If you are planning to purchase a wine cooler, it is important to know about thermoelectric and compressor wine coolers. Mostly a bottle of wine is not just a beverage. You are trying to keep them perfectly, and the right wine cooler will help you. In this article, we will specify the working principle, differences, advantages, disadvantages and which one is better fit you. Understanding the differences between the two will help you choose the right one for you, since it.
Compressor Wine cooler
What is compressor? How it achieves cooling?
Components
In compressor refrigerator, compressor is the heart of the refrigeration system. Most compressor refrigerator use Freon, which gets compressed and later released into coils. Before we proceed, we clarify some terms that you should know: https://www.compressorsunlimited.com/blog/how-a-refrigeration-compressor-works
- Compressor: compressor as pump that compress refrigerant gas (normally Freon) and pump it through the refrigerant system.
- Condenser: condenser is set of solenoid coil and used to circulating the gas’s temperature and pressure increased by compressor.
- Evaporator: evaporator is a cooling component that absorb heat withing the cooling systems.
Refrigeration cycle
The compressor increases the temperature and pressor of gas, and then circulating by condenser. Eventually the refrigerant loses its heat and transform back into liquid.
Pros and cons of compressor
Pros
- More efficient, less power to operate, energy saving
- Cheaper and easy to maintain
- Consistent of temperatures and better control of temperature, benefit for large cooling space
- Longer lifespan than thermoelectric semiconductor technology
Cons
- For same size of refrigerator, compressor refrigerator is more expensive to get
- Vibrations caused by compressor and fans
- Nosie caused by compressor and fans
Thermoelectric Wine Cooler
What is Thermoelectric refrigerator? How it achieves cooling?
According to Cooling Style(https://coolingstyle.com/compressor-based-chiller-vs-thermoelectric-chiller/), thermoelectric refrigerator uses semiconductor material to provide cooling. Semiconductors use a solid-state device to cool the interior. And this a Peltier effect to make a heat flux through two ceramic materials of different electrical properties. In simple words, when connected to electricity, one side of intersection becomes hot while the other becomes cold.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Do not use and release any harmful chemicals. As result，good for environment
- Solid-state device – no moving parts
- No moving parts- quiet and no vibration
Cons
- The model installed with thermoelectric is massive, as result, limited space for storage.
- Not as efficient as compressor. Limited temperature pull-down capability.
- Interior temperature is highly related to room temperature. Not perform well in unstable or extra warm environment.
- Expensive operations- always running otherwise it will stop cooling the fridge immediately.
- Limited storage capacity because it is not as powerful as compressor.
Highlight
This table will highlight again the advantages and disadvantages of both types. You can compare them straightforwardly.
Which wine cooler is right for you?
Who should consider a compressor wine cooler?
Compressor wine cooler is more common these days, also it is more energy-saving and comes with plenty of size. We would suggest the people below to purchase a compressor wine cooler:
- Person don’t want to have high energy cost, since compressor is more energy saving and efficient.
- People have large volumes of wine to store, especially for commercial needs.
- People who is a white wine or champagne lovers, since thermoelectric wine cooler cannot reach the low temperature as those wine need.
- The room temperature is extra warm or unstable, the interior temperature of compressor wine cooler is not related to room temperature fluctuations.
Who should consider a thermoelectric wine cooler?
The largest benefit of thermoelectric wine cooler is no vibration. So those people who have small amounts of fine wine, storing in thermoelectric would not have significant problems caused by vibration.
I hope this article can help you know a bit more about the difference between two wine cooler systems. It is not really a matter of which system is better. It is more important that it can fit your storage needs. Odino provide both high-quality compressor and thermoelectric wine cooler that can fit your needs.