Abstract: A thermally insulated structure for shipping goods, the structure including an insulated box having a goods receptacle and a phase change material module receptacle. The structure further including a phase change material module, and a set of vacuum panels configured to form an encapsulating layer around the insulated box.
Abstract: A thermally insulated structure for shipping goods, the structure including an insulated box having a goods receptacle and a phase change material module receptacle. The structure further including a phase change material module, and a set of vacuum panels configured to form an encapsulating layer around the insulated box.
Abstract: A pallet for shipping goods, where the pallet includes a rigid member, a phase change material, and a temperature indicator. The rigid member further includes a phase change material compartment which contains the phase change material.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 6, 2017
Date of Patent:
February 16, 2021
Assignee:
Viking Cold Solutions, Inc.
Inventors:
Paul Robbins, Michael P. Crisman, Roger Ansted, Andres Barron, Robert Reyes, Sandra Jameson
Abstract: A thermally insulated structure for shipping goods, the structure including an insulated box having a goods receptacle and a phase change material module receptacle. The structure further including a phase change material module, and a set of vacuum panels configured to form an encapsulating layer around the insulated box.
Abstract: A pallet for shipping goods, the pallet having a rigid member, a phase change material, and a temperature indicate. The rigid member includes a phase change material compartment. A phase change material is disposed in the phase change material compartment.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 6, 2017
Publication date:
April 12, 2018
Applicant:
Viking Cold Solutions, Inc.
Inventors:
Paul Robbins, Michael P. Crisman, Roger Ansted, Andres Barron, Robert Reyes, Sandra Jameson
Abstract: A system including a chilled air generation system, a forced air convection system, one or more phase change material (PCM) modules, and a controller. The controller is configured to regulate the temperature of a facility by selectively utilizing the chilled air generation system and the forced air convection system based on multiple factors, which may include energy source type(s), relative costs of the energy from the source(s), availability of energy from the source(s), facility temperature, PCM module temperature, and/or temperature of goods stored within the facility, among other considerations. The controller may thus advantageously and cost-effectively control the periods of time during which the chilled air generation system is used and those during which the thermal energy stored in the PCM modules is used.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 8, 2017
Publication date:
November 9, 2017
Applicant:
Viking Cold Solutions, Inc.
Inventors:
Roger Ansted, Michael P. Crisman, Stan Nabozny, Brian Hampton, Paul Robbins