Abstract: A highly adsorptive structure, includes: a substrate; and a metal-organic framework (MOF) comprising a plurality of metal atoms coordinated to a plurality of organic spacer molecules; wherein the MOF is coupled to at least one surface of the substrate, wherein the MOF is adapted for adsorbing and desorbing a refrigerant under predetermined thermodynamic conditions. The refrigerant includes one or more materials selected from the group consisting of: acid halides, alcohols, aldehydes, amines, chlorofluorocarbons, esters, ethers, fluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, halocarbons, halogenated aldehydes, halogenated amines, halogenated hydrocarbons, halomethanes, hydrocarbons, hydrochlorofluorocarbons, hydrofluoroethers, hydrofluoroolefins, inorganic gases, ketones, nitrocarbon compounds, noble gases, organochlorine compounds, organofluorine compounds, organophosphorous compounds, organosilicon compounds, oxide gases, refrigerant blends and thiols.

Abstract: A vapor chamber and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The vapor chamber includes a housing, a capillary structure, at least two liquid-filling and gas-discharging pipes and a working fluid; the housing has a bottom housing plate and a top housing plate correspondingly engaged and sealed with the bottom housing plate, and a single chamber is formed between the top housing plate and the bottom housing plate; the capillary structure is disposed in the single chamber; each of the liquid-filling and gas-discharging pipes is allowed to penetrate into the housing and communicate with the single chamber; and the working fluid is disposed in the single chamber. Accordingly, the working fluid can be evenly and widely distributed in the single chamber.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for cooling a mixture of hot gas and liquid received from a compressor and simultaneously separating the gas from the liquid, the apparatus comprising a receiving inlet, a header unit, a collector, and a plurality of conduits comprising turbulators which creates turbulence and heat-exchange surfaces to simultaneously separate the liquid from the gas and cooling both the liquid and the gas, and the method comprising receiving the mixture from the compressor through a receiving inlet; directing the mixture into a plurality of conduits; and in each of the plurality of conduits, simultaneously separating the liquid from the gas and cooling both the gas and the liquid.

Abstract: A heat sink with a base defining a first side having a base planar surface, and a plurality of planar fins extending from the base planar surface in parallel disposition relative to each other. Each planar fin has a bottom fin edge, a top fin edge, and a leading fin edge. Each planar fin has a fin planar surface and one or more control surfaces. Each of the one or more control surfaces extends from the fin planar surface and is disposed relative to the fin planar surface, the bottom fin edge, and the top fin edge such that a fluid flowing from the leading fin edge is conducted toward the base planar surface.

Abstract: A beverage container assembly that includes a cap member, a connecting neck member, a body member and a flexible ring member. The body member is configured to receive a bottle or beverage container via an opening on the top surface and the flexible ring member is configured to be positioned between the bottle or beverage container and the connecting neck member during use.

Abstract: A cooling apparatus and method including a plurality of heat-producing devices positioned in a plurality of cabinets arranged in a row that allows flow of a first fluid through the heat-producing devices and cabinets where the flow is directed from an upstream end of the row to a downstream end of the row. The cabinets have a space therebetween wherein a heat exchanger is positioned between and adjacent to the cabinets, thereby the cabinets and heat exchangers alternate in the row. Each heat exchanger allows flow of a second fluid therethrough for cooling the first fluid. A fluid-moving device is positioned adjacent the heat-producing devices for encouraging flow of the first fluid through the cabinets' heat-producing devices and through the heat exchangers, thereby encouraging heat transfer in each of the heat exchangers from the first fluid to the second fluid.

Abstract: A liquid cooled heat dissipation device including a housing, at least two cooling fin modules, an input pipe, and an output pipe is provided. The housing has an accommodation space. The at least two cooling fin modules are disposed in the accommodation space. The input pipe is disposed on the top plate, the front plate, the rear plate, or one of the side plates of the housing and communicates with the accommodation space. The output pipe is disposed on the top plate, the front plate, the rear plate, or the other one of the side plates of the housing and communicates with the accommodation space. The at least two cooling fin modules have different arrangement densities and different fin thicknesses.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a system or a method to switch off an air conditioning system when an ice formation condition is present. The ice formation condition is present when the temperature, in either degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit, at an indoor evaporator unit or an indoor evaporator coil is below a threshold temperature. Some embodiments allow a user to change the threshold temperature. The system can include a user interface to provide notifications when an ice formation condition is present.

Abstract: In an air-conditioning apparatus in which air sucked into a casing of an outdoor unit by a fan is discharged from an upper portion of the casing, each of liquid header portions is configured to be connected with each of heat transfer tubes of a plurality of divided regions formed by dividing the outdoor heat exchangers in an up and down direction. Further, a shunt is configured to supply two-phase refrigerant, in which quality is adjusted by a gas-liquid separator, to each of the liquid header portions. To each of the liquid header portions, the shunt supplies the two-phase refrigerant of the amount corresponding to the air quantity of the divided region connected to each of the liquid header portions.

Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for facilitating heat transfer and cooling electronic components are presented. A system for cooling an electronic component includes a cold core, a plurality of solid state cooling devices, and a plurality of heat sinks. The cold core may define one or more cavities for receiving electronic components. The system may include an air mover and a duct. In operation, the system may cool an electronic component to sub-ambient temperatures. In other embodiments, the system may include multiple cold cores connected by liquid conduits for facilitating a flow of a cooling fluid.

Abstract: An energy storage device for storing electrical energy in the form of heat energy and a corresponding method for operating an energy storage device of this type. The energy storage device includes an electric heater for converting electrical energy into heat energy, a heat storage device for storing the heat energy of the electric heater, and a heat exchanger for emitting heat energy from the heat storage device. The heat storage device includes, at least, multiple metal rods arranged upright and serving to store heat energy from the electric heater; a base; and multiple supporting units. Each supporting unit supports one of the metal rods and is connected with the base.

Abstract: A heat exchanger with a plurality of flow path assemblies disposed in a core body, a first and a second core surface of the core body provided with a plurality of throughholes. Each throughhole on the first and the second core surface mated individually with a flow path assembly seat, a coupling means providing independent positioning as well as longitudinal axial orientation means to each of the flow path assembly disposed in the core body, wherein each flow path assembly seat provided on the first core surface engages a first tubular section of a corresponding flow path assembly, while each flow path assembly seat provided on the second core surface engages a second tubular section of a corresponding flow path assembly. Each flow path assembly provided with at least one chamber section, each chamber section having a medium directing component disposed within for a desired medium flow effect.

Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner which is capable of inhibiting liquid return to a compressor and generation of noise due to bumping in an accumulator. There are executed a heating mode to close a solenoid valve 17, open a solenoid valve 21, let a refrigerant radiate heat in a radiator 4, decompress the refrigerant through an outdoor expansion valve 6, let the refrigerant absorb heat in an outdoor heat exchanger 7, and send the refrigerant to an accumulator 12, and a dehumidifying and heating mode to open the solenoid valve 17, close the solenoid valve 21, decompress the refrigerant through an indoor expansion valve 8, let the refrigerant absorb heat in a heat absorber, and generate heat in an auxiliary heater 23. A valve position of the outdoor expansion valve 6 is reduced for a predetermined period of time before shifting from the heating mode to the dehumidifying and heating mode.

Abstract: A thermal energy storage (TES) component includes a shell having first and second ports, and at least a first set of thermally conductive sealed containers that contain a TES media for storing thermal energy. A first set of sealed tubes containing a first TES media are in a first section of the shell, and a second set of sealed tubes containing a different TES media are in a second section of the shell. Electric heating elements are immersed in at least some of the tubes, and may extend only from one end of the tube. In some embodiments more than one heating element is immersed in the TES media and positioned to enhance convective flow. In some embodiments electric heating elements are disposed externally on the sealed tubes. Some tubes are tapered or frustoconical, with heating elements provided in a larger-diameter portion of the tubes.

Abstract: A vehicle includes an interior and a controller configured to control a climate system for the interior based at least in part on data related to a departure location of the vehicle, a destination location of the vehicle, or a proximate location within a certain proximity to the vehicle, while moving to the destination location between the departure location and the destination location, or any combination of said locations. The data related to the departure location can include a temperature profile of the departure location. The temperature profile of the departure location can assume that the departure location is colder than a comfortable ambient temperature, and the controller is configured to direct heated air into the interior upon activation of the vehicle at the departure location. The data related to the departure location can include an activity profile of the departure location.

Abstract: Modular heating and cooling systems may include one or more modules connected to a fluid input and fluid output. A modular heating system includes at least one heating and cooling apparatus. The apparatus includes a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger and a third heat exchanger. The apparatus further includes a refrigerant line system coupled to the first (e.g. cooling), second (e.g. heating) and third (e.g. source) heat exchangers and configurable for selectively directing refrigerant fluid through the heat exchanger to provide multiple modes of operation. The heating, cooling and source fluid loops may be separate and independent such that the fluids do not mix.

Abstract: A heat exchanger tube insert for use in a heat exchanger tube located within a fuel fired apparatus or non-fired storage tank heat exchanger. The heat exchanger tube insert includes a central rode, a cap, and at least two protruding helical guides that are configured to direct a flow of heated working fluid around the inner circumference of the heat exchanger tube.

Abstract: A stacking-type header includes a first plate having a first through-hole; a second plate having a plurality of second through-holes; a third plate in which a flow path that communicates between the first through-hole and the second through-holes is formed, a first pipe including a first end portion that is inserted into the first through-hole; a plurality of second pipes each including a second end portion that is inserted into a corresponding one of the second through-holes; and brazing portions. The first pipe includes a first expanded portion in the first end portion, the first expanded portion having an outer peripheral surface that is pressed against an inner peripheral surface of the first through-hole. Each of the second pipes includes a second expanded portion having an outer peripheral surface that is pressed against an inner peripheral surface of a corresponding one of the second through-holes.

Abstract: A 3D extended cooling mechanism includes cabinet, air intake module, heat exchange module including heat exchanger, air baffle and bottom plate, first wind tunnel defined above the air baffle, second wind tunnel defined between air baffle and bottom plate and third wind tunnel defined between bottom plate and bottom of cabinet. First, second and third wind tunnels accept the air drawn by air intake module to form a respective cold air stream. Heat exchanger accepts cold air stream of first wind tunnel for heat exchange, enabling hot air produced in heat exchange to be delivered to air outlet of cabinet for discharge. First, second, and third wind tunnels are designed to dissipate the relatively low temperature airflow into high temperature sensitive heat source components in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction so that heat source elements can be efficiently dissipated at the same time to achieve three-dimensional expansion cooling.

Abstract: A heat exchanger, providing indirect heat transfer between a first fluid and at least one second fluid, comprises a jacket enclosing a jacket space for accommodating the first fluid and a tube bundle arranged in the jacket space and having a plurality of tubes for accommodating the at least one second fluid. The tubes form multiple tube layers. A shroud arranged in the jacket space encloses an outermost tube layer of the tube bundle. Spacers extending along the longitudinal axis are arranged between the shroud and the outermost tube layer. An interspace is present between any two spacers adjacent in the circumferential direction of the shroud, and between the shroud and the uppermost tube layer. A flow obstruction is arranged in the respective interspace and is designed to prevent or suppress a flow of the first fluid in the respective interspace, at least over a part section thereof.