Abstract: A gas burner assembly includes an elongated burner and a round burner positioned at a middle portion of the elongated burner. The elongated burner defines a plurality of flame ports adjacent a first end portion of the elongated burner. Flame ports of the plurality of flame ports that are positioned on a pair of parallel linear segments of the elongated burner have a first total port area, and flame ports of the plurality of flame ports that are positioned on an arcuate segment of the elongated burner have a second total port area. The second total port area is greater than the first total port area.

Abstract: A switching assembly of a gas stove includes a regulating valve, a knob, a stop board, and a restricting device. The regulating valve has a valve member and a regulating member, which is rotatable to regulate a gas flow through the valve member. The knob is connected to an end of a shaft which is connected to the regulating member with an opposite end thereof, and therefore the regulating member can be rotated by turning the knob. The stop board is located between the valve member and the knob, wherein the stop board has a curved slot, which has a first stop portion and a second stop portion. The restricting member is movable in the curved slot and is restricted by the first or the second stop portions. When the restricting member touches the first stop portion, the switching assembly allows larger gas flow to flow through.

Abstract: An oven appliance with one or more features for notifying a user of the oven appliance that the cooking chamber is heavily loaded is provided. Further, a method for operating an oven appliance to notify a user of the oven appliance that the cooking chamber is heavily loaded is provided.

Abstract: An oven appliance with one or more features for minimizing the time to preheat the cooking chamber and balancing the heat distribution within the cooking chamber of the oven appliance is provided. Features for minimizing the acoustic noise of the oven appliance are also provided. Further, a method for operating an oven appliance to minimize the preheat time and balance the heat distribution within the cooking chamber of the oven appliance while minimizing acoustic noise is provided.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for cooking a food, for example, pizza. The methods include placing a food item on an inclined surface so that grease generated during the cooking process may flow into a receptacle. A result of the method is a food having reduced grease when compared to a same food item cooked in a conventional manner. Disclosed also are devices that may be used to enable the methods.

Abstract: A ceiling-embedded air conditioner includes: a ceiling-embedded casing body that has an air suction path at the center of a lower surface and has an air blowoff path around the air suction path; a turbo fan that is disposed inside the casing body; a heat exchanger that is disposed inside the casing body on an outer peripheral side of the turbo fan; a bell-mouth that guides air sucked from the air suction path toward the inside of the turbo fan; and a rectifier that is provided on a back surface side of the bell-mouth at the air suction path side opposite to an air suction surface of the bell-mouth, the rectifier suppressing swirling airflows generated by part of air blown from the turbo fan swirling along the back surface of the bell-mouth in the same direction as a rotation direction of the turbo fan.

Abstract: A ceiling-embedded air conditioner includes: a ceiling-embedded casing body; a turbo fan disposed inside the casing body; a heat exchanger disposed inside the casing body on an outer peripheral side of the turbo fan; and an electrical equipment box disposed along a part of the heat exchanger at the upstream side of a ventilation direction. The casing body has a square shape with first to fourth side plates. The heat exchanger has first to fourth heat exchange portions bent along the first to fourth side plates respectively. An end portion of the first heat exchange portion and an end portion of the fourth heat exchange portion are disposed at a corner for tube connection out of the four corners of the casing body. The electrical equipment box is disposed to extend from the corner for tube connection toward the first heat exchange portion and the fourth heat exchange portion.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus, in the form of a package air conditioning unit (PAC) for conditioning air in a space. The space may comprise the interior space(s) of buildings such as hospitals, enclosed shopping malls, warehouses, factories, etc. The PAC comprises a first arrangement, in the form of a suction chamber for receiving an air stream from the space (e.g. return air) and discharging an air stream to the space (e.g. supply air). The PAC has a second arrangement, in the form of second chamber for receiving an air stream from outside the space (e.g. fresh air) and discharging an air stream to outside the space (e.g. exhaust air). The second chamber is configured to receive a portion of the return air via the suction chamber.

Abstract: The invention relates to System (S) for regulating temperature and humidity in an enclosure (20), comprising: a thermal storage (5), a desiccant fluid (F), a second fluid (F?) consisting at least partially of water, wherein the second fluid (F?) comprises an equilibrium humidity above the liquid desiccant, and a first and a second trickle element (1, 2), wherein the system (S) comprises a first cycle (3), which is configured to supply the desiccant fluid (F) to an inlet (I) of the first trickle element (1), to let the desiccant fluid (F) pass a surface of a heat exchanger (6) for transferring heat between said first cycle (3) and a second fluid cycle (4) containing said second fluid (F?), and to pass back the desiccant fluid (F) to the inlet (I) of the first trickle element (1), wherein in said second cycle (4) the second fluid (F?) is supplied to an inlet (I?) of the second trickle element (2) and a run back (R) is connected to the inlet (I) of the second trickle element (2) after passing the surface of the

Abstract: This discloses apparatuses for industrial or commercial cooling (or any other cooling) using staged cooling towers to evaporatively reach temperatures below the wet bulb temperature of the ambient air. Methods for using such apparatuses are disclosed as well.

Abstract: A coaxial ventilator (20) exchanges atmosphere between parts of a building (22) that are at differing heights. The coaxial ventilator (20) includes an outer conduit (24) that extends from an upper end (42) thereof downward to a lower end (44) thereof. The outer conduit (24) surrounds an inner conduit (62) that extends substantially the entire length of the outer conduit (24). Both the outer and inner conduits (24, 62) are open at their respective upper ends (42, 66) and lower ends (44, 68). Temperatures of atmosphere both surrounding and within the outer conduit (24) and the inner conduit (62) induce an exchange of atmosphere between the coaxial ventilator (20) and surrounding atmosphere.

Abstract: A system and process is provided for remotely monitoring and controlling an HVAC system. Data and information relating to an HVAC unit is transmitted from the HVAC unit via the internet to a remote server. The server is programmed to detect and diagnose problems with the HVAC unit and to respond by sending command signals to the HVAC unit that address the problems or modifies the operation of the HVAC unit.

Abstract: Method and systems for controlling data remotely that includes connecting to a remote device within a fabric of smart devices. The remote device stores data locally. Controlling the data includes remotely controlling the data stored in the remote device from another device connected to the fabric by transmitting a message to the remote device. Moreover, the transmitted message includes a profile identifier that causes a data management entity of the remote device to perform an indicated data management action. Furthermore, the profile identifier identifies a data management profile, and the message includes a command tag that indicates the data management action to be performed.

Abstract: Examples of database systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products are disclosed for causing automated system events to be performed in response to environmental sensing. In some implementations, a database system can receive environmental data and location data from a computing device capable of reading environmental data using an environmental sensor. The sensor is situated at a geographic location identified by the location data. An occurrence of an environmental condition can be determined using the environmental data. A database record in a database can be created or updated to identify the environmental data and/or the environmental condition. A system event to perform can then be determined based on the creating or updating of the database record.

Abstract: An information handling system includes a plurality of components, and a controller. The controller determines a separate thermal resistance for each of the components, categorizes each component into one of a plurality of cooling domains based on the thermal resistance of the component and an amount of air flow around the component, and adjusts cooling controls for each of the components based on the respective cooling domain of the component.

Abstract: A controller for a chiller and a method for controlling a chiller are provided. The method may include receiving, by a controller, a target value of a control factor of the chiller; comparing, by the controller, the received target value with a current value of the control factor of the chiller; transmitting, by the controller, a control factor value change command to the chiller if the received target value is not equal to the current value of the control factor of the chiller; receiving, by the controller, a changed current value of the control factor from the chiller; updating, by the controller, the current value of the control factor on a management screen with the received changed current value of the control factor; and comparing, by the controller, the received target value with the current value of the control factor again.

Abstract: In order to provide a method for the conditioning of air which is implementable in a reliable and energy-efficient manner, it is proposed that the method comprise the following: determining the actual values of at least two parameters of an inlet air stream of a conditioning system in which the air is to be conditioned; selecting an operating state of the conditioning system on the basis of a model by means of which a plurality of possible actual values of the at least two parameters is linked to operating states of the conditioning system; setting the conditioning system into the selected operating state so that an output air stream of the conditioning system is produced in which the actual values of the at least two parameters lie within preset target value ranges.

Abstract: A controller for an air conditioner is provided that may include a communication device configured to communicate with the air conditioner, and an output device configured to display, on a management screen, information received from the air conditioner communicatively connected to the communication device. Once the communication device is communicatively connected to the air conditioner, the output device may receive product information of the air conditioner from the air conditioner and display the management screen corresponding to the product information received.

Abstract: A circular air-conditioning register includes a tubular outlet ring, which defines a vent outlet of conditioning air, and three fin bodies, which are supported by the outlet ring to be pivotal about respective pivot axes. When the space inside the outlet ring is equally divided into three sectorial regions about the central axis of the outlet ring, each pivot axis is parallel to the chord of corresponding one of the three sectorial regions. The vent outlet is closed when the fins bodies are pivoted to a closed position. Each fin body includes a main fin, which closes the vent outlet at the closed position, and an auxiliary fin, which is spaced apart from the main fin. Each main fin and the corresponding auxiliary fin are formed integrally.

Abstract: A vent cap assembly for use with a drain waste vent pipe under roof-mounted photovoltaic (PV) panels is provided. Such vent cap assemblies are adapted to fit over a cut-down roof vent pipe to maintain airflow from the vent pipe and prevent debris from entering the pipe. Vent cap assemblies can include a cap portion and a mounting bracket, the cap portion having an inner cavity accessed through an opening in an underside of the cap and the mounting bracket having one or more inwardly extending elongate members for engaging an outer surface of the vent pipe to secure the cap assembly to the pipe. The mounting bracket can include multiple inwardly extending tabs distributed about the bracket that laterally deflect and securely engage the vent pipe when the cap assembly is pressed onto the pipe.

Abstract: The present invention is a support tray for use in the cleaning of an air conditioner unit that has a floor portion with a raised, generally centrally disposed support member, with a sloped upper surface, for supporting the air conditioner unit.

Abstract: A seasonal heat-cold energy storage and supply pool, including a salt-free solar pool at the upper layer and an energy storage pool at the lower layer. The salt-free solar pool and the energy storage pool are separately connected to a water source. The salt-free solar pool includes a pool bottom and a pool wall. The pool bottom of the salt-free solar pool functions as a top cover of the energy storage pool. The energy storage pool includes a wall and a bottom which are a composite layer. The energy storage pool is provided with a heat exchange coil configured to implement heat exchange in the energy storage pool for supplying heat and cold for an external user. The salt-free solar pool and the energy storage pool are communicated through controllable valves at the pool bottom of the salt-free solar pool.

Abstract: An absorber tube is provided that includes a metal tube, a glass sleeve tube surrounding the metal tube, and a glass-metal transition element is disposed on at least one end. The metal tube and the transition element can be moved relative to one another in the longitudinal direction and connected to one another by an expansion compensating device. An inner end of the expansion compensating device is fastened to an attachment element, which is connected to the transition element. An outer end of the expansion compensating device is fastened to the metal tube. An annular space section of the annular space is constructed between the transition and attachment elements. The attachment element has an annular disc on which the expansion compensating device is fastened. The absorber tube has at least one shielding device that has a first annular disc-shaped section disposed on at least one end in the annular space.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solar energy collection apparatus and design method. In particular, the invention provides a solar energy collection apparatus incorporating one or more reflectors and a solar collector for receiving incoming solar radiation, including reflected radiation from the one or more reflectors, wherein the one or more reflectors and the collector are oriented according to a pre-calculated offset length and offset angle based at least on the latitude of the apparatus. The invention further provides a computer-implemented method of designing a solar collection apparatus including determining the optimal offset length and offset angle between the one or more reflectors and the collector for a given latitude and other inputs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved solar energy concentrating system. The system comprises a dual axis sun tracking paraboloid dish collector on a polar mount, with a re-reflecting mirror in top of the paraboloid dish, which reflects the concentrated solar irradiation into an opening in the paraboloid dish into a light pipe and with a movable third mirror redirects the light into a second light pipe along the polar axis, which with a fourth fixed mirror, sends the concentrated solar irradiation into a third light pipe to the cavity receiver. The invention replaces the need of flexible connectors to accommodate the movement of the mirror, with a combination of mirrors and light pipes, transferring the solar irradiation to a cavity-receiver. Dual axis tracking systems can capture more solar energy, on a more constant basis throughout the day and the year, and by reflecting directly into the cavity-receiver, thermal losses are minimized.

Abstract: A device for supporting a length of a control bar connecting two elements separated from one another, with the control bar having a degree of freedom. The device includes a carrier cable extending vertically parallel and opposite the control bar, with a series of hangers connecting the carrier cable to the control bar and arranged to maintain the degree of freedom of the control bar.

Abstract: A dual-stage enthalpy-increasing air-conditioning system comprises a compressor (1), an outdoor heat exchanger (3), a first throttle component (8) and an indoor heat exchanger (11), wherein the components are connected via pipelines; the system also comprises a flash evaporator (6) and a second throttle component (7); a first connecting port of the flash evaporator (6) is connected with a first connecting port of the first throttle component (8); a second connecting port of the first throttle component (8) is connected with the indoor heat exchanger (11); a second connecting port of the flash evaporator (6) is connected with an air supplementing port of the compressor (1); a third connecting port of the flash evaporator (6) is connected with a first connecting port of the second throttle component (7); a second connecting port of the second throttle component (7) is connected with the outdoor heat exchanger (3).

Abstract: A first evaporation unit and a second evaporation unit are coupled via a refrigerant interchanging portion having a first communication portion and a second communication portion. A first partition member is provided in a tank portion of the first evaporation unit to define a first tank internal space and a second tank internal space. The first partition member has a first communication hole to let the first tank internal space and the second tank internal space communicate with each other. A second partition member is provided in a tank portion of the second evaporation unit to define a third tank internal space and a fourth tank internal space. The second partition member has a second communication hole to let the third tank internal space and the fourth tank internal space communicate with each other.

Abstract: A control device, and a method for operating the control device, optimizes cooling of a high-voltage accumulator using an air-conditioning system in a vehicle. A coolant flow which is insufficient is detected by an evaporator for the high-voltage accumulator and, as a result, heat losses inside a condenser of the air-conditioning system are reduced for increasing the flow of the coolant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mechanical draft cooling tower that employs air cooled condenser modules. The aforementioned cooling tower operates by mechanical draft and achieves the exchange of heat between two fluids such as atmospheric air, ordinarily, and another fluid which is usually steam. The aforementioned cooling tower utilizes a modular air cooled condenser concept wherein the air cooled condensers utilize heat exchange deltas and uniquely designed fluid flow dividers.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for improving refrigeration and air conditioning efficiency for use with a heat exchange system having a compressor, condenser, evaporator, expansion valve, and circulating refrigerant. The apparatus includes a liquid refrigerant containing vessel having a refrigerant entrance and a refrigerant exit with the vessel positioned in the heat exchange system between the condenser and the evaporator, and means for creating a turbulent flow of liquefied refrigerant. The apparatus further preferably includes a refrigerant bypass path to sub-cool a portion of the refrigerant within the vessel; a disk positioned at the liquid refrigerant entrance to develop a low pressure area on the back side and create a turbulent flow of refrigerant entering the vessel; and a refrigerant valve incorporated into the refrigerant path downstream of the expansion valve and before the coil which develops a vortex that continues through the refrigerant coil.

Abstract: A control device for refrigeration and conditioning systems, comprising: an electronic expansion valve, associated with an evaporator arranged within a refrigerated/conditioned environment, a temperature sensor for the evaporator, an electronic board for the wired management of the electronic expansion valve and the temperature sensor; the electronic board is covered with a hermetic shell and is preset to be arranged within a refrigerated/conditioned environment in which the control device is installed.

Abstract: A capillary tube for a heat pump system, such as a packaged terminal air conditioner unit, includes features for adjusting a restriction on a flow of refrigerant through the capillary tube depending upon a direction of the flow of refrigerant through the capillary tube. A related packaged terminal air conditioner unit is also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method of removing a high boiling point residue from a waste refrigerant are provided to improve a reuse rate of the waste refrigerant by improving an oil removal rate at which oil is separated from the waste refrigerant. The apparatus includes a vaporizer that is configured to vaporize a waste refrigerant collected from a vehicle and includes an oil outlet configured to exhaust oil separated from the waste refrigerant. In addition, an oil separator is configured to receive the vaporized waste refrigerant transferred from the vaporizer and separate oil mists remaining in the waste refrigerant from the waste refrigerant.

Abstract: An ice-making freezer having a freezer assembly; a fluid reservoir coupled to the freezer assembly by a hose and configured to contain a fluid; and a mounting assembly configured to adjust the fluid reservoir to be in a first position during an ice-making mode and in a second position during a cleaning mode, wherein when the fluid reservoir is in the second position the fluid submerges at least a portion of the freezer assembly.

Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling pressure in a CO2 refrigeration system are provided. The pressure control system includes a pressure sensor, a gas bypass valve, a parallel compressor, and a controller. The pressure sensor is configured to measure a pressure within a receiving tank of the CO2 refrigeration system. The gas bypass valve is fluidly connected with an outlet of the receiving tank and arranged in series with a compressor of the CO2 refrigeration system. The parallel compressor is fluidly connected with the outlet of the receiving tank and arranged in parallel with both the gas bypass valve and the compressor of the CO2 refrigeration system. The controller is configured to receive a pressure measurement from the pressure sensor and operate both the gas bypass valve and the parallel compressor, in response to the pressure measurement, to control the pressure within the receiving tank.

Abstract: A heat pump includes an internal heat exchanger and a regulating device designed to bring the temperature of the working fluid at the outlet of a compressor to a specifiable minimum difference above the dew point at the same pressure. This allows the use of novel coolants in heat pumps, e.g., coolants having a low dew line slope of under 1000/kJ in the temperature-entropy diagram and characterized by very good safety and environmental properties.

Abstract: A foldable cool pack offering an enlarged contact area with an item therein. The foldable cool pack comprises two or more segments hingedly coupled together. The foldable cool pack can be folded and thus adapted to the geometry to a stored item so as to achieve an increased surface contact with the stored item. As a result, the heat transfer between the foldable cool pack and the stored item is enhanced and evenly distributed. Further, an item stored in the cool pack can be effectively isolated from the ambient air as well as from other stored items.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a storage chamber having an opening; a drawer type door to open or close the opening; a display positioned at the drawer type door; a first connector provided at a sidewall of the storage chamber; a second connector provided at the drawer type door and being electrically connected to the display; a first frame coupled to an inner wall of the storage chamber, the first frame to cover the first connector; a second frame coupled to the drawer type door, the second frame to support a storage box; and a wire electrically connected between the first connector and the second connector. The first frame has a first accommodating part to accommodate one portion of the wire and the second frame has a second accommodating part to accommodate another portion of the wire.

Abstract: A refrigerator and a manufacturing method thereof including processes of separately manufacturing partitions dividing a storage space into a plurality of storage chambers from a main body including an inner casing and an outer casing, coupling the partitions to an inner surface of the inner casing, filling a space between the inner casing and the partitions with an insulator, and filling the partitions with the insulator by filling a space between the inner casing and the outer casing with the insulator. Since the insulator uniformly fills the partitions dividing the storage space into the plurality of storage chambers, the partitions may possess improved insulating qualities.

Abstract: An indoor unit includes a case having an opening part on a lower surface thereof when the indoor unit is installed, and a decorative panel having a substantially rectangular air inlet being open to the opening part of the case and being attached to the lower surface of the case. The decorative panel has temporary hanging levers attached to opposed positions shifted to be parallel from midpoints on any opposed two of four sides on edges of the air inlet toward any opposed vertexes. The case has temporary hanging hooks corresponding to the temporary hanging levers on edges of the opening part.

Abstract: Refrigerator dividing assemblies and methods are disclosed. An example refrigerator dividing assembly includes a pair of dividers configured to be selectively positionable in a refrigerator, each of the dividers having a respective engaging feature; and a spacer having a first dimension along a first axis, a second different dimension along a second axis, a first pair of engaging features near ends of the spacer along the first axis, the first pair of engaging features configured to engage respective ones of the divider engaging features to fixedly hold the dividers apart by generally a first distance, and a second pair of engaging features near ends of the spacer along the second different axis, the second pair of engaging features configured to engage the respective ones of the divider engaging features to fixedly hold the dividers apart by generally a second distance.

Abstract: Described herein is a method of removing refrigerant from a natural gas liquefaction system in which vaporized mixed refrigerant is withdrawn from the closed-loop refrigeration circuit and introduced into a distillation column so as to be separated into an overhead vapor enriched in methane and a bottoms liquid enriched in heavier components. Overhead vapor is withdrawn from the distillation column to form a methane enriched stream that is removed from the liquefaction system, and bottoms liquid is reintroduced from the distillation column into the closed-loop refrigeration circuit. Also described are methods of altering the rate of production in a natural gas liquefaction system in which refrigerant is removed as described above, and a natural gas liquefaction systems in which such methods can be carried out.

Abstract: A method of evaporating liquid and drying a static bed of particles within a container and recovering water condensate.

Abstract: An integrated solar energy drying system, including: a solar greenhouse, a solar energy storage bed, an air condenser, a wet dust collector, pipes, valves, and blowers. The solar greenhouse includes: a top side, three sunny sides, a shady side, floorboards, a gas inlet, and two gas outlets. The solar energy storage bed includes: an upper air box, a lower air box, a plurality of solar heat collecting-storing pipes, and a sealing chamber. Each solar heat collecting-storing pipe includes an air pipe. The air condenser includes: an air inlet, an air outlet, two gas chambers, and a bundle of gas pipes. The solar greenhouse, the solar energy storage bed, the air condenser, the wet dust collectors are connected via pipes. The valves and the blowers are disposed on the pipes.

Abstract: A freeze-drying system is disclosed which includes a vented cart configured for operation in a pressure-controlled chamber, and a plurality of heated shelves disposed in the vented cart. At least one heated shelf of the plurality of heated shelves is provided. The heated shelf includes a first planar sheet formed from a thermally conductive material having a top configured to conduct heat to a tray resting on the top, a second planar sheet disposed opposite the first planar sheet, and a heating element secured between the first and second planar sheets. The heating element has a surface disposed in thermally conductive contact with the first planar sheet.

Abstract: A method of drying solid biomass is disclosed. Particles of the biomass are first mechanically pre-dried by feeding them into a press. There they are partially split into fibers to increase their surface area, and liquid is squeezed out of them and from between them. The liquid is led away from the press. The mechanically pre-dried biomass particles are immediately fed out of the press into a process gas stream that entrains them and feeds them tangentially into a cyclonic processing chamber. In the chamber, the particles collide with themselves and with other solids that have been introduced into the chamber. The water and steam released by these collisions is led out of the top of the chamber, and the dried particles are led out the bottom.

Abstract: Embodiments of a self-cleaning jet tube may include an elongate hollow body that is generally rectangular in cross-section and tapered from an open first end to a second end generally opposite the first end. The elongate hollow body may have an upper wall, a lower wall, side walls, a plurality of apertures arranged along the upper wall, an end plate coupled with the walls at the second end, and at least one through-slot. A through-slot may be disposed through the end plate or a wall, between the end plate and a wall, or between two walls. The jet tube may be configured for use with the through-slot(s) open and unblocked, thereby allowing debris to be expelled from the jet tube during operation of the jet veneer dryer. Corresponding systems and method are also provided herein.

Abstract: A plurality of substantially identical, thermally and/or atmospherically isolated modules can be employed to effect a treatment process. Each module can include a thermal system and/or atmospheric control system to effect a step of a treatment process, such as a heat treatment process for metal articles, particularly heat treatment and/or welding of parts made from so-called “super allows.” The module control systems can communicate and/or cooperate to carry out a process.

Abstract: A drive system for a roller conveyor is described. The drive system may comprise a motor and a driving loop driven by the motor and having a driving side and a return side. The drive system may further comprise a first reducer configured to drive a rotation of the driving loop in a forward direction, a second reducer configured to drive the rotation of the driving loop in a reverse direction, and at least one sprocket driven by the driving side of the driving loop. The at least one sprocket may be configured to drive a rotation of at least one roller of the roller conveyor in the forward direction when the driving loop is rotating in the forward direction, and in the reverse direction when the driving loop is rotating in the reverse direction.