removes foreign substances in the air flowing into the inlet. The second rotational shaft of the first filter may be movably disposed in a frontward-rearward direction at an upper side of the first rotational shaft of the inlet grill.

Abstract: Disclosed is a blade-heating heat pump cover and a heat pump. By providing the mounting slot on the cover body in a direction of protruding from the second surface to the first surface, and providing the heating element in the mounting slot, the application makes the heating element be provided on the cover body without contacting the liquid medium, and the liquid medium be heated through the cover body, thus avoiding the occurrence of leakage caused by corrosion of the heating element by the liquid medium; by providing the heating wire in the heating element, and bending and providing the heating wire in the first end of the heating element for heating, and one part of the heating wire being located on the second end of the heating element being connected to the external circuit, the application is easy to install, assembly and maintain.

Abstract: Provided herein is a heater and a heating pool. The heater comprises a heating core that includes a first surface and a second surface arranged on the opposite side of the heating core. A first insulating housing is placed on the first surface and forms a first heat insulating chamber together with the first surface. The second insulating housing is placed on the second surface and forms a second heat insulating chamber together with the second surface, wherein the first heat insulating chamber and the second heat insulating chamber communicate with each other. The heater of the utility model has good insulation performance and can prevent the occurrence of electrical leakage, so that the safety performance of the heater is improved.

Abstract: Thermal efficiency systems and methods are provided for installation and use in boiler plants. Thermal efficiency systems include a reservoir, a plurality of heat scavengers, a plurality of heat sinks, and a control system. Each heat scavenger can receive system fluid, extract excess heat from a heated plant fluid, and provide the extracted heat into the system fluid to create heated system fluid. Each heat sink can receive and remove heat from heated system fluid to create cooled system fluid. The controller generates and sends control signals to selectively activate one or more of a plurality of valves to control amount of system fluid directed to each heat scavenger and each heat sink.

Abstract: A water-heating system includes a water reservoir having a storage tank adapted to hold water to be heated, an AC-powered heating element arranged to heat water in the storage tank when coupled electrically to an alternating current, and a DC-powered heating element arranged to heat water in the storage tank when coupled electrically to a direct current.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an automatic motion system by dilatation of a fluid, said system acting on elements of a compact solar collector with integrated storage tank, said solar collector having least a face exposed to the solar radiation and at least another face not facing the solar radiation, said solar collector comprising a plurality of primary tubes, for containing at least one primary heat carrier element adapted to the storage of thermal energy, and an external collector element arranged movable with respect to each primary conduit, adapted to overlap, at least partially, during its motion, in each primary conduit.

Abstract: A positive displacement machine includes a housing including a guide part, a slide member including a piston disposed in the guide part, a coupling member coupled to the slide member, a first rotating member coupled to the coupling member and configured to rotate centering on a first rotation axis, a second rotating member coupled to the coupling member and configured to rotate, centering on a second rotation axis, in an opposite direction of a rotating direction of the first rotating member, and a first motor including a first rotor coupled to the first rotating member and a first stator disposed on an outer side of the first rotor, The first motor includes a first adjusting mechanism configured to adjust an angle of the first stator with respect to the first rotor, the angle being centered on the first rotation axis.

Abstract: A multi-head single-pass sectional compression water chilling device includes a combined condenser and a combined evaporator. The combined condenser is formed by sequentially connecting and combining a plurality of sectional condensers, the combined condenser is internally provided with a condenser tube bundle for use by all the sectional condensers, the combined evaporator is formed by sequentially connecting and combining a plurality of sectional evaporators, the combined evaporator is internally provided with an evaporator tube bundle for use by all the sectional evaporators, the sectional condensers and the sectional evaporators are in one-to-one correspondence, a compressor is connected between each sectional condenser and a corresponding one of the sectional evaporators, and the compressor, the sectional condenser and the corresponding sectional evaporator form a refrigeration function section.

Abstract: A system utilizing cascading heat pump circuits (HPCs) is employed to efficiently transfer heat from low temperature reservoirs to high temperature reservoirs. The system of cascading (e.g., multistage) HPCs include at least two HPCs that are in thermal communication. The first HPC uses a first refrigerant and is configured to raise a first cold operating temperature to a first hot operating temperature. The second HPC uses a second refrigerant and is configured to raise a second cold operating temperature to a second hot operating temperature. The second HPC is in thermal communication with the first HPC through a thermal exchange block, which allows the transfer of heat between the HPCs and causes the first hot temperature to be equilibrated with the second cold temperature. The cascading HPC system also includes a system controller that is configured to optimize the coefficient of performance (COP) of the cascading HPC system.

Abstract: A primary refrigerant circuit allows circulation of a primary refrigerant, the primary refrigerant circuit including a primary compressor, a cascade heat exchanger, a primary receiver, and a primary heat exchanger. A secondary refrigerant circuit allows circulation of a secondary refrigerant, the secondary refrigerant circuit including a secondary compressor, the cascade heat exchanger, and a utilization heat exchanger; a primary casing accommodating the primary compressor; and a heat source casing accommodating the secondary compressor. The receiver is provided outside the primary casing.

Abstract: A primary refrigerant circuit allows circulation of a primary refrigerant and includes a primary compressor, a cascade heat exchanger, and a primary heat exchanger. A secondary refrigerant circuit allows circulation of a secondary refrigerant and includes a secondary compressor, the cascade heat exchanger, and a utilization heat exchanger. The primary refrigerant circuit includes a first connecting pipe, a primary first connection pipe, and a liquid connecting pipe connecting the cascade heat exchanger and the primary heat exchanger, a primary suction flow path of the primary compressor, a primary subcooling circuit connecting the liquid connecting pipe and the primary suction flow path, and a primary subcooling expansion valve provided in the primary subcooling circuit.

Abstract: A gas refrigerating machine comprising: an input (2) for gas; a recuperator (10); a compressor (40) having a compressor input (41), the compressor input (41) being coupled to a first recuperator output (12); a heat exchanger (60); a turbine (70); and a gas output (5), wherein the gas refrigerating machine is configured as open system, and wherein the gas refrigerating machine is configured such that a working medium in at least one element of the group of elements comprising the recuperator (10), the compressor (40), the heat exchanger (60) and the turbine (70), is the gas, and wherein the input (2) is arranged at a first portion of a housing (100) of the gas refrigerating machine where the input (2) and the gas output (5) are configured, wherein the gas output (5) is arranged at a second portion of the housing (100) of the gas refrigerating machine, and wherein the first portion is arranged above the second portion in an operating direction in which the gas refrigerating machine is set up for an operation of

Abstract: A sorption heat pump, comprising a gaseous refrigerant; a liquid solvent; a lean solution and a rich solution, wherein the lean solution and the rich solution are single phase mixes of the liquid solvent and the refrigerant; a first absorber in which the lean solution absorbs a first partial flow of the refrigerant under a pressure drop; a second absorber in which the lean solution absorbs a second partial flow of the refrigerant directly thereafter while respectively dissipating heat; and an expeller in which the rich solution absorbs ambient heat and expels the refrigerant, a down tube arranged between an outlet for the lean solution from the first absorber and an inlet for the lean solution into the second absorber, wherein a hydrostatic pressure of a liquid column of the lean solution in the down tube compensates the pressure drop.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooling apparatus, having increased cooling efficiency, which has a cooling rod passing through the inside of a storage receptacle such that an object to be cooled stored inside the storage receptacle is cooled by means of the cooling rod, and in which the cooling rod or the storage receptacle is filled with an auxiliary cooling solution for increasing the cooling efficiency, thereby cooling the inside of the storage receptacle to a predetermined temperature even in an environment with a high external temperature.

Abstract: Disclosed is a controller and a control method of a thermoelectric cooler-heater device. The controller includes a switching power supply coupled to the thermoelectric cooler-heater device to provide a first driving current; and a constant-current constant-voltage power supply coupled to the thermoelectric cooler-heater device to provide a second driving current. According to a temperature detection signal, one of the switching power supply and the constant-current constant-voltage power supply operates, the first driving current is a continuous driving current flowing from an anode end to a cathode end of the thermoelectric cooler-heater device, the second driving current is a pulse driving current flowing from the cathode end to the anode end.

Abstract: The evaporation unit structure of a heat transport member that is an evaporation unit structure of the heat transport member in which a container including an internal space in which the working fluid is enclosed includes an evaporation unit in which the working fluid in a liquid phase changes in phase, and a condensation unit in which the working fluid in a gas phase changes in phase, wherein a sintered body layer is provided on an inner surface of the evaporation unit, the sintered body layer with an average thickness n is composed of a first site that is a region of n/2 on an inner surface side of the container, and a second site that is a region of n/2 on the internal space side, and a percentage of voids of the first site is less than a percentage of voids of the second site.

Abstract: A suction valve of a multiple-compressor heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a valve housing including a valve inlet conduit to direct a flow of refrigerant from a heat absorption heat exchanger of the HVAC system into the suction valve, and a plurality of valve outlet conduits. Each valve outlet conduit of the plurality of valve outlet conduits is configured to direct the flow of refrigerant from the suction valve to a different compressor of the HVAC system. A valve seat is located in the valve housing. The valve seat has a plurality of valve passages extending therethrough. The valve seat is one or more of movable along a valve axis and rotatable about the valve axis to selectably direct the flow of refrigerant to one or more compressors of the HVAC system depending on a position of the valve seat in the valve housing.

Abstract: A vapor compression system includes a heat exchanger configured to facilitate heat transfer between a refrigerant and a conditioning fluid. The vapor compression system also includes an expansion valve disposed along a conduit coupled to the heat exchanger. The conduit is configured to direct a flow of the refrigerant into the heat exchanger. Additionally, the vapor compression system includes a sensor configured to provide feedback indicative of a temperature of the conditioning fluid exiting the heat exchanger and a controller including a memory and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to receive a signal indicative of the temperature of the conditioning fluid exiting the heat exchanger from the sensor and adjust operation of the expansion valve based on the signal.

Abstract: A compressor and a refrigeration apparatus are provided. The compressor has a compressor body, a reservoir and a connection pipe. The compressor body has a housing and a compression assembly disposed in the housing. A compression cavity is defined by the compression assembly and has an air suction port. A guide pipe is disposed at the housing. The reservoir has a suction pipe. The connection pipe is disposed in the guide pipe. A first end of the connection pipe is connected to the air suction port. The suction pipe is disposed in the connection pipe and connected to a second end of the connection pipe. The connection pipe can be a copper pipe. Each of the suction pipe and the guide pipe can be a steel pipe.

Abstract: Energy system (1) comprising an inverter (3) for converting an electrical direct voltage into an alternating voltage which can be used to supply electrical consumption units (4) of the energy system (1) and can be converted into heat by means of at least one heat pump (7) of the energy system (1), characterised in that in that the heat pump (7) can be controlled by means of a system control (10) of the energy system (1) via a control interface (12) in accordance with a heat pump configuration file (WPK) loaded specifically for the at least one heat pump (7) in a data memory (11) of the system control (10), wherein a communication of the system control (10) with a heat pump control (8) provided for the heat pump (7) is effected in accordance with at least one control type of the heat pump (7) indicated in the heat pump configuration file (WPK).

Abstract: An ice maker, according to the present invention, comprises: a first tray forming a part of an ice-making cell; a second tray forming another part the ice-making cell; and a heater which is disposed so as to be adjacent to the first or the second tray, wherein the heater turns on during a period when cold air is being supplied to the ice-making cell, and the output of the on heater can vary.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet with one or more food compartments and one or more doors closing the food compartments and an ice maker located in the cabinet to produce ice. The ice maker includes a mold body for forming ice, the mold body having multiple cups, where each cup has an opening for receiving water to be frozen within the cup. The ice maker further includes a thermally conductive component located near a bottom surface of the cups. The thermally conductive component includes at least one heater that provides heat to the plurality of cups, so that the thermally conductive can distribute heat and facilitate a release of ice from the plurality of cups.

Abstract: A container (1) for holding and transporting cooled items, such as medicines. The container comprises an enclosure enclosed by a cooling element (8) containing a phase change material, a heat sink (11) outside the enclosure and a duct (12) forming a closed loop between the cooling element and the heat sink, for circulation of a coolant. The heat sink may for example comprise a Peltier element (14).

Abstract: A refrigerator includes: an inner case defining a storage compartment; a cold air outlet provided on one side of the storage compartment and configured to discharge cold air; and a purifier assembly provided at an upper surface of the storage compartment and configured to purify a portion of the cold air discharged from the cold air outlet, wherein the purifier assembly includes: an air purifier configured to deodorize or sterilize the cold air; and a housing including the air purifier and an inlet facing the cold air outlet, wherein the inlet is configured to receive the cold air discharged from the cold air outlet, the purifier assembly penetrates the inner case, and a portion of the housing is provided inside the storage compartment and a remaining portion of the housing is provided outside the storage compartment.

Abstract: A refrigerator and a control method therefor are provided. The refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body defining a first chamber, and a door body that comprises a main door defining a second chamber, and a secondary door; and the rear side of the main door is provided with an air supply port for introducing cold air in the first chamber into the second chamber. The control method comprises: acquiring an absolute air humidity ?1 of the first chamber and an air temperature T2 of the second chamber; calculating an expected relative humidity ?3 of air in the first chamber when the temperature changes to T2 according to ?1 and T2; determining a relative air humidity critical value ?0; comparing ?3 with ?0; and if ?3<?0, making the air supply port supply air to the second chamber, otherwise, making the air supply port stop supplying air to the second chamber.

Abstract: A refrigerator, comprising a refrigerator body and a door body. The front side of the refrigerator body is open to define a first chamber. The door body comprises a main door and a secondary door, wherein the main door is used for opening or closing the first chamber and defining a second chamber; and the secondary door is used for opening or closing the second chamber. A rear wall of the main door is of a hollow structure so as to define an air duct, and a plurality of air diffusion micro-holes in communication with the second chamber and the air duct are backwards formed in a front surface of the rear wall. In addition, the refrigerator is configured such that cold air created by the refrigerator is introduced through the air duct, and the cold air enters the second chamber through the plurality of air diffusion micro-holes.

Abstract: A control method for a refrigerator and a computer storage medium are provided. The refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body defining a first chamber and a door body that comprises a main door defining a second chamber, and a secondary door; a rear wall of the main door is provided with an air supply port formed thereon and a condensation removal air channel defined therein; a plurality of condensation removal holes are formed on the front surface of the rear wall. The control method comprises: acquiring an air relative humidity ? of the second chamber; acquiring an air relative humidity threshold ?0; comparing ? with ?0; if ???0, closing the condensation removal air channel, and opening the air supply port; and if ?>?0, closing the air supply port, and opening the condensation removal air channel to operate a condensation removal mode.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system that includes a drain pan. The drain pan is configured to collect condensate into a basin of the drain pan from an evaporator of the HVAC system and to direct the condensate from the basin via a drain port of the drain pan. A draining surface is formed in the basin and includes a compound slope including a first slope extending along a length of the drain pan and a second slope extending along a width of the drain pan. A raised surface extends from the draining surface and includes protrusions extending from a spine that extends along a side of the drain pan. The raised surface is configured to support the evaporator of the HVAC system.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a refrigerator door with a replaceable door surface, including: a foamed door body and a door shell plate; wherein a rear side of the door shell plate is provided with a hook; a front side of the foamed door body is provided with a press lock catch, which comprises a snap tab; and when the door shell plate is assembled on the front side of the foamed door body, the hook is snapped into the snap tab to limit the displacement of the door shell plate in a front-rear direction. In the present invention, the locking or unlocking between the hook and the snap tab is achieved by rotating the snap tab, which is rotatable in the press lock catch, between the first position and the second position, such that the door shell plate and the foamed door body are more convenient to assemble and disassemble.

Abstract: A cooler and freezer access control system locks a cooler or freezer when occurrence of an event is detected that requires limiting access to the inside of the cooler or freezer. Examples of such events include the loss of power to the cooler or freezer for a predetermined period of time, the opening of the cooler or freezer door for longer than an allowed time, the loss of functionality of a temperature probe and others. In an embodiment, a service mode is supported wherein the door is left unlocked despite the occurrence of such an event, to allow a stocker or other personnel to leave the cooler or freezer door open while stocking the cooler or freezer with product.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes an insulated cabinet structure and a cooling system. A door assembly includes a perimeter structure that is movably mounted to the insulated cabinet structure and an outer door that is movably mounted to the perimeter structure whereby the outer door can be moved between open and closed positions relative to the perimeter structure when the perimeter structure is in its closed position The outer door may comprise a vacuum insulated structure including porous core material disposed in a cavity of the outer door.

Abstract: A modular refrigerator includes a plurality of modules with at least one cooling unit module and at least one refrigeration module. The at least one cooling unit module and the at least one refrigeration module are independently constructed and secured to one another. The at least one refrigeration module may include at least a first refrigeration module and a second refrigeration modules. The at least one cooling unit module may be a common cooling unit module for selectively providing a refrigerant to the first and second refrigeration modules.

Abstract: A refrigerator and a method of controlling the same, the refrigerator including: a main body including a storage compartment; a door to open and close the storage compartment; and a beverage provider arrangeable with respect to the main body or the door. The beverage provider including: a water supplying unit; a storage to store water supplied by the water supplying unit; a filter, arrangeable inside the storage, and accommodate beverage powder so that ingredients from the beverage powder accommodated in filter are leached into the water; a sensor to obtain information related to a concentration of a beverage produced to contain the ingredients of the beverage powder in the water; and a processor configured to identify the concentration of the beverage based on the obtained information, and control the water supplying unit to supply the water in an amount which is adjusted based on the identified concentration.