refrigeration
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- History
- Earliest forms of cooling
- Ice harvesting
- Refrigeration research
- Commercial use
- Home and consumer use
- Impact on settlement patterns in the United States of America
- Refrigerated rail cars
- Expansion west and into rural areas
- Rise of the galactic city
- Impact on agriculture and food production
- Demographics
- Meat packing and trade
- Electricity in rural areas
- Farm use
- Effects on lifestyle and diet
- Impact on nutrition
- Current applications of refrigeration
- Methods of refrigeration
- Non-cyclic refrigeration
- Cyclic refrigeration
- Vapor-compression cycle
- Sorption cycle
- Absorption cycle
- Adsorption cycle
- Gas cycle
- Thermoelectric refrigeration
- Magnetic refrigeration
- Other methods
- Elastocaloric refrigeration
- Fridge Gate
- Passive systems
- Capacity ratings
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Commercial refrigeration
Refrigeration is any of various types of cooling of a space, substance, or system to lower or maintain its temperature below the ambient one (while the removed heat is rejected at a higher temperature). Refrigeration is an artificial, or human-made, cooling method.