Abstract: A transport refrigeration system (26) includes a transport refrigeration unit (44), an energy storage device (46), a supply refrigerant tube (108), a return refrigerant tube (110) and at least one electrical pathway (98). The transport refrigeration unit is adapted to cool a container. The energy storage device is adapted to provide electrical energy for operating the transport refrigeration unit. The supply refrigerant tube flows a refrigerant from the transport refrigeration unit to the energy storage device, and the return refrigerant tube flows the refrigerant from the energy storage device back to the transport refrigeration unit to cool the battery in the energy storage device (46). The electrical pathway extends between the transport refrigeration unit and the energy storage device, and supplies at least electrical energy to the transport refrigeration unit.

Abstract: A vehicular air conditioner includes a casing, a blower fan, and a heating heat exchanger that is disposed in the casing. The heating heat exchanger is disposed downstream of the blower fan. The blower fan is disposed to extend over a first outside air space, a second outside air space, a first inside air space, and a second inside air space. The rotational direction of the blower fan is set so that each of the plurality of blades of the blower fan passes through the first inside air space, the first outside air space, the second outside air space, and the second inside air space in this order when the plurality of blade are rotating.

Abstract: A heat circuit may include a controller configured to execute a first process and then a defrosting operation. The first process may be a process to execute a first air-heating operation and a heat storage operation simultaneously. The second process may be a process to execute a defrosting operation. The controller may be configured, in the first air-heating operation, to cause the radiator to heat a radiator passage and cause the air-heating apparatus to heat air using heat of a air-heating passage while circulating the heat medium in the radiator passage and the air-heating passage. The controller may be configured, in the heat storage operation, to circulate the heat medium in an electrical apparatus passage and a bypass passage. The controller may be configured, in the defrosting operation, to circulate the heat medium in the electrical apparatus passage and the radiator passage.

Abstract: A thermal management system includes a refrigerant loop, a motor coolant loop, and a battery coolant loop. The refrigerant loop includes a first refrigerant main-line, a second refrigerant main-line, a first refrigerant branch, and a second refrigerant branch. The first refrigerant main-line includes a compressor, the second refrigerant main-line includes a cabin condenser, the first refrigerant branch includes a cabin evaporator, the second refrigerant branch includes a radiator. The first refrigerant main-line and the second refrigerant main-line selectively communicate with one of the first and second refrigerant branches. The battery coolant loop includes a coolant main-line, a first coolant branch connected to the cabin evaporator, a second coolant branch connected to the cabin condenser, and a third coolant branch. The coolant main-line selectively communicates with at least one of the first to third coolant branches. The battery coolant loop connects to the motor coolant loop in series or in parallel.

Abstract: A thermal management system for a vehicle and method for controlling a water-heating type PTC heater thereof by controlling a PTC heater that uses water for heating, in which a heat source for heating is secured by operating the water-heating type PTC heater and thereby additionally heating a coolant, while charging a battery, in a thermal management system for a vehicle, during a heating mode, in which: refrigerant circulates through a second heat exchanger, a waste heat recovery chiller, a compressor and an indoor heat exchanger; and the coolant passes through a water-cooling type battery module, the water-heating type PTC heater, a battery chiller, electric parts and the waste heat recovery chiller.

Abstract: A temperature plate device includes a plate body and a bent structure. The plate body includes a first plate and a second plate. A chamber is defined by the first plate and the second plate. The first plate has a first step section. The second plate has a second step section corresponding to the first step section. The bent structure is connected to and traverses the first step section between the first step section and the second step section.

Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle may include a cooling apparatus of circulating a coolant in a coolant line to cool at least one electrical component provided in the coolant line; a battery cooling apparatus of circulating the coolant to the battery module; a chiller for heat exchanging the coolant with a refrigerant to control a temperature of the coolant; a heating apparatus that heats an interior of the vehicle using the coolant; and first, second, and third connection line.

Abstract: A control method of a heat pump system for a vehicle includes a first cooling apparatus having a first radiator, a first water pump, an electrical component, a valve, and a branch line, which are connected by a first coolant line and circulate a first coolant by the first water pump to the electrical component; a second cooling apparatus including a second radiator and a second water pump connected by a second coolant line; and an air conditioning apparatus including a compressor, a heater, an expansion valve, and a heat exchanger which are connected by a refrigerant line circulated with a refrigerant.

Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning apparatus includes: a refrigerant circuit that adjusts a temperature or a humidity of air in a vehicle compartment, including a compressor, indoor heat exchangers, an outdoor heat exchanger, and expansion valves; a first heat medium circuit that allows a first heat medium absorbing heat released from a first heat releasing body to flow therethrough; a second heat medium circuit that allows a second heat medium absorbing heat released from a second heat releasing body to flow therethrough; a first heat medium heat releasing unit that performs a heat exchange between the refrigerant and the first heat medium to release the heat from the first heat medium to the refrigerant; and a second heat medium heat releasing unit that performs a heat exchange between the first heat medium and the second heat medium to release the heat from the second heat medium to the first heat medium.

Abstract: A refrigerated delivery receiving furniture system includes a piece of furniture having a frame and a seat coupled to the frame. A container having an interior space is coupled to the piece of furniture. A lid is movably coupled to the container to selectively cover the interior space. The lid is movable between an open position and a closed position. A refrigeration assembly is coupled to the container includes a compressor such that the refrigeration assembly cools the interior space. A processor is coupled to the container and operationally coupled to said compressor. An interior camera is positioned within the interior space and operationally coupled to said processor. A panel is positionable within a selectable aligned pair of vertically oriented slots in the interior space to divide the interior space into compartments within said container.

Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus includes a heat exchange device that connects an outdoor unit to an indoor unit and that includes a heat exchanger configured to perform heat exchange between refrigerant and water. The heat exchanger reduces an amount of refrigerant used to perform a cooling operation or a heating operation.

Abstract: A vehicular heat management system includes a heat pump cycle capable of heating a heat-exchanging-object fluid by using exhaust heat of an in-vehicle device as a heat source that radiates heat during operation, and an exhaust-heat refrigerant circuit that releases the exhaust heat to outside air through an exhaust-heat refrigerant. The heat pump cycle includes a recovery heat exchange portion that performs heat exchange between a heated air heated by the exhaust heat and a cycle refrigerant circulating in the heat pump cycle. The exhaust-heat refrigerant circuit includes an exhaust-heat exchange portion that performs heat exchange between the heated air and the exhaust-heat refrigerant. The recovery heat exchange portion and the exhaust-heat exchange portion are integrally formed as a combined heat exchanger capable of transferring heat between the cycle refrigerant and the exhaust-heat refrigerant.

Abstract: A movable body has a monitoring device that monitors a surrounding environment of the movable body through a window member. The movable body includes a heating device that heats a portion of the window member within a monitoring area of the monitoring device, an air conditioning device, and a control device. The monitoring device includes a detector that detects the surrounding environment, and a base member that faces an inner wall of the window member and is disposed such that a detection surface of the detector is located within a space between the base member and the window member. The space is in communication with the inside of the movable body, and the control device sets the driving force of the air conditioning device to be greater when a decrease in heating performance of the heating device is detected.

Abstract: A refrigerator and method utilize a pair of tandem evaporators to provide cooling for both a compartment and an ice making system of a refrigerator. An upstream evaporator in the pair of tandem evaporators provides cooling for a compartment such as a freezer, fresh food, flexible cooling, or quick cooling compartment, while a downstream evaporator is in fluid communication with the upstream evaporator to receive a portion of the air cooled by the upstream evaporator and further cool the received portion for use in cooling one or more components of the ice making system.

Abstract: An air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle may include at least two indirect heat exchangers through each of which both water and air is flowable. The water and the air may be fluidically separated from one another such that heat is transferable therebetween. The system may also include a warm water supply, a cold water supply, and at least two temperature-control devices each including a respective indirect heat exchanger of the at least two indirect heat exchangers. The warm and/or cold water supply may be in fluid communication with the at least two indirect heat exchangers. At least one indirect heat exchanger of the at least two indirect heat exchangers may communicate with the warm water supply and the cold water supply via an adjustable and controllable valve device such that a mixing ratio of a mixture of the warm water and the cold water introduced therein is adjustable.

Abstract: A refrigerant management system in a heat flux management system for an electric vehicle and a method of refrigerant management is provided. The system includes a vehicle air conditioning circuit including a heat pump circuit and a refrigeration cycle refrigerant circuit, the air conditioning circuit including a heat pump condenser in thermal communication with a heat source, a refrigerant evaporator in thermal communication with the heat source, an evaporator associated with an expansion valve, and a refrigerant compressor where the components are fluidly connected to one another by a refrigerant line. An accumulator is fluidly coupled in the refrigerant line downstream of the heat pump condenser, the refrigerant evaporator and evaporator and upstream of the refrigerant compressor, and the air conditioning circuit is switchable between a heating mode and a cooling mode in which the refrigerant circuit is in fluid communication with the compressor by actuation of at least one valve.

Abstract: A thermal management circuit for a hybrid or electric vehicle is disclosed. The thermal management circuit has a first reversible air conditioning loop in which a refrigerant circulates and includes a two-fluid heat exchanger arranged jointly on a second loop for the circulation of a heat-transfer fluid. The second loop for the circulation of a heat-transfer fluid includes a first circulation branch including in the direction in which the heat-transfer fluid circulates, a first pump, a first radiator arranged in an internal air flow, and a battery heat exchanger. A second circulation branch is connected in parallel with the second radiator and includes a second pump and an electric device for heating the heat-transfer fluid. A third circulation branch connected in parallel with the first pump and the battery heat exchanger includes the two-fluid heat exchanger.

Abstract: A heat pump system for vehicle may include a first cooling apparatus that includes a first radiator and a first water pump connected by a first coolant line, a second cooling apparatus that includes a second radiator and a second water pump connected by a second coolant line, a battery module provided in a battery coolant line selectively connectable to a second coolant line through a first valve, and a chiller provided in a battery coolant line, connected to a refrigerant line of an air conditioner through a refrigerant connection line, and adjusting coolant temperature by heat-exchanging selectively received coolant with refrigerant, wherein a main heat-exchanger provided is connected to the first and second coolant lines to receive coolant circulating the first and second cooling apparatuses, and is connected to the first and second connection lines through a refrigerant valve to condense or evaporate refrigerant through heat-exchanging with coolant.

Abstract: A system of an aircraft includes an inlet arranged in fluid communication with a bleed air source such that the inlet is configured to receive a flow of bleed air. A compressing device includes a compressor having a compressor inlet fluidly connected to the inlet. A heat exchanger is fluidly coupled to an outlet of the compressor. The heat exchanger includes a first pass and a second pass, both of which are located downstream from the compressor. An outlet of the first pass is directly connected to an inlet of the second pass via a first conduit. The outlet of the first pass is also fluidly connected to an inlet of the compressor via a second conduit such that a portion of the bleed air output from the first pass is returned to the compressor inlet via the second conduit.

Abstract: An open-loop type heat equalization device utilizes a heat exchange fluid as the carrier to transmit the thermal energy of a natural thermal energy storage body to an temperature differentiation body. The system includes an inclined or vertical heat gaining device that exchanges thermal energy with the natural thermal energy storage body, and first and second pipeline structures through which the fluid flows by convection or auxiliary pumping to the temperature differentiation body. The first pipeline system includes an outwardly-expanded arc-shaped fluid chamber and has a relatively larger volume than the second pipeline system to provide differential resistance to fluid flow at opposite ends of the heating gaining device.