Abstract: A monitoring device for a cooling device, the cooling device includes a first refrigerant for removing heat from electronic equipment in a closed space, a second refrigerant that has exchanged heat with the first refrigerant using air outside the refrigerant tank, an acquisition unit that acquires at least one set of a set including a temperature of the second refrigerant flowing into a heat exchanger in the dry cooler and a temperature of the second refrigerant flowing out of the heat exchanger, and a set including a temperature of the air flowing into the heat exchanger and a temperature of the air flowing out of the heat exchanger, and a determination unit that compares an optimal temperature corresponding to an outside temperature and a load of the electronic equipment with each of the temperatures acquired by the acquisition unit to determine whether an abnormality has occurred.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes first and second modules having first and second systems for circulating first and second fluids respectively, the first fluid comprising different first and second fluid components, partition plates in contact with the adjacent modules and each fluidically disconnecting the first and second circulation systems from one another. Each of the second modules includes a third circulation system, fluidically disconnected from the second circulation system, the first and third circulation systems being fluidically connected through the partition plate. The exchanger introduces a change in phase of the second component by exchanging heat between the first and second fluids and directing the first and second components out of the exchanger through the first and third circulation systems.

Abstract: An example integrated datacenter cooling and mineral recovery system can include a waste heat stream produced by a datacenter. The waste heat stream can have a temperature greater than about 50° C. A heat exchanger can have a cold side and a hot side thermally coupled to the waste heat stream. A brine stream can be sourced from a body of salt water, wherein the brine stream is coupled to the cold side of the heat exchanger such that the heat exchanger is configured to transfer heat from the waste heat stream to the brine stream to produce a mineral residue through any one or more of evaporation of water, pH adjustment, and temperature adjustment. A condenser can be in fluid communication with the brine stream and configured to condense water vapor from the brine to form a recovered water.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for optimizing the performance of each of the components of a vehicle thermal system including a radiator system and an air conditioning system to provide desired cooling inside the vehicle cabin while simultaneously reducing the noise and potential vibration caused by operation of the individual components of the thermal system and by the operation of the components collectively. Optimizing the operating settings of each component relative to each other provides for desired interior vehicle cabin cooling while maintaining efficient thermal loading and energy use because while the speed and/or duty cycle of one component may be increased, the speed and/or duty cycle of another component may be decreased resulting in better overall thermal loading and energy efficiency.

Abstract: An indoor unit for an air conditioner, includes: a main body including a fan and a heat exchanger; a casing that accommodates the main body and is attachable to and detachable from the main body; a front panel that is attachable to and detachable from the casing; and a left side panel and a right side panel that covers side surfaces of the casing, respectively and is attachable to and detachable from the casing.

Abstract: A vehicle preconditioning system automatically preconditions engine coolant in a work vehicle for operation of the work vehicle at a predetermined desired ready time. The system includes a coolant heating device wherein engine coolant is circulated between the coolant heating device and the engine via the conduits. A coolant temperature sensor determines a temperature of the engine coolant, and a minimum required lead time is determined for modifying a temperature of the engine coolant in the work vehicle from an initial temperature to a desired minimum temperature. The heating device is automatically controlled to initiate heating the engine coolant at a heater start time prior to the desired ready time by the minimum required lead time sufficient to heat the engine coolant to the desired minimum temperature for the work vehicle to be available for the operation at the predetermined desired ready time.

Abstract: A heat exchanger including: first and second heat-exchange modules comprising fluid-circulation systems, partition plates which fluidically disconnect adjacent fluid-circulation systems, at least one of the heat-exchange modules including: a frame plate of constant thickness, including a through-aperture, and an insert fully housed in the aperture and of a thickness equal to the thickness of the frame plate, and consisting of a single shaped plate or a plurality of shaped plates forming a stack and each consisting of at least one hollowed-out zone passing through it and a surrounding solid zone of constant thickness, the corresponding fluid-circulation system being formed in the hollowed-out zone of the single plate or of each plate of the stack and bounded by the surrounding solid zone or zones and by the adjacent partition plates.

Abstract: A heatsink having enhanced localized cooling. The heatsink comprises a wall; a heatframe; a coolant channel between the wall and the heatframe, wherein a bulk coolant flows through the coolant channel; and one or more nozzles that extend into the coolant channel and proximate the wall and/or the heatframe, wherein a high-pressure coolant flows through the one or more nozzles, mixes with the bulk coolant in the coolant channel, and impinges on a cooling area of the wall and/or the heatframe proximate an outlet of the one or more nozzles to provide enhanced localized cooling to at least a portion of a heat producing device that is proximate to or in partial contact with the wall and/or the heatframe proximate to the cooling area of the wall and/or the heatframe.

Abstract: An assembly for air movement within a vehicle. The assembly includes a housing, a fan proximate to the air inlet, an evaporator disposed such that air leaving the fan flows through the evaporator, and a heater, a mixing chamber that is downstream of the evaporator and the heater, the housing establishes a plurality of internal air flow plenums downstream of the evaporator, including first air flow plenum that extends through and past the heater and into the mixing chamber, and a second air flow plenum that bypasses the heater and flows into the mixing chamber. A mixing chamber receives air from the first and second air flow plenums. A plurality of distribution plenums extend from the mixing chamber, each includes a flow valve proximate to an exit, wherein the flow valves are configured to allow or substantially prevent air flow to exit the respective distribution plenum.

Abstract: In a cooling device, a main body is capable of being in thermal contact with a heat source and includes a flow path for refrigerant. A protruding portion protrudes from one surface of the main body to one side in a predetermined direction, and includes a hole extending from an end portion on the one side in the predetermined direction to the flow path. A joint is inserted into the hole, and includes a flow path connected to the flow path of the main body. A restricting portion restricts movement of the joint. A leak sensor is mounted on a substrate, and is capable of detecting liquid leakage. The substrate includes a first portion that is positioned on the one surface and around the protruding portion. The restricting portion includes a second portion protruding from the end portion of the protruding portion in an intersecting direction.

Abstract: A thermal management system configured to deice at least one air-side heat exchanger by selectively operating the air-side heat exchanger as a heat rejecting heat exchanger. The thermal management system is further configured to select a heat source from a plurality of heat sources to elevate a temperature of a thermal fluid supplied to the heat rejecting heat exchanger. Additionally, at least some of the heat rejected by the heat rejecting heat exchanger can be recovered by another air-side heat exchanger being selectively operated as a heat absorbing heat exchanger. Such recovery of heat can also be facilitated by a reversible impeller such that, depending on which air-side heat exchangers are currently being operated as a heat rejecting or heat rejecting heat exchanger, can selectively direct the airflow in either a forward or reverse direction such that the heat absorbing heat exchanger is downstream of the heat rejecting heat exchanger.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a design method for a radiator of a vehicle power module. The design method includes: selecting a plurality of specific values from the possible value ranges of the first distance D1, the second distance D2 and the radius R, respectively, to form different combinations of the plurality of specific values, performing simulation calculations on the different combinations, and obtaining a temperature rise ?Tj and a pressure drop ?Pf corresponding to each combination to form a plurality of samples; through a response surface method, fitting explicit functions of the temperature rise ?Tj and the pressure drop ?Pf with the first distance D1, the second distance D2 and the radius R as dependent variables; and through a multi-objective optimization, determining the first distance D1, the second distance D2 and the radius R with an optimization objective that the temperature rise ?Tj and the pressure drop ?Pf are simultaneously minimized.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a direct-cooling tube and a water refrigerating device of an atmospheric water generator, the water refrigerating device includes a direct-cooling tube, the direct-cooling tube includes an inner tube provided with a refrigerant input joint and a refrigerant output joint and a hollow outer tube provided with a water input joint and a water output joint; the refrigerant input joint and the refrigerant output joint of the inner tube both communicate with the inner tube and both extend out of the outer tube; an outer peripheral wall of the inner tube is provided with a cooling fin. Using the direct-cooling tube to refrigerate the water can make the water temperature reach the effect of instant-cooling, thereby further saving energy.

Abstract: A thermal management system for a vehicle has: a cooling medium circuit with a cooling medium pump for delivering a cooling medium in the cooling medium circuit for cooling a brake and/or a component of an electric drive motor of the vehicle and/or a transmission, a heating medium circuit with at least one heating medium pump for delivering a heating medium in the heating medium circuit for cooling and/or heating a battery and/or power electronics and/or a charging device and/or another component of the electric drive motor of the vehicle and/or an interior of the vehicle, and a heat transfer device for exchanging heat between the cooling medium in the cooling medium circuit and the heating medium in the heating medium circuit.

Abstract: A liquid cooling device includes a cooling base plate, a first sealing cover plate and a first sealing tube, wherein the first sealing cover plate and the cooling base plate form a first sealing cavity; and the first sealing tube and the first sealing cavity form a liquid cooling channel used for conveying a liquid cooling medium; a second sealing cover plate is fixed on the cooling base plate, and a second sealing tube is fixed on the second sealing cover plate, the second sealing cover plate and the second sealing tube form a second sealing cavity. The liquid cooling device has an excellent sealing performance, and a reliability problem caused by water leakage of the first sealing cavity is eliminated, thus improving the safety of the liquid cooling device.

Abstract: An electrified vehicle includes an electric machine powered by a battery to provide torque to vehicle wheels, a heater powered by the battery, a cooling circuit that circulates cooling fluid through the electric machine, the battery, the heater, and a heat exchanger, a heat pump in fluid communication with the heat exchanger, and a controller programmed to, responsive to a heating request without a stored heating source preference: when external electric power is available and state of charge (SOC) of the battery is above an associated threshold, operate the heater to heat the cooling fluid; and operate the heat pump to heat the cooling fluid otherwise. The heating source preference may be input via a human-machine interface and may bias the heating source selection for quiet operation using the electric heater as a preferred primary heating source or more efficient operation using the heat pump as the preferred primary source.

Abstract: A thermally insulated container for storing and serving frozen confectionery items, wherein the container is preferably arranged to be removably mounted within a service cart, such as an inflight service cart.

Abstract: A heat exchanger for indirectly transferring heat between a process medium and at least one first refrigerant, comprising: a shell which surrounds a shell space and extends along a longitudinal axis; and a pipe bundle which is disposed in the shell space and extends along the longitudinal axis of the shell from a lower end to an upper end of the pipe bundle in the shell space; wherein: the pipe bundle has a plurality of first pipes for receiving the first refrigerant; the first pipes are wound helically onto a core pipe of the heat exchanger. According to the invention, the first pipes each have an end which is formed by at least one nozzle via which the first refrigerant can be introduced into the shell space, the ends being disposed along the longitudinal axis of the shell at different heights.

Abstract: A thermal management system for a vehicle includes a fluid transfer device including a power consumption unit configured to consume power for performing the heat pump function and includes a control unit configured to control the fluid transfer device based on an optimal control value.

Abstract: A method for operating an ice maker appliance includes operating a harvest mechanism of an ice maker assembly to perform a harvest cycle. An amount of ice may be harvested from the ice maker appliance due to the harvest cycle. The method further includes determining the amount of ice harvested is less than a predetermined threshold. The method also includes suspending operation of the harvest mechanism based on the amount of ice harvested less than the predetermined threshold.