Abstract: A vacuum adiabatic body and a refrigerator are provided. The vacuum adiabatic body may include a sheet base provided in a direction crossing a vacuum space between a first plate and a second plate, and at least one sheet protrusion that protrudes from the sheet base in at direction toward one of the first plate or the second plate to maintain an interval between the sheet base and the one of the first plate or the second plate.

Abstract: A liquid dispenser, such as water purifier, may have a soft insulation material installed in a space between a rigid insulator surrounding a cold water tank assembly and a cover, the cold water tank accommodating a coolant therein and having a passage through which water passes to be cooled through a heat exchange with the coolant, and the soft insulation material thereby removing the space and improving a cooling effect.

Abstract: A refrigeration appliance, in particular a domestic refrigeration appliance, has at least one refrigeration compartment for accommodating refrigerated goods and a refrigerant circuit. The refrigerant circuit has a condenser, an evaporator for cooling the refrigeration compartment, the evaporator being thermally coupled to the at least one refrigeration compartment and connected to the condenser, a dryer, which is arranged between the condenser and the evaporator, and a valve device, which is connected by an intermediate capillary tube to the dryer and by a throttle capillary tube to the evaporator.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a first collecting tube, a second collecting tube, first heat exchange tubes, and second heat exchange tubes. The first heat exchange tubes and the second heat exchange tubes are alternately arranged along the length direction of the first collecting tube. A first assembly separates a first main channel in the first collecting tube into a first flow channel and a second flow channel. The first flow channel includes a first channel, and first lumens. The first lumens are communicated with first heat exchange tubes. The second flow channel includes a second channel and second lumens. The second lumens are communicated with second heat exchange tubes. The heat exchanger can be applied to an air conditioning unit having multiple refrigeration systems.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for liquid coolant replacement in a cooling distribution unit during operation of the cooling distribution unit. Active liquid coolant to be replaced is removed from the flow cycle of the cooling distribution unit while the coolant distribution unit is operational and providing cooling to an electronic system. Additionally, replacement liquid coolant is provided to the flow cycle while the coolant distribution unit is operational and providing cooling to an electronic system.

Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to a condensation device including a reservoir including one or more elements, a power supply, and a controller configured to receive time data and to control a device to transport the one or more elements to a condensation stream.

Abstract: A vacuum adiabatic body includes: a first plate member; a second plate member; a sealing part sealing the first plate member and the second plate member to provide a third space in a vacuum state; a supporting unit; a heat resistance unit for decreasing a heat transfer amount between the first plate member and the second plate member; and an exhaust port through which a gas in the third space is exhausted. The heat resistance unit includes a conductive resistance sheet capable of resisting heat conduction flowing along a wall for the third space, and a side frame fastened to the conductive resistance sheet to define at least one portion of the wall for the third space. Accordingly, a vacuum adiabatic body may be capable of resisting heat conduction.

Abstract: A cooling system disclosed herein includes a first system flow passage, a second system flow passage, and a reserve tank. The reserve tank includes a first chamber, a second chamber, a third chamber and fourth chamber and an intermediate chamber. A first inflow port is opened into the first chamber, a first outflow port is opened into the second chamber, a second inflow port is opened into the third chamber, and a second outflow port is opened into the fourth chamber. The first chamber and the second chamber communicate, the third chamber and the fourth chamber communicate, and the first chamber communicates with the third chamber through the intermediate chamber. The first system flow passage is connected to the first inflow port and the first outflow port, and the second system flow passage is connected to the second inflow port and the second outflow port.

Abstract: A heat pump includes a housing, a housing opening that is provided in the housing and is in the form of a water drain, at least one heat-pump component that is elastically mounted in the housing, and a transport securing device for fixing the elastically mounted heat-pump component while the housing is being transported. The transport securing device is configured to close the housing opening with the fixing of the elastically mounted heat-pump component released.

Abstract: A cooling system of a vehicle, including a coolant circuit, which can be operated as a cooling circuit for an AC operation and as a heat pump circuit for a heating operation, an evaporator, a coolant compressor, a heat exchanger in the form of a coolant condenser or gas cooler for the coolant circuit or in the form of a heat pump evaporator for the heat pump circuit, a first expansion element which is paired with the evaporator, a second expansion element, the heat pump evaporator function of which is paired with the heat exchanger, and an inner heat exchanger with a high-pressure section and a low-pressure section. The low-pressure section is fluidically connected to the downstream coolant compressor. The high-pressure section of the inner heat exchanger is arranged in a coolant circuit section which connects the second expansion element to the heat exchanger.

Abstract: A refrigerated display case comprising: a refrigerated display area; a door configured to close an opening to the refrigerated display area; an air outlet spaced apart from an air inlet; a duct fluidically coupling the air inlet to the air outlet and configured to direct air flow out of the air outlet across the display area and toward the air inlet forming an air curtain across the display area; and an airflow inhibiting apparatus comprising: a conduit having an inlet and a plurality of outlet apertures arranged around a perimeter of the opening; a fan configured to draw air into the conduit via the inlet and to discharge a jet of air from each of the plurality of outlet apertures, the plurality of outlet apertures angled to repel ambient air away from the display area when the door is opened preventing airflow into the display area.

Abstract: An embodiment method for controlling a vehicle thermal management system includes determining a target temperature of an evaporator by subtracting a predetermined temperature from a measured temperature of the evaporator, in a case in which only interior cooling of a passenger compartment is performed and a measured temperature of an inverter is higher than a threshold temperature, and adjusting an RPM of a compressor in response to the determined target temperature of the evaporator.

Abstract: A portable air cooler is fashioned as a storage chest for ice cubes, dry ice, or other pre-chilled articles such as reusable freezable blocks. Sidewalls of the chest include air intakes, and a baffle forces intake air to pass by or through the chilled articles to that the air is cooled by heat exchange. Fans in the chest lid exhaust the cooled air, which may be used to cool waste heat from a heat-producing device lain atop the chest. The lid also includes stand-offs to allow airflow under the device being cooled, and guardrails help maintain the device in position over the fans providing cooling air and prevent the device from being casually knocked off the top of the lid of the chest.

Abstract: A vacuum adiabatic body includes: a first plate, a second plate, a sealing part sealing the first plate and the second plate to provide a third space, a supporting unit maintaining the third space, and a heat resistance unit for decreasing a heat transfer amount between the first plate and the second plate. The second plate may include a front part and a side part having a different extending direction from the front part, and the side part defines at least one portion of a wall for the third space.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a water recycling type greenhouse, including a greenhouse body; a water collection device is arranged in the greenhouse body; the water collection device is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet; a condensation portion and a reheating portion are arranged in the water collection device; and the water recycling type greenhouse further includes an energy supply system. Air in the greenhouse body can be poured into the water collection device from the air inlet, flow through the condensation portion and the reheating portion in sequence, and finally be discharged into the greenhouse body again from the air outlet. When the heated air is discharged into the greenhouse body again, a decrease of the temperature of the greenhouse is not likely to occur, and normal growth of plants is not easily affected.

Abstract: Provided is a refrigerating or warming apparatus. The refrigerating or warming apparatus include a cavity of which at least a portion of a wall is provided as a vacuum adiabatic body, a machine room disposed at a side outside the cavity, a compressor accommodated in the machine room to compress a refrigerator, a first heat exchange module accommodated in the machine room to allow the refrigerant to be heat-exchanged, a second heat exchange module accommodated in the cavity to allow the refrigerant to be heat-exchanged, and a machine room cover which covers the machine room to separate a passage and in which an internal air flow and an external air flow have directions opposite to each other.

Abstract: Provided are an operation control system and an operation control method for a chiller cooling tower. The operation control system includes a water chilling unit, a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor, a programmable logic controller, and an artificial intelligence controller.

Abstract: A machine for cooling a food or drink includes a refrigeration system operable to cool ingredients for producing the cooled food or drink. The refrigeration system includes an evaporator defining a receptacle sized to receive the ingredients. The evaporator includes an inlet to receive a refrigerant and an outlet to discharge the refrigerant. The refrigeration system includes a closed-loop refrigerant path passing through the evaporator between the inlet of the evaporator and the outlet of the evaporator for exchanging heat between the received ingredients and the refrigerant to cool the received ingredients. The refrigeration system includes a compressor operable to pump the refrigerant through the closed-loop refrigerant path. The compressor includes an inlet to receive the refrigerant and an outlet to discharge the refrigerant. The refrigeration system includes a thermo-electric device located along the closed-loop refrigerant path between the outlet of the evaporator and the inlet of the compressor.

Abstract: An vacuum adiabatic body is provided that may include a first plate member, a second plate member having a temperature different from the first space, a sealing part sealing the first plate member and the second plate member to provide a third space that has a temperature between the temperature of the first space and the temperature of the second space and is in a vacuum state, a conduit having at least a portion passing by the sealing part outside the third space to connect the first space to the second space, a supporting unit or bar maintaining the third space, a heat resistance unit or assembly for reducing a heat transfer amount between the first plate member and the second plate member, and a port or an exhaust port through which air of the third space is exhausted.

Abstract: A rental golf cart includes a permanent or removeable storage container having one or more climate-controlled interior compartments. The storage container may be powered by an internal battery, the golf carts, or both. Access to the climate-controlled interior compartments may be controlled by a control panel or sensors in a handle to the compartment. The container may also include a video camera as well as a visual display. The removable storage container may be removably attached to an ancillary docking station which may be used to replace retail items removed from the storage container during rental of the golf cart. Sensors within the interior compartments may detect when retail items are inserted and removed from the storage compartment.