Abstract: An air conditioner is provided that may include a case having a supply flow path formed therein and through which outside air flows into an interior space, a first heat exchanger disposed on the supply flow path, in which refrigerant flows, and that exchanges heat between the air and the refrigerant, a second heat exchanger disposed downstream of the second heat exchanger on the supply flow path, in which refrigerant selectively flows, and that exchanges heat between the air and the refrigerant, and a refrigerant distributer configured to send the refrigerant to the first heat exchanger or the second heat exchanger.

Abstract: A refrigerator according to the present embodiment includes: a cabinet provided with a storage compartment; a door configured to open and close the storage compartment; and an ice maker configured to receive cold air for cooling the storage compartment so as to make ice, wherein the ice maker includes an ice tray comprising a plurality of ice-making cells configured to make ice, and the plurality of ice-making cells are arranged in a plurality of columns, each column comprising two or more ice-making cells, and bottom surfaces of the ice-making cells have different heights for each column.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices may include a cooled storage system with a case having an outer bucket with a first bottom wall and a first sidewall. The outer bucket may include a flange protruding from the first sidewall. An inner bucket may be disposed at least partially within the outer bucket and may include a second bottom wall and a second sidewall defining a storage compartment in the case. A coil may be at least partially disposed in the volume between the inner bucket and the outer bucket with a phase-change material disposed about the coil. An electronic control system may actively and passively cool the storage compartment resulting in extremely efficient and precise temperature control.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cryogenic liquid storage apparatus including a storage container configured to accommodate a cryogenic liquid, a housing member provided in the storage container and configured to define a vacuum space spatially separated from an internal space of the storage container, and a temperature sensor provided in the vacuum space so as to be in contact with an inner surface of the housing member and sense a signal to detect a liquid level of the cryogenic liquid.

Abstract: Dilution refrigeration device having a support member, a fluid-tight enclosure, an open end of the fluid-tight enclosure being mechanically connected to the support member via a flexible fluid-tight bellows, an upper end of a cryogenerator being secured to the support member, the device further having a fluid-tight sheath which is received in the enclosure, a lower end of the cryogenerator extending in the fluid-tight sheath inside the fluid-tight flexible bellows so that the enclosure and the fluid-tight sheath are at least partially mechanically insulated from the vibrations generated by the cryogenerator.

Abstract: A brazed plate heat exchanger (100) includes a plurality of first and second heat exchanger plates (110, 120) having different patterns of ridges and grooves providing contact points between neighbouring plates under formation of interplate flow channels for fluids to exchange heat, said interplate flow channels being in selective fluid communication with first, second, third and fourth large port openings (O1, O2, O3, O4) and first and second small port openings (SO1, SO2) forming a suction gas heat exchanger together with a dividing surface (DW). The ridges (R1, R2a, R2b) and grooves (G1, G2a, G2b) are formed such that the interplate flow channels between different plate pairs have different volumes. Disclosed is also a refrigeration system and method including such as heat exchanger.

Abstract: A heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and/or refrigeration (HVAC&R) system (10) includes a vapor compression system (14) having an evaporator (38), a condenser (34), and a compressor (32). The compressor (34) is configured to guide a refrigerant therethrough in a normal operating mode of the vapor compression system (14) and in a free cooling mode of the vapor compression system (14). The HVAC&R system (10) also includes a controller (40) configured to enable supply of power to a motor (50) of the compressor (34) in the normal operating mode and to suspend supply of power to the motor (50) of the compressor (34) in the free cooling mode.

Abstract: An air conditioner is disclosed. The air conditioner comprises: a compressor for compressing a refrigerant; a discharge pipe for guiding the refrigerant discharged from the compressor; an accumulator for storing the refrigerant flowing into the compressor from an outdoor heat exchanger or an indoor heat exchanger; a suction pipe for guiding the refrigerant discharged from the accumulator to the compressor; a subcooler disposed in a pipe between the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger so as to secure a degree of subcooling of the refrigerant; an injection pipe for guiding a refrigerant superheated in the subcooler to the compressor; and a fixing member provided for fixing the discharge pipe, the suction pipe, and the injection pipe together.

Abstract: A device and a method for producing hydrogen and byproduct oxygen by using green electricity electrolyzed water are provided. The device comprises an oxygen purifying system, a heat exchange system, an air separation compression and expansion system, an air separation rectification system and a liquid oxygen storage system. The method comprises the following steps: first, purifying oxygen prepared by electrolyzing water by green electricity to remove impurities such as hydrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and water in the oxygen, then feeding the pure oxygen into the heat exchange system, performing heat exchange liquefaction to obtain liquid oxygen, coupling the liquid oxygen generated by rectification of the air separation rectification system, and obtaining pressurized oxygen through the heat exchange system and the air separation compression and expansion system.

Abstract: A cooling apparatus may include an electric water pump to pump coolant, a coolant channel in fluid communication with a cooling target and the electric water pump, and a thermoelectric device including a higher-temperature part and a lower-temperature part. The thermoelectric device may cool the coolant flowing into the coolant channel. The cooling apparatus may include a first heat sink disposed adjacent to the higher-temperature part, a second heat sink disposed adjacent to the coolant channel, and a cooling fan provided adjacent to the first heat sink. The cooling apparatus may include an air duct forming a first fluid line where air passes through only the first heat sink and is then discharged by operation of the cooling fan and forming a second fluid line where air passes through the first heat sink and the second heat sink and is then discharged by the operation of the cooling fan.

Abstract: A drain pan for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a trough defining a flow path and configured to direct condensate along the flow path, a shield disposed within the trough and having a body extending across the trough, and a notch formed in the shield and positioned in the flow path to enable flow of the condensate along the flow path and through the notch.

Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for removing nitrogen during liquefaction of natural gas. In one implementation, a nitrogen rejection unit is used in an LNG facility to remove nitrogen from natural gas during an LNG liquefaction process. The nitrogen rejection unit contains at least two columns and at least one 3-stream condenser, 2-stream condenser or a two 2-stream condenser.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cryocooler suitable for gas liquefaction applications, that comprises a coldhead with one or more refrigeration stages; further comprising: a refrigerator compressor for distributing compressed gas-phase cryogen inside the coldhead; a heat exchanging coil arranged at least partially around the external region of the coldhead; at least one extraction orifice communicating a gas circulation circuit inside the coldhead with the heat exchanging coil; acting said extraction orifice/s as pass-through port/s which allow the gas inside the coldhead to flow through the inside of the heat exchanger coil for exchanging heat with the exterior thereof, and wherein the heat exchanging coil is adapted to connect and redirect the gas to one return port connected to the gas circulation circuit. Another object of the invention relates to a cryogen-gas liquefaction system and a method for liquefaction of gases that comprises said system.

Abstract: An air conditioner includes an ejector that raises a pressure of refrigerant by using energy for refrigerant decompression and expansion. A switching mechanism switches between a refrigerant flow in a first operation and a refrigerant flow in a second operation. The air conditioner is configured such that in the first operation, refrigerant compressed by a compression mechanism radiates heat in a use-side heat exchanger and is decompressed and expanded by the ejector while refrigerant evaporated in a heat-source-side heat exchanger is raised in pressure by the ejector. The air conditioner is configured such that in the second operation, refrigerant compressed by the compression mechanism radiates heat in the heat-source-side heat exchanger and is decompressed and expanded by a first expansion valve before being evaporated in the use-side heat exchanger while refrigerant does not flow through the ejector.

Abstract: A cryocooler includes a shell, a compression unit, an expansion unit and a vibration damping unit, where a cavity is provided in the shell; the compression unit and the vibration damping unit are located in the cavity; the compression unit is connected to the shell; the expansion unit is partially located in the cavity and communicates with the compression unit; the vibration damping unit is sleeved on the compression unit and is partially located in the compression unit and is configured to reduce vibration of the compression unit. The cryocooler has a relatively compact structure, relatively small size and relatively small weight.

Abstract: A thermal management system including a heat exchanger and an expansion valve. The expansion valve is in fluid communication with the heat exchanger to control flow of a first heat exchange medium to the heat exchanger. The expansion valve includes a valve inlet, a first valve outlet in fluid communication with a first inlet and first passageways of the heat exchanger, and a second valve outlet in fluid communication with a second inlet and second passageways of the heat exchanger. An actuator of the expansion valve is movable from a closed position to a first open position and a second open position.

Abstract: An ice maker includes a cabinet body, and a refrigeration box and a refrigeration assembly provided in the cabinet body. The refrigeration box is connected to a water inlet pipe, a support member is provided in the refrigeration box, a grid tray is arranged on the support member, and ice containers are sequentially arranged on the grid tray. Die cavities are provided in the ice containers, water inlet holes communicated with the die cavities are formed in bottoms of the ice containers, and water outlet holes communicated with the die cavities are formed in tops of the ice containers. The refrigeration assembly includes a fan, an evaporator, a compressor, and a condenser. The fan and the evaporator are disposed in the refrigeration box, and the compressor and the condenser are disposed outside the refrigeration box. A heating pipe wraps the refrigeration box.

Abstract: A pressure regulating device includes an on-board storage tank, a mixing chamber, first and second lines, a recirculation line, a pressure sensor and a controller. The storage tank stores and supplies cryogenic fuel to a combustion chamber and includes a booster pump. The first line supplies cryogenic fuel in the liquid state and includes a pressurizing pump and a first regulation valve. The second line supplies cryogenic fuel in the gaseous state and includes a compressor and a first control valve. The recirculation line includes a second regulation valve and with a first heat exchanger. The pressure sensor detects the pressure inside the storage tank. The controller receives the pressure and controls the first and second regulation valves, the first control valve, the pressurizing pump, the booster pump and the compressor, as a function of a value of a setpoint pressure inside the storage tank.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a heat pump system having a selectable bypass flow path that allows a refrigerant to bypass an accumulator of the heat pump system. The bypass flow path may be used, for example, to reduce a pressure drop in a refrigerant, and may provide a cooling boost for a passenger compartment of a vehicle, particularly in high ambient temperature and/or solar load environments and/or during fast charging of a vehicle battery.

Abstract: A heat exchanger for indirect heat exchange between a first and a second fluids to be cooled and at least a third fluid to be heated, made up of a plurality of passages, namely a first series of passages for the flow at least of the first and of the second fluids, a second series of passages for the flow of the third fluid to be placed in a heat exchange relationship with the first and second fluids, the exchanger comprising three sections, the second section being between the first and third sections and means for introducing the first fluid into only a portion of the passages of the first series in the second section.