Refrigeration inventions 07/06

20060162340 - Chip-based cpu cooler and cooling method thereof: Provided are chip-based CPU cooling device and cooling method thereof. The cooling device comprises a metal cover adapted to completely cover and contact the CPU, a hollow seat, a thermal electric cooler shaped to fit in the seat and adapted to contact the cover, a heat dissipation member (e.g., fins)...

20060162341 - Comestible preparation apparatus: The present invention provides a perishable baby comestible preparation apparatus 1 comprising a refrigerator 2 having a cold storage cabinet 4 for storing at least one baby comestible container 6, and a heating station 15 for heating a said comestible container 6. The heating station 15 comprises a housing for...

20060162343 - Refrigeration unit: A cooling unit (1) for a service trolley for use in an aircraft or train. The cooling unit (1) includes a drawer. The drawer contains a layer of heat-insulating material (29) and one or more Peltier elements (42) located in the layer (29) with a warm side (43) facing the...

20060162342 - Thermoelectric heat transfer system: A thermoelectric heat transfer system is provided. The thermoelectric heat transfer system comprises a coolant circuit with a pump circulating coolant through the circuit. A first heat exchanger is in fluid communication with the coolant circuit to remove heat from the coolant. At the same time, a second heat exchanger...

20060162344 - Container with module for heating or cooling the contents: A container comprises a container body for containing contents to be heated or cooled, a thermic module at one end of the body, and a closure at the other end of the body. Within the thermic module, an internal exothermic (or, alternatively, endothermic) chemical reaction is initiated to heat its...

20060162345 - Vortex tube cooler: The invention provides an apparatus for moving thermal energy with respect to at least one of a beverage and a food product positioned in a vehicle or a stationary beverage machine. The apparatus includes a vortex tube positionable in a vehicle or a stationary beverage machine. The vortex tube includes...

20060162346 - Stirling cycle beverage cooler: The invention provides a heat exchanger operable, for example, with Stirling cooling system. The heat exchanger includes a first member having an inner surface defining a flow path for a working fluid. The first member also includes an outer surface spaced from the inner surface. The heat exchanger also includes...

20060162347 - Apparatus for dispensing a product from a rotary surface: Apparatus for dispensing a product includes a surface with a rotary axis and a periphery for supporting a layer of material, a motor for rotating the surface, a vertical forming cylinder positioned adjacent to the periphery, the cylinder having a side window opposite the periphery and a bottom opening below...

20060162348 - Apparatus for leveling a liquid deposited on a flat surface: Apparatus for dispensing a product includes a surface with a rotary axis and a periphery for supporting a layer of material, a motor for rotating the surface, a vertical forming cylinder positioned adjacent to the periphery, the cylinder having a side window opposite the periphery and a bottom opening below...

20060162349 - Heat exhaustion evaporative cooling: A method and system for relief of heat exhaustion symptoms through evaporative and conductive cooling is provided, and, more particularly, involves a rapidly deployable mobile fogging system suitably designed for relief of heat exhaustion symptoms, including a mobile platform for transporting the rapidly deployable mobile fogging system to locations where...

20060162350 - Air-conditioning unit: An air-conditioning unit, in which at least a lead wire (14g) of a temperature sensor (14) is inserted in a cylindrically formed grommet (16), is disclosed. A cylindrical seal portion (16a) fitted in a hole portion (15) of a case (11) is formed at an end of the grommet (16)....

20060162351 - Vehicle air-conditioning unit with an electronic control device: The invention proposes an air conditioning installation having both an air conditioning apparatus and an electronic printed circuit. The installation also includes measuring means which are adapted to transmit values to the electronic circuit for estimation of a first value relating to the temperature (Tin) of the liquid at the...

20060162352 - Method for energy management of air-conditioning units: The present invention discloses a method for energy management of air-conditioning units in motor vehicles, in particular air-conditioning units having a plurality of air-conditioning compressors. The method according to the invention prevents very heavy loading of an engine of a motor vehicle and prevents the engine almost stalling when the...

20060162353 - Multi-type air conditioner for simultaneous heating and cooling use and method for withdrawing refrigerant therefrom: According to the multi-type air conditioner for simultaneous heating and cooling use and the method for withdrawing refrigerant therefrom, the refrigerant withdrawing device is provided between the plural outdoor units, refrigerant in the malfunctioning outdoor unit is withdrawn to the other outdoor units and the other outdoor units are normally...

20060162354 - Heat transfer system and method: A heat transfer system is provided having an air-cooled heat exchanger system. The heat exchanger system has an evaporator, condenser, compressor and a fan for forcing air over a heat exchange surface for effecting heat transfer. A mist generator having at least one nozzle directs a stream of fine mist...

20060162355 - Refrigeration apparatus and method for controlling the same: A refrigeration apparatus includes a condensing unit, a flow distributor, and an evaporator connected to the condensing unit via the flow distributor. A pressure detector is configured to detect condensation pressure of the refrigerant. A calculation unit is configured to calculate a target condensation pressure of refrigerant necessary for the...

20060162356 - Capacity-variable air conditioner: A capacity-variable air conditioner is capable of controlling capacity and consumed electricity in response to operation mode. The refrigerant compression quantity of a compressor is variably adjusted by control of open/close operation modes via selective combination of open/close valves of bypass pipes and bypass valve of the compressor in response...

20060162357 - Split power input to chiller: A chiller for supplying chilled fluid for cooling a room includes two distinct power inputs. A critical power input is configured to supply power to a controller and to a pump in a chilled-fluid loop that circulates a cool working fluid through an air handler 34 to cool the air...

20060162358 - Superheat control by pressure ratio: A control method regulates an electronic expansion valve of a chiller to maintain the refrigerant leaving a DX evaporator at a desired or target superheat that is minimally above saturation. The expansion valve is controlled to convey a desired mass flow rate, wherein valve adjustments are based on the actual...

20060162359 - Vehicular air-conditioning system: An air-conditioning system for a vehicle having an engine adapted to stop idling on predetermined stop conditions of the vehicle, which system comprises an electric motor for driving a refrigerant compressor when the engine idling is stopped, motor speed control means for controlling the speed of the motor in correspondence...

20060162361 - Refrigeration unit having a linear compressor: A refrigeration merchandiser including at least one surface at least partially defining an environmental space adapted to accommodate a commodity. The merchandiser includes a linear compressor, a condenser, an expansion device, and an evaporator. The linear compressor, which can be a free-piston linear compressor having dual-opposing pistons, the condenser, the...

20060162360 - Temperature-regulated storage and/or display module: A system that utilizes a rigid support structure of various configurations and materials, with attached item support members designed to hold perishable items to which the module is adapted. A further system of temperature-regulated fluid is employed to flow across the exterior of the support structure upon a free-flow surface...

20060162362 - In-fireplace room air conditioner: This air conditioner system is designed to air condition a room from within an existing fireplace instead of a window opening, and the hot air heated by the air conditioner's condenser will exit out of fireplace chimney to outside. The air conditioner machine also blocks fireplace opening and maintains separated...

20060162365 - Cooling electronics via two-phase tangential jet impingement in a semi-toroidal channel: A two-fluid-phase cooling device for absorbing high thermal flux from electronics devices and other thermally dissipating devices. It consists of a thermally conductive plate with thermally dissipating elements on one face and a semi-toroidal cavity in the opposite face with the cavity's axis perpendicular to the face of the plate,...

20060162364 - Modular networked sensor assembly: The invention provides a modular network sensor assembly operable to sense environmental conditions at a computer or equipment rack. The network sensor assembly includes a flexible body operable to be folded along a central fold line. The central fold line separates the flexible body into a first panel and second...

20060162363 - Two-fluid spray cooling system: A cooling system including a housing forming a cooling chamber containing the component submerged in a pool of alcohol, oil or glycerine, a sprayer configured to spray water at the component through the oil or glycerine, and a heat exchanger configured to cool the oil or glycerine. A control system...

20060162367 - Air conditioner: A humidity control device includes a first adsorption element (81) and a second adsorption element (82). A first filter (301) is provided under the first adsorption element (81), while a second filter (302) is provided under the second adsorption element (82). The humidity control device performs first operation and second...

20060162366 - Desiccant dehumidification system: A desiccant dehumification system uses an air heater incorporating air feedback from the exhaust and/or the return air fans. The air and gas are mixed in a single step, two step, or continuous modulation mixing valve. An outdoor cooking grill style burner allows a small unit to be made with...

20060162368 - Outdoor cooling device: A cooling device has a series of baffles that deflect a falling stream of liquid coolant. An air handler, such as a fan, pulls air through the liquid coolant. The air moved by the air handler through the liquid coolant is cooled, and the cooled air exits the device to...

20060162369 - Refrigerator: A refrigerator includes a main body cabinet, a cooling room provided in the main body cabinet, and a freezing room provided in the main body cabinet and which is disposed at a lower side of the cooling room. The refrigerator further includes an ice-making room provided above the freezing room...

20060162370 - Methods and apparatus for beer dispensing systems: A multiple-temperature beer dispensing system (10) (and related methods) is provided in which a plurality of beer sources (12) are coupled to a plurality of taps (16). Heat exchangers (18) may be disposed between one or more of the beer sources (12) and one or more of the taps (16)....

20060162371 - Indirect regenerative air cycle for integrated power and cooling machines: An integrated power and cooling machine having an indirect regenerative air cooling feature may be useful for providing power and environmental control to both ground vehicles, such as tanks, and aircraft, such as helicopters and airplanes. The integrated power and cooling machine may prevent contamination of the conditioned supply air...

20060162372 - Cooling device: A cooling device of the present invention, includes: a cooler provided on at least one side-wall side of a chamber formed with a thermal insulating box; a cooling chamber in front of the cooler; and a fan that allows air in the cooling chamber to flow. The cooler and the...

20060162373 - Heat staked shelf: A shelving assembly (920) is disclosed, with the shelving assembly (920) including a series of heat stake ribs (926). The ribs (926) may be hot formed and made pliable so as to be flexed for purposes of providing additional retention and support to a glass shelf panel (928). The glass...

20060162374 - Apparatus for regulating the temperature of a liquid, in particular wine: The invention concerns an apparatus for regulating by cooling the temperature of a liquid, and more particularly wine. The inventive apparatus consists of a hollow cylindrical refrigerated body (1) designed to be inserted through the neck (9) of a bottle (10), said body being closed at its lower end (2b)...

20060162375 - Cooling agent condenser, mainly for a vehicle air-conditioning device: The invention relates to a cooling agent condenser (1) which comprises a finned tube block (2), collecting tubes (5) arranged on both sides thereof and a manifold (6) which is disposed in a parallel position with respect to the collecting tube (5) and connected to a cooling agent and said...

20060162376 - Evaporator: An evaporator 1 comprises a heat exchange core 10 comprising a plurality of tube groups 5 arranged in rows as spaced forwardly or rearwardly of the evaporator and each comprising a plurality of heat exchange tubes 4 arranged in parallel at a spacing laterally of the evaporator, and a lower...

20060162377 - Expansion device arrangement for vapor compression system: A carbon dioxide vapor compression system including a compressor, a first heat exchanger, an expansion device arrangement, and a second heat exchanger connected in a closed loop. The expansion device arrangement includes an inlet line disposed between the first heat exchanger and the expansion devices and an outlet line disposed...

20060162378 - Integrated multiple-loop refrigeration process for gas liquefaction: Method gas liquefaction which comprises cooling a feed gas stream successively through at least two heat exchange zones, wherein cooling is provided by respective vaporizing refrigerants, and wherein the refrigerant in the coldest temperature range is only partially vaporized in the coldest heat exchange zone and then is vaporized in...

20060162379 - Cold box sheet metal jacket: The invention relates to an enclosure for parts of a low-temperature air separation system. The side walls extending perpendicular to the base surface of the enclosure are each lined with a sheet metal jacket consisting of several panels (1a, 1b, 2a, 2b). The joints of the panels (1a, 1b, 2a,...

20060156737 - Cooling structure of solid state and formation thereof with integrated package: A cooling structure of solid state applied to a heat source has a module of thermoelectric transfer and a module of thermo transfer including two structures of passive cooling connected and attached the module of thermoelectric transfer, respectively. One structure of first structure of passive cooling is near heat source...

20060156739 - Heating and cooling appliance for use in a vehicle: A heating and cooling appliance for use in a vehicle has an outer box, a thermal box, an inner box, at least one semiconductor chip and at least one heatsink assembly. The outer box is mounted in the vehicle to conform to interior equipment and furnishings of the vehicle and...

20060156738 - Solar-powered temperature regulation system for the interior of an automobile/motor vehicle: A temperature regulation system, which can be used to cool the interior temperature of an automobile/motor vehicle, when it is parked under the sun, substantially below the external temperature, was designed and produced. The system was powered by solar cells, thus functioning without dissipating any energy from the vehicle's battery....

20060156740 - Cryogenic biological preservation unit: A cryogenic biological preservation unit having a removable lid and an integrated cryocooler positioned apart from, or within a fixed portion of, the lid and which provides refrigeration to the upper portion of the interior of the unit which also contains a pool of liquid cryogen and at least one...

20060156741 - Multi-stage cryocooler with concentric second stage: A multi-stage cryocooler includes a concentric second-stage pulse tube expander in which a pulse tube is located within a second-stage regenerator. In one embodiment, an inner wall of the regenerator also functions as an outer wall of the pulse tube. In another embodiment, there is an annular gap between an...

20060156742 - Cryogenic fluid supply method and apparatus: This invention is a cryogenic fluid transportation and supply system and method for transporting the cryogenic fluid in a liquefied state and alternatively offloading the cryogenic fluid as compressed gas and liquid. The system includes a mobile support means, and a cryogenic storage vessel for storing the cryogenic fluid as...

20060156744 - Liquefied natural gas floating storage regasification unit: An offshore liquefied natural gas floating storage regasification unit that may receive, store, and process liquefied natural gas from carriers. A floating storage regasification unit may include transfer equipment to offload liquefied natural gas from a carrier, a first mooring system to provide for mooring of a floating storage regasification...

20060156743 - Optimized cryogenic fluid supply method: The invention provides a method for supplying a cryogenic fluid to a network of two or more cryogenic fluid receiving stations, wherein a cryogenic liquid is routed to cryogenic fluid receiving stations in a single cryogenic vessel and is dispensed to the cryogenic fluid receiving stations as either a cryogenic...

20060156745 - Ejector cycle device: An ejector cycle device includes an ejector having a nozzle portion which decompresses refrigerant flowing out of a radiator, a first evaporator for evaporating refrigerant from the ejector, and a second evaporator provided in a branch passage that is branched from a position between the refrigerant radiator and the ejector...

20060156747 - Object temperature adjusting system, control unit for adjusting object temperature, method of adjusting temperature of object, and signal-bearing medium embodying program of controller: An object temperature adjusting system includes an adjuster which adjusts a temperature of an object, and a controller which controls the adjuster to adjust the temperature of the object. The controller obtains a state function of an object temperature versus a temperature adjusting value using the object. The controller controls...

20060156746 - Unitary air conditioner: A unitary air conditioner comprises a 1-stage thermostat for generating an operation signal for the unitary air conditioner or a stop signal for the unitary air conditioner, a 1-stage indoor unit having an indoor fan, which is rotated according the operation signal from the 1-stage thermostat, a variable-capacity outdoor unit...

20060156748 - Method of preventing rapid on/off of compressor in unitary air conditioner: A method of preventing rapid on/off of a compressor in a unitary air conditioner comprises the steps of, when a unitary-capacity operation signal is inputted from a thermostat to start an outdoor unit, and a specific operation stage is continued for more than a predetermined period of time after the...

20060156749 - Unitary air conditioner and method of controlling variable operation thereof: A unitary air conditioner comprises a 1-stage thermostat mounted in a room for generating an air conditioner ON/OFF signal, an indoor unit configured to operate based on a signal from the 1-stage thermostat, and a variable-capacity outdoor unit connected to the 1-stage thermostat and the indoor unit. The variable-capacity outdoor...

20060156750 - Heat and mass exchanger: A mass and heat exchanger includes at least one first substrate with a surface for supporting a continuous flow of a liquid thereon that either absorbs, desorbs, evaporates or condenses one or more gaseous species from or to a surrounding gas; and at least one second substrate operatively associated with...

20060156751 - Heat pump air conditioner: A heat pump air conditioner includes an outdoor unit for heating use only for supplementing heating capacity when additional heating capacity must be provided to the heating capacity of an outdoor unit for heating and cooling in a heating mode. Since the outdoor unit for heating use only is installed...

20060156752 - Cooling/heating air conditioner with humidifying function: Disclosed herein is a cooling/heating air conditioner with a humidifying function. The cooling/heating air conditioner comprises a refrigeration cycle mechanism including a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, expansion units, indoor heat exchangers, and a 4-way valve, to enable both cooling and heating operations, a condensed water collecting device to receive...

20060156753 - Device and method for handling a probe: The invention relates to a device and method for handling a probe, in particular, for treating, examining, inserting or extracting a cryoprobe. According to the invention, said probe is surrounded by an ambient gas, during handling, and an air-conditioning device (33) cools, dries and/or at least partially replaces the ambient...

20060156754 - Apparatus for producing and dispensing a chilled or partially frozen beverage: An apparatus for producing and dispensing a chilled or partially frozen beverage and a base and an outer receptacle provided on the base. An inner receptacle for receiving a cooling agent is removably located within the outer receptacle. The inner and outer receptacle walls define a beverage compartment for receiving...

20060156755 - Methods and apparatus for operating a refrigerator: A method for operating a refrigerator including a fresh food compartment and a door includes providing a fresh food evaporator to produce cool airflow for the fresh food compartment, providing a chiller compartment within the fresh food compartment, providing a duct member in flow communication with the fresh food evaporator...

20060156756 - Phase change and insulating properties container and method of use: A container and method for cooling beverages to an acceptable consumption temperature and then for maintaining that beverage temperature for a sufficient time so as to allow the beverage to be consumed is provided. The container includes a beverage chamber for receiving a beverage therein which is defined by an...

20060156757 - Apparatus for improving production efficiency of dry ice: To provide an apparatus for improving the production efficiency of dry ice of a simple structure, to be mounted easily to the conventional dry ice production apparatus main body, without the risk of choking the conduit or the nozzle with dry ice. This apparatus comprises a first heat exchanging means,...

20060156758 - Operating system of liquefied natural gas ship for sub-cooling and liquefying boil-off gas: An operating system of a liquefied natural gas ship for performing sub-cooled liquefaction of boil-off gas includes a boil-off gas compressor, a cryogenic heat exchanger connected to a refrigerator system, and a first check valve and a first pressure control valve, installed in a pipe between a liquefied natural gas...

20060156759 - Apparatus for the low-temperature separation of a gas mixture, in particular air: The apparatus is used to produce a product by low-temperature separation of a gas mixture, in particular air. It includes a direct contact cooler (3) for cooling the feed mixture, a purification apparatus (4) for purifying the cooled feed mixture and a low-temperature part (7). The low-temperature part (7) includes...

20060150636 - Super cooler for a heat producing device: A super cooler device including a thermo electric cooler on a digital micro mirror device....

20060150637 - Alcohol beverage dispensing apparatus: A cooling system for a home beer dispensing apparatus has a mediated thermal bridge providing a bank of latent cooling capacity. The bridge may have a cavity filled with a cooling solution with at least one series of spaced apart heat exchange fins extending substantially along and interstitially into the...

20060150638 - Device for condensing volatile organic compounds from a storage or transport tank into oil: A device for condensing volatile organic compounds (VOC) from a storage or transport tank (4) into oil from the same or another storage or transport tank (4) via a downcomer (6), where the upper part (8) of the downcomer (6), which upper part has a cross sectional area that is...

20060150639 - Cable cooling system: A system for providing cooling to cable such as superconducting cable which employs at least one cryocooling station or consolidated cryocooler/pumping station which processes coolant involving multiple cable lengths....

20060150640 - Lng receiving terminal that primarily uses compensated salt cavern storage and method of use: In the past, “compensated” salt caverns have operated with a compensating liquid, such as brine to displace a stored liquid, such as crude oil, when the stored liquid is needed on the surface. Virtually all of the stored liquid in a compensated salt cavern can be expelled from the salt...

20060150641 - Process and apparatus to cool harvest grapes: The invention relates to a process and apparatus to cool harvest grapes, the grapes being transported from a harvest reception vessel (1) to a press (5) or to a maceration vessel (23), characterized in that the grapes are charged with carbon dioxide during transport to the press (5) and/or during...

20060150642 - Method of operating auger ice-making machine: A method of operating an auger ice-making machine having a refrigeration casing, an auger screw rotatably disposed inside the casing and feeding, while scraping, the ice frozen on an inner wall surface of the casing, a stocker for storing/retaining the ice fed, the stocker being formed with an ice discharge...

20060150643 - Refrigerator: A refrigerator includes a gas flow generator formed with passages providing communication between an annular inlet chamber and a gas flow chamber, so that gas under pressure in the inlet chamber flows through the passages into the gas flow chamber. An energy transfer tube has a cylindrical interior space in...

20060150644 - Indoor air quality and economizer control methods and controllers: Supervisory controllers, and methods, for use in a coordinated IAQ and economizer system. Various control objectives are defined and met. Some illustrative control objectives include economizer control, sequencing of economizer free cooling with compressor driven cooling, indoor air quality and FAV aims, demand ventilation settings, system protection from low temperatures,...

20060150645 - Control system for icemaker for ice and beverage dispenser: A control system for an icemaker for an ice/beverage dispenser is responsive to both a sensed level of ice in an ice bin of the dispenser and to a customer ice usage profile to operate the icemaker at such times as to build ice for the ice bin just before...

20060150646 - Method of operation and regulation of a vapour compression system: A compression refrigeration system includes a compressor (1), a heat rejector (2), expansion means (3) and a heat absorber (4) connected in a closed circulation circuit that may operate with supercritical high-side pressure....

20060150647 - Gas removing apparatus for removing non-condensate gas from a heat pipe and method for the same: A method and gas removing apparatus removes non-condensate gas from a heat pipe. The gas removing apparatus includes at least one heating unit, a sealing unit and a height-adjusting unit. The heating unit heats the heat pipe and includes a clip to clamp the heat pipe. The sealing unit is...

20060150648 - Air conditioner: An air conditioner, in which a controller is installed separately from a plurality of indoor units and a plurality of outdoor units so that only the controller is added and conventional outdoor units are used when plural indoor units are required, thereby reducing costs due to the omission of other...

20060150649 - Control valve for variable displacement compressor: To provide a control valve for a variable displacement compressor, which is capable of stably operating in a pressure control area, and causing the compressor to quickly shift to operation with the minimum displacement. The control valve for a variable displacement compressor is capable of realizing stable pressure control, since...

20060150650 - Expansion valve for refrigerating cycle: An expansion valve of the invention comprising a temperature-sensing portion arranged in a refrigerant passage leading to an evaporator from a gas cooler or an internal heat exchanger in a vapor compression type refrigerating cycle and varied in internal pressure according to a refrigerant temperature at an outlet side of...

20060150651 - Inverter device and air conditioning system using inverter device: A current sensor for detecting a power supply current is commonly used for detecting a current of a stator winding to detect a rotational position of a magnet rotor, so that a sinusoidal driving is realized without adding two current sensors for detection of a phase current, and also a...

20060150652 - Cooling/heating apparatus using waste heat from fuel cell: Disclosed herein is a cooling/heating apparatus using waste heat from a fuel cell. The cooling/heating apparatus comprises a fuel cell, a hydrogen modifying unit, a cooling/heating unit, and refrigerant heating units. The cooling/heating unit includes at least one compressor, a four-way valve, an outdoor heat exchanger, an expansion device, and...

20060150653 - Truck cooling system: An improved cab cooling system that operates by utilizing the conditioned air from a refrigerated trailer to cool the vehicle cab. As such, the energy from the vehicle engine is not relied upon. The apparatus is characterized by insulated and air tight components, which provides for tremendous operating efficiency. The...

20060150654 - Cup holder: A cup holder for a motor vehicle includes a receiving device and a tempering device which is connected to an air-conditioning system. The air-conditioning system generates an air flow which is conveyed via an air-directing device to a beverage container which is retained in the receiving device. In order to...

20060150655 - Medium voltage starter for a chiller unit: A single medium voltage starter box is mounted on a chiller unit with the other components of the chiller system. The starter box can be positioned on the chiller system unit to permit the starter box to be close coupled to the motor, and specifically to the main motor lead...

20060150656 - Beverage cover capable of retaining temperature of beverage enclosed by the cover: A beverage cover capable of retaining temperature of beverage enclosed by the cover comprises an inner layer made of permeated material; a water-absorbing material; and an outer layer made of water-proof material. The water-absorbing material is Polycrystalline Sodium Acetate. The inner layer is hodrophil non-weaving cloth. The body has a...

20060150657 - Thermoelectric enhanced hvac system and method: A heating and cooling system is provided for use on a work machine. The system may include one or more temperature sensors configured to collect environmental temperature information and a compressor-based HVAC unit having a compressor and providing in-cabin climate control based on circulation. The system may also include a...

20060150658 - Water delivery system with anti-kink device for a refrigerator: A system for delivering water to a water dispenser or an icemaker of a refrigerator includes at least one anti-kink device employed in routing a water line. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the anti-kink device is attached to a support bracket for a valve of the water delivery system...

20060150659 - Vertical storage systems: Vertical storage systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a vertical storage system includes a first chamber, a second chamber adjacent to the first chamber, a vertical lift module or vertical carousel positioned in the first and second chambers. The first chamber is configured to store items at a first...

20060150660 - Water line retaining element for a refrigerator dispenser: A dispenser assembly for a refrigerator includes a fill chamber and a dispenser housing positioned above the fill chamber. The dispenser is fed by a liquid supply line having a first end portion attached to a liquid source, a second end portion and an intermediate portion. The second end portion...

20060150661 - Refrigerator: A refrigerator is provided which selectively opens or closes an inner cover according to the closing or opening of an auxiliary door. The refrigerator includes a refrigerator door to open or close a refrigerator storage chamber, a door storage space provided at an inner side of the door, an access...

20060150662 - Refrigerator and method for controlling the same: A refrigerator and a method for controlling the same. The refrigerator having at least one storage chamber includes a food container for containing food; an RF tag attached to the food container for sensing a temperature of the food; an RF reader for reading data regarding the temperature of the...

20060150663 - Refrigerator: A refrigerator includes a cooling system which has a compressor compressing a refrigerant, a condenser condensing the refrigerant compressed from the compressor, a capillary tube converting the refrigerant from the condenser into a low pressure condition, and an evaporator evaporating the refrigerant supplied from the capillary tube. A dryer is...

20060150664 - Refrigerating apparatus: The capacity of a compressor (21) in cleaning operation is set based on a Froude number Fr. The Froude number Fr expresses a ratio of an inertial force of a gas refrigerant flowing through a gas side communication pipe (70) to a gravity working on a liquid in the gas...

20060150665 - Thermodynamic machine and method for absorbing heat: A thermodynamic machine for the absorption and emission of heat at different temperatures has at least one thermodynamic device with at least one membrane separating a gas phase and a liquid phase provided for transport of heat, wherein the at least one membrane is permeable for at least one component...

20060150666 - Method and apparatus for highly efficient compact vapor compression cooling: The subject invention pertains to a method and apparatus for cooling. In a specific embodiment, the subject invention relates to a lightweight, compact, reliable, and efficient cooling system. The subject system can provide heat stress relief to individuals operating under, for example, hazardous conditions, or in elevated temperatures, while wearing...

20060150667 - Heat exchanger and air conditioner using the same: Disclosed herein is a heat exchanger for use in an air conditioner. The heat exchanger is provided with a path switching unit at a tube that forms a refrigerant path. The path switching unit is used to switch the flow path of a refrigerant passing through the tube in accordance...

20060150668 - Refrigerating apparatus with turbo compressor: A refrigerating apparatus, including a turbo compressor including a driving motor and a plurality of bearing members supporting a rotation axis of the driving motor; a condenser provided to condense a refrigerant gas compressed from the turbo compressor; a refrigerant supplying part supplying a part of a refrigerant discharged from...

20060150670 - Freezer device: A refrigeration apparatus, provided with a refrigerant circuit (90) having a plurality of refrigerant circulating routes and capable of operation in a mode where the plurality of refrigerant circulating routes differ in refrigerant evaporation temperature and/or in refrigerant condensation temperature, is activated by a single scroll compressor (10) including a...

20060150669 - Method of connecting thin tube to heat transfer tube: A connecting method and structure is provided to reliably ensure the compressive strength of the joint between a heat transfer pipe and a capillary tube when connecting the capillary tube to the heat transfer pipe by direct brazing. In the connection structure between the heat transfer pipe and the capillary...

20060150671 - Gas liquefying plant: A gas liquefaction plant includes a pre-cooling exchanger which pre-cools a feed gas by means of indirect heat exchange with a first refrigerant; a first refrigerant compressor which compresses the first refrigerant which has been used for refrigerating the feed gas in the pre-cooling exchanger; a cryogenic heat exchanger which...

20060150672 - Internal refrigeration for enhanced ngl recovery: The present invention is directed to methods for improving the efficiency of processes for the recovery of natural gas liquids from a gas feed, e.g., raw natural gas or a refinery or petrochemical plant gas stream. These methods may be employed with most, if not all, conventional separation methods using...

20060144051 - Evaporator designs for achieving high cooling performance at high superheats: An evaporator includes plates disposed in pairs in first and second groups, along spaced tanks. Dimples extend from the interior portions in the first group, and interior fins are disposed against the interior portions of the second group. The dimples enhance the distribution of liquid refrigerant in the passageways and...

20060144052 - Thermoelectric heat exchange element: A thermoelectric heat exchange module includes a first substrate including a heat receptive side and a heat donative side and a series of undulatory pleats. The module may also include a thermoelectric material layer having a ZT value of 1.0 or more disposed on at least one of the heat...

20060144054 - Co-axial multi-stage pulse tube for helium recondensation: A two-stage pulse tube refrigerator having a compact design, low vibration and low heat loss is provided where at least the 2nd stage is co-axial but preferably, both stages are co-axial with the second stage pulse tube being central and the first stage pulse tube occupying the annular space between...

20060144053 - Refrigerator: A refrigerator includes a Stirling refrigerating machine having a high-temperature heat radiation portion and a low-temperature heat absorption portion and for cooling a freezing compartment, and a compressor for circulating a first refrigerant through a first circulation circuit having a cooling compartment evaporator. The high-temperature heat radiation portion is in...

20060144056 - Display unit for refrigerator: The present invention relates to a display unit for a refrigerator. A display unit for a refrigerator of the present invention comprise a casing with at least a portion of a front surface thereof opened to the outside, the casing being received in an accommodating space provided at a certain...

20060144055 - Display unit of air conditioner: Disclosed is a display unit of an air conditioner for displaying various kinds of information desired by users. The display unit of an air conditioner includes an interface for receiving information, desired by a user, from the outside of the air conditioner; and an information display panel for displaying the...

20060144057 - Key performance index calculation and real-time condition monitoring methods for heat exchanger: A method for calculating key performance indexes. The method comprising defining running indexes for a heat exchanger of a chiller, obtaining an outlet temperature of output matter of the heat exchanger according to the running indexes, at least comprising load temperature, load current, inlet temperature of cooling matter, outlet temperature...

20060144059 - Method and control for determining low refrigerant charge: A refrigerant system is provided with a method and a control programmed to perform the method, in which a low charge of refrigerant is identified. The mass flow of refrigerant through the system is calculated utilizing at least two different methods. The two calculated mass flow rates are compared, and...

20060144058 - Refrigerating device: A refrigeration appliance including a housing and a refrigerated inner area closable by a door. A carrier module in the housing including a control circuit the refrigerating capacity of the inner area according to a temperature measuring signal from the inner area. The carrier module also includes at least one...

20060144060 - Heat exchanger liquid refrigerant defrost system: A heat exchanger liquid refrigerant defrost system disclosed herein specifically designed to defrost the coil subsystems used on an outdoor heat exchanger used on a building heat pump unit or combination heat pump/air condition unit. The outdoor heat exchanger contains at least two coil subsystems each including having a first...

20060144061 - Method for operating an air conditioning system: In a method for operating a climate control system in a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, the climate control system can be operated in a recirculation mode in which recirculated air is supplied to the passenger compartment or in fresh air mode in which at least a portion of...

20060144062 - Method and device for regulating the atmospheric conditions during a spinning process: The subject matter of the invention relates to a method and device for controlling the room air conditions in a room, in which a spinning process for the production of endless molded articles from a spinning mass containing water, cellulose and tertiary amine oxide takes place. In such a spinning...

20060144063 - Method for controlling operation of refrigerator: A method for controlling operation of a refrigerator to enable independent cooling of a freezing chamber and a refrigerating chamber. The method prevents temperature rising of the refrigerator by controlling a refrigerant passage switching valve after stopping operation of a compressor, thereby reducing electricity consumption and increasing humidification effects of...

20060144064 - Airconditioning generation system capable of solving unbalanced phase and method for the same: An airconditioning generation system capable of solving an unbalanced phase, and a method for solving the unbalanced phase are disclosed. The airconditioning generation system includes one or more indoor units (111, 112, 113, 121, 122, 131, 132, 133), one or more outdoor units (110, 120, 130), a generator (70) for...

20060144065 - Snow making: Method for making snow wherein snow is made within a closed environment by discharging water droplets into a body of air maintained by air conditioning means at a temperature and humidity such as to turn the water droplets into snow, falling on to a surface including coolant pipes which are...

20060144066 - Removable water heating device and refrigerator having the same: Disclosed are a removable water heating device that can be conveniently replaced in case of leakage of water or breakage of a heating wire for a heater in the water heating device, and a refrigerator having the removable water heating device. The refrigerator having the removable water heating device includes...

20060144067 - Cooling/heating apparatus using cogeneration system: A cooling/heating apparatus using a cogeneration system is disclosed. The cooling/heating apparatus includes a discharge-side refrigerant heating unit which supplies heat of exhaust gas generated from an engine to a discharge-side refrigerant line connected to a compressor included in a cooling/heating unit, a suction-side refrigerant heating unit which supplies heat...

20060144068 - Pre-chilling heat sink driving device: A pre-chilling heat sink driving device mainly improves the existing heat sink that simply uses the temperature change of a heat source of an electronic device as a parameter source to determine its rotary speed, and the present invention uses a parameter source that will affect the heat source to...

20060144069 - Refrigerant directly cooled capacitors: The invention is a direct contact refrigerant cooling system using a refrigerant floating loop having a refrigerant and refrigeration devices. The cooling system has at least one hermetic container disposed in the refrigerant floating loop. The hermetic container has at least one electronic component selected from the group consisting of...

20060144070 - Flat refrigerating unit with counter current cooling: The aim of the invention is to improve the performance of heat exchangers such that lost heat is discharged from a cabinet or device, whereby the rise of the inner temperature for each discharged watt of power loss is only slight. The invention also relates to a flat refrigerating set....

20060144071 - Drain pan with integrated riser: A drain pan for an air handling unit including a base, a lip attached to the base wherein the lip extends substantially vertically from the base, and a riser affixed to the base wherein the riser extends substantially vertically from the base to support the air handling unit. The drain...

20060144072 - Refrigerated display case automatic cleaning system and method: A device for use with a refrigeration case (104) having a defrost cycle comprising at least one intake (154, 156, 158) for receiving a cleaning agent (155), a rising agent, and a sanitizing agent (159), at least one fluid outlet (140) disposable I the refrigeration case and being in fluid...

20060144073 - Hybrid cooling system, and refrigerator and freezer using the same: A cooling system includes a cooling cycle which includes an evaporator for cooling air; and a thermoelectric module using a Peltier effect to provide a heat absorption portion and a heat discharge portion, the air cooled by the evaporator being further coolable by the heat absorption portion....

20060144074 - Refrigerator with forward projecting dispenser: A refrigerator having a forward projecting dispenser that extends forward a front panel of the door. The door has an outer door pan with an outer door cavity and an inner liner having an inner liner cavity. An ice chute may be placed through both the inner liner cavity and...

20060144075 - Refrigerator with improved water and ice dispenser: A refrigerator having an ice and water dispenser that extends forwardly from the refrigerator door. The dispenser includes a retractable ledge to support a container, a sloped back wall to provide increased storage space in the door, a lighted target ring to facilitate positioning of a container for receipt of...

20060144076 - Foul-resistant condenser using microchannel tubing: A condenser coil for a refrigerated beverage and food service merchandiser includes a plurality of parallel fins or V-shaped fins between adjacent tubes. In order to reduce the likelihood of fouling by the bridging of fibers therebetween, the spacing of the fins is maintained at a distance of 0.4 to...

20060144077 - Device for suspending or supporting items in an ice chest: A device for suspending and supporting various items including ice cubes or the like in common ice chests. The disclosed embodiments are comprised of an assembly of components including flexible fabric that is supported at its borders by a rigid frame or elastic frame, which is then attached to the...

20060144078 - Absorption refrigerating machine: To provide a highly efficient and compact absorption refrigerating machine with water heated from 60 to 70 degrees Celsius as the heat source. In an absorption refrigerating machine including a regenerator G, condenser C, an absorber A, an evaporator E, an auxiliary regenerator GX and an auxiliary absorber AX, the...

20060144079 - Method of removing solid carbon dioxide: The invention provides a method of removing solid carbon dioxide from cryogenic equipment, including the steps of: (a) introducing a stream including ethane to the cryogenic equipment to convert solid carbon dioxide to liquid form whereby a mixture of liquid ethane and liquid carbon dioxide is formed; and (b) removing...

20060144080 - Vapor process system: The present invention provides for a natural gas well vapor processing system and method comprising recovering gaseous hydrocarbons to prevent their release into the atmosphere including providing a method for preventing the gaseous hydrocarbons from returning to a liquid state....

20060144081 - Method and installation for producing treated natural gas, a c3+ hydrocarbon cut and an ethane rich stream: This method comprises the cooling of the initial natural gas and its introduction into a column for recovering C2+ hydrocarbons. It comprises the recovery of the top stream from the column to form the treated natural gas, and the recovery of the bottom stream from the column for introducing it...