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8181474 |
Solar-powered air conditioner using a mixture of glycerin, alcohol and water to store energy
A solar-powered air conditioning system including an energy-storage medium made of a mixture of 5%-20% glycerin, 2.5%-10% alcohol and water in a thermally insulated container is disclosed. While...
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8136368 |
Modular evaporator and thermal energy storage system for chillers
A modular evaporator which can be assembled from a number of standard modules is provided. Depending on the requirements, the modular evaporator can be assembled to meet a wide range of design...
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8049522 |
Ice thickness probe, ice thickness probe assembly and ice thickness monitoring apparatus
An ice thickness probe includes a longitudinally-extending probe rod, an insulator casing and a sleeve. The probe rod is fabricated from an electrically-conductive material. The insulator casing is...
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8011190 |
Product cooling
A cooling system for beverage dispense has a circuit 5 in which binary ice is circulated. A modular heat exchange unit 13 for a plurality of beverage lines 25,27,29,31,33 is connected to the...
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7874166 |
Cooling and climate conditioning system for a vehicle
A cooling system for a vehicle comprises a compressor for compressing refrigerant, the compressor being adapted to be driven by a power source installed in the vehicle, a condenser for receiving...
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7854129 |
Refrigeration apparatus
Disclosed is an apparatus that provides refrigerant based energy storage and cooling. When connected to a condensing unit, the system has the ability to store energy capacity during one time period...
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7832217 |
Method of control of thermal energy module background of the invention
A control system measures the pressure/temperature of the refrigerant within a Thermal Energy Module having a heat exchanger and calculates the thickness of ice within the Thermal Energy Module. A...
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7827807 |
Refrigerant-based thermal energy storage and cooling system with enhanced heat exchange capability
Disclosed is a method and device to increase the cooling load that can be provided by a refrigerant-based thermal energy storage and cooling system with an improved arrangement of heat exchangers....
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7793515 |
Thermal energy storage and cooling system with isolated primary refrigerant loop
Disclosed are a method and device for a refrigerant-based thermal storage system wherein a condensing unit and an ice-tank heat exchanger can be isolated through a second heat exchanger. The...
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7779641 |
Ice supplier
An ice supplier includes an ice maker configured to make ice, a case configured to store ice made by the ice maker, a sensing unit configured to sense a quantity of ice stored in the case, and a...
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7775066 |
Method and device for rapid and high-power cold production
The invention relates to refrigeration using a thermochemical system based on the coupling of two reversible physico-chemical phenomena between a gas and a solid or liquid sorbent, one at low...
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7714525 |
Reversing circuit for ice delivery system
The present invention comprises a gear motor assembly and control system for use with ice crushers and the other similar devices. The assembly utilizes a novel reversing circuit which allows the...
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7681410 |
Ice thermal storage
A system, configured to be disposed in a information technology equipment rack for providing ice thermal storage, includes a tank configured to hold water, a heat exchanger disposed in water in the...
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7681404 |
Modular ice storage for uninterruptible chilled water
A backup cooling storage system comprising at least one cooling and storage unit configured to cool a liquid supply using a quantity of cooled material when a main chiller of the liquid supply is...
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7600392 |
Refrigeration system
A refrigeration system for merchandisers, drug cabinets and similar enclosures (10) that continues to provide temperature control during periods when external power is not necessarily available....
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7571621 |
Fluid cooling system, cooled fluid dispenser comprising the later, and methods for sterilization thereof
The present invention relates to a fluid cooling system (1), for use in dispensing or distributing a chilled or cooled fluid, comprising a primary heat exchanger system (2), a secondary heat...
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7552593 |
Supplying draught beverages
Draft beverage is cooled in a cooling water tank in a cooling unit under a drinks bar. It is then cooled in a thermoelectric cooler, and transferred to a font in pipe which is surrounded in a water...
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7543455 |
Solar-powered refrigerator using a mixture of glycerin, alcohol and water to store energy
A solar-powered refrigerator is disclosed. It uses a solar photovoltaic panel to convert solar energy to electricity to power a DC motor. The DC motor drives the compressor of a vapor-compression...
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7503185 |
Refrigerant-based thermal energy storage and cooling system with enhanced heat exchange capability
Disclosed is a method and device to increase the cooling load that can be provided by a refrigerant-based thermal energy storage and cooling system with an improved arrangement of heat exchangers....
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7421846 |
Thermal energy storage and cooling system with gravity fed secondary refrigerant isolation
Disclosed are a method and device for a refrigerant-based thermal storage system wherein a condensing unit and an ice-tank heat exchanger can be isolated through a second heat exchanger. The...
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7401473 |
Dual refrigerant refrigeration system and method
A dual refrigerant refrigerating system provides a refrigeration cycle in which a primary refrigerant cools a secondary refrigerant in a primary evaporator into a partially frozen state, in which a...
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7272935 |
Device and method for forming ice around a bottle
A device for forming ice around an exterior surface of a container has an upper piece. The upper piece is an elongated tubular member having a hollow interior section and an open bottom and top...
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7231775 |
Energy management system, method, and apparatus
An energy management system may include a refrigeration apparatus such as may be used to form an ice rink. Heat rejected from that apparatus may be used to address heating loads elsewhere. The...
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7162878 |
Refrigeration apparatus
Disclosed is an efficient refrigeration apparatus that provides refrigerant based energy storage and cooling. When connected to a condensing unit, the system has the ability to store energy...
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7146818 |
Cooling bank control assembly for a beverage dispensing system
A beverage dispensing system includes a cooling chamber filled with a bath of cooling fluid for cooling beverage fluids. A cooling unit, including an evaporator coil extending from the cooling unit...
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7124594 |
High efficiency refrigerant based energy storage and cooling system
Disclosed is an efficient, energy storage and cooling system that is refrigerant based. When connected to a condensing unit, the system has the ability to store energy capacity during one time...
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7062923 |
Cooling method for interior portion of vehicle and cooling apparatus thereof
The present invention is to provide a cooling method and a cooling apparatus in which a thermal storage and a cooling in a vehicle, in particular in an automobile, are provided with the minimum...
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7043931 |
Method and apparatus for cooling interior spaces of vehicles
A vehicle interior cooling system (100) for a vehicle having a cabin (108) and an engine (107) for providing propulsion power is disclosed. The vehicle interior cooling system includes a cabin...
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7036326 |
Beverage dispensing system
A beverage dispenser is provided that stores ice and has a cold plate. The cold plate is provided with refrigerant and/or ice water drainage for cooling of the beverage upon dispensing.
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6877342 |
Controlled method for the energy-saving and energy-releasing refrigerating air conditioner
A controlled method for an energy-saving and energy-releasing air conditioning discloses the energy-saving and energy-releasing actions performed by the two adjoined heat exchangers of the storage...
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6581391 |
Ice thickness control system and sensor probe
The present invention provides an improved system and method for sensing the presence of ice, particularly applicable in the control of ice thickness in machines employing an ice bank such as a...
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6560972 |
Retrofit system and method for a carbonated beverage dispenser
The present invention provides a system and method for enhancing the carbonation efficiency of an ice-chilled beverage dispenser. The system includes a beverage dispenser having an ice bin, a...
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6543245 |
Multi-temperature cold plate refrigeration system
A system and method of maintaining multiple temperatures using a single refrigeration system. A single refrigeration system includes a compressor, reservoir, condenser and associated piping is...
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6415615 |
Ice thermal storage control
An arrangement of apparatus for the measurement of the quantity amount of ice in an ice thermal storage system having a storage tank with a storage fluid and a cooling coil assembly therein, and...
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6374622 |
Ice bank control with voltage protection sensing
The present invention is an apparatus and method that regulates the size of an ice bank (50) and that prevents short cycling of the compressor (30) therefor and operation thereof at undesired...
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6367268 |
Cold transportation method
A method for the refrigerated transportation of a product introduced into a hollow-walled refrigerated container. The steps of the method include: a) keeping a pumpable suspension of minute ice...
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6363733 |
Refrigerator, specially for beverage bottles, in particular beer bottles, a system of producing humidity for a refrigerator and a method for generating a covering of ice crystals on a bottle
A refrigerator is described, specially for beverage bottles, in particular beer bottles, a humidity production system for a refrigerator and a method for generating a COVERING OF ICE CRYSTALS on...
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6330909 |
Vehicle air conditioning system
In a vehicle air-conditioning system, an evaporator is disposed in an air-conditioning case to form a bypass passage through which air bypasses the evaporator, and an opening degree of the bypass...
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6253557 |
Ice bank detector
An ice detector for an ice water bath tank having an evaporator system operated by a compressor to promote the growth of ice therein. The detector includes a device for providing reciprocating...
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6250088 |
Method and apparatus for cooling a product using a condensed gas
Method for cooling a product, preferably in gas or liquid form, using the cooling content of a condensed gas, where the condensed gas is vaporized in a vaporization heat exchanger arrangement and...
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6240734 |
Ice bank chillers
An ice bank chiller comprises a reservoir, a vertically extending cooling coil adjacent to a side wall of the reservoir, and an agitation pump for agitating water contained in the reservoir, the...
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6220047 |
Semi-frozen food product producing machine
The present invention includes a dual purpose carbonator/blending bottle connected to a source of beverage syrup, a source of potable water and to a source of pressurized carbon dioxide gas. The...
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6216486 |
Ice storage coil arrangement
The present invention provides a planned array tubes and circuits in a cooling coil for a thermal storage unit to maintain at least some of the vertical aisles between adjacent circuits or sets of...
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6216469 |
Device and process for chilling goods
Devices and methods for rapid chilling of products, articles and devices, including both perishable and non-perishable goods are provided. These devices and methods store thermal energy by ice...
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6158499 |
Method and apparatus for thermal energy storage
Methods and apparatus for extracting stored thermal energy using a combined internal and external melt cycle are disclosed. The present invention relates, in one aspect, to a heat exchange system...
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6158235 |
Evaporator coil
A component configuration for enhancing the serviceability of a dispenser includes a platform positionable on the housing of the dispenser. A refrigeration unit mounts at a center and rear portions...
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6131393 |
Cooling of stored water
A chilling chamber (10) connected to a water reservoir (12) or to a pipe (29) within which water flows has a thermally conductive probe (16) which is connected to the cold side of a thermoelectric...
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6119464 |
Beverage servers and their controlling methods
A beverage server comprises a tank containing water serving as a coolant and a coiled beverage duct through which beer or other beverage flows and cooling means fitted to a portion of the wall of...
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6101821 |
Ice thermal storage coil systems and methods
The present invention is directed toward an ice-on-coil (IOC) thermal storage coil system and method utilizing "deep-tank" technology and dimensional relationship of coil height to coil width...
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6056043 |
Heat accumulator for a vehicle
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