Abstract: A system for water collection and redistribution in a vehicle is provided. The system includes a storage tank for receiving water condensate from an air conditioner (AC) of the vehicle and store the water condensate. A wiper tank is positioned above the storage tank for receiving the water condensate from the storage tank. Further, a cooling coil is positioned adjacent to a radiator of the vehicle. A slanted pipe having an upper end in fluid communication with the wiper tank and a lower end in fluid communication with the cooling coil. The wiper tank discharges excess water condensate by gravity to the cooling coil via the slanted pipe to cool the radiator, when the water condensate reaches a certain level in the wiper tank.

Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a main body including a first door and a second door, a door opening device configured to open the first door and the second door, a first proximity sensor disposed adjacent to the first door, a second proximity sensor disposed adjacent to the second door, and a processor, and the processor may control the first proximity sensor and the second proximity sensor to operate alternately, based on sensing data obtained by the first proximity sensor and the second proximity sensor, identify a door close to an external object that approaches within a threshold distance from the refrigerator, and control the door opening device to open the identified door among the first door and the second door.

Abstract: Provided are a refrigerator and a control method thereof. The refrigerator is characterized by enabling at least a part of a refrigerator door to be selectively transparent by a user's operation, such that the user sees through an inside of the refrigerator while the refrigerator door is closed.

Abstract: A rack temperature controlling method includes performing the following operations through a controller: obtaining a rack temperature data, calculating a temperature variant according to the rack temperature data, calculating a temperature deviation according to the temperature variant and a reference temperature, calculating a target speed according to the temperature deviation, and adjusting a speed of a fan to the target speed. A rack temperature controlling system including a thermometer and a controller is further provided. The thermometer measures and outputs a rack temperature data. The controller receives the rack temperature data, and calculates a temperature variant according to the rack temperature data. The controller further calculates a temperature deviation according to the temperature variant and a reference temperature, calculates a target speed according to the temperature deviation, and adjusts a speed of a fan to the target speed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for a low-temperature air separation in which an air separation unit is used comprising a first rectification column and a second rectification column. The first rectification column is operated at a first pressure level, and the second rectification column is operated at a second pressure level below the first pressure level. Fluid which is oxygen-enriched compared to atmospheric air is drawn from the first rectification column in the form of one or more first material flows. At least one fraction of the fluid which has been drawn from the first rectification column in the form of the one or more first material flows is heated in a heat exchanger; a fraction of the fluid which has been heated in the heat exchanger is compressed using a compressor and is returned to the first rectification column.

Abstract: A system for analyzing a transport refrigeration system including: a storage device to store transport parameters associated with a transport refrigeration system and customer licenses; a diagnostics engine in electronic communication with the storage device, the diagnostics engine including: a license module to determine whether a user device has a customer license for at least one of descriptive data, diagnostic data, predictive data, and prescriptive data; a descriptive module to determine descriptive data in response to at least the transport parameters; a diagnostic module to determine diagnostic data of the transport refrigeration unit in response to at least the transport parameters; a predictive module to determine predictive data; and a prescriptive module to determine prescriptive data.

Abstract: A cooling system includes one or more cooling panels for affecting a cooling load in an environment. The cooling system also includes a heat exchanger coupled to the one or more cooling panels. Each cooling panel includes a film, a panel body, an inlet port, an outlet port, and a fluid path. The film's radiative properties allow it to achieve a temperature less than an environment temperature. The heat exchanger includes ports that are coupled to the fluid paths of the one or more cooling panels. A control system is used to control flow rates, flow paths, fluid temperatures, component temperatures, cooling rates, component operation, or other aspects of a cooling system. For example, the control system controls or monitors pumps, compressors, fans, valves, sensors, actuators, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides an integrated system of moisture removal, air purification, and air ventilation of the process air while some of the energy and resources required for operation of the system are self-sustained, or in some aspects the present system is self-regenerated such as heating and cooling of air and water exchanged among various elements/modules/members within the system or between the system and the surroundings, such that it becomes an all-time and all-round air dehumidifier, purifier and ventilator. Related method for removing air moisture from the surroundings using the present system is also provided.

Abstract: A refrigeration device includes an indoor unit and an outdoor unit. The indoor unit is used for heat exchange with air inside an equipment room. To adapt to different cabinets, one or more ventilation ducts of the indoor unit include a plurality of channels, and a baffle assembly is disposed in the indoor unit. An air flow direction in the ventilation duct is changed using the baffle assembly, and the baffle assembly is adjusted to block different positions to apply the refrigeration device to different types of cabinets.

Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator, including a freezer compartment, a refrigeration compartment, a drying compartment, an air intake channel, a first sealing apparatus, and a second sealing apparatus. The drying compartment is independently provided within the refrigeration compartment in a sealed manner. The drying compartment is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet. The first sealing apparatus is provided in the drying compartment and can switch between sealing an air outlet of the air intake channel and leaving the air outlet of the air intake channel open. The second sealing apparatus is provided at the air outlet and can switch between sealing the air outlet and leaving the air outlet open. Cooled air in the freezer compartment is introduced into the drying compartment and then mixed with air in the drying compartment, a rise in the temperature of the cooled air allows the relative humidity in the drying compartment to be reduced.

Abstract: A system for controlling a thermal signature of a boat is disclosed. The system includes a fluid compartment adjacent to an external wall of the boat. The fluid compartment is disposed between a heat source in a hull cavity of the boat and the external wall of the boat such that heat energy released from the heat source is transferred to a fluid in the fluid compartment. A fluid mover moves a first volume of the fluid out of the fluid compartment and replaces at least a portion of the first volume with a second volume of fluid, wherein the second volume of fluid has a different temperature than the first volume of fluid before entering the fluid compartment.

Abstract: A dedicated outdoor air system and method that is capable of operating over a broader spectrum of conditions. The HVAC system of the present invention utilizes a heating means positioned within the return air passageway in order to optimize the regeneration of the desiccant wheel and energy recovery device. By positioning a heating means upstream of the regeneration side of the desiccant wheel, the system is capable of providing supply air having low dew points to the enclosed space while still providing improved energy efficiency over conventional HVAC systems.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a storage compartment and an air sanitation device mounted on a top wall of the storage compartment. The air sanitation device includes: a housing having an upper wall, a lower wall, and a peripheral wall connecting the upper wall to the lower wall; an air channel disposed in the housing and has an air inlet and an air outlet; a fan disposed in the air channel to force air to enter the air channel from the air inlet and leave the air channel from the air outlet; and an air detection device and/or an air purification device disposed in the air channel. The air outlet is disposed on the peripheral wall, and the air channel is configured in such a way that the air is discharged out of the air outlet obliquely downward.

Abstract: The cooling system for a data center includes an information technology (IT) container, secondary condensing system, and a coolant distribution unit. In particular, an IT container includes a liquid region to store cooling liquid, a vapor region to receive vapor evaporated from the cooling liquid, and a primary condenser disposed within the vapor region to condense the vapor. For example, the external cooling air or cooling liquid is controlled to be delivered to condensers. Further, a secondary condenser is coupled to the IT container via a vapor line to receive at least a portion of the vapor from the vapor region of the IT container and to condense the portion of the vapor. Furthermore, a coolant distribution unit is coupled to the IT container and the secondary condenser to store and to distribute the cooling liquid to the IT container.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a liquid-cooling device that includes a liquid block and a radiator. The liquid block is in thermal contact with an interface card. The radiator includes a first tank, a second tank, and a heat dissipation channel structure. The first tank and the second tank respectively have a first chamber and a second chamber. The heat dissipation channel structure includes a plurality of liquid transmission components. The first chamber and the second chamber are respectively connected to two opposite sides of the heat dissipation channel structure. Each of the liquid transmission components has an end in fluid communication with the first chamber of the first tank and another end in fluid communication with the second chamber of the second tank. The first chamber and the second chamber are in fluid communication with the liquid block to form a cooling cycle.

Abstract: A cryogenic device includes: a hermetic container; a cryocooler including a mounting portion mounted on the container, a connecting part extending from the mounting portion into the container in an axial direction of the cryocooler, and a cooling stage attached to the connecting part and disposed in the container; and a member to be cooled that is disposed in the container with a gap, which is configured to allow heat to be exchanged, between the cooling stage and the member. The cooling stage includes a cold fin extending in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction. A fin receiving groove recessed in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction is formed in the member to be cooled and extends in the axial direction, and the member to be cooled receives the cold fin in the fin receiving groove with the gap.

Abstract: Operation of fastening a decorative-panel mounting screw into a screw-fastening hole of an indoor-unit body is facilitated. A decorative panel includes a decorative-panel body, a decorative-panel mounting component, and a decorative-panel mounting screw.

Abstract: A flexible resistor including a support made of electrically insulating material; at least one track made of an electrically conductive material incorporated in the support, and configured to be connected to an electric energy source; a foil made of electrically conductive material, having a surface fixed to a first face of the support, and a plurality of wings defined by foil portions cut and folded transversally to the surface.

Abstract: A refrigerator appliance assembly includes a cabinet having at least one chamber for receipt of an item, a door permitting access to the at least one chamber, a temperature port within the at least one chamber, and a temperature probe communicatively coupled with the temperature port. The temperature probe is configured to generate one or more first temperature signals representative of an actual temperature of at least one of the item or the at least one chamber. The refrigerator appliance also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the temperature probe. Thus, upon receipt of the one or more first temperature signals, the controller determines the actual temperature of at least one of the item or the at least one chamber. Further, the refrigerator appliance also includes a user interface communicatively coupled to the controller.

Abstract: An air conditioner unit includes a cabinet including a base pan that defines at least one alignment feature and a compressor mounted to the base pan using mechanical fasteners that pass through mounting feet and into mounting bosses defined on the base pan. A damper is positioned between the compressor and the base pan and includes a lower pad seated on the base pan, an upper pad extending from the lower pad along the vertical direction and contacting a bottom surface of the compressor, and at least one stopping feature defined on the lower pad or the upper pad, the at least one stopping feature engaging the at least one alignment feature to prevent rotation of the damper.