Refrigeration inventions 05/06

20060107669 - Modular refrigerated dryer apparatus and method: The modular arrangement of refrigerated dryers is achieved by combining refrigerated dryers in groups to produce a combined refrigerator dryer capacity. A common air inlet and/or common air outlet for the dryer is provided, along with a common controller. A cabinet to house the dryers may also be provided....

20060107670 - Demand control ventilation sensor failure: Demand ventilation protocols can address the issue of sensor failure while still providing desirable levels of energy conservation. An occupancy indicator such as a sensor can be monitored. If the sensor reading is determined to be incorrect, unexpected or otherwise erroneous, the ventilation system can provide an amount of fresh...

20060107671 - Cooling device: In a cooling system having a compressor for supplying refrigerant under pressure, a condenser for condensing the refrigerant supplied from the compressor, a liquid receiver arranged to temporarily store the condensed refrigerant supplied from the condenser, an expansion valve for expanding the refrigerant supplied from the liquid receiver, and an...

20060107672 - Refrigerant cycle device for vehicle: A vapor-compression refrigerant cycle device includes an ejector, a first evaporator for evaporating refrigerant flowing out of a pressure-increasing portion of the ejector, a second evaporator for evaporating refrigerant to be drawn into a refrigerant suction port of the ejector. In the refrigerant cycle device, a refrigerant suction pipe is...

20060107673 - Expansion device: To provide a low-cost expansion device which is capable of changing a passage cross-sectional area of a restriction passage according to the pressure and temperature of introduced refrigerant, without provision of a high-pressure hermetically sealed space. The expansion device comprises a differential pressure valve for having the valve lift thereof...

20060107674 - Multi-effect cooling system utilizing heat from an engine: A method of operating a multi-effect cooling system uses heat generated from an engine having an exhaust system and cooling system. The multi-effect cooling system includes, a primary desorber and a secondary desorber. The primary desorber is heated using heat from the exhaust system. The secondary desorber is heated using...

20060107675 - Front-end integral air-conditioning unit: A sub-unit for a vehicle air conditioning system is shipped with a condenser, chiller and fluid lines. Snap together couplings are placed on free ends of the fluid lines whereby the sub-unit can be pre-charged, shipped, installed into the front end of a vehicle engine compartment and connected to an...

20060107676 - Cabinet for the storage of goods requiring refrigeration: A cabinet for the storage of goods requiring refrigeration, includes a modular frame structure, space-delimiting elements and shelves (6) bearing the goods, and equipped with a caloric heat exchanger (8) generating an air flow of a temperature selected to suit the goods, and an air channel system (17) communicating with...

20060107677 - Cold storage: The invention has an object to provide a cold storage capable of simplifying a construction for pushing up a cooling unit and easily positioning a mounting position of the cooling unit. The cold storage includes a cooling unit integrated with a cooling box accommodating a cooler and a blower, and...

20060107678 - Cooling arrangement: A cooling arrangement with a housing for receiving electronic printed circuit boards or plug-in modules, and with an air-conditioning device which is connected via a coolant-conducting feed line and a return-flow line with at least one electronic component, which is to be cooled, on the respective printed circuit board or...

20060107679 - Portable air-conditioning unit, particularly a personal air-conditioning unit: A portable air-conditioning unit, particularly a personal air-conditioning unit, comprises a small-format housing provided with a housing section that contains a latent heat storage. The housing comprises an inlet for a gaseous or liquid medium which is guided past the latent heat storage while exchanging heat therewith, and comprises an...

20060107680 - Electricially heated jacket for refrigerant containers for charging air conditioners, freezers and heat pumps: A one or two piece insulated jacket with electric heating elements is provided for placing around a portable cylinder of refrigerant for charging air conditioners and refrigerating units and heat pumps. A thermostat may be provided for regulating the current from a power source to the heating elements to control...

20060107681 - Refrigerating apparatus and fluid machine therefor: A complex fluid machine has an expansion-compressor device, a pump, and a motor generator, wherein the expansion-compressor device, the pump, and the motor generator are operatively connected and arranged in series, and a power transmitting device for disconnecting the pump from the motor generator, when the expansion-compressor device is driven...

20060107683 - Air conditioning system and method for controlling the same: The present invention relates to air conditioning systems, and more particularly, to an air conditioning system which can control a refrigerant flow rate to a heat exchanger exchanging heat with room air to be optimum; and a method for controlling the same. The air conditioning system includes an outdoor heat...

20060107682 - Heat pump and structure of extraction heat exchanger thereof: A heat pump equipped with an extraction heat exchanger includes a compressor sucking low-temperature-and-low-pressure liquid refrigerant, and compressing and discharging the low-temperature-and-low-pressure liquid refrigerant into high-temperature-and-high-pressure liquid refrigerant, a condenser in which air passing therethrough absorbs heat from the liquid refrigerant to liquefy the liquid refrigerant, an evaporator in which...

20060107684 - Indoor unit of air conditioner: An indoor unit of an air conditioner is disclosed. The air conditioner is an apparatus that cools or heats an indoor space by circulating refrigerant in one direction or another. The indoor unit of the air conditioner comprises a case spaced apart from the ceiling of a room by a...

20060107685 - Reheat dehumidification system in variable speed applications: A refrigerant system is provided with a reheat function selectively utilizing the heat rejected by the variable speed drive controller and electronics that are often employed in known refrigerant cycles. By placing at least one of these variable speed drives in the path of air being delivered to an environment...

20060107686 - Compressor oil recovering apparatus and multi-unit air conditioner equiped with the same: A compressor oil recovering apparatus is disclosed which is capable of smoothly re-supplying, to a compressor, oil separated in an oil separator after emerging from the compressor, thereby achieving an enhancement in the reliability of the compressor, and thus, an enhancement in the performance of an air conditioner using the...

20060107687 - Oil separator for air conditioners: Disclosed herein is an oil separator for air conditioners that is capable of separating oil from refrigerant. The oil separator comprises a shell having a cylindrical space defined therein, a refrigerant introduction pipe for introducing refrigerant into the shell, a refrigerant discharge pipe for discharging the refrigerant out of the...

20060107688 - Refrigerant bypassing and filtering apparatus of air conditioner and method for controlling the same: A refrigerant bypassing and filtering apparatus of an air conditioner is disclosed which is capable of effectively removing foreign matter such as slag produced in a refrigerant line, not only when the air conditioner is initially operated, but also during normal operation of the air conditioner. The apparatus includes at...

20060107689 - Fluid expansion-distribution assembly: An expansion-distribution assembly (30) for the heat-absorbing component in a heatpump system. The assembly (30) comprises an envelope (32) forming an expansion chamber (54) and a distribution chamber (56). A shuttle (80) within the distribution chamber (56) is movable between a first position in response to fluid flowing in the...

20060107691 - Light gas component separation from a carbon dioxide mixture: A method of separating one or more light components, such as helium, from a carbon dioxide containing stream. A two-phase stream is obtained, at least in part, by cooling a pressurized feed stream to at least partially condense such stream. The stream that is subsequently degassed to produce a first...

20060107690 - System unit for desorbing carbon dioxide from methanol: The invention relates to a system unit for desorbing carbon dioxide and other impurities from highly pressurized methanol. Said system unit comprises at least one or more expansion vessels arranged in succession, at least one heat exchanger, and at least one liquid/gas separator. The inventive system unit contains: a) a...

20060101829 - Self-cooled vertical electronic component: A self-cooled electronic component comprising a vertical monolithic circuit, in which the vertical monolithic circuit is electrically connected in series with a Peltier cooler so that the D.C. current flowing through the circuit supplies the cooler and in which the circuit and the cooler are placed against each other so...

20060101830 - Thermal cycler with protection from atmospheric moisture: Localized temperature control in a thermal cycler is achieved by thermoelectric modules that are protected from exposure to atmospheric moisture by a pair of loop-shaped gaskets that seal off an enclosure formed by the sample block, the heat sink, and a support frame to which the components are secured. The...

20060101831 - Cooling apparatus, systems, and methods: Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may operate to actively cool an electronic device using a first heat removing cooling element, and to induce a thermal gradient in a heat pipe by conducting heat from a hot side of the first heat removing cooling element to a...

20060101832 - Apparatus for cryosubstitution or low-temperature substitution: An apparatus for cryosubstitution or low-temperature substitution is disclosed. The apparatus encompasses a Dewar vessel (1) that is embodied with a neck. A chamber (5) for reception of at least one specimen is inserted in the neck (53). The chamber (5) is embodied with a heavy base (51) that is...

20060101833 - Cooling system control with clustered management services: A data processing unit including a first active cooling device configured to respond to a first control signal and a second active cooling device configured to respond to a second control signal. The control signals may be any type of control signal suitable to control the operation of the first...

20060101835 - Refrigerant charging by optimum performance: A charging system for charging a refrigeration system of a vehicle includes a controller, a refrigerant source, at least one line fluidly connecting the refrigerant source to the refrigeration system; a control valve disposed to control flow of the refrigerant from the refrigerant source to the refrigeration system, and an...

20060101834 - Refrigerant charging system and method using vapor-phase refrigerant: A refrigerant charging system and method for charging a refrigeration system with a vapor-phase refrigerant includes a refrigerant source, an input line, a sensor and a pressure regulator. The input line connects the refrigerant source to the refrigeration system. One or more valves are disposed between the refrigerant source and...

20060101836 - Very low temperature refrigerator: An inverter (22) is provided between a power source (20) and a suction/discharge valve driving motor (14) that controls cycle time of suction and discharge of a refrigerator unit (10). An output frequency of the inverter (22) is controlled in accordance with output of a sensor (24) that detects temperature...

20060101837 - Compact refrigeration system and power supply unit including dynamic insulation: A refrigeration system for use in cooling electronic equipment includes a closed vapor circuit having operably disposed therein, in serial order, a fluid pumping device, a first heat exchanger, a flow regulator and a second heat exchanger. A converter is operably couplable to a power supply and is operably coupled...

20060101838 - Water condenser: A water condenser includes a fan which draws a primary airflow through an upstream refrigerant evaporator, through an air-to-air heat exchanger and in one embodiment also an air-to-water heat exchanger uses cold water collected as condensate from the evaporator, the airflow to the evaporator being pre-cooled by passing through the...

20060101839 - Device for measuring pressure in automobile air conditioner and charging same with refrigerant and method of same: A portable device for measuring the refrigerant pressure in an automobile air conditioning system and, if needed, charging the system with additional refrigerant, is provided. An actuator is coupled to a pressurized container that selectively opens the container valve. A hose is provided, the first end of which is connected...

20060101840 - Vibration dampening device: A device is provided for dampening compressor-induced vibration in an air conditioning system of the type having an indoor unit, an outdoor unit and a refrigerant conduit therebetween. The outdoor unit includes a compressor that is operable to circulate a vapor compression refrigerant through the conduit between the indoor and...

20060101841 - Connecting package for refrigerator compressor: Disclosed is a connecting package for a refrigerator compressor. The connecting package includes a base including an overload protector mounting section and a motor starter relay element mounting section and having first to third pin connecting ports connected to a compressor motor through a circular terminal of a compressor body,...

20060101842 - Ice cream maker including nestable canister assembly: An apparatus is provided for making ice cream or other dessert through the use of a canister assembly containing a freezable material. The canister assembly includes at least two separable canister subassemblies. The subassemblies may be nestable so as to minimize storage space....

20060101843 - Apparatus for and method of venting hydrocarbon refrigerant leaks: A hydrocarbon cooling system including a housing having a substantially rectangular base defining a diagonal, a front wall defining a first air inlet, a back defining a first air outlet, and a pair of side walls. The cooling system includes a condenser mounted within the housing adjacent the first air...

20060101844 - Hydrocarbon refrigeration system with convection channel: A refrigeration system including a cabinet having an outer wall defining an insulated interior, an inner wall, and an insulative material disposed between the outer and inner walls. A cooling system is disposed in a space beneath the cabinet and cools the insulated interior. A convection channel is disposed between...

20060101845 - Compressor oil recovering apparatus and multi-unit air conditioner equiped with the same: A multi-unit air conditioner is disclosed. The multi-unit air conditioner includes an outdoor unit comprising at least two compressors, a plurality of indoor units connected to the outdoor unit, a plurality of oil separators each connected to an associated one of the compressors to separate oil from a refrigerant discharged...

20060101846 - Refrigerant filtering apparatus for air conditioners: Disclosed herein is a refrigerant filtering apparatus for air conditioners that is capable of filtering refrigerant to remove foreign matter therefrom. The refrigerant filtering apparatus comprises a refrigerant flow channel, a filtering net formed in the shape of a cone and mounted in the refrigerant flow channel, such that the...

20060101847 - Solid sorption heat pump: A solid sorption heat pump is provided that includes an adsorber/desorber unit including a heat exchanger and a solid sorption material. The adsorber/desorber unit is placed in a common housing, which is sealed against the outside atmosphere, together with a condenser/evaporator unit, and the adsorber/desorber unit and the condenser/evaporator unit...

20060101850 - Parallel flow evaporator with shaped manifolds: In a parallel flow evaporator, the inlet manifold construction consists of alternating expansion and contraction chambers to promote homogeneous conditions of the refrigerant, as it flows longitudinally through the inlet manifold, as a result of partial evaporation (throttling) and mixing and jetting effects (due to velocity augmentation). In a preferred...

20060101849 - Parallel flow evaporator with variable channel insertion depth: In a parallel flow heat exchanger having an inlet manifold connected to a plurality of parallel channels, the degree of insertion depth of the parallel channels into the inlet manifold is variable so as to adjust the impedance to the refrigerant flow into the individual channels. The degree of insertion...

20060101848 - Tubes with elongated cross-section for flooded evaporators and condensers: In a shell-and-tube heat exchanger with the tubes disposed within the shell for conducting the flow of a fluid to be in heat transfer interaction with a refrigerant contained in the volume formed by the heat exchanger shell and the external surfaces of the tube bundle, the tubes are elongated...

20060101851 - Light component separation from a carbon dioxide mixture: A method of separating one or more first light components from a carbon dioxide containing gaseous mixture that contains at least 30 mole percent carbon dioxide. In accordance with the method, a feed stream composed of the carbon dioxide is cooled to effect at least in part, liquefaction of the...

20060101852 - Method for separating a multicomponent stream: This invention relates to a method for separating a stream having benzene, toluene and alkyl benzene, said method comprising: feeding the stream into a first distillation column, wherein the stream comprises between about 60 mole percent to about 85 mole percent toluene, between about seven mole percent to about 20...

20060101853 - In-situ tri-atomic hydrogen production, stabilization and concentration: A system for producing, stabilizing, and concentrating tri-atomic hydrogen includes a source of liquid hydrogen in the form of para-hydrogen, a piping system through which the liquid hydrogen flows, an injection point for combining the liquid hydrogen in the form of para-hydrogen with third hydrogen atoms all with the same...

20060096299 - Semiconductor device: A semiconductor device comprises at least a semiconductor module including a semiconductor chip, a heat sink thermally connected to the semiconductor chip and a seal member for covering and sealing the semiconductor chip and the heat sink in such a manner as to expose the heat radiation surface of the...

20060096300 - Water dispenser having thermoelectric cooling chips: A water dispenser having a cold water tank maintaining water below room temperature. A thermoelectric chip module, preferably having two thermoelectric chips, extracts heat from the cold water tank. The cold side of the thermoelectric chip faces the cold water tank. The hot side of the thermoelectric chip has a...

20060096301 - Nmr spectrometer with refrigerator cooling: An NMR spectrometer comprising an NMR magnet system (27) disposed in a helium tank of a cryostat and an NMR probe head (11) disposed in a room temperature bore of the cryostat, which contains a cooled RF resonator (9) for receiving NMR signals from a sample to be investigated, and...

20060096302 - Use of z-pipes in a liquid hydrogen tank: A Z-shaped, multi-channel conduit segment configured to transfer cryogenic fluid into and out of a cryogenic storage tank with minimal heat transfer. The conduit segment comprises a first channel operable to transport a cryogenic liquid from a supply source to the storage tank, and a second channel operable to transport...

20060096303 - Home refrigerator systems imaging their interior and methods: A home refrigerator system (200) includes an enclosure (202) that defines an interior (203) for storing food (223, 224), a machine (209) for cooling the interior (203), a door (205) usable for accessing the interior (203), and a camera (252) for imaging the interior (203) while the door (205) is...

20060096304 - Apparatus for controlling container of refrigerator and method thereof: Disclosed are an apparatus for controlling a container of a refrigerator and a method thereof. The apparatus comprises: a body having an upper cooling chamber and a lower cooling chamber having an opened front surface and separated from each other; an upper door for opening and closing the opened front...

20060096305 - Fluid flowmeter and engine control system using the same: An air temperature sensor sensing an air temperature, supplied with a pulse signal as a driving signal from a pulse signal source, senses an air temperature based on the pulse signal. While the air temperature sensor is self-heated during an electrical current supplying time period by the pulse signal, it...

20060096306 - Control method of refrigeration cycle apparatus and refrigeration cycle apparatus using the control method: In a refrigeration cycle apparatus having an expansion mechanism, it is an object of the present invention to swiftly generate a pressure difference upstream and downstream of the expansion mechanism of, thereby enhancing the starting performance of the refrigeration cycle apparatus. In a control method of a refrigeration cycle apparatus...

20060096307 - Chemical delivery system for condensate drainage pipe: A chemical delivery system for inhibiting growth in condensate drainage pipe of an air conditioner includes a reservoir body having an open upper end, an opposing open lower end and a central cavity; an inlet tubular connector mounted perpendicularly to the reservoir body adjacent to the open upper end of...

20060096308 - Vapor compression system with defrost system: A vapor compression system including a circuit having operably coupled thereto, in serial order, a compressor, an interior heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, an expansion device, an exterior heat exchanger, and an accumulator. A first bypass line extends from circuit between interior exchanger and second exchanger to between expansion...

20060096309 - Method and apparatus for inhibiting frozen moitsture accumulation in hvac systems: A non-stick coating, which inhibits frozen moisture accumulation, is applied to exterior exposed portions of heating and cooling systems where ice or other frozen moisture can accumulate and impair system design operational efficiencies; where heat exchange tubing and fins are downwardly sloped or angled; where an optional capillary tube/plate means/design,...

20060096310 - Cooling air flow passage of refrigerator: A cooling air flow passage of a refrigerator is provided. The cooling air not only flows through the passage so as to make ice in an ice making chamber but is also sent so as to cool water in a water storage tank. Therefore, the cooling air flow passage of...

20060096311 - Refrigerated cabinet: A refrigerated cabinet includes a fan assisted refrigeration unit and a duct in communication with the fan, for distributing cold air from the fan throughout the cabinet; the duct is substantially the full width and the full length of the product storage of the cabinet and at least a major...

20060096312 - Refrigerator: A refrigerator having a main body in which a freezer and a cooler are formed, including a freezer evaporator and a cooler evaporator connected with each other in series; a freezer fan and a cooler fan respectively ventilating cold air generated from the freezer evaporator and the cooler evaporator toward...

20060096313 - Assembly for refrigerant circuits: The invention relates to an assembly for refrigerant circuits that is arranged between the compressor and the evaporator thereof including a housing with a through channel. Within the through channel is a microchannel part having a filtering portion and a decompression portion wherein filtering and decompression of the passing refrigerant...

20060096314 - Double-wall pipe and refrigerant cycle device using the same: A double-wall pipe includes an outer pipe provided with first and second openings, respectively, at first and second end parts of the outer pipe in a pipe longitudinal direction, and an inner pipe inserted in the outer pipe to define a passage between the outer pipe and the inner pipe....

20060096315 - Expansion valve, in particular for a cooling-medium system: The invention relates to an expansion valve, in particular for a vehicle air-conditioning system operated with cooling medium, with a valve seat (37) and a valve-closing element (39), which closes a passage opening (44) between a cooling medium inlet opening (14) and a cooling medium outlet opening (16), and with...

20060090473 - Method and apparatus for producing ice containing ozone: A method and apparatus 10 for producing ice containing ozone by injecting ozonated water in which ozone is dissolved or suspended into a cylindrical-shaped container 14 provided with an airtight lid 12 at one side of the container 14, and by cooling down the ozonated water injected into the cylindrical-shaped...

20060090474 - Method and apparatus for removing heat: A device includes a liquid metal and a ferrofluid contained in a closed tube. Many electrode groups are connected to the closed tube. A feedback device is connected to the electrode groups. The feedback device switches power to each electrode group in series to circulate the liquid metal and move...

20060090475 - System and method for suppressing sublimation using opacified aerogel: The present invention relates to a castable, aerogel-based, ultra-low thermal conductivity opacified insulation to suppress sublimation. More specifically, the present invention relates to an aerogel opacified with various opacifying or reflecting constituents to suppress sublimation and provide thermal insulation in thermoelectric modules. The opacifying constituent can be graded within the...

20060090476 - Method for producing cold and installation therefor: The method is implemented in an installation comprising an endothermic component (EC) and an exothermic component consisting of the reactors (1) and (2). The reactors (1) and (2) are in thermal contact, each of them constituting an active thermal mass for the other, and they are provided with heating means...

20060090478 - Cryocooler operation with getter matrix: A method for operating a cryocooler wherein some cryocooler working gas is diverted from the pressure wave pathway before passing to the cold portion of the cryocooler, passed to a getter for adsorptive cleaning of contaminants, and returned to the pressure wave pathway at a warm portion of the pressure...

20060090477 - Piston compressor: A piston compressor comprises a piston (12) which oscillates in a cylinder (14). A compressed-gas supply arrangement is provided which comprises a compressed-gas accumulator (34), a compressed-gas supply line (18) between a compressed-gas source (20) and the compressed-gas accumulator (34). Further, the compressed-gas supply line (18) comprises an inlet valve...

20060090479 - Cryogenic storage system with improved temperature control: A cryogenic storage system for cryogenic storage using liquid refrigerant is provided. The cryogenic storage system includes first and second vacuum vessels, a vacuum source, a quantity of a liquid refrigerant, and at least one temperature control assembly. An insulating wall may be provided on an interior surface of one...

20060090480 - Rapid fluid cooling system and refrigeration device having same: A system for rapidly cooling a liquid in a container within a refrigerator-freezer or freezer is provided. The housing has a space for receiving a container, and a rotator rotates the container about an axis. While the container is rotating, a sprayer sprays chilled cooling medium on the container in...

20060090481 - High-pressure freezing device, automatic apparatus for loading specimens into a high-pressure freezing device, and method for loading a high-pressure freezing device: An automatic loading apparatus (12) for specimens (1) for high-pressure cryosubstitution is disclosed. The automatic loading apparatus (12) is connected to a high-pressure freezing device (40). Specimens (1) are inserted in a holder (2). By means of a slider (4), the specimens (1) and holders (2) are conveyed to the...

20060090482 - Blood products freezer with event log: A freezer for the storage of blood plasma and other blood products includes a user interface device which permits a user to adjust operating parameters of the freezer. The user interface device is operable to display the current status of the freezer. A defrost icon is displayed when the freezer...

20060090483 - Communication system of a multi-type air-conditioner and method thereof: A communication system of a multi-type air-conditioner and its method are disclosed. The communication system includes a main outdoor unit for wirelessly transmitting/receiving data to/from a plurality of slave outdoor units; an outdoor relay unit for communicating with the main outdoor unit through a fixed line serial communication method; an...

20060090484 - Hvac monitor and superheat calculator system: The present invention relates to a monitoring system for connection to an air conditioning system. The monitoring system includes a primary monitor for sensing the suction temperature and suction pressure of the air conditioning system along with the air conditioning unit temperature. In addition, the monitoring system includes a remote...

20060090485 - Water supply control apparatus for ice maker and method thereof: There is provided a water supply control apparatus for an ice maker and method thereof. In the apparatus and method, an ejector pushes out ice, a sensor detecting portion is formed on the ejector, and at least two sensors detect a senor transit time for the sensor detecting portion to...

20060090487 - Air conditioner: Disclosed is an air conditioner. The air conditioner includes: at least one indoor unit; an outdoor unit communicating with the indoor unit and having at least one compressor and one outdoor heat exchanger; a fluid path opening/closing valve for opening or closing a fluid path through which a refrigerant can...

20060090486 - Multi-type air conditioner: A multi-type air conditioner includes an outdoor unit, one or more indoor units communicating with the outdoor unit, and a liquid-stay preventing device heating and evaporating a liquefied refrigerant so as to prevent the liquefied refrigerant circulating between the indoor unit and the outdoor unit from being accumulated at a...

20060090488 - Apparatus for changing capacity of multi-stage rotary compressor: An apparatus for changing capacity of a multi-stage compressor comprises: a first cylinder provided with a first suction and a first discharge port, and divided into a first suction chamber and a first compression chamber by a first rolling piston which orbits and a first vane which makes a linear...

20060090489 - Method and apparatus for moisture control within a phased array: An apparatus includes a circuit having a heat-generating circuit component, and structure for guiding a two-phase coolant along a path which brings the coolant into direct physical contact with either the circuit component or a highly thermally conductive part which is thermally coupled to the circuit component. The coolant absorbs...

20060090490 - Air-conditioning assembly: A temperature sensing assembly for monitoring a temperature of a pipe in a system. The temperature sensing assembly includes an insulator body having a first end, a second end, an outer surface, and an inner surface. The outer and inner surfaces extend between the first and second ends. The inner...

20060090491 - Cooling apparatus: A cooling apparatus for such things as convenience foods and beverages has a tilted, open faced bed from which persons may select objects. The apparatus is self-contained, and may run from a standard single phase electrical outlet. It may be carried by two people, and is suitable for mounting either...

20060090494 - Compact refrigeration system for providing multiple levels of cooling: A refrigeration system for use in cooling electronic equipment includes a closed vapor compression circuit having operably disposed therein a compressor, a condenser, a first expansion device, a second expansion device, and a two-part evaporator. A first part of the evaporator receives working fluid from the first expansion device at...

20060090492 - Cooling system for battery pack: Disclosed herein is a cooling system for a battery pack that is usable as a power source of electric vehicles and hybrid-electric vehicles. The cooling system has the effect of effectively dissipating heat generated from battery cells by supplying a refrigerant to the battery cells at a constant flow rate,...

20060090493 - Heat exchanger with enhanced air distribution: A complete refrigeration system (CRS) including at least one heat exchanger which is designed to occupy an irregular volume to reduce the overall profile of the CRS. The heat exchanger may be a condenser or an evaporator, and includes a substantially solid body made of a thermally conductive metal, plastic,...

20060090495 - Air-conditioning system and apparatus for protecting the same: An air conditioning system and an apparatus for protecting the same. The air conditioning system comprise an outdoor unit, a plurality of indoor units connected to the outdoor unit by each refrigerant line, and a refrigerant line closing unit installed at the refrigerant line of the indoor unit for preventing...

20060090496 - Apparatus and method for dispensing ice from a bottom mount refrigerator: A bottom mount household refrigerator is provided with an apparatus to permit the dispensing of ice. According to one embodiment, a sealed ice making compartment is provided within the fresh food compartment. The sealed ice making compartment may be located at the bottom, at the top, or along a side...

20060090497 - Continuous transfer type freezer: A continuous transfer type freezer for cooling or freezing articles such as foodstuffs transferred on a conveyor belt by spraying chilled air from slit nozzles on the articles is provided in which chilled air jets rectified to have long spray travel is produced, thin stream layer of chilled air is...

20060090498 - In-door water dispenser with door reversibility: An appliance cabinet with at least one openable door has a hinge at a pivoting edge of the door to allow the door to open about the pivoting edge. An endcap is secured to an edge of the door adjacent to the pivoting edge. A first conduit extends from an...

20060090499 - Aluminum construction for a fountain machine: The present invention provides a cold drink fountain machine extensively made from aluminum materials including, but not limited to, its frame, exterior panels, and ice agitator. Lighting can be provided by a self-contained cold cathode, neon, or LED lighting module....

20060090500 - Vapor compression systems using an accumulator to prevent over-pressurization: An accumulator acts as a buffer to prevent over-pressurization of the vapor compression system while inactive. By determining the maximum storage temperature and the maximum storage pressure a system will be subject to when inactive, a density of the refrigerant for the overall system can be calculated. Dividing the density...

20060090501 - Dehumidification system with multiple condensers and compound compressor: A refrigerant cycle is provided with a multi-port compressor or compressor stages connected in series, and multiple condensers. A single evaporator communicates with the plurality of condensers. At least one of the plurality of condensers receives fully compressed refrigerant while the other condensers receive refrigerant at intermediate pressure. A control...

20060090502 - Hybrid tandem compressor system with economizer circuit and reheat function for multi-level cooling: A tandem compressor refrigerant system where an economizer circuit and reheat coil are incorporated to provide additional flexibility and control over overall system capacity and sensible heat ratio as well as to increase system efficiency. In this system, tandem compressors deliver compressed refrigerant to a common discharge manifold, and then...

20060090503 - Hybrid tandem compressor system with multiple evaporators and economizer circuit: A tandem compressor refrigerant cycle with an economizer circuit is introduced to provide additional capacity and improve system efficiency. In this system, tandem compressors deliver compressed refrigerant to a common discharge manifold, and then to a common condenser. From the common condenser, the refrigerant passes to a plurality of evaporators,...

20060090504 - Multi-temp system with tandem compressors and reheat function: A tandem compressor system is disclosed that delivers compressed refrigerant to a common discharge manifold, and then to a common condenser. From the common condenser, the refrigerant passes to a plurality of evaporators, with each of the evaporators being associated with a separate environment to be conditioned. A reheat function...

20060090505 - Refrigerant cycle with tandem compressors for multi-level cooling: A tandem compressor cycle is utilized that delivers compressed refrigerant to a common discharge manifold, and then to a common condenser. From the common condenser, the refrigerant passes to a plurality of evaporators, with each of the evaporators being associated with a separate environment to be conditioned. Each of the...

20060090507 - Multiple condenser reheat system with tandem compressors: A tandem compressor system is utilized that receives refrigerant from a common suction manifold, and from a common evaporator. From the compressors, the refrigerant passes to a plurality of condensers, with each of the condensers being associated with a separate zone for heat rejection, preferably at different temperature levels. Each...

20060090506 - Two-stage evaporation system comprising an integrated liquid supercooler and a suction vapour superheater according to frequency-controlled module technology: The aim of the invention is to improve a refrigerating installation in such a way as to achieve high operating reliability, and savings in terms of energy and cost, in cooling circuits containing a cooling agent (cooling sols). To this end, disclosed is a refrigerating installation provided with frequency-controlled cooling...

20060090508 - Natural gas liquefaction system: A method for producing liquefied natural gas wherein high pressure liquid natural gas is subcooled and then flashed to form flash vapor and liquefied natural gas product, and the flash vapor is employed in a refrigeration cycle to generate refrigeration for subcooling the liquid natural gas....