Abstract: The subject invention provides an apparatus for cooling and/or freezing samples. In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus is a stackable chilling plate used in a comet assay. In specific embodiments, the chilling plate can accommodate glass slides deposited with an agarose gel suspension, wherein the gel is cured by a refrigerant disposed underneath a thermally-conductive top plate. Advantageously, the cooling/freezing apparatus provided herein can easily accommodate the placement of multiple cellular sample slides in a compact configuration.

Abstract: A CO2 refrigeration system for an ice-playing surface comprises an evaporation stage in which heat is absorbed from an ice-playing surface. CO2 compressors in a compression stage compress CO2 refrigerant subcritically and transcritically. A gas cooling stage has a plurality of heat-reclaim units reclaiming heat from the CO2 refrigerant. A pressure-regulating device is downstream of the gas cooling stage, to control a pressure of the CO2 refrigerant in the gas cooling stage. A reservoir is downstream of the pressure-regulating device for receiving CO2 refrigerant in a liquid state. A controller operates the pressure-regulating device to control the pressure of the CO2 refrigerant in the gas cooling stage as a function of the heat demand of the plurality of heat-reclaim units, the controller causing the pressure of the CO2 refrigerant to reach a transcritical level as a function of a heat demand of the plurality of heat-reclaim units.

Abstract: Disclosed are a heat dissipating frame structure having higher heat dissipation efficiency than the prior arts and a fabricating method thereof. Namely, the heat dissipating frame structure comprises a metal plate assembly, a part of which contacting with a heating element, and a plastic composition combined with the metal plate assembly to through the metal plate assembly receive the heat generated from the heating element.

Abstract: A method and system is provided which receives a desired humidity level from a user for the refrigeration compartment of a refrigerator, determines the current humidity level, and then activates an atomizer in the refrigeration compartment to increase the humidity level if needed. The humidity in the refrigeration compartment may be determined based at least in part on the temperature of the refrigeration compartment, the defrost timer, the door opening times, and the compressor timer.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention related to using the fin length of the heat sink extending from an entrance of the heat sink to an interior sectional wall as the heat transfer element to achieve high thermal performance. The sectional wall(s) of the heat sink function to isolate fluid flow communication between the heat sink sections of fin fields, thereby preventing a flow coupling between the fin fields.

Abstract: A water-cooling heat dissipation device suitable for computer includes a pump housing, an upper cover, a motor module and a heat exchange member. The pump housing forms a pump chamber. A side of the upper cover has at least one positioning portion. A side of the motor module has at least one assembly portion that is correspondingly disposed with respect to the positioning portion. A stator set is received in the interior of the motor module. The heat exchange member is correspondingly combined with the pump housing. The heat exchange member forms a heat exchange chamber, and the heat exchange chamber is in communication with the pump chamber.

Abstract: A thermo-magnetic cooling system and an electronic apparatus including the thermo-magnetic cooling system are described. The thermo-magnetic cooling system includes a heat source and a liquid cooling device. Heat emitted from the heat source is transferred to the liquid cooling device and fluid circulates in the liquid cooling device to dissipate heat. The fluid is a magnetic fluid that can be magnetized and demagnetized. A part of the liquid cooling device is provided with an external magnetic field so as to magnetize the magnetic fluid.

Abstract: A turbo machine of the present disclosure includes a rotation shaft, a first bearing, a casing, an impeller, a first space, a second space, a storage tank, a first outlet passage, a supply passage, a pump, a main passage, and a sub-passage. The second space is in communication with a space formed between a bearing surface of the first bearing and an outer surface of the rotation shaft. The main passage is in communication with the second space and extends in the rotation shaft from an end of the rotation shaft in an axial direction of the rotation shaft. The sub-passage is formed in the rotation shaft and allows communication between the space between the bearing surface of the first bearing and the outer surface of the rotation shaft and the main passage.

Abstract: A freezer compartment having a flexible size is provided. In a refrigerator, a storage compartment includes an insulated shelf to separate a freezer compartment from a refrigerator compartment. The insulated shelf is movable to alter the size of the freezer compartment. In some cases, the freezer compartment is accessed by an internal door having a main door and a secondary door that can open separately to provide selective access to portions of the storage compartment. In other cases, the freezer compartment is accessed by an internal door that swings up about a horizontally-directed hinge axis.

Abstract: A thermoelectric cooling system includes at least one thermoelectric cooling module and an electronic circuit. The at least one thermoelectric cooling module is arranged in at least one zone. The electronic circuit is electrically coupled to at least one of the thermoelectric cooling modules. Each of the thermoelectric cooling modules includes a first plate, a sink, a plurality of thermoelectric elements, and a second plate. The thermoelectric elements are coupled to the first plate and the second plate. The first plate is arranged to be thermally coupled to a first surface. The sink is arranged to be thermally coupled to an environment and is configured to dissipate heat by evaporating a liquid from the sink to the environment. The second plate is arranged to be thermally coupled to the sink.

Abstract: Heat transfer devices and methods for enclosing a heat source and facilitating convective heat transfer from the heat source. A heat transfer device includes an outer wall having an outer surface exposed to an environment of the heat transfer device and defining an outer shape of the heat transfer device, and an inner wall defining a flow passage through the heat transfer device. The outer wall and the inner wall collectively define an internal volume that is configured to house the heat source. The flow passage includes an inlet configured to receive a fluid from the environment, and an outlet configured to exhaust the fluid from the flow passage that includes a core region extending between the inlet and the outlet and configured to deliver the fluid from the inlet to the outlet and allow heat to exchange between the fluid within the core region and the internal volume.

Abstract: A cartridge has first and second separate base portions axially vertically adjacent in a stationary manner relative to one another. The first and second base portions have first and second opposing axial surfaces, such that the second surface of the first base portion and the first surface of the second base portion are applied axially against one another and include respective portions in axial contact with one another, which form a sealed joining interface between the first and second base portions. The cartridge also has a thermostat, as well as a slide valve connected to the body of the thermostat for controlling the temperature of the mixture of fluids, which moves along the axis of the base inside the first base portion to vary inversely the respective flow sections of a first passage for the first fluid and of a second passage for the second fluid.

Abstract: A valve is provided and includes a bypass block defining a bypass flowpath fluidly communicable with main flowpaths, a member disposable within the bypass block to occupy and move between first and second positions, the member being configured to permit fluid flow through the bypass flowpath when occupying the first position and to block a portion of the bypass flowpath to thereby prevent fluid flow through the bypass flowpath when occupying the second position and an elastic element. The elastic element is coupled to the member and configured to bias the member in a biasing direction toward the second position responsive to a temperature of fluid flowing along the main flowpaths.

Abstract: An ice supplying apparatus includes: an ice bank configured to store therein ice made by an ice maker; a blade unit having a fixed blade, and a rotary blade formed to be relatively-rotatable with respect to the fixed blade, the rotary blade configured to crush ice when rotated in one direction; and a discharge guide unit provided below the blade unit, and configured to discharge the crushed ice, wherein a scattering preventing unit having a different inclination, in a gravitational direction of the earth, from another side of the discharge guide unit is formed at one side of the discharge guide unit, so as to prevent scattering of the crushed ice when the crushed ice is taken out.

Abstract: A vessel (10) containing a fluid (liquid and/or gas) at pressure higher than atmospheric pressure which when evacuated from the vessel (10) lowers the temperature of the vessel and thereby creates a self-generated cold sink capable of absorbing thermal energy to maintain electronics and other temperature sensitive missile components within their operational temperature limits.

Abstract: An intelligent air-conditioning controlling system at least comprises an intelligent controlling device, an air-conditioning, and a plurality of beacons respectively arranged at different zones of a space for sensing environment information in the space. The intelligent controlling device receives the environment information from the beacons, and determines if the space is a comfortable environment based on the environment information. If the entire space is determined an uncomfortable environment, the intelligent controlling device controls the air-conditioning to directly set a target temperature to a comfortable range. If only a specific zone of the space is determined the uncomfortable environment, the intelligent controlling device controls the air-conditioning to execute an adjusting operation in accordance with a position of the specific zone.

Abstract: An air conditioning and heat pump tower includes a main casing, a plurality of connecting pipes, a compressor, a front heat exchanger, a rear heat exchanger, a fan unit, and an energy efficient arrangement. The energy efficient arrangement includes a first pre-heating heat exchanger supported in a front compartment of the main casing, and positioned between an outdoor air intake opening and an outdoor heat exchanging portion of the front heat exchanger. The air conditioning and heat pump tower may be operated between an air conditioning mode for absorbing heat from the indoor space, and a heat pump mode for producing heat to the indoor space. A predetermined amount of ambient air may be drawn through the outdoor air intake opening and may be pre-heated by the energy efficient arrangement before delivering to the indoor space.

Abstract: A counterflow heat exchanger for battery thermal management has a base plate, a cover plate and manifold cover. The base plate includes alternating first and second longitudinal fluid flow passages. The cover plate is sealed to the base plate to enclose the first and second fluid flow passages, and includes a first fluid opening and a plurality of second fluid openings arranged at spaced apart intervals across a width of the cover plate. The manifold cover includes an embossment surrounded by a peripheral flange which is sealed to the cover plate and surrounds at least the plurality of second fluid openings. The interior of the embossment defines a manifold chamber in flow communication with the second fluid openings in the cover plate. The top of the manifold cover has at least a second fluid opening in flow communication with the plurality of second fluid openings through the manifold chamber.

Abstract: Embodiments of a thermal management system are provided herein. In some embodiments, a thermal management system may include a base plate; and a plurality of three dimensional fins coupled to the base, wherein each of the plurality of three dimensional fins comprises a first portion extending away from the base in a first direction and a second a portion extending away from the first portion in a second direction different from the first direction.

Abstract: A refrigerator including a housing attached to a rear surface of a door to define a storage space of food, a basket disposed inside the housing, and a fan assembly installed at a top surface part of the housing, wherein the fan assembly supplies cold air from a storage compartment toward the basket, and wherein the fan assembly includes a blowing fan generating a blowing force, and a shroud guiding the flow of cold air passing through the blowing fan.