Abstract: A system and apparatus for controlling airflow in large industrial forced-convection ovens that are used for cooking, smoking, drying, and processing meat and food products. The system and apparatus reduce temperature, color, and yield variation within the ovens, and also reduce cooking times and power requirements. The system and apparatus use variable-width supply-air slots and dual, side-mounted return ducts to precisely control the airflow within the oven so that the air can be directed to the slowest cooking areas in the oven.

Abstract: An appliance door includes an inner door panel with a plurality of emboss locators and an outer door panel with a plurality of emboss locators. The outer door panel mounts to the inner door panel, and a plurality of handle brackets mount to the outer door panel. Additionally, each of the plurality of emboss locators of the inner door panel is engaged with a respective one of the plurality of emboss locators of the outer door panel.

Abstract: A heating-energy-saving equipment for printing and dyeing factory, including: a heat source generator, a first ejector, a second ejector, a setting machine and a flash drum; a steam outlet of the heat source generator is connected to an injection port of the first ejector through a pipeline, an outlet of the first ejector is connected to an injection port of the second ejector, the water outlet of the flash drum is provided with a second branch pipe which is connected to the first ejector port of the second ejector, and the steam outlet of the flash drum is connected to the second ejector port of the second ejector, the present invention can save energy and reduce production costs; can be improved upon the existing equipment without changing the main structure of existing equipment, and it is very easy to implement; can reduce the discharge heat loss and environmental pollution.

Abstract: A dynamically adjustable cooling system is discussed and a system configuration design method is disclosed for cooling airflow management and dispatching. The system includes a first and second IT rooms that include electronic racks with IT components. The system also includes cooling units configured to provide cooling air to the IT components. The system also includes a cooling air supply channel to distribute the cooling air to the IT components. The system also includes multiple louvers installed at different locations such as on supply ports of the cooling units, within the cooling air supply channel, and on entrance ports to the IT rooms which are used for configuring the airflow within the supply channel. Each louver is capable of being opened and closed independently to create multiple different air flow combinations for cooling the IT components.

Abstract: A water heater is provided that heats water in a storage tank and discharges the heated water. The water heater includes a storage tank configured to store water, at least one first temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of the water stored in the storage tank, a second temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature related to an outside of the water heater, a first heat exchanger comprising at least one heating element configured to heat the water, a second heat exchanger comprising a heat pump system and configured to heat the water, and a controller configured to control at least one of the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger based on a temperature sensed by the second temperature sensor and a set water temperature.

Abstract: An indoor unit in an air conditioner configured to condition air in an indoor space includes: a casing that includes an intake port opened downward toward the indoor space; a fan configured to suck air in the indoor space into the casing via the intake port; a collector configured to collect dust contained in the air sucked via the intake port; a light source configured to irradiate an upstream side of the collector in an air flow direction with ultraviolet rays; a shield configured to block the ultraviolet rays from the light source toward the intake port; and a protecting member having a mesh shape and covering the intake port at a position upstream of the collector in the air flow direction.

Abstract: A portable combination grill and smoker device for portably cooking using a combination of smoking and grilling includes a grill compartment in environmental communication with a wood chip box and a smoker cabinet and having attachable gas burners and an attachable electric heating element. The grill compartment is coupled to a base with a plurality of wheels for movably positioning the device on a support surface and a hitch mount for removably coupling to a standard hitch receiver for transport. The device is configured for cooking food using one or more of smoking, charcoal grilling, gas grilling, and electric grilling simultaneously.

Abstract: An air distribution system for a cabin of an aircraft includes a supply air line with a supply air line connector, at least one air outlet with an air outlet connector, a riser line, which is connectable to the supply air line connector and the air outlet connector, and a trim element to be arranged on a primary structure of the aircraft inside the cabin. The riser line is flexible, wherein the trim element has an outer side which can be oriented relative to the primary structure and on which there is at least one retainer for retaining the riser line, and the at least one retainer is designed to be interlockingly connected to the riser line by being pressed against the latter, such that the riser line is fixed.

Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle may include a first air conditioner provided on the engine compartment side with respect to a dash panel, and including an intake unit of suctioning internal or external air and blowing same to the vehicle interior side; and a second air conditioner provided on the vehicle interior side with respect to the dash panel, and including a duct for discharging conditioned air to the vehicle interior side. The dash panel has a through hole formed therein, and has an air guide which connects the first air conditioner and the second air conditioner to each other through the through hole.

Abstract: A heating surface is rotatably coupled to an appliance such that it can be rotated between a use position and a stored position. The heating surface includes a grease container that collects grease and other material from the cooking surface. When the heating surface is in a use position, it is positioned above one or more heating elements on the appliance. When the heating surface is in a stored position, it is positioned behind the main body of the appliance.

Abstract: A rotary apparatus for inputting thermal energy into fluidic medium is provided, the apparatus is being configured to impart an amount of thermal energy to a stream of fluidic medium directed along a flow path formed inside the casing between the inlet and the outlet by virtue of a series of energy transformations occurring when said stream of fluidic medium successively passes through the blade/vane rows formed by the nozzle guide vanes, the rotor blades and the diffuser vanes, respectively. A space formed between an exit from the at least one row of diffuser vanes and an entrance to the at least one row of nozzle guide vanes in a direction of the flow path formed inside the casing between the inlet and the outlet is made variable to regulate the amount of thermal energy input to the stream of fluidic medium propagating through the apparatus.

Abstract: An air conditioner includes a discharge blade configured to move between a guide position at which a direction of air blown from a blower fan and discharged to an outlet is controlled, and a closing position at which the outlet is closed, wherein the discharge blade includes a plurality of blade holes through which the air is discharged through the discharge blade at the closing position, wherein the discharge blade moves between the guide position and the closing position and controls an air flow from the blower fan to a discharge plate or the outlet. Through this configuration, an air flow discharged to the outside of the housing can be controlled by operation of the discharge blade.

Abstract: Methods and related systems for operating a furnace are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes activating a burner assembly and a first fan of the furnace to combust fuel and air and circulate combustion gases along a flow path extending through a heat exchanger of the furnace. In addition, the method includes operating a second fan of the furnace to circulate air across an external surface of the heat exchanger of the furnace and produce a conditioned airflow. Further, the method includes monitoring one or more parameters of a motor of the second fan indicative of an airflow rate of the conditioned airflow, and deactivating the burner assembly, whereby combustion of the fuel and air in the furnace ceases, in response to the one or more parameters indicating that the airflow rate is less than a minimum airflow rate.

Abstract: The present application discloses a pellet flue gas circulation and waste heat utilization process and a system thereof, which relates to the technical field of flue gas treatment. The system includes a grate, a rotary kiln, an annular cooler, and ducts connecting each part. On the basis of not changing the existing process a flue gas circulation unit and intelligent control equipment are arranged additionally in the present application. The process is simple, and not only can ensure the parameter stability of the production system such as temperature, gas flow or gas pressure, but also can make full use of the low and medium temperature flue gas components and the waste heat, so as to achieve net zero waste gas discharging, energy saving and emission reduction.

Abstract: A water heater has a heat exchanger positioned within a water tank and connected to an inlet for combustion gases for heating the water within the tank. The heat exchanger has a cylindrical first flue extending downwardly from the inlet with a lower end terminated at a 45-degree first bevel cut. Short fins are fixed to the interior of the first flue. A second cylindrical flue of the same diameter as the first flue extends upwardly parallel to the first flue, and has a 45-degree second bevel cut at its lower end. Longer fins are welded to the interior of the second flue. A cross flue extends between and is directly connected without elbows to the lower ends of the two flues and has 45-degree bevel cuts which are welded to the bevel cuts of the two flues. The right-angle connection of the flues facilitates a compact water heater arrangement.

Abstract: A low-concentration gas differential combustion device includes a low-concentration gas super-cooling dehydration and demisting device, a gas pretreatment device, a burner, a long-term burning open fire device, a high-energy self-heat dispersion rapid ignition device, a combustion chamber, and a waste-heat utilization device. With the low-concentration gas differential combustion device, the problems of gas escaping, forced direct emission, low heat extraction efficiency, concentration over-limit explosions, increase in equipment volume and increase in investment caused by the reversal process in the existing ventilation air oxidation technology, and the problems of narrow gas adaptation concentration range, small adaptive concentration and pressure change amplitude, poor combustion temperature adjustability, high NOx content, high shutdown rate, and low gas utilization rate in the low-concentration gas internal combustion engine power generation technology are solved.

Abstract: A flow-directing element for a heating apparatus, in particular a heating apparatus with an evaporator burner, having a body which comprises a laterally arranged inflow region on an underside of the flow-directing element, having a centrally arranged outflow region, which includes a through-passage from an underside of the flow-directing element to an upper side of the flow-directing element, the upper side being located opposite the underside, and having at least one guide element, which is arranged such that it allows flow to be guided from the inflow region to the outflow region.

Abstract: An oven appliance includes a cooking chamber positioned within a cabinet and a heating assembly for selectively heating the cooking chamber. The cooking chamber has two or more separate regions, and a temperature sensing assembly includes a temperature sensor positioned within each region of the cooking chamber. A switching assembly is coupled to the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor and is adjustable between a first position that connects the first temperature sensor to a controller and a second position that connects the second temperature sensor to the controller.

Abstract: A steam boiler liquid separator having a plurality of liquid separator segments connected together to form a shaft disposed inside a pipe section, with swirl vanes disposed around the shaft. The liquid separator segments each include a shaft segment connected to a pipe segment by a swirl vane such that the shaft segment is disposed radially inward from the pipe segment.

Abstract: A hybrid heating system for use with a gas supply and an electricity supply to provide a temperature controlled environment is provided, the hybrid heating system comprising: a hybrid heater, the hybrid heater including a firebox, a gas burner housed in the firebox and providing a first heat source, a variable pressure gas valve in fluid communication with the gas burner, a modulating actuator in mechanical communication with the variable pressure gas valve, a housing attached to the firebox, an electric element housed in the housing, the electric element providing a second heat source, a high duty cycle on off switch in electrical communication with the electric element; a printed circuit board in electrical communication with the modulating actuator and the high duty cycle on off switch; and a microprocessor which is in electronic communication with both the modulating actuator and the high duty cycle on off switch.