Abstract: A building controller for a building that includes a first zone and a second zone. The building controller includes a processing circuit configured to store zone modes for the building. The zone modes include zone activity modes each associated with an occupant activity within the zone and one or more environmental settings. The processing circuit is configured to receive an indication to operate the first zone in a first zone mode of the zone modes and an indication to operate the second zone in a second zone mode of the zone modes. The processing circuit is configured to operate one or more pieces of building equipment based on the first zone mode and operate the one or more pieces of building equipment based on the second zone mode.

Abstract: An air conditioner and a method for controlling an air conditioner are provided. The air conditioner may include a plurality of units including an outdoor unit and an indoor unit, the plurality of units being distributed at a plurality of layers or levels or floors in a building; and a controller configured to monitor and control the plurality of units. The controller and the plurality of units may include a communication unit configured to transmit/receive data in a wireless communication scheme, respectively. One of the plurality of units may be configured as a master node, and remaining units except for the unit configured as the master node may be configured as slave nodes, respectively, so that the slave node stores information on an upper parent node and a lower child node in a routing table to transmit data.

Abstract: An air conditioner is provided that may include a plurality of units including an outdoor unit and an indoor unit, the plurality of units being distributed at a plurality of layers or levels or stories in a building; and a controller configured to monitor and control the plurality of units. The controller and the plurality of units may include a communication unit configured to transmit/receive data in a wireless communication unit, respectively, and the communication unit may transmit/receive the data using a sub-giga band frequency. The plurality of units may transmit/receive data in a wireless communication scheme so that an indoor unit and an indoor unit, and an indoor unit and an outdoor unit may directly communicate with each other in a wireless scheme, and the indoor unit may directly communicate with the controller.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for controlling a system that includes a modular set having a plurality of variable frequency modular units. The method includes setting a load ratio range for the plurality of variable frequency modular units, inputting an energy adjustment amount, and setting different operations for the modular set based on the energy adjustment amount. During a first operation, a first frequency adjustment amount of a corresponding variable frequency modular unit is determined based on the energy adjustment amount and an operating position of the corresponding variable frequency modular unit. During a second operation, a second frequency adjustment amount of a corresponding variable frequency modular unit is determined based on the energy adjustment amount and the operating position of the variable frequency modular unit. The first operation or the second operation causes the variable frequency modular units to operate within the load ratio range.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an illumination grille assembly comprising a frame and a ventilation grille coupled to the frame, and a plurality of light-emitting diodes coupled with the frame and at least partially covered with a light transparent cover. Some embodiments of the invention provide a lighting and ventilating system including a main housing including an inlet through which air can be received within the main housing and an outlet through which the air can exit the main housing. A blower assembly can be supported in the main housing and it can be operable to generate a flow of air. In some embodiments, an illumination grille assembly can be coupled to the main housing to allow fluid to flow through the illumination grill assembly to the main housing. In some embodiments, the set of illumination devices can be configured and arranged to emit light through the light transparent cover.

Abstract: A refrigeration and air conditioning device, which is an outdoor unit of a refrigeration and air conditioning device provided with a heat exchanger within a housing (2) and blowers (3) arranged on the housing, the housing (2) being provided with a side cover covering the sides, a base (9) covering the bottom and a foot portion (10) arranged below the base (9), the foot portion (10) being provided with a raised portion (10b) upwardly bending an end face (10c) of a lower surface of the foot portion. The refrigeration and air conditioning device increases rigidity without increasing costs.

Abstract: A dehumidification device with enhanced dehumidification effect includes a gas cooler receiving a first air gas and condensing the first air gas into a first condensing gas and a first condensing liquid. A heat exchanger has an inlet and an outlet. The first condensing gas flows from the gas cooler to a periphery of the heat exchanger to cool the heat exchanger. The inlet receives a second air gas from outside. The second air gas is condensed into a second condensing gas and a second condensing liquid using the cooled heat exchanger, and the second condensing gas and the second condensing liquid are expelled from the outlet. A gas heater receives the first condensing gas flowing through the periphery of the heat exchanger and the second condensing gas expelled from the outlet, and heats and turns them into dry air, and the gas heater expels the dry air.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a terminal device for connecting a heating apparatus with an electricity supply, in particular for a tubular heating apparatus for household appliances, wherein the heating apparatus includes at least one electric resistance heating element. The terminal device comprises a mounting and reception section arranged for being electrically connected with the electric resistance heating element of the heating apparatus, a connector section arranged for being electrically connected on its one end side with an electrical power supply and on its other end side with the mounting and reception section, and a thermal fuse unit for detecting an excess temperature of the heating apparatus, which is in heat transfer contact with at least the mounting and reception section and which is connected in the electric supply circuit for supplying the electric resistance heating element of the heating apparatus with electricity.

Abstract: A fire tube heater assembly, sometimes referred to as boilers and/or water heaters, and method of accommodating elongation of the fire tubes associated with such heating devices. The fire tube heater assembly includes a plurality of fire tubes that are configured and oriented to effectuate efficient thermal exchange between the heating fluid, commonly a gas combustion product, and the fluid being heated. At least one end of the plurality of tubes are supported by a tube support. The tube support includes a bellows or other deformable structure that accommodates changes in the longitudinal length associated with thermal expansion and contraction of the fire tubes during operation of the first tube heater assembly and in a manner that maintains segregation between the heating and heated fluid flows.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a gas water heating apparatus comprising: a shell; a burner, a heat exchanger, and a fan which are disposed in sequence within the shell, wherein a combustion region is formed between the burner and the heat exchanger that are spaced from each other by a first preset distance; a first enclosing frame that encloses the combustion region, an air inlet portion being disposed on a side wall of the first enclosing frame; a heat insulating plate which is disposed within the first enclosing frame and is spaced from an inner surface of the side wall of the first enclosing frame by a second preset distance, wherein when the fan is in operation, air outside the first enclosing frame can flow into a region between the first enclosing frame and the heat insulating plate through the air inlet portion. The present disclosure provides a gas water heating apparatus having an optimized temperature reducing structure and capable of achieving a significant temperature reduction effect.

Abstract: A thermal conveyance system and process for absorbing, transporting, storing, and recovering thermal energy (both hot and cold energy) over a wide range of temperatures from up to 2,100° F., or higher, or cool energy at subzero temperatures in inert and stable particles without the need to maintain a minimum temperature or requiring high system pressures. The process involving the transferring thermal energy to a first transfer fluid and recovering thermal energy from a second transfer fluid wherein the first and the second transfer fluids comprise a two phase thermal media including a gaseous carrier containing a quantity of micron to millimeter sized solid particles.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a high-strength support assembly structure, which utilizes a fastening cover part that can be slidably sleeved onto a C-type steel and an opening side thereof and a flexible internal stand; the flexible internal stand is placed inside of the C-type steel, and the internal stand and the fastening cover part are correspondingly fastened at the opening side of the C-type steel, such that the opening side of the C-type steel can serve as a connecting end or a bearing side. The present invention also discloses using or stacking a single or a plurality of connecting plates, so as to allow one C-type steel to be correspondingly joined to another C-type steel in order to expand a length thereof, or to adapt the C-type steel for serving as a corner.

Abstract: A bracket for installing photovoltaic modules on a tile roof. The bracket can have a base portion adapted to sit on a flat roof surface below a tile. A pair of curved portions above the base portion can be supported by a pair of vertical portions. A riser portion can be connected to the pair of curved portion and rising in a direction perpendicular to a roof surface. A flange can be connected to and be perpendicular to the riser portion and parallel to the base.

Abstract: Systems and methods relating to a plural in-series pumped liquid refrigerant trim evaporator cycle are described. The cooling systems include a first evaporator coil in thermal communication with an air intake flow to a heat load, and a first liquid refrigerant distribution unit in thermal communication with the first evaporator coil. The cooling systems further include a second evaporator coil disposed in series with the first evaporator coil in the air intake flow and in thermal communication with the air intake flow, and a second liquid refrigerant distribution unit in thermal communication with the second evaporator coil. A trim compression cycle of the second liquid refrigerant distribution unit is configured to further cool the air intake flow through the second evaporator coil when the temperature of the first fluid flowing out of the main compressor of the second liquid refrigerant distribution unit exceeds a predetermined threshold temperature.

Abstract: An air conditioning system for a high-rise building includes a condenser unit and a compressor separate from the condenser unit and in fluid communication with the condenser unit. The compressor is to be located at a floor of a high-rise building that is below a location of the condenser unit at a roof top of the high-rise building. The system may also include an oil separator to separate oil from a refrigerant. The oil separator is in a path of the refrigerant from the compressor to the condenser unit, where the oil separator is distal from the condenser unit and proximal to the compressor.

Abstract: A thermo-acoustic device for transferring energy by an acoustic wave, includes a resonator; a source for generating the acoustic wave; a thermodynamic section that forms an acoustic network and includes a compliance volume, a thermo-acoustic core and a fluidic inertia. The thermodynamic section is situated between the resonator and the source. The thermo-acoustic core is within the thermodynamic section and includes a cold terminal, a hot terminal and a regenerator. The regenerator is positioned between the hot and cold terminals. The source includes a piston compressor. The compressor is arranged as a mechanical double acting reciprocating piston compressor with a first outlet for a pressure wave generated on one side of the piston and a second outlet for a pressure wave generated on the other side of the piston. the first outlet is coupled with a first thermodynamic section, and the second outlet coupled with a second thermodynamic section.

Abstract: Standalone and self-contained cooling systems using compressed liquid and/or gas CO2 containers positioned in an insulated or non-insulated vessel and consisting of a specially designed unit where the containers are vertically positioned in an upright or upside-down position. The liquid and/or gas CO2 coolant is then released into capillary tube(s) embedded into a heat transfer plate or heat exchanger thus leveraging the CO2 coolant properties. The temperature is controlled by a metering CO2 releasing system encompassing an electronic control device which can be operated remotely and/or via a touch screen and which sends alerts when pre-defined thresholds are exceeded. The invention's metering CO2 releasing system may be triggered by an electronic or a thermostatic valve or may be triggered manually or by an electronic solenoid. The invention's cooling system also encompasses check valves, which avoid liquid and/or gas CO2 from escaping when removing or replacing CO2 containers individually.

Abstract: A refrigerator may include a temperature sensor, a thermoelectric device module having a thermoelectric device, and at least one fan and configured to cool a storage compartment, and a controller that controls the output power of the thermoelectric device based on the temperature of the storage compartment, a set temperature, and the outside temperature. The output power of the thermoelectric device may be determined based on whether the temperature of the storage compartment is within a first temperature region including the set temperature, a second temperature region, or a third temperature region. In the first and second temperature regions, the thermoelectric device may operate at different output power and which gradually increases as the outside temperature increases. In the third temperature region, the thermoelectric device may operate at a third output power which exceeds the first output power and is greater than or equal to the second output power.

Abstract: A refrigerator may include a sensor configured to measure temperature, a thermoelectric device module having at least one fan and configured to cool the storage compartment; and a controller that controls a rotation speed of the fan. The rotation speed of the fan may be determined based on at least one of whether a storage compartment temperature condition measured by the sensor exists or whether an initial power input condition exists. The thermoelectric device module may be controlled differently in a first temperature region, in a second temperature region, and in a third temperature region of the storage compartment. When an initial power condition exist such that power is initially supplied to the refrigerator, the fan is controlled to spin at a rotation speed that exceeds a rotation speed corresponding to the third temperature region until a preset temperature within the second temperature region is reached.

Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus and an operation controller of the air-conditioning apparatus are capable of maintaining oil in a compressor at an appropriate amount and preventing efficiency degradation due to oil compression in the compressor. The air-conditioning apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit in which a condenser, an expander, an evaporator, the compressor, and an oil separator are connected by pipes, and an oil return circuit configured to return oil from the oil separator to the compressor, in which the compressor includes an oil concentration sensor configured to detect oil concentration inside the compressor, and the oil return circuit includes multiple solenoid valves that are each opened or closed corresponding to the oil concentration detected by the oil concentration sensor.

Abstract: An integrated thermal superconducting plate heat exchanger and a manufacturing method thereof. The integrated thermal superconducting plate heat exchanger comprises a heat exchange plate of a composite plate structure, a fluid pipe having a certain structure shape and a thermal superconducting pipe having a certain structure shape are formed in the heat exchange plate; two ends of the fluid pipe are formed with openings; and the thermal superconducting pipe is an enclosed pipe and is filled with a heat transfer working medium therein. By combining the thermal superconducting pipe and the fluid pipe in the heat exchange plate of the integrated thermal superconducting plate heat exchanger and using features of a thermal superconducting plate such as fast heat transfer rate and good temperature uniformity, a temperature difference between the heat transfer plate and air and an effective heat transfer area are increased.

Abstract: A phase change material panel for cooling a cabinet of a merchandiser is disclosed. The panel may include a refrigerant tube, an outer jacket surrounding the refrigerant tube, and a phase change material positioned between the refrigerant tube and the outer jacket and in contact with the refrigerant tube.

Abstract: A valve arrangement according to the present disclosure includes a valve module and a drain valve. The valve module includes first and second functional spaces, and an attachment interface defining a passage into one of the first or second functional spaces. The drain valve includes a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet formed through a common connector part that is connectable to the attachment interface to connect the fluid inlet of the drain valve to the second functional space and the at least one fluid outlet to the first functional space.

Abstract: An accumulator connected to a compressor, the accumulator including a case that forms a space in which liquid refrigerant and gaseous refrigerant are accommodated, a suction pipe which is connected to the case, and at least one connection pipe which connects a side surface of the case and a suction side of the compressor, whereby a space between a side surface of the compressor and a side surface of the accumulator is less than a length of a portion of the connection pipe from the side surface of the compressor to the side surface of the accumulator.

Abstract: A HVAC system for a vehicle has a condenser, an evaporator, a compressor, a variable accumulator comprising a piston and an actuator, and a control system operatively connected to the actuator. Fluid flows in a circuit from the condenser, to the evaporator, to the compressor, and to the condenser. The variable accumulator is arranged between the evaporator and the compressor. The control system operates the actuator to displace the piston to alter at least one characteristic of the HVAC system.

Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus is capable of efficiently performing defrosting operation without suspending a heating operation of an indoor unit. The air-conditioning apparatus includes a main circuit sequentially connecting, via a pipe, a compressor, indoor heat exchangers, first flow control devices, and a plurality of parallel heat exchangers connected in parallel to each other to allow refrigerant to circulate, first defrost pipes branching a part of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor and causing the part of the refrigerant to flow into one of the plurality of parallel heat exchangers and to be defrosted, an interface heat exchanger located between the plurality of parallel heat exchangers, a first bypass pipe branching a part of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor and causing the part of the refrigerant to flow into the interface heat exchanger, and a second bypass pipe causing the part of the refrigerant flowing out of the interface heat exchanger to flow into the main circuit.

Abstract: A cooling performance of a phase-change cooling system that circulates a refrigerant liquid using a driving source is remarkably lowered immediately after the startup.

Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a fresh food compartment and a freezer compartment. An ice maker with an ice mold is disposed within the fresh food compartment for freezing water into ice pieces. A refrigeration system includes a system evaporator and an ice maker evaporator dedicated to cooling the ice mold. A frame rotatably supports the ice mold within the fresh food compartment between an ice-forming position and an ice-harvesting position. The frame supports the ice maker evaporator at a stationary position that serves as a pivot axis for the ice mold so the ice mold can rotate around the ice maker evaporator between the ice-forming position and the ice-harvesting position, while the ice maker evaporator remains stationary. In one example, a heater is rotatable with the ice mold, and a drip tray is located underneath ice mold and rotatable with the ice mold.

Abstract: Provided are a heat insulating container capable of maintaining a temperature of an object longer by dispersing the effect of temperature rises resulting from heat radiation, and a method for producing the same. A heat insulating container that maintains the temperature of a specific object requiring temperature control includes a first thermal storage medium, disposed to surround a center portion of the heat insulating container in which the object is placed, and a second thermal storage medium, disposed to surround the outer side of the first thermal storage medium. The first and second thermal storage media are both liquids at an intended target temperature of the object V1. The first and second thermal storage media have freezing points adjacent to and higher than a lower limit of an allowable temperature range of the object including the intended target temperature.

Abstract: A portable cooler includes an insulated body that defines a main interior storage space, and a lid structured to at least partially cover the main interior storage space. The lid includes an integrated blender or an integrated blender drive. Components of the blender may include a source of electrical power, an electric motor, and a blender spindle mounted through a surface of the lid and coupled to the electric motor. The integrated blender may also include a blender jar structured to hold food items for blending and one or more blending blades. The lid may further include a blender recess shaped in a negative mold of a collar of the blender jar to prevent the blender jar from rotating during operation.

Abstract: A storage container in a current temperature is cooled to a target temperature in two phases comprising a first phase of convective heat transfer from the storage container to dry ice, and a second phase of flowing sublimed dry ice to the storage container. Deviation of the current temperature from the target temperature is measured. The first phase is applied, when the deviation of the current temperature inside the storage container is higher than a threshold value for the deviation. The second phase is applied, when the deviation of current temperature inside the storage container is less than a threshold value.

Abstract: The current invention is a current invention is a self-cooling cooler that combines a miniaturized version of absorption refrigeration with a container such as a traditional ice chest/cooler. The cooling system created by the combination of an absorption refrigeration system with the ice chest/cooler. The boiler in the present invention's absorption refrigeration is fired by a vaporizer, powered by a rechargeable battery. The refrigeration system is connected to the body of the cooler using connection means such as screws. The refrigeration system keep the inside of the cooler cool.

Abstract: A refrigerator door includes an insulated door panel, a first hinge, and a second hinge used to mount the refrigerator door to a refrigerator body. The door panel includes a refrigerator section, a freezer section, a gasket channel, and a gasket. The freezer section is mounted below the refrigerator section to cover a freezer compartment when the refrigerator door is closed. The gasket channel is formed in the insulated door panel surrounding only the refrigerator section. The gasket is mounted in the gasket channel to seal the refrigerator compartment when the refrigerator door is closed. The first hinge is attached to a top surface of the insulated door panel above the refrigerator section. The second hinge is attached to a bottom surface of the insulated door panel below the freezer section. The freezer section is not surrounded by any gasket mounted to the insulated door panel.

Abstract: A refrigerator provides visual information indicating a map of the refrigerator and technical operations of the corresponding regions. The refrigerator includes a voice recognition function using a proximity sensor. The refrigerator has input/output (I/O) management functions for foods stored therein. The refrigerator communicates with a peripheral device over a network.

Abstract: A thermal insulating profile includes: a first profile portion made of metal; a second profile portion made of metal; a thermal insulating material made of a foaming resin material, the thermal insulating material being configured to couple the first profile portion and the second profile portion to each other; an injection port formed, along a longitudinal direction of the thermal insulating profile, between the first profile portion and the second profile portion; and a closing member disposed at the injection port to close the injection port.

Abstract: Disclosed is refrigerator including a holder terminal unit provided in a main body of the refrigerator; and a shelf terminal unit provided in a shelf installed in the main body, wherein the holder terminal unit includes a holder installed at an inner rear wall of the main body and having an opening which is opened toward a front side of the refrigerator; a holder side terminal provided to correspond to a shelf side terminal of the shelf terminal unit and movable in forward and backward directions within the holder; and an elastic member provided between the holder and the holder side terminal and configured to elastically support the holder side terminal, and wherein the holder side terminal is pressurized by the shelf side terminal which is inserted into the holder through the opening and moved backwardly, while maintaining an elastic contact with the shelf side terminal by the elastic member.

Abstract: A method of making a gasket track for a gasket is provided. A first section of a c-shaped channel comprising from 50% to 75% of the c-shaped channel of a first plastic material is formed. A second section of a c-shaped channel comprising from 25% to 50% of the c-shaped channel of a second plastic material is formed. The first section is joined together with the second section to form all of the c-shaped channel. The c-shaped channel has a circular cross section that forms at least 65% of an ellipse.

Abstract: A control method and control system of a refrigerator with an inverter compressor. The control method includes: calculating the total cooling amount needed by a compartment to be cooled within a unit time; taking the total cooling amount as a first power of the inverter compressor and calculating a first frequency of the inverter compressor operating at the first power; and controlling the inverter compressor to operate at the first frequency. The present invention effectively controls the power consumption amount while satisfying the refrigerator cooling condition by calculating the total cooling amount needed by a refrigerator compartment within a unit time and adjusting the frequency of the inverter compressor.

Abstract: Systems and methods that utilize feed gases that are supplied in a wide range of compositions and pressure to provide highly efficient recovery of NGL products, such as propane, utilizing isenthalpic expansion, propane refrigeration, and shell and tube exchangers are described. Plants utilizing such systems and methods can be readily reconfigured between propane recovery and ethane recovery.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system, method and apparatus for removing heavies from natural gas. Natural gas and an external rich reflux gas feed are processed in a single column refluxed absorber. A bottoms stream is routed to a first heat exchanger and then to a stabilizer column where an overhead stream from the stabilizer column is routed through a condenser for partial separation into an overhead stream. A rich solvent may be introduced to the stabilizer column. The overhead stream is routed through a condenser for partial separation into a stabilizer reflux and a second overhead stream lights. The second overhead stream lights is routed to a heat exchanger and then routed to a partial condenser where the stream is separated into a heavies rich reflux stream, a distillate stream and heavies treated natural gas stream.

Abstract: Process for the synthesis of ammonia from a make-up gas containing hydrogen and nitrogen, said process comprising: generation of a synthesis gas (8) containing hydrogen and nitrogen in a molar ratio lower than 3, inside a front-end section (2); a first cryogenic purification, designed to remove nitrogen and raise said molar ratio; conversion of the synthesis gas into ammonia (13) inside a high-pressure synthesis loop (6), with extraction from said loop of a purge stream (14) containing hydrogen and inert gases; wherein at least a portion of said purge stream (14) undergoes a further purification in order to recover at least part of the hydrogen contained therein, obtaining at least one stream (15, 15a, 16, 18) containing recovered hydrogen which is recycled to the process.

Abstract: The invention provides a sensing device that can be incorporated in a construction element for a toy construction set to allow new use of construction elements, for instance tracking the construction process. Sensing device comprises a carrier comprising a top surface provided with a series of top coils, a bottom surface with a series of bottom coils at a distance from said top coils, the sensing device further comprising a data processor functionally coupled with a memory for storing a status, said data processor comprises a computer program which controls and reads currents through each of said top and bottom coils and storing them in memory, thereby tracking status for each of said top and bottom coils.

Abstract: A method for operating a natural gas liquids processing (NGL) system, the system being selectively configured in either an ethane rejection configuration or an ethane recovery configuration, the method comprising, when the NGL system is in the ethane rejection configuration, collecting a reboiler bottom stream that, in the ethane rejection configuration, includes ethane in an amount of less than 5% by volume, and when the NGL system is in the ethane recovery configuration, collecting a reboiler bottom stream that, in the ethane recovery configuration, includes ethane in an amount of at least about 30% by volume.

Abstract: A heat exchanger for separating a vapor component from a carrier gas is disclosed. The carrier gas is cooled in an outer chamber, causing a vapor component of the carrier gas to desublimate or condense onto an outer surface of an inner chamber, forming a solid product. A coolant is passed through the inner chamber to cool the carrier gas of the outer chamber. A means for causing the inner chamber to flex is provided, causing the solid product to fall from the outer surface of the inner chamber for collection. In this manner, the vapor component is separated from the carrier gas.

Abstract: A process for removing a foulant from a gas stream is disclosed. The gas stream, containing a foulant, is cooled across a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger, producing a solid foulant entrained in cryogenic liquid as a foulant slurry, and a foulant-depleted gas stream. The foulant-depleted gas stream is passed through a cryogenic turbine and a first separation vessel, producing a light gas stream and further solid foulant. The solid foulants are recovered by a combination of pressurization, melting, and distillation to produce a liquid foulant product. Heat is recovered from the various streams in the various heat exchangers and the melter.

Abstract: A heating apparatus includes a plurality of heaters to heat a heating object, a plurality of air nozzles to blow air onto the heating object, and a blower to supply air to the plurality of air nozzles. The plurality of heaters is disposed along a conveyance direction of the heating object, at least one of the plurality of air nozzles is disposed between adjacent two of the plurality of heaters, and the plurality of air nozzles blows air onto the heating object while the plurality of heaters heats the heating object in both cases of when the heater performs a heating operation and when the heater does not perform the heating operation.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid removal apparatus is configured to remove a liquid by irradiating a laser beam on the liquid. The liquid is adhered to a surface of a member. The apparatus includes a laser light source, and an energy controller. The energy controller is configured to unevenly distribute an energy intensity at an irradiation surface by splitting, into a plurality of laser beams, a laser beam emitted from the laser light source and by overlaying a portion of the split plurality of laser beams at an irradiation position where the liquid is adhered.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a water drying control system for refined cotton. The system comprises a pressing machine and a heat exchanger, a back end part of the pressing machine is provided with a discharge opening, and the system further comprises a control box, a main flap valve, a main drying pipe, a first drying cup, a second drying cup, a first cyclone separator, a first flap valve, a first draught fan, a third drying cup, a fourth drying cup, a second cyclone separator, a second flap valve, a second draught fan, a first infrared ray moisture transducer, a second infrared ray moisture transducer and a third infrared ray moisture transducer. Hot air can be supplemented to change the drying intensity and control the moisture content of the refined cotton of each stage in a reasonable scope, so as to effectively increase the performance.

Abstract: A kiln car assembly for a firing kiln having a plurality of upper burners includes a kiln car with an uppermost plurality of ceramic green bodies, a plurality of vertical members, and a horizontal supporting plate for supporting the ceramic green bodies during a firing process in the kiln. Further, the kiln car assembly includes a covering table having a tabletop located between the uppermost plurality of ceramic green bodies and the upper burners, and a plurality of legs positioned on the horizontal supporting plate.

Abstract: A refractory kiln car formed using a refractory composition has excellent resistance to high-temperature thermal shock and creep. The refractory composition is based primarily on chamotte having controlled particle sizes, and may also include mullite, fused silica, calcined alumina and microsilica, having controlled particle sizes. The refractory composition includes an aqueous colloidal silica binder that provides excellent castability and binding between the ingredients following drying.