Development and Analysis of Printed Circuit Board for Frost-Free Refrigerator

Abstract

The advancement of refrigerators and their utilization is rapidly increasing day by day. However, the reliability and availability of the components pose a critical effect on the development of new technical features and products such as PCB. PCBs are the main part of the refrigerator which is used to maintain cooling intelligently in every compartment of the refrigerator. The main focus of this project is to develop a better alternative to Printed Circuit Board than the previous one used by Panasonic. The previous PCB used in the refrigerator faced some component shortage issues in the upcoming year. So, we need to come up with a new solution that will not affect the performance of the refrigerator and also come with less cost as compared to the previous one.

Therefore, here in this study shows the finest-developed PCB for good performance and better energy consumption. For this, we compare and select the components on various factors like performance, availability, and cost of the components. After the selection of components, we perform both part-level and product-level which verify the safety of PCB usage and the performance of PCB w.r.t. the previous PCB used in the refrigerator. The results show that the new PCB produces better results, however, we go with this PCB because of its cost-effectiveness and availability of components. But in the future, as advancement in components occurs and the availability of components also meets the requirement then we further can enhance the energy efficiency of the refrigerator.