PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thawing apparatus capable of thawing a frozen object in a short time, with the quality maintained.SOLUTION: The apparatus includes: an accommodation chamber 10 to accommodate an object to be thawed a pair of electrodes 13a and 13b disposed across the object an electrode control device 14 which controls the application of the voltage between the electrodes 13a and 13b for thawing the object a sensor 11a which measures the temperature of the object and a temperature control device 11 which performs an initial control for controlling the temperature in the accommodation chamber 10 at a specified temperature higher than the target temperature for thawing the object at the start of thawing, and performs a first temperature control for controlling the temperature in the accommodation chamber 10 at a specified temperature lower than the control temperature in the initial control after the temperature change obtained from the value measured by a sensor 11a reaches a predetermined first condition and until the value measured by the sensor 11a reaches a second condition which is set corresponding to the target temperature for thawing the object.COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】冷凍された対象物を品質維持するとともに短時間で解凍する。【解決手段】解凍する対象物を収納する収納室10と、対象物を挟んで配置される一対の電極13a、123と、電極13a、13b間へ対象物を解凍するための電圧の印加を制御する電極制御装置14と、対象物の温度を計測するセンサ11aと、解凍の開始時に、収納室10内の温度を対象物を解凍する目標温度よりも高い所定の温度に制御する初期制御を実行し、センサ11aで計測される値から求められる温度変化が予め定められる第1条件に達するとセンサ11aで計測される値が対象物を解凍する目標温度に応じて定められる第2条件に達するまで、収納室10内の温度を初期制御で制御した温度よりも低い所定の温度に制御する第1の温度制御を実行する温度制御装置11とを備える。【選択図】図1
