Patents Issued in March 11, 2010
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Publication number: 20100058757Abstract: The invention relates to a regulating method for a turbocharger (1) with a turbine (4) which has a variable turbine geometry (VTG) provided with adjustable guide blades (5), having the following method steps: a) closing the guide blades (5) of the variable turbine geometry (VTG), as a function of the present operating point of the internal combustion engine which is turbocharged by means of the turbocharged (1), to the maximum possible closing position of the guide blades (5) for said operating point, and b) regulating the charge pressure (P2) by adjusting the position of the guide blades (5) in a closed regulating loop.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2007Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: BORGWARNER INC.Inventors: Volker Mueller, Ralf Christmann, Gerd Spinner
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Publication number: 20100058758Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation system that includes an exhaust gas recirculation regulator operatively connectable to a turbomachine system, and regulating a predetermined amount of exhaust gas to be recirculated. The exhaust gas recirculation system further includes a measuring unit that measures fuel composition of incoming fuel, and a control unit connected to the EGR regulator and the measuring unit, and determining a Wobbe Index and/or reactivity of the incoming fuel based on the measured fuel composition and determining the predetermined amount of exhaust gas to be recirculated based on the determined Wobbe Index and/or reactivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: George Martin Gilchrist, III, Stanley Frank Simpson, Hasan Karim
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Publication number: 20100058759Abstract: For operating an internal combustion engine having a throttle situated in an exhaust line or exhaust return line, in which a heat engine is driven by a quantity of heat produced by the internal combustion engine, in a first non-heating operating mode of the internal combustion engine, a first setpoint value is preset, a first operating parameter that characterizes a temperature of the internal combustion engine is detected, a first triggering value is determined for the triggering of the at least one throttle as a function of the first setpoint value and the first operating parameter, the at least one throttle is triggered in accordance with the first triggering value, and the at least one heat engine is driven by the resulting quantity of heat.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: Guillaume Huard, Juergen Stegmaier, Henrick Brandes, Martin Cichon, Manfred Schmitt, Lutz Rauchfuss, Oliver Tschismar
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Publication number: 20100058760Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating mechanical energy, characterised by a gas or a liquid which drives an expansion machine designed therefor even at a low pressure, i.e. economically.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventor: Felix Wirz
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Publication number: 20100058761Abstract: A feed gas conditioner.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: Gaumer Company, Inc.Inventors: Jack L. McClanahan, Craig S. Tiras
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Publication number: 20100058762Abstract: Method for production of mixed vapours at low temperatures. The thermal energy stored in the mixed vapours is intended to be converted to mechanical energy in a thermal power machine, in order to operate an electrical generator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2007Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventor: Bernhard Schaeffer
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Publication number: 20100058763Abstract: A combustor for use in a turbine engine including a compressor section, a combustion section downstream from the compressor section, and a turbine section downstream from the combustion section. An inner annulus wall extends from a burner end of the combustor to an outlet end of the combustor. An outer annulus wall is disposed outwardly from the inner annulus wall and extends from the burner end of the combustor to the outlet end of the combustor. A passageway is formed between the inner annulus wall and the outer annulus wall and extends from a combustion zone to the outlet end of the combustor. A plurality of symmetrically distributed section walls extends between the inner annulus wall and the outer annulus wall from the burner end of the combustor toward the outlet end of the combustor. The section walls divide the combustion zone into a plurality of segments.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: Mark F. Rubio, David M. Ritland
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Publication number: 20100058764Abstract: Duct burner systems configured to utilize low BTU fuel sources are provided in the disclosed embodiments. In certain embodiments, the systems may include a primary duct configured to receive a primary flow stream of exhaust gases from an exhaust duct and a secondary duct configured to receive a secondary flow stream of exhaust gases from the exhaust duct. Primary and secondary variable geometry diverters may be configured to allow and restrict the primary and secondary flow streams, respectively. A combustion system may receive the secondary flow stream, combine it with at least one low BTU fuel source, combust for heating the secondary flow stream, and re-inject the heated secondary flow stream into the primary duct. A blower may be used to blow the secondary flow stream through the combustion system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventor: John Anthony Conchieri
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Publication number: 20100058765Abstract: A turbomachine combustion chamber including a substantially L-shaped fuel injector and means for mounting and fastening the injector in an orifice of the casing of the chamber, said means including an outer collar carried by the injector and a removable annular spacer surrounding the injector and designed to be interposed between the collar of the injector and the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: SNECMAInventors: Sylvain Duval, Didier Hippolyte Hernandez, Romain Nicolas Lunel
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Publication number: 20100058766Abstract: A combustor cap is cooperable with an impingement plate in a turbine fuel nozzle and includes a plurality of cap segments independently securable to the impingement plate. The plurality of cap segments are radially and tangentially movable relative to the impingement plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: Kevin Weston McMahan, John Charles Intile, Shiva Srinivasan, Sergey Alexandrovich Stryapunin
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Publication number: 20100058767Abstract: A combustor includes a primary combustion chamber and a secondary combustion chamber, one or more primary nozzles disposed in the primary combustion chamber and providing fuel to the primary combustion chamber, a centerbody assembly, a venturi disposed downstream of the centerbody assembly, and a secondary fuel nozzle housed within the centerbody assembly and extending towards the venturi and providing fuel to the secondary combustion chamber. The secondary fuel nozzle includes a fuel passage and an air passage, and a swirler positioned around the fuel passage and having one or more vanes projecting radially within the air passage, each vane having a trailing edge arranged at a swirl angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the secondary fuel nozzle, the swirl angle is greater than 45°.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Derrick Walter Simons, Alberto Jose Negroni, Larry Lou Thomas, Jeffrey Scott LeBegue
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Publication number: 20100058768Abstract: A turbine engine having a plenum for passing fluids from an outlet of a compressor to an inlet of a combustor that may increase the efficiency of the turbine engine. The turbine engine may include a combustor, a compressor positioned upstream of the combustor, a transition channel extending from the compressor to the combustor, and a shell extending between the compressor and a combustor portal and positioned around the at least one transition channel. The turbine engine may also include an axial diffusor in the shell near the at least one transition channel, wherein the axial diffusor may include a fluid flow recess in a trailing edge of the axial diffusor. The turbine engine may also include a wave protrusion extending from a surface positioned radially inward of the axial diffusor. The fluid flow recess and the wave protrusion may reduce fluid flow loss within the shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: Robert Bland, John Battaglioli
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Publication number: 20100058769Abstract: A fan variable area nozzle (FVAN) includes a flap assembly which varies a fan nozzle exit area. The flap assembly generally includes a multiple of flaps, flap linkages and an actuator system. The actuator system radially and axially translates a drive ring relative an engine centerline axis. A slot within the drive ring receives the flap linkages to asymmetrically and symmetrically vary the fan nozzle exit area in response to movement of the drive ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2007Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventor: Kenneth C. Baran
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Publication number: 20100058770Abstract: A method and system for controlling delivery of fuel to a dual stage nozzle in the combustor of a gas turbine. A liquid fuel is conveyed from a single stage fuel supply through a plurality of primary fuel supply lines to a first nozzle stage including a plurality of primary nozzles. A predetermined operating condition of the gas turbine is identified and a signal is produced in response to the identified operating condition. The signal effects actuation of valves located on secondary fuel supply lines extending from each of the primary fuel supply lines to supply fuel to respective secondary nozzles.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: Siemens Power Generation, Inc.Inventor: William R. Ryan
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Publication number: 20100058771Abstract: The present invention is directed to the recovery of hydrocarbons wherein a portion of carbon is removed from the product by a combination of reforming and water-gas shift. The resulting carbon dioxide is removed by known techniques to provide a fuel having reduced levels of carbon.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: OSUM OIL SANDS CORP.Inventors: Henry Gil, Andrew Squires
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Publication number: 20100058772Abstract: A batch freezer for frozen food products comprises—a freezing cylinder,—a dasher designed to propel the product toward a discharge port of the cylinder, and—a refrigeration unit arranged for cooling the cylinder, wherein the discharge port can be selectively connected to a cleaning pipe leading from the discharge port into the casing of the batch freezer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2007Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: NESTEC S.A.Inventors: Flavio Russo, Bruno Sadi Henri Delande
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Publication number: 20100058773Abstract: An apparatus for making and dispensing frozen aerated products includes a rotating horizontal freeze plate with an upper surface for receiving a chilled aerated mix. The chilled aerated mix includes, in one embodiment, a base that has been sufficiently aerated, and at least one flavor. The horizontal freeze plate rotates about its central axis. The apparatus also includes a spreader body for distributing the chilled aerated mix on the rotating freeze plate. The spreader body extends radially across at least a portion of the upper surface of the freeze plate. The apparatus further includes a scraper for scraping frozen aerated mix off of the rotating freeze plate. The scraper includes a scraper blade with a leading edge that extends radially across the portion of the freeze plate and that engages the upper surface of the freeze plate. The scraper blade is directed opposite the direction of rotation of the freeze plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: Fluid Management Operations, LLC.Inventors: Tim P. Hogan, John J. Hsing, Brian R. Hill
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Publication number: 20100058774Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator and/or freezer with an interior to be cooled for accommodating the goods to be refrigerated and/or frozen and with a magnetic cooler, wherein the magnetic cooler is at least partly arranged in the interior of the appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2007Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: Matthias Wiest, Didier Siegel
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Publication number: 20100058775Abstract: There are provided a magnetic material for magnetic refrigeration improving a magnetic refrigeration efficiency by including a wide operation temperature range and a magnetic refrigeration apparatus and a magnetic refrigeration system using the magnetic material. The magnetically refrigerating magnetic material is formed of a magnetic material shown by a composition formula of Gd100-x-yZrxYy, wherein 0<x<3.4 as well as 0?y?13.5, and the magnetic refrigeration apparatus and the magnetic refrigeration system uses the magnetic material. It is preferable that the magnetic material be approximately spherical magnetic particles having a maximum diameter of 0.3 mm or more to 2 mm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Shiori Kaji, Akiko Saito, Tadahiko Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20100058776Abstract: A bottle display stand with an active cooling function. The display stand includes a housing having an opening into which a beverage bottle may be inserted. A reservoir for containing a cooling medium is disposed inside the hollow housing. A pump, in fluid communication with the reservoir, recirculates the cooling medium from the reservoir through a fluid passageway and out of a spray jet. The spray jet is aimed at an upper region of the bottle, preferably the shoulder. Cooling medium travels down the body of the bottle substantially in a thin film that does not obscure the bottle or its label and creates a waterfall- or fountain-type effect that is extremely aesthetically pleasing without splashing, dripping, or a similar mess. Simultaneously, the thin film of cooling medium chills the beverage and keeps it cold. A cooling unit may optionally remove heat from the cooling medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and ArtInventors: Gregory H. Loibl, George Sidebotham, Michael B. Gutierrez
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Publication number: 20100058777Abstract: An apparatus for cooling cassette magazines containing tissue samples is described. The apparatus comprises a housing, a cooling device, and a transport apparatus for transporting one or more cassette magazines within the housing. The cassette magazines are introduced into the apparatus via an input chute and can be removed via an output chute.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: LEICA BIOSYSTEMS NUSSLOCH GMBHInventor: Roland Walter
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Publication number: 20100058778Abstract: Disclosed is a system for cooling using indirect evaporative cooling, dehumidification using desiccant, and a thermoelectrically powered heat exchanger. The thermoelectric heat exchanger pulls heat from the working air exiting the indirect evaporative cooler and injects that heat energy into ambient air that is then forced through a portion of the rotating desiccant wheel to regenerate the desiccant by removing water molecules from the desiccant material. Liquid water that is condensed by cooling the working air with the thermoelectric heat exchanger is saved and provided to the indirect evaporative cooler for use to cool via evaporation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: Mohinder S. Bhatti, Ilya Reyzin, John F. O'brien
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Publication number: 20100058779Abstract: Bulk storage of natural gas or methane is facilitated by absorbing and storing the gas in a liquefied medium through the interaction of moderate pressure, low temperature and a solvent medium. Systems and processes are provided that facilitate the absorption of natural gas or methane into a liquid or liquid vapor medium for storage and transport, and back into a gas for delivery to market. In a preferred embodiment, the absorptive properties of ethane, propane and butane under moderate conditions of temperature and pressure (associated with a novel mixing process) are utilized to store natural gas or methane at more efficient levels of compressed volume ratio than are attainable with natural gas alone under similar holding conditions. The preferred mixing process efficiently combines natural gas or methane with a solvent medium such as liquid ethane, propane, butane, or other suitable fluid, to form a concentrated liquid or liquid vapor mixture suited for storage and transport.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: IAN MORRIS, PATRICK A. AGNEW, BRUCE HALL
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Publication number: 20100058780Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a liquefied gas storage tank and a marine structure including the same. The storage tank includes a plurality of liquefied gas storage tanks received in a plurality of spaces defined in a hull of the marine structure by a cofferdam and arranged in two rows. The cofferdam includes at least one longitudinal cofferdam extending in a longitudinal direction of the hull and at least one transverse cofferdam extending in a transverse direction of the hull. Each of the storage tanks is sealed and thermally insulated by a sealing wall and a thermal insulation wall extending without being disconnected. The longitudinal cofferdam supports load of an upper structure while suppressing a sloshing phenomenon.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Byeong Yong YOO, Min Cheol RYU, Bong Hyun CHO, Jae Ryu BAE
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Publication number: 20100058781Abstract: A refrigerant system is provided with a multi-stage compression system. An intercooler is positioned between at least two compression stages to cool a refrigerant, by heat transfer interaction with a secondary fluid, after it has been compressed in the lower compression stages to some intermediate pressure. The intercooler enhances refrigerant system performance, improves compressor reliability, and extends operational envelope. Further, at least one economizer circuit is incorporated into the refrigerant system that returns the economized refrigerant flow at the location between at least two compression stages.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2006Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: Alexander Lifson, Michael F. Taras
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Publication number: 20100058782Abstract: The invention relates to an adsorbent having a porous carrier structure, the pore walls of which are coated with a material which displays a temperature-induced reversible switching-over of the surface properties from hydrophilic to hydrophobic behaviour, the hydrophobicity increasing with rising temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2007Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: Ivan Brovchenko, Alla Oleinikova, Alfons Geiger, Ferdinand Schmidt
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Publication number: 20100058783Abstract: A refrigerant system incorporates an expander. At least a portion of refrigerant bypasses an evaporator and is injected into the compression process to cool main refrigerant vapor flow and compressor elements. In disclosed embodiments, the injected refrigerant may be partially expanded in the expander and routed either into the compressor suction or to an intermediate point in the compression process. A valve may control the amount of the injected refrigerant to achieve desired operational characteristics for the refrigerant system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2006Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: Alexander Lifson, Michael F. Taras
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Publication number: 20100058784Abstract: In method of providing uniformity of vapour and liquid phases in two or more streams derived from a mixed vapour and liquid stream (10), the mixed vapour and liquid stream (10) passes from a first heat exchanger (101) into a distribution vessel (12) via one or more inlets (14). The distribution vessel (12) has two or more outlets (16) connected to a second heat exchanger (102). The liquid part of the mixed stream (10) is allowed to collect in a first area (20) in the distribution vessel (12), and the vapour part of the mixed stream (10) is allowed to collect in a second area (30) of the distribution vessel (12), preferably above the first area (20). The liquid in the first area (20) passes into the outlets (16) via one or more liquid apertures (18) in each outlet (16) that communicate with the first area (20), and the vapour in the second area (30) passes into the outlets (16) via one or more vapour apertures (28) in each outlet (16) communicating with the second area (30).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2007Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventor: Johan Jan Barend Pek
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Publication number: 20100058785Abstract: A current detector and a voltage detector respectively detect a current value and a voltage value outputted from an engine generator. An operating block determines a weight constant on the basis of the current value and the voltage value, weights the operating time of an engine by using the weight constant, and integrates the weighted operating time to calculate an integral time. A judging block compares the integral time and a reference time, and gives a notification to an indicator when it judges that the integral time exceeds the reference time. Receiving the notification, the indicator makes an external indication. The current detector and the voltage detector can be made of electric circuitry, so that the life of the engine can be predicted at low costs and with high reliability.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2007Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: Sumikazu Matsuno, Tetsuo Nakata
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Publication number: 20100058786Abstract: There is disclosed a highly safe low temperature showcase in which an insulating wall and insulating side panels constituting a main body are provided with continuity in respect of design, whereby appearance can be improved. The low temperature showcase has a constitution in which insulating side panels are attached to the left and right sides of a main body having a display chamber, each of the insulating side panels includes a see-through transparent wall, an insulating wall which holds upper and lower portions and a rear edge of this transparent wall and whose outer surface is positioned outside the outer surface of the transparent wall, a side panel rear cover which covers the insulating wall from the outside, and a side panel front cover which extends over the insulating wall and the transparent wall to cover the front edges of these walls. The side panel front cover has at least a front wall and a side wall, and the side wall is positioned outside the outer surface of the transparent wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Harunobu IGUCHI, Keisuke YAMAZAWA, Tatsuya ITABASHI
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Publication number: 20100058787Abstract: An object is to prevent any gap from being generated in an abutment portion between an outer surface cover and a back surface plate or the like, whereby these components are provided with a sense of continuity, and the improvement of an appearance can be achieved. In a low temperature showcase in which insulating side panels are attached to the left and right sides of a main body having a display chamber, each of the insulating side panels includes a see-through transparent wall; an insulating wall which holds upper and lower portions and a rear edge of this transparent wall; a side panel rear cover which covers this insulating wall from the outside; and a side panel front cover which covers the front edges of the insulating wall and the transparent wall and which is attached to the front part of the side panel rear cover, and abutment portions of the side panel front cover and the side panel rear cover are provided with inclined surfaces directed outwards as the surfaces extend rearwards, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Harunobu IGUCHI, Keisuke YAMAZAWA, Tatsuya ITABASHI
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Publication number: 20100058788Abstract: There is disclosed a low temperature showcase in which dew condensation occurring on transparent walls is efficiently decreased, whereby the lowering of visibility can be avoided, and a disadvantage that customer's clothes are made dirty can be suppressed. The low temperature showcase has a constitution in which insulating side panels are attached to the left and right sides of a main body having a display chamber and in which a machine chamber is disposed in the lower part of the main body outside the display chamber, each of the insulating side panels includes a see-through transparent wall and a side panel front cover which covers the front edge of this transparent wall, and this side panel front cover has a waste heat passage which communicates with the inside of the machine chamber and a space of the outer surface of the transparent wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Harunobu Iguchi, Keisuke Yamazawa, Tatsuya Itabashi
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Publication number: 20100058789Abstract: A temperature-controlled case is provided including a base having a deck, a tower having a cavity, and an improved air distribution system. The air distribution system provides enhanced air flow throughout the case and a more balanced cooling profile to maintain products at a more uniform temperature. The air distribution system may include a duct and/or one or more air diverting devices, such as scoops, to permit a first portion of an air flow to be received into the tower and to direct second portion toward the deck. Sub-portions of the first portion may be directed at the rear portions and the front portions of one or more product supporting surfaces. The tower may include an exterior wall having openings through which air is directed by diffusers. The exterior wall may be faceted and the cavity may be segmented into channels corresponding to the facets.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: Angel A. Barreto, Jules G. Choueifati, Larry C. Howington
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Publication number: 20100058790Abstract: The rotary type ultralow temperature refrigerant supply apparatus includes a refrigerant introduction pipe coupled to the super conductive rotor for supplying a liquid-phase ultralow temperature refrigerant cooled by the refrigeration system to the evaporator, a refrigerant withdrawal pipe disposed spaced apart from the refrigerant introduction pipe for withdrawing a gas-phase ultralow temperature refrigerant obtained through the evaporation of the liquid-phase refrigerant by the evaporator and guiding the withdrawn gas-phase ultralow temperature refrigerant to the refrigeration system, and a vacuum housing fixedly disposed outside the refrigerant introduction pipe and the refrigerant withdrawal pipe, the vacuum housing having a vacuum heat insulation space defined inside.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: DOOSAN HEAVY INDUSTRIES & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTDInventors: Je heon Jung, Jung hyun Lee, Woon Sik Kwon, Heui joo Park, Chi whan Lee, Yeong chun Kim
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Publication number: 20100058791Abstract: Self-contained refrigeration units include evaporator modules, condenser modules, compressor modules, control subassemblies, and all other refrigeration components in compact interconnected modular packages. The modules, which are assembled in rigid or flexible self-contained monoblock refrigeration units, are installable, removable and replaceable as complete self-contained refrigeration units without requiring transport downtime for servicing and repairing of the refrigeration units. Vehicles with refrigeration systems arrive at a distributor and have malfunctioning units removed and complete units replaced and installed and are back on the road within minutes. Dealers' inventories are small and non complex and dealers' workers need not be skilled transport refrigeration mechanics. Dealer trucks have light cranes to remove and replace complete self-contained refrigeration units on site.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventor: Carlos Quesada Saborio
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Publication number: 20100058792Abstract: A refrigerator including a main body having storage spaces and doors to selectively close the storage spaces, and a control panel with a display configured to input/output control information on the main body and a plurality of buttons, the refrigerator comprising: a brightness adjusting unit configured to adjust a brightness of the display to avoid a unnecessary power consumption occurred by the main body; and a power amount display unit configured to display an amount of power supplied to the main body and electric charges therefor on the display. By providing the display on the control panel to display an amount of power consumed and electric charges therefor, a user can easily recognize the amount of power consumed and the electric charges therefor due to the use of the refrigerator. Also, the brightness of the display can be adjusted by the user's selection, so as to enable the reduction of the amount of power consumed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2007Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Sang-Wook Seo, Seung-Jin Oh
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Publication number: 20100058793Abstract: In an indoor equipment of an air conditioner in which a heat exchanger, a blower, and a drain pan receiving a drain water having been condensed at mentioned heat exchanger below the heat exchanger are contained in an internal part of the indoor equipment housing including an air inlet and an air outlet; and a back portion of the drain pan is faced to an air flow path communicating with mentioned air outlet, and a stabilizer is disposed at an end portion on the upstream side of the air flow path of this drain pan, the drain pan 4 is integrally formed of a drain pan body 41 and a stabilizer portion 42 by injection molding; and a concave portion 40 is formed on the air flow path side in the vicinity of the boundary between the drain pan body and the stabilizer portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2006Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventor: Teruo MIYAMOTO
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Publication number: 20100058794Abstract: An evaporative cooler assembly includes a plurality of tubes extending from a refrigerant tank in a spaced relationship to one another with each tube defining a wet air passage. Each pair of adjacent tubes defines a dry air passage extending transversely to the tubes. Each tube includes a plurality of orifices each in fluid communication with the corresponding wet air passage and the adjacent dry air passage. A pair of air ducts are disposed on the refrigerant tank with the tubes being disposed between the air ducts and the air ducts being in fluid communication with the dry air passages whereby a dry air stream flows sequentially through a portion of the dry air passages and into one of the air ducts and through another portion of the dry air passages and into the other air duct until the dry air stream flows out of a dry air outlet as conditioned air.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: Mohinder S. Bhatti, Ilya Reyzin, Shrikant M. Joshi
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Publication number: 20100058795Abstract: An Automotive dash board mounted evaporative cooling system. A small, light weight, portable square housing manufactured from molded plastic. The housing has two air intake doors that open up to a forty-five degree angle. These doors open from the top and have piece of cloth that can be cleaned and reused. There is a fan shroud that is built into the front section of the housing that helps direct the air be pushed out of it. A suction pump is mounted to the back of the housing which pulls water from a separate water bottle through a pair of plastic or vinyl tubing. There is a universal bottle cap that allows the suction pump hoses to fit on any water bottle. The system is powered by a cord that can be plugged into an automotive accessory outlet and or cigarette lighter outlet. It mounts on all dash boards.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventor: Eric Allen Schmitter
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Publication number: 20100058796Abstract: Disclosed is an ice bank for a refrigerator including: an inner case and an outer case forming one storage space having an opened top by being coupled to each other; and a coupling unit coupling the inner and outer cases to each other so that either one is relatively movable with respect to the other one so as for the capacity of the storage space to be variable. The ice bank for a refrigerator includes the inner and outer cases coupled to each other so that either one is relatively movable with respect to the other one, whereby accordingly the capacity of the ice bank is variable depending on the amount of ice that a customer needs, thereby enhancing the customer's product satisfaction. Further, when the customer needs a small amount of ice, the capacity of the ice bank can be reduced, accordingly enabling to effectively utilize the storage space of the refrigerator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2007Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventor: Hyeon-Jin Kim
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Publication number: 20100058797Abstract: An apparatus for maintaining low temperature of a food item includes a first bowl member, a second bowl member, and a lid member. The first bowl member includes a first body portion, a first open top end portion, and a first closed bottom end portion. The first bowl member is capable of receiving a cooling material therewithin. Further, the second bowl member includes a second body portion, a second open top end portion, and a second closed bottom end portion. The second bowl member is capable of receiving the food item therewithin. The second bowl member is configured to be removably received within the first bowl member. The second bowl member includes at least one handle member for facilitating lifting and carrying of the second bowl member. The lid member covers the food item received in the second bowl member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventor: Bonnie Rogers
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Publication number: 20100058798Abstract: A coolant-circulation cooling device is provided for cooling a plurality of computer servos, including a compressor, a condenser, a coolant reservoir, an evaporation coil, a cooling head, and a pump. The coolant reservoir is provided with the evaporation coil in a wound condition and connected to the compressor and the condenser to form a closed refrigeration circulation system. The cooling head is connected via piping to the coolant reservoir and can be directly attached to a heat generation element to remove heat therefrom by a circulation of a coolant from the coolant reservoir to the cooling head by being driven by the pump. The coolant circulating back to the coolant reservoir 4 is maintained in a low temperature by the closed refrigeration circulation system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: DER-YIN HSIEH, Der-Fong Hsieh
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Publication number: 20100058799Abstract: A refrigerant system is provided with a suction pulse width modulation valve, and a pulse width modulation control for controlling this valve. System pressures, such as the pressure on the evaporator and the condenser are monitored. The measured system pressures are maintained within a band of acceptable lower and upper limits. As the pulse width modulation control cycles the valve, the refrigerant pressures in the evaporator and the condenser tend to fluctuate. The control ensures those fluctuations are within the limits by controlling the duty cycle of the valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2005Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: Alexander Lifson, Michael F. Taras
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Publication number: 20100058800Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus includes a supercooling heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between a high-pressure refrigerant and a low-pressure refrigerant. A high-pressure liquid refrigerant pipe is wound around an external periphery of a low-pressure refrigerant suction pipe. Preferably, the supercooling heat exchanger is disposed inside the indoor unit at a position below an evaporator. Drain water from the evaporator is dispersed over the supercooling heat exchanger or a drain pipe leading from a drain pan of the evaporator is wound together with the high-pressure liquid refrigerant pipe around the low-pressure refrigerant suction pipe. In either case, cold energy of the drain water is made to effectively acts on the high-pressure liquid refrigerant pipe to exchange heat. The supercooling heat exchanger operates with improved efficiency without any increase in the volume of the heat exchanger so that the evaporator can be made as small and compact as possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2006Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takayuki Setoguchi, Makoto Kojima
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Publication number: 20100058801Abstract: A system for liquefying natural gas that includes a process and apparatus for enhancing the performance of one or more gas turbines. Gas turbine power output can be stabilized or even enhanced using the interstage cooling system configured according to one or more embodiments of the present invention. In one embodiment, partially compressed air from a lower compression stage of a gas turbine is cooled via indirect heat exchange with a primary coolant before being returned to a higher compression stage of the same gas turbine. Optionally, the interstage cooling system can employ one or more secondary coolants to remove the rejected heat from the primary coolant system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANYInventors: Karl D. Masani, Cyrus B. Meher-Homji
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Publication number: 20100058802Abstract: The present invention relates to a process plant and method for cooling and optionally liquefaction of a product gas, particularly for liquefaction of natural gas, based on a closed loop of multi-component refrigerant in heat exchange with the gas to be cooled and optionally condensed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2007Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: Einar Brendeng, Petter Neksa
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Publication number: 20100058803Abstract: A liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility that employs a system to remove incondensable material from one or more refrigeration cycles within the facility. One or more embodiments of the present invention can be advantageously employed in an open-loop refrigeration cycle to remove at least a portion of one or more high vapor pressure components that have accumulated in the refrigerant cycle over time. In addition, several embodiments can be advantageously employed to stabilize facility operation in the event of drastic changes to the concentration of the natural gas feed stream introduced into the facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANYInventors: Weldon L. Ransbarger, Megan V. Evans, Attilio J. Praderio, David B. Messersmith
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Publication number: 20100058804Abstract: A method of purifying or separating a gas using a number of adsorbers on phase-shifted cycles, and more particularly to the purification of atmospheric air, prior to cryogenic separation of the said air by cryogenic distillation is provided. More specifically still, it relates to the purification of air with a TSA cycle using radial adsorbers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2007Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventors: Christian Monereau, Ingrid Bellec
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Publication number: 20100058805Abstract: A method of supplying refrigeration to air separation plants within an air separation plant facility in which a refrigerant stream is produced at cryogenic temperature within a centralized refrigeration system. Streams of the refrigerant at the cryogenic temperature are introduced into the air separation plants such that all or a part of the refrigeration requirements of the air separation plants are supplied by the streams of the refrigerant.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventor: HENRY EDWARD HOWARD
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Publication number: 20100058806Abstract: A cooling system is provided for supplying cryogenic cooling fluid to a thermal load. The system includes a cryogenic refrigeration system, a cryogenic cooling fluid coupled to the thermal load, and a primary power supply for providing power to the cryogenic refrigeration system. A backup power supply provides power to the cryogenic refrigeration system in the event that the primary power supply is unable to provide sufficient power to the cryogenic refrigeration system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: Patrick L. Jansen, Evangelos T. Laskarls, James W. Bray, Kirubaharan Sivasubramaniam