Have you ever closed the refrigerator door slowly just to see when the light goes off? And then reopened the door immediately to double-check on the light? From cooling yourself in front of an open refrigerator during summers to collecting fridge magnets and sticking to-do lists on it, life without refrigerators would, certainly, be different. Isn’t it?
Now that we have refrigerators, we have to thank American inventor Oliver Evans, who designed the first refrigeration machine in 1805. Since then, refrigerators have come a long way– modified and redesigned to meet growing demands.
How does a refrigerator work?
When you buy a packet of milk and leave it in the kitchen for a couple of hours, the milk gets spoiled. This happens because of the rapid growth of bacteria in the milk. But when you refrigerate the milk, the low temperature in the fridge helps in slowing the growth of bacteria. Hence, the milk stays fresh for a longer time.
In this month’s #evolutionofeverything, let’s take a tour through the history of the evolution of refrigerators.
What do you think would be the next step in the evolution of refrigerators? Tell us below in the comments.
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Comments
Deepalakshmi
June 18, 2020
In future , may be a refrigerator without using electrical or any other form of energy.
It may be able to take the heat from the product kept for cooling and
Convert it to get the chilling or freezing using a catalyst. something like mineral or compound
Found in nature or synthetic.
Mitadru Sau
April 9, 2020
BYJU’S provides history of things which we read or operate without thinking of their history or evolution
Samadrita sen
March 1, 2020
Interesting
Aditya
January 5, 2020
Wow…!
Aditya Narayan Mazumder
January 5, 2020
Wow what a wonderful history
Aditya Narayan Mazumder
January 5, 2020
What a great history of refrigerators from BYJU’S The Learning App
Ananya Raghuwanshi
December 13, 2019
I didn’t know that refrigerator has also a long history behind them . Thanks a lot byjus for giving me knowledge
Aditi
December 12, 2019
The history of the refigerator would be so amazing i didnt know! Thank you byjus for the knowledge
Ankita Nath
December 12, 2019
I never knew that the evolution of refrigerators can be so interesting to learn about!
Thank you Byjus
Misba
December 10, 2019
Thanks for Albert Einstein. He is my favorite scientist
Ayush raj
November 27, 2019
there are two doors in the refrigerator the small one in up and big in down or big in down and small in upper
I guess, the next step for an evolution of refrigerator there will be three-door one small door in up and one
In down and big one in middle
Nithyashree G
November 22, 2019
Thanks to Great Inventors Egyptians, Scottish Doctor Willam Cullan as well thanks a lot to Mr. Oliver
Evans of America for Refrigerator invention.
Samira. S
November 16, 2019
Is there is anyway to make a refrigerator without making global warming
NIHIT BANSAL
November 13, 2019
Thanks byjus for telling the evolution of refrigerators
Ayush Rajput
November 11, 2019
Next step in this journey is make refrigerator which is eco friendly and do not cause any harm to environment
Aiden Acto
November 10, 2019
WOW ! It is very amazing to know the evolution of refrigerator.
Sakshi Singh
November 10, 2019
The monthly topics of evolution Helps me to gain knowledge out of it…..
Thanks BYJU’S for this…..
Parikshith raj
November 8, 2019
I never thought that rapid heating of liquid to gas causes cooling.
SNEHA kaushik
November 7, 2019
This topic is really very good. Even with my classmates I discussed this topic and that’s make me really happy
Chinmay27
November 7, 2019
I did not know the history of refrigerators . But I know it now.Thanks . Byjus the learning app.
Sai Vaibhav
November 7, 2019
Next step in evolution of refregirators is they will be voice controlled and Will be robotic
Jeegisha
November 6, 2019
Really appreciable invention!!!☺️☺️
Ridhima
November 6, 2019
Thanks for this useful and important information…I didn’t know the history of the refrigerator
Prakhar
November 6, 2019
Thank you bujhe for giving us knowledge apart from coarses
But before 1700s if they needed cold water how do the got it
Aryan Roshan Gujarathi
November 5, 2019
Thanks BYJU’S for the information . It was awesome knowing history of refrigerators. Now I know the history of refrigerators.
Harshit chaudhary
November 5, 2019
I think the future refrigerator will
Be Robot who will themself take
Different projects and provide them
When needed.
Krishna periwal
November 5, 2019
Amazing discovery by humans a round of ?
Shruti satardekar
November 5, 2019
Thanks for new knowledge ..it was amazing knowing the history of refrigerator.
Ayush
November 5, 2019
But how does it actually work?
Sanjith_krishna_18
November 5, 2019
Very useful…..
??
Kritika kashyap
November 5, 2019
Amazing! Thanks Byjus
Kritika kashyap
November 5, 2019
Have great fun about knowing about refrigerator!
Akshat Singh Tomar
November 5, 2019
My byju study helps me to learn someting new every day.
Anant agarwal
November 5, 2019
The next step of evolution of refrigerator is….it should have a remote to open n close the door
Anant agarwal
November 5, 2019
The next step of evolvetion of refrigerator ….it should me connected with mobile phone so that we can handle refrigerator easily when we are outside
Laxmi Saini
November 4, 2019
Thanks
Anshika pundir
November 4, 2019
Next will may be how we can make them mobile and smart computerised automatic controller energy saving refrigerator
Janesha Sharma
November 4, 2019
Different chambers for different food items and different temperatures controls can be introduced in refrigerators
Use of antimicrobial material in refrigerators
Yasmin Feroze
November 4, 2019
Hi Tanaya…my son is 12 yrs old going to turn 13 this month. How do I make him love books and reading?
He loves reading magazines on cars but novels are a no no.
Please suggest some way to make him read books.
Hashmi Insha
November 4, 2019
Refrigerator gives off harmful gases which affect the ozone layer.
Therefore we shouldn’t keep the refrigerator open unnecessarily.
Hashmi Insha
November 4, 2019
It takes about 5 mins to cool the food in the refrigerator.
Aditya Dwivedi
November 4, 2019
We have to submit about this to you or not. Please kindly inform me about this. I will be highly obliged.Thank you
Razin Keelath
November 3, 2019
I think that next-generation refrigerators could be controlled by a voice assistant and also refrigerators come with a small size.
Ninad Patil
November 3, 2019
The next generation of refrigerators can have AI which can be controlled by voice to bring things to us with the help of robots
Sachi gunda
November 3, 2019
I think the next step in the evolution of refrigerators is that the
refrigerator will make cold deserts (sweet) we have to put only the
Ingredients and it will make cold deserts or sweets and gives it out
and we can eat the deserts or store it inside the refrigerator. ☺☺
Hansi Pandey
November 3, 2019
It should be like “carrying refrigerator”.
Without plug-in the wire. Instead of it
We can use some charging power to use that.
Once we charged it ,now we can carry it to anywhere.
Jnanesha. V
November 3, 2019
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Preksha gupta
November 3, 2019
Good knowledge and information has been shared about a topic no one thinks much – Refrigerators!!. Thank you BYJU’S
Shagun
November 3, 2019
Thanks Byju’s for such a great information ???✨??
Akshat
November 3, 2019
Next step in refrigerators can be that there will be a different spot for every food item such as vegetables different fruits different milk different etc
Nehal surve
November 3, 2019
There must be automatic refrigerators.
Sriram
November 3, 2019
It is very useful for children
Prathvi mali
November 2, 2019
I like to learn on byjus
App.it helps to me in my studies .
And I like this information
Khushpreet kaur
November 2, 2019
Instead of chloroflouro carbon we can use any other gas which is not much harmful for our environment and also which can be a good substitute of chloroflouro carbon that can maintain the temp.inside the refrigerator
Neha N B
November 2, 2019
The next step in the evolution of refrigerator would be an eco-friendly refrigerator with the least usage of CFC’s. One would be able to channelise the whole refrigerator within his mobile phone or it would be created using nano technologies which can be carried to different places thus hogging chilled food at all possible times!
Abhinash Mohanta
November 2, 2019
As nowadays there is the rapid development of science and technology,in future in 22nd or the 23rd century the 5th fifth generation of computers or A.I. computers will be used in refrigerators. They will know what is kept in the them accordingly they will arrange the food into different compartments automatically. After arranging the food they would give different temperature to different foods according to their requirements and keeping them fresh for a much greater time than the refrigerators of 21st century. They will automatically open if a person comes near it shows his or her hand.
This will be next evolution of refrigerators according to me.
Thank you.
Pranjal Banthia
November 2, 2019
Is it true
Anjali Gupta
November 2, 2019
It must have more features like it will keep things fresh for more than two months,more advance thing from freezer and many more things
Mimansha Sharma
November 2, 2019
Till now we have to only control the refrigerator (with remote or whatever).It may that referigerator can automatically set temperature according to the need of the product.It may that we can use features of mobile phones there on the door of the referigerator to serve as entertainment purpose
In coming evolution it may that referigerator can serve for dual purpose i.e.for heating and cooling.It would be two in one as it could also serve as microwave oven.
Nitin
November 2, 2019
In the next step of the evolution of refrigerator we may be able to extend the life of the food by installing a bacteria killing device in refrigerator. We may keep in track with the growth of bacteria in the refigerator.
Swastika
November 2, 2019
Maybe the coming refrigerators will have an alarm and tell us when the ice cream is ready!
Karthika reddy
November 2, 2019
I think refrigerators will be portable and you can take it anywhere you go
Deshmukh Mohammed Rayyan
November 2, 2019
Byju’s the mind blowing learning app it makes learning funand enjoyable
Jesvi Maria Biju
November 2, 2019
Wow!!!!
Amazing !!!???????
Sameer Bhardwaj
November 2, 2019
In the next generation refrigerators will come with batteries attached to it which will power it and a solar panel so it will be able to get energy from sun to cool.
Jayesh
November 2, 2019
The modern refrigerator will be solar monocular dispenser.This refrigator run from solar enery connectad automatically with the refigerator and it make pure ice from water molucules present in the refrigetor
Sneha
November 2, 2019
Nice I am sneha I like this think
Simran
November 2, 2019
This will help me a lot
Thank you
Mokshith.A.H
November 2, 2019
All refrigerator are developed these days and even one are getting well advanced
Danger
November 2, 2019
Portable refrigerator
Ayushi
November 2, 2019
Great facts. Thanks byju’s.
Nikhil Behere
November 2, 2019
Thanks byjus for the information about think we use in our day to day
life for eating fresh product and keeping it maintained
Rahi
November 2, 2019
BYJU’S is a great app. It is helping me a lot in studies and to score great marks.
Sourav J
November 1, 2019
I didn’t knew about this history of refrigerators! Thank you byjus for this piece of info
Anuj Kumar Gupta
October 31, 2019
Thanks to American inventor Oliver Evans. But hey how the peoples lives without refrigerator??!!