34th week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180238547 | COMBUSTOR LINER PANEL END RAIL COOLING INTERFACE PASSAGE FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMBUSTOR - A combustor for a gas turbine engine includes a support shell; a first liner panel mounted to the support shell via a multiple of studs, the first liner panel including a first rail that extends from a cold side of the first liner panel; and a second liner panel mounted to the support shell via a multiple of studs, the second liner panel including a second rail that extends from a cold side of the second liner panel adjacent to said first rail, the second rail includes a discontinuous rail end surface. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238548 | PASSIVE PURGE INJECTORS - A method of injecting fuel in a gas turbine engine includes injecting gaseous fuel from a gaseous fuel circuit of an injector in a first mode, wherein flow of gaseous fuel from the gaseous fuel circuit constricts air flow from an air circuit. The method includes injecting liquid fuel from a liquid fuel circuit in a second mode, idling flow in the gaseous fuel circuit and flowing air through the air circuit for passive purge to prevent liquid fuel from migrating into the gaseous fuel circuit. The method includes injecting a gaseous fuel that lies within a range of different Wobbe Index values, wherein regardless of where the gaseous fuel falls in the range, it does not prevent operation in the first and second modes as described above. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238549 | BURNERS HAVING FUEL PLENUMS - Burners having a fuel plenum in a base are disclosed. One disclosed example apparatus includes a base of a burner, the base comprising a fuel plenum and coupled to fuel nozzles, where at least one of the fuel nozzles is in fluid communication with the fuel plenum. The disclosed example apparatus also includes a burner head of the burner comprising nozzle passages in fluid communication with an airflow path, where the burner head defines a pilot combustion space that opens towards a flame tube of the burner, and is in fluid communication with the airflow path, and where each nozzle passage is to receive a fuel nozzle to provide fuel to entrain with air from the airflow path. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238550 | KNOB ASSEMBLY WITH DISPLAY DEVICE AND COOKING APPARATUS HAVING KNOB ASSEMBLY - A knob assembly with a display that displays information such as power level and a timer time, and a cooking apparatus including a knob assembly are provided. The knob assembly may include a knob coupled to an adjustment shaft configured to adjust power level and a knob ring configured to surround a periphery of the knob, configured to be rotatable independent of the knob, and provided with a display. The display may be provided at the knob ring, and information may be displayed on the display so that a user may easily manipulate the knob assembly. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238551 | KNOB ASSEMBLY FOR COOK TOP - A knob assembly includes a front panel, a knob located at a front side of the front panel and configured to rotate based on operation by a user, a knob shaft that is coupled to the knob and that extends through the front panel, a supporting pipe that receives the knob shaft and that supports the knob shaft, the supporting pipe being configured to maintain a position relative to the front panel, a valve configured to control supply of gas to the appliance, a valve shaft connected to the valve and configured to control the valve to adjust a flow rate of gas based on rotation of the valve shaft, and a joint that couples the knob shaft to the valve shaft and that is configured to transfer at least one of a rotational motion or a linear motion of the knob shaft to the valve shaft. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238552 | KNOB ASSEMBLY FOR COOK TOP - A knob assembly includes a front panel, a knob located at a front side of the front panel and configured to rotate based on operation by a user, a knob shaft that is coupled to the knob and that extends through the front panel, a supporting pipe that receives the knob shaft and that supports the knob shaft, the supporting pipe being configured to maintain a position relative to the front panel, a valve configured to control supply of gas to the appliance, a valve shaft connected to the valve and configured to control the valve to adjust a flow rate of gas based on rotation of the valve shaft, and a joint that couples the knob shaft to the valve shaft and that is configured to transfer at least one of a rotational motion or a linear motion of the knob shaft to the valve shaft. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238553 | KNOB ASSEMBLY FOR COOK TOP - A knob assembly includes a front panel, a knob located at a front side of the front panel and configured to rotate based on operation by a user, a knob shaft that is coupled to the knob and that extends through the front panel, a supporting pipe that receives the knob shaft and that supports the knob shaft, the supporting pipe being configured to maintain a position relative to the front panel, a valve configured to control supply of gas to the appliance, a valve shaft connected to the valve and configured to control the valve to adjust a flow rate of gas based on rotation of the valve shaft, and a joint that couples the knob shaft to the valve shaft and that is configured to transfer at least one of a rotational motion or a linear motion of the knob shaft to the valve shaft. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238554 | KNOB ASSEMBLY FOR COOK TOP - A knob assembly includes a front panel, a knob located at a front side of the front panel and configured to rotate based on operation by a user, a knob shaft that is coupled to the knob and that extends through the front panel, a supporting pipe that receives the knob shaft and that supports the knob shaft, the supporting pipe being configured to maintain a position relative to the front panel, a valve configured to control supply of gas to the appliance, a valve shaft connected to the valve and configured to control the valve to adjust a flow rate of gas based on rotation of the valve shaft, and a joint that couples the knob shaft to the valve shaft and that is configured to transfer at least one of a rotational motion or a linear motion of the knob shaft to the valve shaft. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238555 | A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE CONTROL UNIT CONTROLLED BY MEANS OF AN IMAGE REFLECTED BY A PROJECTOR - The present invention relates to a household appliance control unit comprising a casing and a projector that is placed in the casing, that transmits images preloaded by the producer to a surface and is suitable for enabling the user to input data via the image transmitted and enabling one or more than one household appliance to be controlled according to the data input. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238556 | APPLIANCE AND ILLUMINATED KNOB ASSEMBLY - An appliance and illuminated knob assembly are generally provided herein. The knob assembly may include a surface panel, a control knob, a light source, and a light guide. The surface panel may have a forward face and a rearward face. The control knob may be attached to the surface panel at the forward face. Moreover, the control knob may be rotatable about a central axis. The light source may be disposed behind the surface panel at the rearward face. The light guide may be removably attached to the surface panel about the control knob and include a view ring to receive a portion of light emitted from the light source. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238557 | Electric Stovetop Heater Unit with Integrated Temperature Control - An apparatus includes a heater with a heating element having a region that does not contain a surface heating portion of the heating element and a thermostat positioned in the region. The thermostat includes a contact surface disposed to make physical contact with an object placed on the surface heating portion and a switch configured to prevent a current from conducting through the heating element when the contact surface experiences a temperature equal to or greater than a temperature limit. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238558 | ELECTRIC STOVETOP HEATER UNIT WITH INTEGRATED TEMPERATURE CONTROL - An apparatus includes a heater with a heating element having a region that does not contain a surface heating portion of the heating element and a thermostat positioned in the region. The thermostat includes a contact surface disposed to make physical contact with an object placed on the surface heating portion and a switch configured to prevent a current from conducting through the heating element when the contact surface experiences a temperature equal to or greater than a temperature limit. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238559 | Electric Stovetop Heater Unit with Integrated Temperature Control - An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a heater comprising a heating element having a region that does not contain a surface heating portion. The apparatus further includes a thermostat positioned in the region. The thermostat includes a contact surface disposed to make contact with an object placed on the surface heating portion. The thermostat includes a switch configured to prevent a current from conducting through the heating element when the contact surface experiences a temperature equal to or greater than a temperature limit. The apparatus further includes a medallion coupled to the thermostat and positioned below a top surface of the heating element, the medallion comprising an aperture shaped to allow the contact surface to extend through the aperture to make contact with the object. The apparatus includes an urging element configured to provide vertical movement of the medallion in response to a downward force applied from the object. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238560 | PASS THROUGH CONVECTION OVEN - According to one example, a convection oven comprises a cooking chamber having a front door and a rear door opposing the front door; a combustion chamber disposed below at least a portion of the cooking chamber; a side flue conduit configured to direct hot air from the combustion chamber to the cooking chamber; and a side sub-chamber with a convection fan configured to re-circulate at least a portion of the hot air within the cooking chamber, in which the side sub-chamber is disposed adjacent a side of the cooking chamber that is orthogonal to the front and rear door. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238561 | HEAT PUMP WATER HEATER - A water heater includes a water tank for storing water to be heated and a thermosiphon tube in the water tank. The thermosiphon tube has a first end in a bottom portion of the water tank and a second end in a top portion of the water tank. At least a portion of a condenser tube of a heat pump is surrounded by the thermosiphon tube to define a water flow channel between the thermosiphon tube and the condenser tube. The condenser tube is at an elevated temperature compared to water temperature in the water flow channel due to a refrigerant cycle of the heat pump. A water pump is configured to flow water through the water flow channel to heat the water in the water flow channel and deliver the heated water into the top portion of the water tank through the second end of the thermosiphon tube. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238562 | Constant Pressure Switch Apparatus and Water Heating System - The present application relates to a constant pressure switch apparatus and a water heating system. The constant pressure switch apparatus includes: a body inside which a flow passage is provided, the flow passage having an inlet and an outlet; a first blocking member and an attraction member that can be magnetically attracted to each other; the first blocking member having a blocking position and a communicating position that are spaced apart at a preset distance; the first blocking member being able to move towards the communicating position when a pressure difference between both sides of the first blocking member in a direction from the inlet to the outlet is greater than an attraction force between the first blocking member and the attraction member; and the first blocking member being able to move towards the blocking position when a pressure difference between both sides of the first blocking member in a direction from the inlet to the outlet is less than an attraction force between the first blocking member and the attraction member. The constant pressure switch apparatus and water heating system provided in this application can enable the circulating pump to maintain a connected state of the flow passage without increasing pressure, and can also avoid the problem of series flow of cold and hot water. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238563 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT USE OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY - A solar photovoltaic (PV) water heating system includes a tank ( | 2018-08-23 |
20180238564 | Wireless Control Device - An internet-based device for remotely controlling the flow of electricity to electrical devices that operate on millivolt or low voltage currents, including electrically operated gas powered fireplaces. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238565 | FLOOR WARMING SYSTEMS WITH WEATHER COMPENSATION - A floor warming system includes floor warming elements for coupling to a floor and a first sensor assembly for generating a first signal indicative of at least one of a floor temperature and a floor warming element temperature. A thermostat controller receives the first signal and a second signal indicating an ambient outdoor temperature for controlling operation of the floor warming elements. The thermostat controller includes memory storing an instruction set and data related to a user setpoint and a processor for running the instruction set. The processor is operative to calculate an operational floor setpoint based on the first signal, the second signal and the user setpoint. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238566 | Portable Air Conditioner - Portable air conditioner provided with an external container comprising internally a refrigerating circuit provided with a condenser. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238567 | METHOD OF MAKING AND USING A MEMBRANE FOR HEAT AND MOISTURE EXCHANGE BETRWEEN GAS STREAMS - A membrane for heat- and moisture-exchange between two gas streams is made by first coating a sheet-like textile support with a water-binding hygroscopic filler containing a binder, then heating the coated sheet-like support to between 140° C. and 240° C. The heated and coated support is deep drawn to impart to it a three-dimensional shape. Finally the deep-drawn coated support is interposed as the membrane between the streams such that moisture in one gas stream is transferred depending on moisture content or concentration level to the other gas stream, and heat is transferred depending on temperature differential. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238568 | AIR CONDITIONING METHOD USING A STAGED PROCESS USING A LIQUID DESICCANT - In a process and apparatus of conditioning an airstream, the airstream is contacted with a liquid desiccant absorber in each of at least two stages. The same apparatus used as an evaporator to reconcentrate the desiccant. The desiccant for each said stage is cooled or heated externally to the absorber or evaporator using an external source of cooling supplied with a common cooling or heating fluid at each stage. The desiccant flows between the stages counter-current to the flow of the airstream such that at each step the concentration of the desiccant is reduced or increased by contact with the airstream so that the concentration in each stage is distinct from the concentration of the desiccant in the previous stages. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238569 | WATER DELIVERY FOR AN EVAPORATIVE COOLER - A method of liquid delivery in an evaporative cooler having an assembly of plates may include delivering liquid from a fill tube to a first trough formed on a first plate of the assembly of plates, the first trough including a first perforation in fluid communication with a second trough formed on a second plate of the assembly of plates, the fill tube configured to deliver the liquid above the first perforation such that an exit point of the fill tube is not submerged in liquid at any point during liquid delivery or operation of the evaporative cooler, draining the liquid from the first trough to the second trough via the first perforation, and filling the second trough to an overflow level before permitting the liquid to exit the second trough via a second perforation, the overflow level defined by a bottom of the second perforation. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238570 | Truss Air Manifold Assembly for Underground Disaster Shelters - An air manifold assembly for underground shelters which is capable of withstanding extreme weather conditions. The air manifold assembly includes a ventilation pipe, a tank-head-shaped dome, an annular plate, and a plurality of holes. A top end of the ventilation pipe is concentrically positioned within the annular plate. The annular plate is laterally connected about the ventilation pipe and joins the ventilation pipe to the tank-head-shaped dome. The tank-head-shaped dome protects and prevents the clogging and damage of the ventilation pipe. The tank-head-shaped dome is positioned adjacent to the top end of the ventilation pipe and is perimetrically connected to the annular plate. The plurality of holes exposes the ventilation pipe to the external atmosphere. The plurality of holes is radially distributed about the annular plate with each hole normally traversing through the annular plate. Opposite the tank-head-shaped dome, the ventilation pipe is connected to the underground shelter. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238571 | VENTILATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a ventilation system that may advantageously be used in enclosed or confined spaces. The illustrated embodiment is a ventilation system with one or more sensors arranged to analyse either or both the air received into a ventilation chamber and a remote air sample that is drawn through an air sampling system, e.g., via an auxiliary air sampling port. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238572 | MODELING AND CONTROLLING HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS - Methods, systems, and computer storage media are disclosed for modeling HVAC systems. In some examples, a method is performed by a computer system and includes receiving training data for thermal modeling of one or more buildings of a geographic area. The training data includes disaggregated HVAC load data for the buildings of the geographic area and outdoor temperature data for the geographic area. The method includes determining a thermal resistance value and a thermal capacity value characterizing the buildings of the geographic area. The thermal resistance value characterizes a rate of energy transfer by each of the buildings due to conductance and the thermal capacity value characterizes an amount of energy used to change an indoor temperature of each of the buildings per unit change in temperature. The method includes modeling HVAC operation for a particular building of the geographic area using a thermal resistance-capacity model. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238573 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING WATER-PUMP OF AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - A method of controlling a water-pump of an air conditioning system used in an active air conditioning water circulating system includes: detecting an environmental parameter and a load value of the active air conditioning water system actively; adjusting a flow rate of a water-pump of the active air conditioning water system according to a first control logic when the environmental parameter is less than a first pre-default parameter and the load value is less than a load threshold; and, adjusting the flow rate of the water-pump according to a first control logic when the environmental parameter is not less than the first pre-default parameter or the load value is not less than the load threshold. The present disclosed example can enhance a flow control capacity for different environmental statuses via controlling the flow rate in the different environmental status according to the different control logic. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238574 | HVAC SYSTEM WITH WIRELESS WAVEGUIDE SYSTEM - A wireless waveguide system for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The wireless waveguide system includes a sensor that detects an environmental condition and directs a signal indicative of the environmental condition along an interior of a ductwork. A signal sensor detects a strength of the signal within the interior of the ductwork. A repeater that operates based on the strength of the signal detected by the signal sensor and repeats the signal along a communication path at least partially within the interior of the ductwork to a controller of an HVAC unit. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238575 | BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM WITH MICROSERVICES ARCHITECTURE - A building automation system (BAS) platform includes one or more processors configured to provide an operating environment for developing and executing a plurality of building automation and control microservices. At least one of the plurality of building automation and control microservices is configured to receive live data from remote building equipment and provide control signals to the remote building equipment. The BAS platform further includes one or more application programming interfaces configured to interact with third-party building automation and control applications that run within the operating environment. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238576 | HVAC CONTROLLER FOR A VARIABLE AIR VOLUME (VAV) BOX - An HVAC system may include a VAV box including a damper movable between a first damper position and a second damper position and an HVAC controller that is mounted remotely from the VAV box. The HVAC controller may be configured to control the VAV box in accordance with a temperature set point entered into the HVAC controller and may be programmed with a test and balance procedure. In some cases, the HVAC controller may also be programmed with functionality that facilitates an installer or other technician in configuring and/or reconfiguring the VAV box. This may include providing a user interface that supports a test and balance procedure of the VAV box. Such functionality may be user-accessible via the user interface of the HVAC controller, and in some cases, may be used to drive the damper of the VAV box between various damper positions as well as perform other functionality. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238577 | INTEGRATED SMART ACTUATOR AND VALVE DEVICE APPLICATIONS - An integrated device in an HVAC system is configured to modify an environmental condition of a building. The integrated device includes a valve configured to regulate a flow of a fluid through a conduit and an actuator. The actuator includes a motor and a drive device. The drive device is driven by the motor and coupled to the valve for driving the valve between multiple positions. The integrated device further includes a processing circuit coupled to the motor. The processing circuit is configured to detect device identifying information for the valve or the actuator and to detect the integrated device location within the building. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238578 | REFRIGERATION APPARATUS - A refrigeration apparatus is configured to start a defrosting operation for defrosting an outdoor heat exchanger not only when a first necessary condition is met, which is that a state in which a continuous decrease of an indoor heat exchanger temperature is detected by an indoor heat exchanger temperature sensor continues over a first set time, but also when a second necessary condition is met, which is that a state in which a continuous decrease of an outdoor heat exchanger temperature is detected by an outdoor heat exchanger temperature sensor continues over a second set time. The performing of wasteful defrosting, in which a defrosting operation is started when no frost has formed on the outdoor heat exchanger, is prevented. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238579 | Integrating and Controlling Multiple Load Control Systems - Systems and methods are disclosed for using one or more gateway systems for integrating multiple load control systems such that the load control systems may appear to a user and be controlled by the user as a unified load control system. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238580 | AIR CONDITIONER AND ITS OPERATING METHOD - An air conditioner includes: a cooling unit having a compressor operated at a variable operating frequency to adjust a revolving speed thereof, a condenser, an expansion valve and a cooling coil; and a heating unit for causing the heating medium flowing from the compressor toward the condenser to diverge, and to return to flow into the condenser, through a heating coil and a thermal dose adjusting valve disposed on the downstream side thereof; so as to control a temperature of air by the cooling and heating coils. When an opening manipulated variable of the thermal dose adjusting valve exceeds a first threshold value over a period of time, an operating frequency of the compressor is decreased, and when the opening manipulated variable of the thermal dose adjusting valve falls below a smaller, second threshold value, over the said period of time, the operating frequency of the compressor is increased. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238581 | INDOOR UNIT FOR AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An indoor unit includes, in an airflow path, an axial fan, an indoor heat exchanger having a W-shape in side view, and a forward drain pan and a rearward drain each disposed below the corresponding valley portion of the indoor heat exchanger. The airflow path is divided into a first airflow path, a second airflow path, and a third airflow path. The indoor unit includes an up/down airflow direction flap disposed at the air outlet. The up/down airflow direction flap includes a rearward up/down airflow direction flap disposed under the second airflow path and the third airflow path, and a forward up/down airflow direction flap disposed forward of the rearward up/down airflow direction flap and under the first airflow path. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238582 | SPLIT TYPE AIR CONDITIONER WITH AN INTERNAL HUMIDIFICATION SYSTEM AND WATER DISPERSION SYSTEM IN COOL MIST FORM TO THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT - The present utility model it is an air conditioner Split type, with application in environments cooling area, internal humidification system and water dispersion system in cool mist form to the external environment aiming to return the water was removal of the environment. Characterized by an air conditioner Split type (FIG. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238583 | SPLITTER AND SOUND ATTENUATOR INCLUDING THE SAME - This technology provides a splitter comprising: a first sound absorber; a second sound absorber; a perforated plate member interposed between the first sound absorber and the second sound absorber; and an outer frame surrounding the first sound absorber, the second sound absorber and the perforated plate member; and a sound attenuator comprising: a protective case; a plurality of splitters according to above embodiment formed in the protective case and spaced from each other; and an air passage formed among the plurality of splitters. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238584 | HEATING BLOCK HALF-SHELL, AND HEATING BLOCK WITH GUIDE ELEMENTS FOR A HEATING COIL - A heating block half-shell and a heating block for a continuous flow heater, each half-shell including a (partial) wall for a heating channel that includes at least one straight section. In the at least one straight section, at least two guide elements are situated in succession on the wall in the axial direction, each being configured for supporting a heating coil in the heating channel in the radial direction. A continuous flow heater that includes a heating block of this type is also described. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238585 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger according to the present invention comprises a heat exchange portion in which heating medium flow paths, where a heating medium flows through a space between a plurality of plates, and combustion gas flow paths through which a combustion gas combusted in a burner flows are adjacently and alternatingly formed, wherein the heat exchange portion comprises a sensible heat portion, which surrounds the outside of a combustion chamber and comprises an area on one side of the plates, for heating the heating medium using the sensible heat of the combustion gas generated by combustion of the burner, and a latent heat portion, which comprises an area on the other side of the plates, for heating the heating medium using the latent heat of water vapors in the combustion gas which has completed heat exchanging in the sensible heat portion, wherein a connection passage for the heating medium is formed between the sensible heat portion and the latent heat portion, the latent heat portion comprises a heating medium inlet through which the heating medium is introduced, and a plurality of latent heat portion heating medium flow paths which are formed between the plurality of plates and communicate with the heating medium inlet in parallel, and wherein the sensible heat portion comprises a heating medium outlet through which the heating medium is discharged, and a plurality of sensible heat portion heating medium flow paths which are formed between the plurality of plates and are connected serially between the latent heat portion heating medium flow paths and the heating medium outlet. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238586 | INSTANTANEOUS HOT WATER CIRCULATION UNIT WITH SCALE CLEANING FUNCTION - Provided is an instantaneous hot water circulation unit with a scale cleaning function which can easily perform pipe cleaning for removing scale. The instantaneous hot water circulation unit which includes a hot water supply inlet portion connected to a hot water discharge unit of a hot water supply device, a hot water supply outlet portion connected to an external hot water supply unit, a hot water returning unit, a hot water outgoing unit, a hot water supply pipe, a hot water pipe, and a circulation pump, and a bypass pipe, which drives the circulation pump to perform an instantaneous hot water circulation operation when stoping hot water supply, wherein a storage tank configured to store a cleaning agent used in a cleaning operation of cleaning an inside of the pipe of the hot water supply device is provided at the bypass pipe. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238587 | APPARATUS FOR MANAGING HOT WATER IN A HOT WATER STORAGE TANK HEATING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - An apparatus for managing hot water in a hot water storage tank heating system has one or more temperature sensors, a mounting bracket, a computer implemented processing arrangement configured to receive the temperature sensor signals and an interface to communicate with a user or additional processors either locally or remotely. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238588 | Water heater solar panel with collector, heat exchanger and storage tank of water manufacturate with polyimers - Water heater solar panel with collector heat exchanger and storage tank of water manufactured with plastic materials. This solar panel for heating water is manufactured with expanded polystyrene foam, glasses, a metal sheet and some plastic fittings. The collector of sun and water storage tank are assembled together, allowing the transfer of heat from the primary circuit to the secondary circuit without tubes, through a heat exchanger consisting of a metal sheet. The storage tank is integrated in the collector so that improves handling and lowers the cost in fluid transport and the manufacture of it. The weight of this panel is distributed regularly on the roof or deck. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238589 | Tile Roof Mount - In various representative aspects, an assembly for securing a solar panel rail support structure to a tile roof. More specifically, the apparatus includes a base plate that is secured to the roof beneath various shapes of tiles on the tile roof and a generally L-shaped bracket that is then coupled to a rail support guide. The bracket is then capable of being adjusted in various locations along the base plate by utilizing a spring lock mechanism. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238590 | Fastening Structure and Method for Fitting a Coupling Profile to a Pitched Roof Covered with Shingles - The invention relates to a fastening structure for being able to fit a coupling profile, in particular for fastening solar panels, to a pitched roof covered with bituminous shingles. The invention also relates to an assembly which includes a fastening structure according to the invention. The invention further relates to a kit of components which includes a fastening structure according to the invention. The invention further relates to a method for fitting a coupling profile, in particular for fastening solar panels, to a pitched roof covered with bituminous shingles, by using a fastening structure according to the invention. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238591 | SCREW-IN GEOTHERMAL HEAT EXCHANGER SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method of installing a tubular heat exchanger into soil includes providing the tubular heat exchanger and screwing the tubular heat exchanger into the soil with an installation apparatus. The installation apparatus may be removed from the soil without removing the tubular heat exchanger from the soil. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238592 | SOLAR DRIVEN EJECTOR HEAT PUMPS FOR SUPPLEMENTAL HEATING AND COOLING RESOURCES - In one embodiment, solar-thermal system is provided. The solar-thermal system comprises a generator component; an evaporator component; a heat pump ejector comprising a mixing chamber; said heat pump ejector coupled to the generator component and the evaporator component; wherein the generator component emits a vapor stream into said mixing chamber and the heat pump ejector is configured to extract a working fluid vapor from the evaporator component into said mixing chamber through entrainment thereby to form a mixed flow; and a condenser component configured to cool said mixed flow via a cooling loop. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238593 | REVERSIBLE LIQUID SUCTION GAS HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat pump system includes a compressor, indoor heat exchanger, outdoor heat exchanger, and expansion valve. A main flow control device fluidly couples a discharge line to the outdoor heat exchanger when the heat pump system is in a cooling mode, and fluidly couples the discharge line to the indoor heat exchanger when the heat pump system is in a heating mode. An intermediate heat exchanger is configured to receive working fluid from the outdoor heat exchanger in a cooling mode and from the indoor heat exchanger in a heating mode. The intermediate heat exchanger is configured to superheat or sub-cool a working fluid therein. A secondary flow control device is configured to control a directional flow of working fluid between the indoor heat exchanger, the outdoor heat exchanger and the intermediate heat exchanger. A controller is operably coupled to the main and secondary flow control devices. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238594 | ELECTROCALORIC HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEM - A cooling system includes an electrocaloric element ( | 2018-08-23 |
20180238595 | DOMESTIC REFRIGERATION APPLIANCE WITH A REFRIGERANT CIRCUIT, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A DOMESTIC REFRIGERATION APPLIANCE WITH A REFRIGERANT CIRCUIT - A domestic refrigeration appliance includes an insulated body with a coolable container delimiting a coolable space for food, a refrigerant circuit having a coolant and a compressor for cooling the space, and an electronic control apparatus and an electric drive with a three-phase AC synchronous motor and a control element or inverter for activating the motor. The compressor includes a chamber with an inlet and with an outlet, a piston mounted displaceably within the chamber, a crankshaft and the motor. The motor has a number of pole pairs greater than 1, a stator and a rotor mounted rotatably relative to the stator and coupled to the piston by the crankshaft. During compressor operation, the motor causes the piston to reduce the size of a volume enclosed by the compressor chamber and the piston to compress the coolant. A method for operating a domestic refrigeration appliance is also provided. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238596 | ROTARY COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATING CYCLE DEVICE - In one embodiment, an annular groove and an elastic portion are formed at an end portion of a main bearing on a side facing a cylinder chamber. An annular groove and an elastic portion is formed at an end portion of the sub-bearing on a side facing the cylinder chamber. A depth of the annular groove of the main bearing is formed larger than that of the sub-bearing. An outer peripheral surface of the elastic portion of the main bearing is formed in a straight shape so that thicknesses of a base portion and a tip portion of the elastic portion are the same. An outer peripheral surface of the elastic portion of the sub-bearing is formed in a tapered shape so that a thicknesses of a base portion of the elastic portion is larger than that of a tip portion of the elastic portion. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238597 | REFRIGERANT BALANCING IN A MICROCHANNEL COIL - A refrigeration unit and methods of operating a refrigeration unit for an HVACR system are disclosed. The refrigeration unit includes a refrigerant circuit, including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device, and an evaporator fluidly connected. The condenser includes a condenser portion and a subcooler portion. A single receiver tank is fluidly connected to an output of the condenser portion and an input of the subcooler portion. A restrictor is fluidly connected to the receiver tank. The restrictor can induce a pressure drop in a working fluid flowing from the subcooler portion. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238598 | REVERSE DEFROST SYSTEM AND METHODS - A method of defrosting an indoor coil in a refrigeration system in which, with a controller of the refrigeration system, a selected one of a number of predetermined defrost mode procedures is selected. Each predetermined defrost mode procedure is associated with a predetermined range of values of one or more predetermined parameters. Each predetermined defrost mode procedure includes adjustment of one or more components of the refrigeration system upon commencement of the defrost mode for optimum operation of the refrigeration system in the defrost mode, when the predetermined parameter is within the predetermined range of values upon commencement of operation in the defrost mode. With the controller, the component of the refrigeration system is adjusted in accordance with the selected one of the predetermined defrost mode procedures. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238599 | REFRIGERANT CHARGE DETECTION FOR ICE MACHINES - A system includes a compressor driven by a motor. A condenser receives working fluid from the compressor. An evaporator is in fluid communication with the condenser and the compressor. A first sensor produces a first signal, and a second sensor produces a second signal. A processing circuitry processes the first signal and the second signal to determine a new baseline freeze time. The processing circuitry determines the new baseline freeze time for a predetermined time following an installation event, a service event, or a power outage of the compressor. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238600 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a door, an ice making room, a cool air supply duct connecting the evaporation chamber to the ice making room, an ice maker, a cool air guide duct that guides cool air from the ice making room toward the ice maker, and an ice bin below the ice maker to store ice. The ice maker includes an ice tray including cool air guide ribs, and an ice separating guide covering a front surface of the ice tray and a portion of a top surface thereof in which the cool air guide ribs extend from one side of the ice tray toward the other side and are spaced apart from a front surface of a tray body toward a rear surface, and bottom parts of the cool air guide ribs are spaced apart from a bottom part of the cool air guide duct. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238601 | CONFIGURABLE SPIRAL FREEZER - A reconfigurable freezer includes a housing having an internal space therein, and first and second openings each in communication with said internal space; an infeed assembly and an outfeed assembly, the infeed assembly constructed to be removably mounted to the housing at one of at the first and second openings for being in communication with said internal space, and the outfeed assembly constructed to be removably mounted to another of the first and second openings for being in communication with said internal space, wherein the infeed and outfeed assemblies are interchangeable at the first and second openings; a conveyor belt transiting the internal space from the infeed assembly to the outfeed assembly; and a drum disposed at the internal space for supporting movement of the conveyor belt about the drum between the infeed and outfeed assemblies. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238602 | REVERSE CYCLE DEFROST REFRIGERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of defrosting an indoor coil in a refrigeration system including, while the system is operating in the refrigeration mode, with a controller of the refrigeration system, determining a defrost commencement time at which the refrigeration system is to commence operating in the defrost mode. With the controller, one or more defrost energy conservation processes are initiated prior to the defrost commencement time, to decrease a rate at which thermal energy is transferred from the refrigerant in the outdoor coil to ambient air around the outdoor coil. The defrost energy conservation process continues until a defrost energy conservation termination criterion is satisfied, at which time the defrost energy conservation process is terminated. Upon termination of the defrost energy conservation process, operation of the refrigeration system in the defrost mode is commenced. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238603 | REFRIGERATOR AND OPERATION METHOD OF THE SAME - A refrigerator includes: a compressor; an evaporator; a main condenser; a dew-prevention pipe; a bypass provided in parallel with a first channel from the main condenser to the dew-prevention pipe, and connected with the evaporator; a switching section provided on a downstream side of the main condenser, in which the switching section opens and closes the first channel, and a second channel from the main condenser to the bypass; and a control section. When defrosting the evaporator, the control section operates in such a manner that a refrigerant staying in the evaporator, the dew-prevention pipe, and the bypass is collected in the main condenser by closing the first channel and the second channel during an operation of the compressor, and thereafter, a high-pressure refrigerant collected in the main condenser is supplied to the evaporator through the bypass by stopping the compressor and opening the second channel. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238604 | DOOR GUIDE ASSEMBLY AND REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME - An integral door guide assembly is removably coupled in an opening of a door of a refrigerator and has an adjustable height. The refrigerator includes a first door rotatably connected to a front surface of a main body, and having an opening in which a plurality of door guide assemblies can be arranged, and a second door rotatably connected to a front surface of the first door. The door guide assembly includes a door guide, a guide removably fixed on both side walls of the opening, a moving unit removably coupled with both side walls of the door guide, guided by the guide to move in an up-down direction, a stopper coupled with the guide, and caught by or released from the catching projections to adjust a position of the moving unit and a latch configured to fix the stopper released from the catching projections. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238605 | VACUUM HEAT INSULATION PANEL, CORE MATERIAL, REFRIGERATOR, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF VACUUM HEAT INSULATION PANEL, AND RECYCLING METHOD OF REFRIGERATOR - In a vacuum insulated panel according to an embodiment of the present invention, a core material comprising resin fibers is accommodated within an outer cover material. The resin fibers are formed directly on the inner surface of the outer cover material. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238606 | REFRIGERATOR - Provided is a refrigerator which allows a pivoting bar to pivot to seal a gap between a pair of doors regardless of whether the door at which the pivoting bar is not installed between the pair of doors is open or closed. The refrigerator includes a guide device which induces the pivoting bar to pivot. Here, the guide device includes a rack that is moved forward and backward linearly depending on opening and closing of the second door and includes a second magnet built therein, a pinion gear engaged with the rack and pivoting when the rack is moved linearly, and a guide unit which includes a guide groove guiding a guide protrusion and is engaged with the pinion gear to move linearly in a direction opposite to that of the rack to allow the pivoting bar to pivot when the pinion gear pivots. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238607 | Fridgechest - refrigerator-style ice chest/cooler - An ice chest/cooler with a hinged wall door that opens to a multi drawer compartment for food and beverage storage. The other compartment of the ice chest-cooler is for ice storage and is accessed through one of two top lids. A mesh divider wall separates the two compartments and allows the ice to chill the drawer compartment. The drawer system provides organization and helps prevent cross contamination between foods and beverages and with the ice. Ice melt should accrue at a slow rate, with the separated compartments reducing open exposure of the ice while using the front wall door for access to food and beverages. And when the ice lid is opened for access to the ice only, the drawer compartment's open exposure is reduced. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238608 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator is provided including a main body having a storage chamber, a door coupled with the front surface of the main body, to open or close the storage chamber, and a case having a rear surface facing the rear surface of the door the front part of the case having an opening. A door guide is in the case. A sliding apparatus enables the door guide to slide to be inserted into or pulled out of the case through the opening and includes a guide rail at a bottom of the door guide, an inclined guide portion in the case to guide the guide rail, a fixing rib at the rear end of the guide portion including a streamlined shape at the front end of the fixing rib and a supporting rib in the door guide supported by the fixing rib to prevent the door guide from moving. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238609 | HEAT INSULATION MATERIAL, CORE MATERIAL, REFRIGERATOR, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF HEAT INSULATION MATERIAL - Insulation according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided with the following: a core material formed by a small-diameter fiber material having a micro-order to nano-order fiber diameter; and a reinforcing means for reinforcing the strength of the core material. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238610 | VACUUM ADIABATIC BODY AND REFRIGERATOR - A vacuum adiabatic body includes a first plate; a second plate; a seal; a support; a heat resistance unit; and an exhaust port, wherein the heat resistance unit includes a conductive resistance sheet connected to the first plate, the conductive resistance sheet resisting heat conduction flowing along a wall for the third space, the conductive resistance sheet includes a shielding part for heat-insulating the conductive resistance sheet by shielding a first surface of the conductive resistance sheet, and a second surface of the conductive resistance sheet is heat-insulated by the third space. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238611 | REFRIGERATION APPARATUS - An improved refrigeration apparatus comprising motorized shelving and drawers structured and arranged to extend and retract with the simple pressing of a button to provide all consumers, particularly those who suffer arthritis, back pain, limited mobility or other maladies with a more practical appliance designed to provide easy and safe access to items stored within. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238612 | ENCLOSURE ILLUMINATION - An assembly comprises an enclosure ( | 2018-08-23 |
20180238613 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a sterilizing device, wherein the sterilizing device includes a light source assembly which emits visible rays, and a photocatalytic filter which reacts with the visible rays, and the light source assembly is disposed to be inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a horizontal line equally dividing the photocatalytic filter in a case. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238614 | REFFRIGERATOR WITH SABBATH MODE - The present invention relates to a refrigerator comprising a compartment, a door, a refrigeration unit, a temperature sensor for the compartment, an opening/closing sensor for the door and a control unit with a normal mode. The refrigerator of the present invention further comprises an electric power source, a supply circuit which connects the sensors to the electric power source and a switch which allows the user to selectively make/break the power connection to the sensors. The control unit has a Sabbath mode for controlling the refrigeration unit without the sensors and based on a predefined refrigeration/defrost cycle. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238615 | VERTICAL PLATE FREEZER SYSTEM - There is disclosed a plate freezer apparatus. The plate freezer apparatus comprises a first frame member configured to support a plurality of vertically disposed freezing plate members arranged to define a freezing cavity therebetween and a flooring system configured to extend below the freezing plate members to form a base for the freezing cavities, wherein the flooring system is configured to be raised so as to lift any frozen material present in freezing cavities out of the freezing cavities so that the frozen material extends from the freezing cavities to project above an upper edge of the freezing plate members. A second frame member is mounted above said first frame member so as to extend substantially a length of the first frame member, the second frame member having a plurality of paddle members mounted therein that are individually actuable to extend between a horizontal axis where the paddle members extend substantially parallel with the second frame member, and a vertical axis where the paddle members extend from the second frame member to be received between the frozen material raised from the freezing cavities. The first frame member further comprises a lifting mechanism adjacent a proximal end thereof, the lifting mechanism being actuable to raise the proximal end of the first frame member so as to tilt the first frame member towards a distal end and wherein the paddle members are actuable to facilitate controlled release of the frozen material such that upon release the frozen material is able to slide along the upper edges of the plates and off the distal end of the first frame member for collection. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238616 | Refrigeration Chiller Or Cooler System With Self-Cleaning Filter - An automatic and dynamic filter window for the air inlet to a chiller or cooler is disclosed, including a controller and a scrolling filter for replacing filters prior to clogging or contamination that may compromise the operation of the chiller. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238617 | PARTIAL RELIQUEFACTION SYSTEM - Provided is a partial reliquefaction system including a boil-off gas (BOG) compression system receiving a BOG exiting from a liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tank, a high-pressure compression section receiving a BOG stream from the BOG compression system, a heat exchanger effectuating a temperature drop of the BOG stream, an expander receiving the cooled BOG stream after passing through the heat exchanger, and a separator vessel for receiving a gas/liquid mixture, wherein a gas portion of the gas/liquid mixture is recirculated through the heat exchanger to act as the cooling medium for the heat exchanger. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238618 | PRODUCTION OF HELIUM FROM A GAS STREAM CONTAINING HYDROGEN - The invention relates to a method for producing helium from a source gas stream ( | 2018-08-23 |
20180238619 | Method For Using A Hydrocyclone For Cryogenic Gas Vapor Separation - A method for separating a vapor from a carrier gas is disclosed. A hydrocyclone is provided with one or more nozzles on the wall of the hydrocyclone. A cryogenic liquid is provided to the tangential feed inlet at a velocity that induces a tangential flow and a cyclone vortex in the hydrocyclone. The carrier gas is injected into the hydrocyclone through the one or more nozzles. The vapor dissolves, condenses, desublimates, or a combination thereof, forming a vapor-depleted carrier gas and a vapor-enriched cryogenic liquid. The vapor-depleted gas is drawn through the vortex finder while the vapor-enriched cryogenic liquid is drawn through the apex nozzle outlet. In this manner, the vapor is removed from the carrier gas. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238620 | Air-Sparged Hydrocyclone For Cryogenic Gas Vapor Separation - An air-sparged hydrocyclone for separating a vapor from a carrier gas is disclosed. The cyclone comprises a porous sparger covered by an outer gas plenum. A cryogenic liquid is injected to a tangential feed inlet at a velocity that induces a tangential flow and a cyclone vortex in the air-sparged hydrocyclone. The carrier gas is injected into the cyclone through the porous sparger. The vapor dissolves, condenses, desublimates, or a combination thereof, forming a vapor-depleted carrier gas and a vapor-enriched cryogenic liquid. The vapor-depleted carrier gas is drawn through a vortex finder and the vapor-enriched cryogenic liquid is drawn through an apex nozzle outlet. In this manner, the vapor is removed from the carrier gas. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238621 | VAPOR SUPPLYING APPARATUS, VAPOR DRYING APPARATUS, VAPOR SUPPLYING METHOD, AND VAPOR DRYING METHOD - When a substrate on which a fine pattern is formed is dried with vapor, prevention of collapse of the pattern due to water originally contained in IPA to be stored has been a problem to be solved. A mixed liquid stored in a mixed liquid storage is vaporized to generate mixed vapor containing the IPA and water (water vapor). Then, a vapor dewatering unit connected to a vapor supply pipe through which the mixed vapor is fed removes water in the mixed vapor. This can reduce the concentration of water originally contained in the IPA to be stored before the IPA is supplied to the substrate, thereby suppressing collapse of the pattern. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238622 | SYSTEM HAVING A PROCESS CHAMBER FOR WORKPIECES - An installation has a process chamber defining an inner space having a tunnel-like form defining a receiving region for workpieces. The process chamber has a portal for the supply or discharge of workpieces and has a device for introducing gaseous fluid into the inner space. The device has a nozzle for producing a fluid stream curtain between the portal and the receiving region. A device supplies fresh air introduced into the receiving region at a side of the fluid stream curtain facing away from the portal. The installation has a pivotable guide contour projecting into the inner space and the nozzle or aperture is in the form of a slot which supplies the gaseous fluid to the inner space via the ceiling with a flow direction oblique relative to the floor. The gaseous fluid supplied via the nozzle to the inner space is guided on the guide contour. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238623 | FLUIDIZED BED SYSTEM - A fluidized bed system is a single unitary modular system that packages a circulation fan, a fluidized bed, and a dust collection system within a same structure. The structure is formed to include internal ducts to provide fluid communication between the circulation fan, the fluidized bed, and the dust collection system. The fan provides a flow of air via a pressure duct to the fluidized bed. Particulate is separated from particles included on the fluidized bed by the flow of air being uniformly distributed to the fluidized bed. Particulate separated in a disengagement area and suspended in the flow of air is conducted through a particulate clearance space surrounding the dust collection system. The particulate is captured by the dust collection system and conveyed to a location external to the system. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238624 | Method, Device and System for Regulating Climate - A method for regulating climate, comprising: 1) allowing the formation of a relatively high temperature zone and a low temperature zone in the air above the ground; 2) allowing the formation of air convection between the high temperature zone and the low temperature zone as the cold air in the low temperature zone has a greater density than the hot air in the high temperature zone. A device for regulating climate is, i.e. an automatic air tower. The automatic air tower comprises a column ( | 2018-08-23 |
20180238625 | HYBRID COOLER WITH BIFURCATED EVAPORATIVE SECTION - A hybrid closed circuit heat exchanger having a dry indirect section and an evaporative indirect section. The evaporative indirect section has multiple sub-sections. An evaporative fluid distribution system is configured to selectively distribute evaporative fluid over all, part, or none of the sub-sections. A process fluid flow path control system is configured to selectively direct the process fluid through one or more sub-sections. The process fluid flow path control system may send all of the process fluid through two or more sub-sections in equal amounts or in different amounts. There is preferably no evaporative heat exchange section bypass flow path. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238626 | CAB/MAAR CONCEPT IMPROVEMENT - A method for manufacturing a heat exchanger, wherein a firmly bonded connection is provided between tubes and ribs in order to form a radiator matrix, the connection provided by aligning and inserting tube ends into openings in a first and second collector in order to connect tubes to the two collectors, and a wall section of shaped tube ends is bent so that the tube ends are fixed against the collector through the wall section with interpositioning of a seal. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238627 | HEAT EXCHANGERS WITH INSTALLATION FLEXIBILITY - A heat exchanger includes a body shaped to integrate with one or more system structural elements and a plurality of first flow channels defined in the body. The heat exchanger also includes a plurality of second flow channels defined in the body. The second flow channels are fluidly isolated from the first flow channels. The first flow channels and the second flow channels have a changing flow direction characteristic along a direction of flow within the first flow channels and the second flow channels. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238628 | TRUE COUNTERCURRENT TEMA TYPE BFU SPECIAL - A heat exchanger has a pass baffle which is formed as an enclosure with two openings, one opening for connection to a shell-side fluid opening and one opening for passing heat exchanger tubes. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238629 | EVAPORATOR AND FUEL CELL ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to an evaporator (V) comprising an evaporator body ( | 2018-08-23 |
20180238630 | HEAT TRANSFER SEGMENT - A heat transfer segment for a curved heat exchanger, wherein the heat transfer segment comprises a plurality of enclosure bars that at least partially define two opposite ends of the heat transfer segment, wherein the two opposite ends define respective general planes, characterised in that: the enclosure bars are shaped and arranged such that the general plane of one end of the heat transfer segment is not parallel with the general plane of the other end of the heat transfer segment, such that when said heat transfer segment is joined to an adjacent heat transfer segment in an end-to-end fashion the enclosure bars the heat transfer segment may join to corresponding enclosure bars of the adjacent heat transfer segment. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238631 | PLATE-TYPE VACUUM HEAT TRANSFER APPARATUS FOR TELEVISION - Disclosed herein is a plate-type vacuum heat transfer apparatus for a television. The apparatus includes a first plate and a second plate sealed to define an internal space in a vacuum state, a mesh member disposed between the first and second plates, and a heat transfer medium supplied to a portion of the internal space. Each of the first and second plates includes an edge protruding to a hexagonal honeycomb structure formed such that a vertex thereof is located in a direction of gravity. Hexagonal honeycomb structures of the first and second plates overlap at some edges to be offset from each other, thus providing the internal space for allowing communication and a flow passage of the heat transfer medium. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238632 | HEAT PIPE, RADIATOR, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a heat pipe suitable for heat conduction in deformable systems. The heat pipe includes a pipe shell and a liquid-absorption core on the inner wall of the pipe shell. The pipe shell includes a first pipe section at an evaporation end of the heat pipe, a second pipe section at a condensation end of the heat pipe, and an intermediate pipe section connecting the first pipe section and the second pipe section. The intermediate pipe section of the pipe shell is an intermediate flexible pipe, and the liquid-absorption core has a flexible structure. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238633 | HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEM WITH A HEAT EXCHANGE CHAMBER IN WITH A THERMAL INSULATION LAYER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING HEAT BY USING THE HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEM - A heat exchange system with at least one heat exchange chamber is provided. The heat exchange chamber includes heat exchange chamber boundaries which surround at least one heat exchange chamber interior of the heat exchange chamber. The heat exchange chamber boundaries include at least one first opening for guiding in an inflow of at least one heat transfer fluid into the heat exchange chamber interior and at least one second opening for guiding out an outflow of the heat transfer fluid out of the heat exchange chamber interior. At least one heat storage material is arranged in the heat exchange chamber interior such that a heat exchange flow of the heat transfer fluid through the heat exchange chamber interior causes a heat exchange between the heat storage material and the heat transfer fluid. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238634 | HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEM WITH MAIN HEAT EXCHANGE CHAMBER AND SUBSIDIARY HEAT EXCHANGE CHAMBER AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING HEAT BY USING THE HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEM - A heat exchange system with at least two heat exchange chambers is provided. Each of the heat exchange chambers includes heat exchange chamber boundaries which surround at least one heat exchange chamber interior of the heat exchange chamber. The heat exchange chamber boundaries include at least one first opening for guiding in of an inflow of at least one heat transfer fluid into the heat exchange chamber interior and at least one second opening for guiding out of an outflow of the heat transfer fluid out of the heat exchange chamber interior. At least one heat storage material is arranged in the heat exchange chamber interior such that a heat exchange flow of the heat transfer fluid through the heat exchange chamber interior causes a heat exchange between the heat storage material and the heat transfer fluid. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238635 | THERMAL DEVICE FOR A FLUID, WITH BAFFLES, AND ASSOCIATED CIRCUITS - A thermal device comprising a fluid circulation circuit in which the fluid circulates over time at different temperatures, and a thermal store and heat exchanger arranged on said circuit and enclosing an interior volume in which the fluid circulates, and in which are arranged elements that store and release thermal energy, of PCM type, in contact with the fluid, for heat exchanges. The interior volume of the store and heat exchanger is provided with baffles. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238636 | UNIT FOR STORING THERMAL ENERGY - This relates to a unit for storing and releasing thermal energy including a plurality of blocks ( | 2018-08-23 |
20180238637 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A heat exchanger includes a first heat exchanging portion including first and second flat tubes stacked in parallel with each other and spaced from each other to allow fluid to pass between the first and second flat tubes, and a second heat exchanging portion including third and fourth flat tubes stacked in parallel with each other, spaced from each other to allow fluid to pass between the third and fourth flat tubes, and oriented crosswise to a direction in which the first and second flat tubes are oriented. The second heat exchanging portion is arranged downstream of the first heat exchanging portion with respect to flow of the fluid. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238638 | HEAT EXCHANGERS MADE FROM ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED SACRIFICIAL TEMPLATES - A method of manufacturing a heat exchanger including a heat exchanger core of a first material, the method including additive manufacturing a sacrificial scaffold of a second material, the sacrificial scaffold corresponding in shape to that of the heat exchanger core, coating the sacrificial scaffold with a layer of the first material, and removing the sacrificial scaffold to leave behind the heat exchanger core with an integrated self-aligned passage. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238639 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger according to the present invention comprises a heat exchange portion in which heating water flow paths where heating water flows through a space between a plurality of plates, hot water flow paths through which hot water flows, and combustion gas flow paths are adjacently and alternatingly formed, wherein the heat exchange portion comprises: a heating sensible heat portion, which surrounds the outside of a combustion chamber and comprises an area on one side of the plates, for heating the heating water using the sensible heat of the combustion gas generated by combustion of the burner; a heating latent heat portion, which comprises a partial area on the other side of the plates, for heating the heating water using the latent heat of water vapors in the combustion gas which has completed heat exchanging in the heating sensible heat portion; and a hot water latent heat portion, which comprises the remaining area on the other side of the plates, for heating direct water using the latent heat of water vapors in the combustion gas which has passed through the heating latent heat portion. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238640 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND METHODS OF FORMING FINS IN A HEAT EXCHANGER - A method of forming fins in a heat exchanger having a metal body by skiving the metal body to form a first fin in a first orientation, and skiving the metal body again to form a second fin in a second orientation while straightening the first fin into a third orientation. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238641 | PLANAR ELEMENT FOR FORMING HEAT EXCHANGER - Planar element adapted to form, when stacked with a plurality of other such elements, a heat exchanger, comprising an inlet region, a first zone adapted to direct flow from the inlet region towards a second zone, a second zone comprising at least one cutout in the plane of the planar element, adapted to accommodate a cooling core, a third zone, adapted to direct flow from the second zone towards an outlet region and an outlet region, the planar element comprising a first blockage protrusion disposed along a first group of said side edges, the first group comprising at least a side edge adjacent to said outlet region, and a second blockage protrusion disposed along a second group of said side edges, the second group comprising at least a side edge adjacent to said inlet region. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238642 | COOLER - Provide is a cooler in which the number of components can be decreased and the space can be reduced. The cooler includes: a cooling plate ( | 2018-08-23 |
20180238643 | OUTDOOR PLATE-TYPE VACUUM HEAT TRANSFER APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is an outdoor plate-type vacuum heat transfer apparatus. This apparatus is configured by sequentially layering an inorganic sheet | 2018-08-23 |
20180238644 | MULTI-CROSS SECTIONAL FLUID PATH CONDENSER - A refrigerant condenser having multiple sections of straight tubes terminating in segmented headers, each subsequent section having an overall cross-sectional area less than an initial section with the overall cross section of the initial section large enough to substantially reduce vapor velocity thus reducing the refrigerant pressure drop; the total cross-sectional area dimensioned to cause entrance vapor velocity, to be sufficient to establish an internal film heat transfer coefficient greater than the external heat transfer coefficient while limiting the internal pressure drop for the heat rejection intended. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238645 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEAT EXCHANGER USING TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS TO DETERMINE SATURATION LEVEL - A method for operating a heat exchanger, through which a heat transfer medium flows on a primary side, entering the heat exchanger with a first temperature and exiting the heat exchanger with a second temperature. The heat transfer medium emits on a secondary side a heat flow to a secondary medium flowing through the heat exchanger in the case of heating or, in the case of cooling, absorbs a heat flow from the secondary medium which enters the heat exchanger with a third temperature and exits the heat exchanger again with a fourth temperature. The heat exchanger is capable of transferring a maximum heat flow. At least three of the four temperatures are measured and the respective saturation level of the heat exchanger is determined from these measured temperatures and is used for controlling the operation of the heat exchanger. | 2018-08-23 |
20180238646 | Methods For Negating Deposits Using Cavitation Induced Shock Waves - A method for removing a surface foulant is disclosed. An operating heat exchanger is provided. A carrier liquid that contains potential fouling agents is provided to the heat exchanger. The potential fouling agents foul at least a portion of the heat exchanger. The exchanger is operated such that the carrier liquid is at a vapor pressure equal to the operating pressure. Cavitation inducing devices are provided to the exchanger. A condition indicating fouling is detected. The cavitation inducing devices are operated on a portion of the exchanger to cause a localized pressure change, vaporizing a portion of the carrier liquid and forming a transient bubble or bubbles which collapse by cavitation, producing a localized shockwave, a re-entrant microjet, and extreme transient pressures and temperatures. These steps are repeated as necessary to remove the surface foulant. In this manner, the surface foulant is removed from the operating heat exchanger. | 2018-08-23 |