Abstract: A combustion chamber having a burner and a burner insert surrounding the burner while leaving a gap open towards the combustion chamber interior is provided. The burner insert comprises a carrier and a burner insert wall located in front of the carrier towards the combustion chamber interior, wherein a flow passage connected to a cooling-fluid source is formed between the carrier and the burner insert wall. The flow passage opens out into the gap between the burner and the burner insert and is otherwise sealed off from the combustion chamber interior.

Abstract: A combustion control system for a turbine engine is disclosed. The combustion control system includes a fuel injector having a main fuel supply and pilot fuel supply coupled to a combustor of the turbine engine. The combustion control system also includes a sensor coupled to a transfer tube. The transfer tube is fluidly coupled to the combustor, and the sensor is configured to detect a pressure pulse in the combustor. A semi-infinite coil is also coupled to the transfer tube. The combustion control system also includes a controller electrically connected to the sensor. The controller is configured to compare an amplitude of the pressure pulse within a frequency range to a threshold amplitude, and adjust the pilot fuel supply in response to the comparison.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine is described having at least one compressor, at least one combustion chamber, at least one turbine, and having an exhaust heat exchanger, which is used for returning waste heat of the exhaust emissions to the compressed combustion air prior to entry of the same into a combustion chamber. The exhaust heat exchanger is used as a substrate for catalysts for use in the catalytic aftertreatment of the exhaust emissions, in order to thereby reduce the pollutant emissions, in particular NOx emissions, of the gas turbine engine.

Abstract: An apparatus for testing failure of a material used in a jet engine, and more particularly to an apparatus that uses one or more model jet engine components made from a material used in a full-size jet engine and desired to be tested. The apparatus permits easy removal and disassembly of a jet engine mounted thereon as well as real-time measurements of run-time parameters. The methods and apparatus provide for predicting and analysing failure by a number of fatigue-related mechanisms including creep, fatigue, crack growth, foreign object damage, fretting, erosion, and stress corrosion.

Abstract: An exhaust particulate filter for an engine system includes an array of filter cartridges positioned within a shell, each of the cartridges having an electrically powered heating element coupled therewith. Exhaust gases are distributed among the cartridges according to a single distribution pattern, and the filter can be regenerated without diverting, dividing or bypassing exhaust gases from the filter. Other aspects include feedback control and feedforward control of regeneration based on sensing an electrical resistance property of each of the electrically powered heating elements.

Abstract: An improved SCR system for controlling NOx levels in internal combustion engine exhaust, comprising a least one ammonia sensor disposed at an intermediate longitudinal location in an SCR catalyst and in communication with a System Control Module (SCM). The ammonia measurement permits calculation of ammonia storage on catalyst sites via a stored SCM algorithm. Locating the ammonia sensor midway in the catalyst allows for optimum control of NOx reduction and permits the portion of the catalyst downstream of the sensor to be treated as a slip catalyst, thus minimizing or eliminating the need for a second slip catalyst and housing, and reducing the size, volume, complexity, and cost of an SCR system. In-brick ammonia sensor permits the system to manage engine exhaust to a desired NOx conversion level and ammonia slip target value, thus minimizing the rate of consumption of ammonia while meeting required limits for NOx emissions.

Abstract: An exhaust aftertreatment system comprising a selective reduction catalyst, a NOx sensor or an NH3 sensor, a urea injector, and a dosing control unit, wherein the dosing control unit calculates the rate of urea injection by estimating the concentrations of NO and NO2 in the exhaust downstream of the SCR catalyst.

Abstract: An exhaust purification device includes a particulate filter (10), an air flow meter (7) that detects the amount of fresh air flowing in an intake passageway (3), and an EGR device (30) that supplies gas to a site in the intake passageway (3) between the air flow meter (7) and the particulate filter (10). The exhaust purification device detects the amount of flow of exhaust passing through the particulate filter on the basis of the amount of gas supplied by the EGR device (30), and the intake air amount detected by the air flow meter (S108), and detects the differential pressure between the upstream side and the downstream side of the particulate filter, and determines whether the particulate filter is clogged on the basis of the amount of flow and the differential pressure of exhaust (S110).

Abstract: Suggested is a procedure for heating up a catalyst in the exhaust gas system of a charged combustion engine by adding air to the exhaust gas system, whereby the added air is taken from a suction system of the combustion engine in the direction of the air current behind a compressor of an exhaust gas turbo charger that is arranged in the suction system. The procedure distinguishes itself thereby that the combustion engine is driven with a direct injection of fuel in its combustion chambers, whereby it is driven after a start-up with an apportionment of a fuel amount, which has to be injected before the beginning of a combustion, into at least two partial injections per ignition, and with a suboptimal ignition angle efficiency. A second independent claim concerns a control unit, which is customized for controlling the course of the procedure.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine (1) comprises a fuel injector (9), a filter (13) which traps particulate matter in exhaust gas, and a catalyst (14) which oxidizes unburnt fuel or carbon monoxide in the exhaust gas on the upstream side of the filter (13). When regeneration of the filter (13) is required, a controller (21) determines a post-injection fuel injection timing and a post-injection fuel injection amount of the fuel injector (9) on the basis of an upstream exhaust gas temperature (Texh) and a catalyst temperature (Tcat) (S16, S17, S19, S20, S22, S23, S25, S26, S28), thereby optimizing the regeneration temperature condition of the filter (13).

Abstract: An exhaust gas purification apparatus which is installed in a flow channel of an exhaust gas discharged from an engine, includes: a first purification device that purifies one component contained in the gas; a heating device that heats the purification device to a predetermined temperature in a period from before the engine is started to a first point in time that is after the engine is started; control device that controls an air-fuel ratio of the gas so as to obtain a air-fuel ratio suitable for purifying the one component in a period from the time when the engine is started to a point in time that is on or after a time at which the purification device is heated to the predetermined temperature; and an adsorption device that communicates with the downstream of the first purification device and adsorbs another component contained in the gas.

Abstract: An exhaust emission control device includes an exhaust pipe, a catalyst in the pipe promoting reduction reaction of nitrogen oxide in exhaust air, a supply device for supplying an additive agent to an upstream side of the catalyst, a temperature detecting device for detecting exhaust air temperature, and a control device for controlling the supply device to regulate the additive agent amount supplied into the pipe. The control device stops supply of the additive agent when exhaust air temperature is lower than generation temperature needed to generate the reducing agent from the additive agent, and supplies the additive agent when exhaust air temperature is equal to or higher than generation temperature. When a predetermined time has elapsed after a start of supply of the additive agent, the control device reduces the additive agent amount supplied, compared to the additive agent amount supplied before the predetermined time has elapsed.

Abstract: The invention relates to an exhaust gas line (1) of an internal combustion engine, comprising at least one catalytic converter (2) which is provided with at least one catalytic converter support (4) which is arranged in the housing (3) and which comprises at least one first and one second area (5, 6) which can be flowed through in parallel, with the flow being capable of being deactivated in at least one area by means of a switching device (8) arranged in the exhaust gas line (1). In order to achieve a rapid activation of the catalytic converter in the simplest possible and most compact way it is provided that the areas (5, 6) of the catalytic converter support (4) have different physical and/or chemical properties in relation to response behavior, permeability, catalytic activity and/or thermal inertia.

Abstract: Suggested is a procedure for heating a catalyst in the exhaust gas system of a supercharged combustion engine with direct fuel injection and variable gas exchange valve control by producing a reactive exhaust gas fuel/air mixture in the exhaust gas system, whereby an air percentage of the reactive fuel/air mixture is thereby produced that air is rinsed from a suction system of the combustion engine over its combustion chambers into the exhaust gas system. The invention distinguishes itself thereby that the combustion engine is operated in idle mode after a cold start with a greater valve overlap and/or a greater valve overlap profile than in a normal operation where the catalyst is already heated as well as with an apportionment of a fuel amount that has to be injected before a combustion into at least two partial injections per ignition and combustion chamber and with a suboptimal ignition angle efficiency.

Abstract: A vaporizer, in particular for an exhaust gas system of a combustion engine, having a heating element with a heating portion and a connection portion, and a vaporizing chamber in which the heating portion of the heating element is arranged, the vaporizing chamber having a fluid inlet and a vapor outlet, the vapor outlet being arranged in the vicinity of the junction between the heating portion and the connection portion whereas the fluid inlet is arranged in the vicinity of the free end of the heating portion.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for operating a hydropneumatic device (1) for pressure multiplication, with a working piston and a multiplier piston (9) for pressure multiplication on to the working piston and with an accumulator piston (3) for an urgent movement of the working piston by forcing hydraulic fluid out of an accumulator chamber (12), wherein a ventilation opening (13) is provided in the accumulator chamber (12), through which air drawn into the accumulator chamber (12) can be discharged during a maintenance process. According to the invention for an operating mode in which power strokes are executed, the hydraulic fluid volume in the accumulator chamber (12) is discharged below the ventilation opening (13) in the accumulator chamber. The hydraulic fluid pump is additionally disclosed.

Abstract: A method is provided for controlling and/or regulating the air pressure in a compressed air supply device for a utility vehicle. At least one pressure value in the compressed air supply device and/or in vehicle components connected to the compressed air supply device is recorded. A humidity value representing the humidity content in an air filter unit associated with the compressed air supply device is determined. A clutch connecting a drive to a compressor is opened. A discharge valve of the compressed air supply device is opened when the pressure value is above a predetermined minimum value and the humidity value exceeds a predetermined threshold value. The clutch is opened and the discharge valve remains closed when it is indicated that the clutch can be engaged, the pressure value reaches a predetermined cutting-off pressure, and the humidity value is below the predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: A compressed air supply device is provided for a utility vehicle, having a compressor which can be driven by a drive via a pneumatically switchable clutch, and a valve which can be activated by an electrical signal in order to optionally feed compressed air to a switching inlet of the clutch. The compressed air, which is fed to the switching inlet via the valve, is extracted from a compressed air preprocessing system via a non-return valve.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic circuit arrangement for setting the delivery volume of a pump, with an electrically activatable control-valve unit, by means of which, alternately, an active side of a servo system can be acted upon with pressure and, at the same time, its passive side can be relieved to the tank, and with a device for pressure limiting pressure regulation, which comprises pressure limiting valves, by means of which the working lines of the pump can be connected to the servo lines. To reduce the servo pressure load and improve the reaction time, check valves which shut off in the direction of the servo system are provided, by means of which the two servo sides can be connected in each case to the charge pressure via a relief line. Moreover, the device for Pressure limiting pressure regulation comprises an orifice which can be positioned in a line leading to the passive servo side. The invention relates, furthermore, to a method for pressure.

Abstract: A free piston Stirling engine, comprising a power piston fitted into a cylinder further includes: a support structure carrying moving magnets for a linear alternator; and a passive structure that at normal operating power and frequency produces a restoring force on the piston in the absence of contact with the cylinder. In one variation, the passive structure further comprises a mass suspended within the piston from at least one spring, such that the mass oscillates under influence of movement of the piston at normal operating power and frequency so as to produce the restoring force. In another variation, the passive structure further comprises: a magnet disposed outside the cylinder at a position and in an orientation to produce a field that opposes a field of a moving magnet carried by the support structure when the piston moves toward the magnet.

Abstract: A method of string an SMA, method of manufacturing the SMA actuator, SMA actuator and apparatus for manufacturing the SMA actuator, wherein a drive member made up of an SMA is extended between a moving member and wire supporting member via a drive member supporting member, and current is applied to the unnecessary portion of the drive member located between the wire supporting member and drive member supporting member, whereby the unnecessary portion of the drive member is cut off by melting, with the result that the size of the protrusion left behind after cutting of the SMA is reduced, and there is no need of giving consideration to the durability of a cutter otherwise used for cutting purposes.

Abstract: A turbocharger system for use with an engine having a braking mode of operation is disclosed. The turbocharger system may have a turbocharger with variable geometry, and a sensor situated to generate a signal indicative of a turbocharger speed. The turbocharger system may also have a controller in communication with the turbocharger and the sensor. The controller may be configured to vary the geometry of the turbocharger during the engine's braking mode of operation to increase a backpressure of the engine. The controller may also be configured to vary the geometry of the turbocharger to reduce the backpressure when the signal indicates a speed of the turbocharger within an amount of a desired speed.

Abstract: A turbine engine is disclosed. The turbine engine may have a first compressor configured to pressurize inlet air, and a second compressor configured to further pressurize the inlet air. The turbine engine may also have a cooling circuit fluidly located to cool the inlet air after the inlet air is pressurized by the first compressor and before the inlet air is further pressurized by the second compressor. The cooling circuit may have a first heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from the inlet air to a fuel of the engine, and a second heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from exhaust of the engine to the fuel of the engine.

Abstract: A turbine engine includes an annular combustor having a combustion chamber defined between an annular outer wall and an annular inner wall. A diffuser case substantially encloses the annular outer and inner walls. A fuel nozzle extends through the diffuser case to an outlet that provides fuel to an interior chamber of the combustor. In one embodiment, front portions of the inner and outer walls curve toward one another and overlap to form an annular gap or manifold through which fuel is distributed to the combustion chamber.

Abstract: A fuel injector for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The fuel injector includes an injector housing extending from a first end to a second end along a longitudinal axis. The second end of the housing is fluidly coupled to a combustor of the turbine engine and the housing includes a liquid fuel gallery annularly disposed about the longitudinal axis. The fuel injector also includes a stem extending longitudinally from the first end of the housing to a third end. The stem includes a liquid tube configured to deliver liquid fuel to the fuel injector. The fuel injector also includes an annular shell extending along the longitudinal axis from the first end to the third end and circumferentially disposed about the stem. The fuel injector further includes an insulating air shroud formed inside the shell. The air shroud includes a layer of air between the shell and the stem.

Abstract: A combustor for a turbine including a combustor liner; a first flow sleeve surrounding the combustor liner with a first flow annulus therebetween, the first flow sleeve having at least one cooling aperture formed about a circumference thereof for directing compressor discharge air as cooling air into the first flow annulus; a casing surrounding first flow sleeve with a second flow annulus therebetween, the first flow sleeve having at least one air extraction opening formed about a circumference thereof for directing compressor discharge air from the first flow annulus as extraction air into the second flow annulus; and an extraction port operatively coupled to the casing for extracting the extraction air from the second flow annulus.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine assembly includes a combustor configured to combust an air-fuel mixture to produce combustion gases in a first direction; a transition liner coupled to the combustor and adapted to receive the combustion gases from the combustor and to redirect the combustion gases in a second direction; and a turbine coupled to the transition liner and adapted to receive the combustion gases from the transition liner. The transition liner has a plurality of effusion holes that include a first group that extend at least partially in a tangential direction.

Abstract: A fixed sized bell rocket nozzle is lined with a layer of combustible material that is ignited during launch ignition and burns to outgas into the rocket exhaust for spatially variably confining the exhaust and perfecting an effective variably sized altitude compensating exhaust nozzle that maximizes lift during the launch of a spacecraft into orbit.

Abstract: Varying the flowsection for air leaving the fan as a function of flying conditions. According to the invention, the nozzle has a ring of deformable panels arranged close to its trailing edge, each panel having a dual-strip type structure made up of two materials presenting different coefficients of expansion, together with controlled heater means that are thermally coupled to the set of panels.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for use in producing syngas for use in a variety of commercial applications, including commercial energy generation applications. A plasma torch and cupola arrangement are used to gasify feed stock such as coal, petcoke, and/or biomass, to produce syngas and liquid waste. The syngas is directed to a cleanup train, wherein detrimental components are mechanically or chemically filtered out. The cleaned syngas is then fed into a syngas burner and used to produce heat for electricity generation for the production of electricity or to another energy producing system including synthetic natural gas, ethanol, or liquid fuel oil. In some embodiments, the syngas is fed directly to a gas turbine. The liquid waste is cooled to generate in inert solid which may then be crushed and used in a variety of construction or other applications. The disclosed system may find use in new construction as well as retrofit applications.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine re-pressurisation device (36) for cooled cooling fluid, the re-pressurisation device (36) comprising a compressor stage (42) and a turbine stage (46), characterised in that a common mounting means (58) is provided between the compressor stage (42) and the turbine stage (46) such that one of the compressor stage (42) and the turbine stage (46) is located radially inwardly of the other, the re-pressurisation device (36) further comprising fluid flow directing means (44) to direct a first portion of the fluid (40) through the compressor stage (42) and a second portion (54) through the turbine stage (46).

Abstract: A refrigeration system has a compartment and a first cooling device. The first cooling device cools the compartment and generates a magnetic field. The refrigeration system also has a second device. The second device uses the generated magnetic field for additional cooling to the compartment.

Abstract: A method and devices for rapid cooling of small biological samples by plunging them in a cryogenic liquid, such as liquid nitrogen, or contacting them with a cryogenic metal surface, reduce or eliminate the cold gas layer that forms above the liquid cryogens or cryogenic surfaces, producing an abrupt transition from ambient (e.g., room) temperature to the cryogen temperature as the sample enters the liquid or contacts the surface. To reduce or eliminate the effects of the cold gas layer, a flow of warm dry gas can be directed along the plunge path, for example. By removing this cold gas layer, cooling times for a 10 micron sample (the size of single cells and the smallest protein crystals now used protein crystallography) will decrease to ˜0.001 s.

Abstract: A method and system for controlled rate freezing of biological materials is provided. The presently disclosed system and method provides the ability to rapidly cool the biological materials contained in vials or other containers within a cooling unit via forced convective cooling using a laminar and uniform flow of cryogen in proximity to the plurality of vials disposed within the cooling unit. The rapid cooling of the biological materials is achieved by precisely controlling and adjusting the temperature of the cryogen being introduced to the system as a function of time.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and device for a refrigerant-based a thermal energy storage and cooling system with multiple condensing units utilizing a common evaporator coil. The disclosed embodiments provide a refrigerant-based ice storage system with increased reliability, lower cost components, and reduced power consumption and ease of installation.

Abstract: A refrigerant charging method in an air conditioner using carbon dioxide as a refrigerant includes a first refrigerant charging step and a second refrigerant charging step. The first refrigerant charging step is a step of charging a refrigerant charging target portion including refrigerant communication pipes with refrigerant in a gas state until the pressure of the refrigerant charging target portion rises to a predetermined pressure after the start of charging. The second refrigerant charging step is a step of charging the refrigerant charging target portion with refrigerant in a liquid state until the amount of refrigerant charging the refrigerant charging target portion becomes a predetermined amount. The second refrigerant charging ster occuring after the first refrigerant charging step.

Abstract: An autonomous water source for extracting water from ambient air and delivering it to a plant to support growth. The system is based on an adsorption-desorption-condensation cycle using a sorption material to extract moisture from ambient air and condensing the water vapor driven off from the sorption material by subsequent heating and followed by condensation. Liquid condensate produced in this process on the condenser is collected and delivered by gravity to a plant to reduce thermal stress and to support growth. The invention provides a sustainable source of irrigation water for agriculture and forestry, including areas where no water resources exist or are not economically viable. It can be tailored in size, and therefore, output capacity, reflecting the desired water requirements of a particular application, and can be used to replace most agricultural situations now reliant on surface water drip feed systems.

Abstract: A system and method for providing cool air to a passenger compartment of a hybrid vehicle in an engine off mode is disclosed. This may include operating a HVAC system to provide cold refrigerant flowing through an evaporator while an engine is operating, and forcing air through the evaporator to cool the air. A first portion of the cooled air from the evaporator is directed through a heater core and a second portion around the heater core, and an electric water pump is activated to pump coolant from a thermal storage tank, through the heater core and back to the thermal storage tank to cool the coolant. When the engine operation is ceased, the air flow is directed through the heater core, and the coolant is pumped from the thermal storage tank, through the heater core and back to the thermal storage tank to cool the air.

Abstract: A refrigeration device includes a control device and a multiple cooling elements. A supply header delivers refrigerant to the cooling elements and a return header returns refrigerant from the cooling elements. A single pressure sensor provides a signal representative of a pressure of the refrigerant in the return header to the control device, and a single temperature sensor provides a signal representative of a temperature of the refrigerant in the return header to the control device. The control device provides an output signal to control each of the cooling elements, in response to the signals from the single temperature sensor and the single pressure sensor.

Abstract: When there is a command for pre-air conditioning to be performed, an inlet switches to an inside air recirculating mode and a compressor and a blower fan are driven to blow air that was drawn in toward a lower portion in a vehicle cabin (130 to 136). Then when a door switch detects that an occupant may get into the vehicle (100, 102), air is blown from an outlet toward the upper portion in the vehicle cabin while the inlet remains in the inside air recirculation mode (114 to 124). That is, cooled air in the lower portion in the vehicle cabin is drawn in, cooled, and then blown toward the occupant. Also, when starting the pre-air conditioning, the battery state-of-charge is detected and pre-air conditioning is prohibited if the battery state-of-charge is less than a predetermined value (116, 126, 128).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a plug-in circuit and a cooling system thereof. The cooling system includes the plug-in circuit, an external terminal and an alternating current (AC) compressor, wherein the plug-in circuit includes an AC to AC inverter and an inverter control circuit. The AC to AC inverter is coupled to and between the external terminal and the AC compressor for converting an external AC voltage received by the external terminal to an internal AC voltage to supply to the AC compressor. The inverter control circuit is coupled to the AC to AC inverter for outputting a control signal to the AC to AC inverter to control the frequency of the internal AC voltage according to an external parameter.

Abstract: A trailer refrigeration system comprising: an electricity generator (22); an electricity-generator engine (21) for driving the electricity generator (22); a converter (23) for converting ac electric power generated by the electricity generator (22) into dc electric power; an inverter (24, 25, 26) including inverters (24), (25), (26) each for converting dc electric power from the converter (23) into ac electric power; a refrigerant circuit (30) having an electric compressor (31) and a fan (35, 36) including fans (35), (36), the electric compressor (31), the fan (35), and the fan (36) being driven respectively by ac electric power from inverters (24), (25), (26); and a control means (40) for individually controlling the speed of rotation of the electric compressor (31), the fan (35), and the fan (36).

Abstract: A casing (11) for use in a freezing container is provided with a through hole (H) for insertion of the piping of a refrigerant circuit therethrough. Each opening end of the through hole (H) is covered over with a respective mesh sheet (31, 32). With each opening end of the through hole (H) covered over with the mesh sheet (31, 32), the tip end of a filling nozzle (33) is inserted until it reaches the middle of the through hole (H) and a sealant material is injected. The injected sealant material is held back within the through hole (H) by each mesh sheet (31, 32) and, with the progress of the injection of the sealant material, the air present in the through hole (H) is purged out through each mesh sheet (31, 32).

Abstract: A cooling element (1) for cooling of products such as foodstuffs, said cooling element having essentially panel shape with a cooling side (2), a backside (3), a pair of transversal edge sides (4,4?) and a pair of longitudinal edge sides (5,5?), and having an inlet (9) and an outlet (8) for cooling medium to be transmitted through cooling channel means (20), is distinguished by the cooling element (1) being provided with means (6,7), for fastening it together with another similar cooling element (1?) at least on one transversal edge side. The invention also relates to a method for the production of a cooling element and a system for cooling.

Abstract: An air conditioner (1) includes an air-blowing unit (4) and an air-conditioning unit (5). The air-blowing unit (4) includes a fan case (9, 10) defining a pair of independent scroll chambers (6, 7), a pair of fans (9, 10) respectively provided in the pair of scroll chambers (6, 7). The air-conditioning unit (5) includes an air-conditioning case (13) defining an air passage (P) which air from the air-blowing unit (4) flows and air-conditioning components (14, 15, 17) provided in the air passage (P) and configured to condition air flowing from the air blowing unit (4) therethrough. A partition (25) partitioning a portion (P1) of the air passage (P) from an inlet (P0) to the most upwind air-conditioning component (14) into a pair of independent passages (P1a, P1b) is provided. The pair of independent passages (P1a, P1b) respectively communicate with discharge ports (6b, 7b) of the pair of scroll chambers.

Abstract: An outdoor unit for an air conditioner is provided. The outdoor unit has a control box in which a plurality of electronic components are installed. Electronic components from the components inside the control box that radiate the most heat are installed closer to a blower fan that forcibly circulates air.

Abstract: An R-410A DX heating/cooling system with: an electrical generating expansion device; with a protective means for refrigerant transport tubing containing dissimilar metals and/or in corrosive environments; with an automatic heating mode expansion device; with a TXV by-pass design; with retractable sub-surface tubing designs; with sub-surface line set sizing at varying depths and lengths; with reciprocal compressor sizing; with a DX Hydronic system design; with an improved oil separator float design; with a mobile DX system design; and with a resting module DX system design.

Abstract: A refrigeration device, in particular a no-frost device, refrigerator and/or freezer, comprising a thermally insulating housing containing at least one product storage compartment that can be supplied with cold air by a fan and an evaporator chamber that holds an evaporator. According to the invention, the evaporator chamber is thermally separated from the storage compartment by a partition. The device also comprises an electronic control system for controlling the refrigeration device and at least one light source for illuminating the storage compartment. The evaporator, the partition and the electronic control system and/or the evaporator, the partition and the light source are provided in the form of modules. The refrigeration device is characterised in that it is particularly reliable, works efficiently, can be cost-effectively produced and is easy to service.

Abstract: A dehumidifier includes a main body case that defines an inner space and is provided at a side with an external air inlet, a barrier dividing the inner space, a main body base that is formed on a lower end of the barrier to define an outer appearance of a lower portion of the main body, a plurality of heat exchangers that are disposed at a side of the barrier to allow circulation air circulating the inner space to be heat-exchanged with external air introduced from an external side, a drain pan for temporally storing condensed water generated from the heat exchangers, and a water tank that stores the condensed water supplied from the drain pan when being inserted in the main body base.

Abstract: An evaporator unit for a no-frost cooling device which comprises an evaporator, a tubular heating device and a housing which surrounds the evaporator and the tubular heating device. Said tubular heating device comprises a plurality of parallel tubular sections which are connected together in such a manner that they form a single piece. Two parallel tubular sections which are directly adjacent to each other are located at the beginning and at the end of the tubular heating device.