Abstract: A low profile spring bracket for a heating element of a cooktop appliance includes features that allow the bracket to move along the axial direction in a smooth fashion with minimal force. In this way, a temperature sensor attached thereto can maintain contact with a cooking utensil placed on the heating element.

Abstract: A cooking appliance is provided herein. A heating element is configured to generate heat for cooking a food item. A user interface is configured to allow selection of a cooking program for cooking the food item and includes a sear feature that is selectable while a selected cooking program is underway. Selection of the sear feature increases a cooking temperature to a maximum cooking temperature without otherwise interrupting the selected cooking program that is underway.

Abstract: A cooking fume purification module and a cooking fume exhaust device are provided. The fume purification module includes a housing, a plurality of dust collection plates and an emitter plate. The housing includes a cylindrical body and a plurality of protruding portions. The body defines an air channel. The plurality of protruding portions extends outwards from the body, and each protruding portion defines an introduction channel in communication with the air channel. The emitter plate is arranged on the protruding portion and provided with a plurality of emitter pins which are located in the introduction channel and face the air channel. The plurality of dust collection plates are arranged in the air channel and spaced apart along an axial direction of the body, and each dust collection plate corresponding to one emitter plate.

Abstract: A combined ventilation hood and microwave oven system (10) with an overall vertical dimension (30) is provided, which is smaller than a conventional combined ventilation hood and microwave oven. One or more vent hood fans (66;74) are disposed on lateral sides of a microwave coo-king cavity (34) to draw in exhaust air (92;93) through one or more vent inlets (54;56;158;160) disposed on a bottom surface (20;156) and expel the exhaust air (92;93;162) through one or more vent outlets (46;52) defined on a surface of an outer wrapper (80) of the combined system. The low-profile combined ventilation hood and microwave oven system is coupled with a modular heating system (150;180) for heating food, which provides both functions within the space typically required by the conventional combined ventilation hood and microwave oven.

Abstract: A cooking device includes a main body having a cooking space for cooking food; a base disposed at a lower side of the main body, and comprising a ventilation apparatus for suctioning and discharging contaminated air, the ventilation apparatus being connected to the lower side of the main body and having an introduction port; a swirler rotated so that the contaminated air is suctioned through the introduction port of the base, and having a plurality of wings; an installation part provided at the base; and a driving motor installed at the installation part and configured to generate power for rotating the swirler.

Abstract: Provided is an indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus, which is capable of detecting a room temperature without impairing a design of the air-conditioning apparatus. The indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus according to the present invention includes: a housing having a rear surface mounted to a wall and having an air inlet and an air outlet formed therein; a heat exchanger and an air-sending device arranged on a main air passage extending from the air inlet to the air outlet; and a room temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of an intake air. The housing has an air intake port from which air to be sent to the room temperature sensor is allowed to be taken, the air intake port being provided in a side surface adjacent to the rear surface. The room temperature sensor is arranged on an air passage connecting the air intake port and the main air passage. The air intake port is opened toward a rear surface side of the housing.

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus is provided with a branch distribution portion configured to divide refrigerant in a two-phase state of liquid refrigerant and gas refrigerant into refrigerants having different liquid ratios. The branch distribution portion includes a pipe including a bent pipe, a branch pipe, a pipe, and a pipe. The refrigerant flowing through the pipe flows through the bent pipe and the branch pipe, thereby being divided into refrigerant having a high liquid ratio and refrigerant having a low liquid ratio. The refrigerant having a high liquid ratio is fed through a pipe to a heat exchanger having a large volume of air. The refrigerant having a low liquid ratio is fed through a pipe to a heat exchanger having a small volume of air.

Abstract: An air conditioning system including a condenser system and a closed-loop air-to-water system. The condenser system includes a compressor which pressurizes refrigerant and distributes the pressurized refrigerant to at least one condenser coil, which climatizes water; and a fan which exhausts heat from the pressurized refrigerant. The closed-loop air-to-water system includes a climatized liquid tank, which receives climatized water from the at least one condenser coil; and an air handler disposed within a building, the air handler having a climatized liquid coil. The air handler is disposed to receive air from inside the building; transfer thermal energy from the climatized liquid coil to ambient air, creating climatized air; and distribute the climatized air to at least a portion of the building. The climatized water may be distributed to a recycled liquid tank, which may redistribute the climatized water to the climatized liquid tank, forming a closed-loop air-to-water system.

Abstract: An air purification system including a filter assembly including a substrate including a fibrous media, and a photocatalytic material disposed on the substrate, wherein the photocatalytic material includes a first quantity of crushed nanostructures; and a photon source arranged to illuminate the photocatalytic material with optical radiation.

Abstract: Conditioning systems and methods for providing cooling to a heat load can include an evaporative cooler arranged in a scavenger plenum with a pre-cooler upstream and a recovery coil downstream of the evaporative cooler. Outdoor or scavenger air can be conditioned in the evaporative cooler such that the conditioned scavenger air can provide cooling to a cooling fluid circulating through the recovery coil. The reduced-temperature cooling fluid can provide liquid cooling or air cooling for an enclosed space (for example, a data center) or for one or more devices that are enclosed or open to the atmosphere. Given the design and arrangement of the pre-cooler, evaporative cooler and recovery coil in the plenum, the system can operate in multiple modes. The pre-cooler can be configured to circulate a cooling fluid to condition the scavenger air. The pre-cooler fluid circuit can be coupled or de-coupled from a process cooling fluid circuit.

Abstract: A ventilation valve, comprising a cylindrical valve body (1), a gear box (2), a plurality of fan-shaped vanes (3) and a drive device (4), the gear box (2) being arranged in the center of the valve body (1), and a geared mechanism being provided inside the gear box (2). The drive device (4), by means of a geared drive mechanism, cause the vanes (3) to rotate in a same direction, each around its own central shaft; the vanes (3) are arranged within the valve body (1) in a uniform distribution; the geared mechanism comprises a first central gear (23) and a second central gear (24) fitted on a same supporting shaft (25); between the first central gear (23) and the second central gear (24) are provided a plurality of gears, one each of which is arranged at the end of one of said central shafts which extends to within the gear box (2), each of said gears engaging with both said first central gear (23) and said second central gear (24).

Abstract: A compliant containment device for use in a hydronic system, the compliant containment device including a vessel including an inlet and an outlet, and valve operably coupled to at least one of the inlet and outlet, wherein the valve is configured to operate between an open and closed position based in part on a temperature.

Abstract: Provided is a ceiling-concealed air-conditioning apparatus, including: a casing having an opening; a panel, which is provided to the opening and has an air inlet and an air outlet formed on an outer side of the air inlet; a blowing direction flap, which is configured to change a blowing direction of an air blown from the air outlet; a temperature detector, which is configured to detect an intake air temperature of air sucked from the air inlet; and a controller, which is configured to control the blowing direction flap, wherein the controller is configured to, during a heating operation, turn off warm air supply at an intake air temperature higher in a case in which the blowing direction flap is oriented in a horizontal direction relative to a ceiling surface than in a case where the blowing direction flap is oriented in a perpendicular direction relative to the ceiling surface.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is: to enable hot water at a required temperature to be supplied, even in cases when compressor load factor is low; to suppress heat dissipation from a waste-heat recovery device; and to improve waste-heat recovery rate. A waste-heat recovery system in an oil-cooled gas compressor is provided with: a compressor main body (3); an oil separator (6); gas piping (8) which supplies, to a demanded destination compressed gas separated from oil by the oil separator; oil piping (7) which returns, to the compressor main body, the oil separated by the oil separator; and a waste-heat-recovery heat exchanger (10) which recovers heat from the compressed gas and/or the oil.

Abstract: A system and method of controlling a multiple condenser air conditioning system that provides for efficient regulation of air temperature. The refrigeration system includes one or more valves whose operation is preferably controlled by programmable control logic to regulate flow through the refrigerant condenser(s) and sequentially control compressor discharge pressure and temperature in response to demands for heating or reheating of a supply air flow.

Abstract: The solar heating apparatus has a base box and a main axle mounted on the base box. At least one mirror support arm is mounted orthogonal to the main axle and supports a plurality of mirrors. In a first embodiment, a circular plate on the side of the base box rotates the main axle to bank the mirrors to track azimuth and a belt or chain drive rotates the mirror support arms to track elevation. In a second embodiment, the main axle is a beam mounted on a rotating circular plate on top of the base box to track azimuth and bevel gears drive a belt or chain drive that rotates the mirror support arms to track elevation. In a third embodiment, the mirror support arms are driven to rotate by bevel gears and the main axle through belt or chain drives.

Abstract: The solar heating apparatus has a base box and a main axle mounted on the base box. At least one mirror support arm is mounted orthogonal to the main axle and supports a plurality of mirrors. In a first embodiment, a circular plate on the side of the base box rotates the main axle to bank the mirrors to track azimuth and a belt or chain drive rotates the mirror support arms to track elevation. In a second embodiment, the main axle is a beam mounted on a rotating circular plate on top of the base box to track azimuth and bevel gears drive a belt or chain drive that rotates the mirror support arms to track elevation. In a third embodiment, the mirror support arms are driven to rotate by bevel gears and the main axle through belt or chain drives.

Abstract: In a cryocooler for developing coldness of 4 K or lower by expanding helium, an expander expands high-pressure helium. A compressor compresses low-pressure helium returned from the expander, to generate high-pressure helium, and supplies the high-pressure helium to the expander. When helium temperature in the expander is 2.17 K or lower, the pressure of the low-pressure helium is equal to or higher than pressure given by a curve, in a helium state diagram in which the horizontal axis is temperature and the vertical axis is pressure, along which helium's volumetric thermal expansion coefficient is 0.

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit including a compressor, a condenser, and an evaporator. Refrigerant is contained in the refrigerant circuit. A refrigerator oil is filled into the compressor. In a motor portion of the compressor, an insulating material including a polyester-based resin is immersed in the refrigerator oil. A solubility parameter of a mixture of the refrigerant and the refrigerator oil is not less than 8.2 and not more than 9.0. The refrigerator oil is a polyol ester oil. The polyol ester oil is an ester reaction product of an aliphatic acid and at least one of pentaerythritol and neopentylglycol, and the carbon number of the aliphatic acid is not less than 4 and not more than 9. A ratio of a straight-chain aliphatic acid included in the aliphatic acid is not less than 10 mass % and not more than 70 mass %.

Abstract: This invention relates to using a eutectic mixture of two ionic liquids, as an absorbent material in an absorption chiller. The invention provides an absorption chiller comprising a mixture of a refrigerant and an absorbent, and the absorbent is a eutectic mixture of two ionic liquids.

Abstract: The invention relates to an adsorption heat pump, having an adsorber device, comprising a solid adsorbent, an evaporator, a condenser or an evaporator/condenser and an operating medium in an operating circuit, wherein the operating circuit has a gaseous half-circuit between the evaporator, the adsorber device and the condenser or the evaporator/condenser and the adsorber device, in which gaseous half-circuit the operating medium is gaseous, and a liquid half-circuit which is configured between the evaporator and the condenser and in which the operating medium is liquid, wherein the liquid half-circuit contains a liquid functional medium which can be mixed with the operating medium and lowers the vapor pressure of the operating medium, with a vapor pressure at 25° C. of below 0.2 mbar.

Abstract: An air-conditioning system includes first and second PCM vessels, a heat recovery circuit, and a conduit and valve system. The heat recover circuit includes a third PCM vessel. The conduit and valve system operably couples i.) a first heat exchanger to the first PCM vessel and a radiator, ii.) a second heat exchanger to a core and the second PCM vessel, and iii.) the heat recovery circuit to the first heat exchanger.

Abstract: An operational efficiency apparatus comprising a sensor connected to a heat transfer system to detect efficiency of system and a display electrically connected to the sensor for indicating efficiency of the system based on data detected from the sensor.

Abstract: An evaporator for a vehicular air conditioning device, includes a heat storage material container, and allows easy change of a position of the heat storage material. The evaporator includes: an element unit that has a plurality of tubes and a plurality of outer fins which are alternately stacked and that exchanges heat between a refrigerant and air; one tank portion provided at one ends in a longitudinal direction of the tubes; another tank portion provided at the other ends in the longitudinal direction of the tubes; and a heat storage material container that is attached, in the longitudinal direction of the tubes, to the element unit, wherein the heat storage material container includes a heat storage material containing portion, a heat storage material M contained in the heat storage material containing portion, and an attachment portion that attaches the heat storage material container to the element unit.

Abstract: A purge system for removing non-condensables from a chiller system includes a purge chamber, a plurality of carbon beds fluidly connected to the purge chamber into which a flow of refrigerant and non-condensables is selectably directed from the purge chamber to remove the non-condensables therefrom. A vent line is fluidly connected to the plurality of carbon beds to dispose of the collected non-condensables, and a heater is operably connected to the plurality of carbon beds to selectably heat one or more of the carbon beds of the plurality of carbon beds to release refrigerant therefrom and direct the released refrigerant to the purge chamber.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a controller for a compressor, more specifically for a first electrical VSD motor configured to drive a compressor element, said controller comprising a housing in which is provided a rectifier, a DC link with a DC bus and two inverters connected to the same DC bus, a first inverter configured to control the first VSD motor driving said compressor element, and a second inverter configured to control a second VSD motor driving a fan configured to cool the compressor.

Abstract: A refrigeration device includes a refrigerant circuit sequentially connecting a compressor, a condenser, a reservoir, and a subcooling coil via refrigerant pipes in series, an injection circuit configured to inject part of refrigerant flowing from the condenser to an intermediate pressure part of the compressor, and an injection expansion valve configured to reduce a pressure of refrigerant branched on a downstream side of the subcooling coil. The refrigeration device includes a temperature measurement unit, a pressure measurement unit, and a controller configured to identify a type of refrigerant on the basis of a measured value of the temperature measurement unit and a measured value of the pressure measurement unit, and control at least one of an operating frequency of the compressor, a rotation frequency of a condenser fan, and an opening degree of the injection expansion valve.

Abstract: A cooling device for cooling beverage containers and their contents, such as, but not limited to, twelve-ounce aluminum cans. The device comprises a cylindrical body open at its top and having a bottom, where said cylindrical body includes an inner wall as well as an outer wall so as to form a plurality of compartments. In use, a beverage container is inserted into the innermost compartment surrounded by the inner wall while a solvent is added to the annular compartment between the inner and outer walls which contains a salt coolant. The dissolution of said salt in said solvent induces an endothermic chemical reaction capable of instantly cooling the beverage container as well as its contents via contact with said inner wall. Separation of the solvent from said salt coolant allows for subsequent reuse of the cooling device.

Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet which defines a fresh food storage chamber, a frozen food storage chamber, and a variable food storage chamber positioned between the fresh food storage chamber and the frozen food storage chamber. The refrigerator appliance includes a wall which at least partially defines the variable food storage chamber. The wall includes an outer surface facing an ambient environment around the refrigerator appliance and an inner surface positioned opposite the outer surface. The refrigerator appliance also includes insulation extending between the outer surface of the wall and the variable food storage chamber. The insulation includes a plurality of movable segments. The movable segments are movable between a first position and a second position. A thermal conductivity of the wall is greater when the movable segments are in the second position than when the movable segments are in the first position.

Abstract: A refrigerator and a branching air supply device for the refrigerator. The multipath air supply device for the refrigerator comprises: a housing having an air inlet and a plurality of air outlets; an adjustment member rotatably disposed in the housing to completely or partially block or completely expose each air outlet at different rotation positions, thereby adjusting respective air outlet areas of the plurality of air outlets; a baffle rotatably mounted at the air inlet; and a linkage device configured to transfer the rotational motion of the adjustment member to the baffle, so that the baffle moves to open or close the air inlet. A refrigerator having the branching air supply device. When a storage compartment does not need cold air, the air inlet of the branching air supply device can be completely closed to block an airflow passage for providing cold air for the storage compartment.

Abstract: A camera assembly coupled to a door of a refrigerator so as to have an unimpeded view of all goods in the refrigerator for the information of a user includes a locking base, a securing base, and a camera. The locking base is coupled to the door. The securing base is coupled to the locking base. The camera is received in the securing base. A refrigerator employing the camera assembly is also provided.

Abstract: A refrigeration appliance and a door for a refrigeration appliance. The door includes an inner door-wall, a door plate and a side cover. The side cover includes a first cover member and a second cover member bonded along a length direction of the side cover. A connecting structure connects the first cover member and the second cover member. The connecting structure includes at least two slots and at least two insert portions inserted into the matching slots in the length direction of the side cover. The at least two insert portions include a first insert portion and a second insert portion perpendicular to each other. Accordingly, the first cover member and the second cover member are connected conveniently, and connecting stability and firmness are achieved.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet with an adjustable wall partitioning the cabinet between first and second storage compartments. An adjustment mechanism is coupled to the adjustable wall and includes a mounting portion that is slideably coupled to an underside of the adjustable wall between fore and aft positions. A retaining mechanism is operably coupled to the mounting portion and includes a plurality of engagement features that engage like engagement features disposed on the underside of the adjustable wall. The retaining mechanism is moved to the disengaged position to allow movement of the adjustment mechanism between the fore and aft positions. The adjustment mechanism further includes support guides downwardly extending from opposite sides of the mounting portion. The support guides are slideably received in inclined channels disposed on opposite sidewalls of the cabinet between raised and lowered positions as the adjustment mechanism moves between the fore and aft positions.

Abstract: A method for assembling a camera assembly for viewing in all directions inside a refrigerator, the refrigerator comprising a body, a door, and the camera assembly. The camera assembly comprises a locking base, a securing base, and a camera, the securing base being coupled to the locking base. The camera is coupled to the securing base, the securing base defines a slot for receiving the camera. The locking base is coupled to the door.

Abstract: A camera antifogging assembly to prevent fogging of an internal camera due to temperature contrasts is coupled to a door of a refrigerator and includes a base, a camera, and an antifogging plate. The base is coupled to the door. The camera is coupled to the base. The antifogging plate includes a cover and a heat generator. The cover covers to the base. The heat generator is coupled to the cover and surrounds the camera. A refrigerator employing the camera antifogging assembly is also provided.

Abstract: A shelf assembly for a refrigerator includes a frame assembly having front and rear frame members with respective front and rear channels. A panel includes first and second ends, wherein the first end is fully received in the front channel, and further wherein the second end is partially received in the rear channel. A spacer assembly includes a spacer member and one or more clip members extending upwardly from a base portion. The clip members are clipped to mounting apertures disposed on the second portion of the rear frame member. The spacer member is received through a receiving aperture disposed through the rear frame member. The spacer member extends into the rear channel and engages the second end of the panel when the spacer assembly is clipped to the rear frame member to retain the panel in the channels of the front and rear frame members.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a door, and a transparent display assembly covering an opening of the door through which an inside of the refrigerator is visible. The transparent display assembly includes a front panel, a rear panel defining, a display disposed between the front and second panels, a light guide plate spaced apart from the display, a spacer disposed between the front panel and the light guide plate and configured to maintain a predetermined distance between the light guide plate and the display, a display light configured to emit light to the light guide plate, and a light guide plate stopper disposed between an end of the light guide plate and the display light and configured to prevent the display light from contacting the end of the light guide plate by protruding toward the light guide plate further than the display light.

Abstract: A refrigerated appliance includes a crossbar assembly disposed above a mounting area. The crossbar assembly includes a hooked portion that is operably coupled to a hook portion of a crossbar adapter. The crossbar adapter further includes a deflecting arm operable between at-rest and flexed positions. A housing includes an upper sidewall with a ramped introductory portion and a stepped snap feature. The deflecting arm of the crossbar adapter moves towards the flexed position from the at-rest position as the ramped introductory portion of the upper sidewall engages the deflecting arm of the crossbar adapter when the housing is received in the mounting area. The deflecting arm of the crossbar adapter resiliently snaps towards the at-rest position from the flexed position when the stepped snap feature of the housing clears a stepped snap feature disposed on the deflecting arm to releasably couple the housing to the crossbar adapter.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet having a storage compartment with a door pivotally coupled the cabinet between open and closed positions. A mullion assembly is operably coupled to the door between retracted and deployed positions relative to the door. The mullion assembly includes at least one receiving recess disposed on an inner surface thereof. At least one camera device is mounted on an inside edge of the door and vertically aligned with the at least one receiving recess of the mullion assembly, such that the camera device faces into the storage compartment when the first door is in the closed position, and is received in the receiving recess of the mullion assembly when the mullion assembly is in the retracted position. The camera device may also be mounted to a fixed portion of a hinge assembly that interconnects the mullion assembly and the door.

Abstract: A refrigerator may include a storage compartment, an inner door which comprises an opening having a size corresponding to a size of the storage compartment, a plurality of door guards, and an outer door which open and close the storage compartment, wherein the inner door comprises a control unit may control an internal environment of the storage compartment.

Abstract: A method is provided for determining a state of a distillation column having multiple column stages for separating a feed fluid stream into individual fluid components. The state is determined by means of a model in a manner dependent on pressure differences prevailing between adjacent column stages. In the model, both gaseous and liquid flows between adjacent column stages are brought about by the pressure differences prevailing between adjacent column stages. A substance quantity flow characterizing gaseous flow between two column stages is given by {dot over (N)}V·RV=CV·?pV. A substance quantity flow characterizing liquid flow between two column stages is given by {dot over (N)}L·RL=CL·?pL. ?pV,L is a total pressure difference between two adjacent column stages. RV,L is a coefficient of resistance between two adjacent column stages and CV,L is a conductance value of flow between two adjacent column stages.

Abstract: Systems and methods for drying system control. A control system receives inputs and measurements and provides modulated outputs to a drying system, control subsystems, or a user interface. An energy ratio compares the optimal energy required to the actual energy applied is into the control system for a drying process and can be provided as a constraint for optimization. The energy ratio enables compensation for effects that environmental variables such as ambient humidity and temperature may have on system performance. The control system can modulate the energy supplied by the drying system to meet an energy ratio setpoint. Embodiments of the present disclosure can validate the effectiveness of the control system by monitoring material yield and utility consumption in real-time to optimize system performance.

Abstract: A machine learning method and system for predictive maintenance of a dryer. The method includes obtaining over a communication network, an information associated with the dryer and receiving measurements of a vibration level of one of a process blower, a cassette motor and a regeneration blower associated with the dryer. Further, an anomaly is determined based on at least one of a back pressure and a fault and balance of at least one of the process blower and the regeneration blower is tracked. An alarm for maintenance is raised when one of an anomaly and an off-balance is detected.

Abstract: A machine learning method and system for predictive maintenance of a dryer. The method includes obtaining over a communication network, an information associated with the dryer and receiving measurements of a vibration level of one of a process blower, a cassette motor and a regeneration blower associated with the dryer. Further, an anomaly is determined based on at least one of a back pressure and a fault and balance of at least one of the process blower and the regeneration blower is tracked. An alarm for maintenance is raised when one of an anomaly and an off-balance is detected.

Abstract: An improved permeable bottom crucible is provided. The permeable bottom crucible is particularly suitable for degassing molten metal. The permeable bottom crucible comprises a refractory ceramic body comprising walls and an integral bottom wherein the integral bottom has a porous portion. The porous portion has a porosity which is higher than a porosity of the walls. Inductive coils are around the refractory ceramic body. A plug is arranged to disperse gas through the porous portion.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a peripheral wall having a polygonal tube shape and partition walls that divide an inside of the peripheral wall into first cells and second cells, the first cells and the second cells extending in an axial direction of the peripheral wall. Ends of each of the first cells in the axial direction are sealed and adjacent ones of the first cells are in communication with one another so that the first cells constitute a first passage having a U-shaped cross section perpendicular to the axial direction. The first passage includes an inflow port and an outflow port that are open in the same surface of the peripheral wall. Each of the second cells constitutes a second passage including an inflow port and an outflow port provided respectively at ends of each of the second cells in the axial direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is a technology based upon the nesting of tubes to provide chemical reactors or chemical reactors with built in heat exchanger. As a chemical reactor, the technology provides the ability to manage the temperature within a process flow for improved performance, control the location of reactions for corrosion control, or implement multiple process steps within the same piece of equipment. As a chemical reactor with built in heat exchanger, the technology can provide large surface areas per unit volume and large heat transfer coefficients. The technology can recover the thermal energy from the product flow to heat the reactant flow to the reactant temperature, significantly reducing the energy needs for accomplishment of a process.

Abstract: A stacked-plate heat exchanger may include a plurality of stacked plates stacked on top of each other along a stacking direction. A channel structure, through which a fluid may be flowable, may be formed in at least one stacked plate. From a top view of the at least one stacked plate, the channel structure may have at least one fluid channel along the stacking direction that may have at least one channel section with a zigzag-like geometry.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-phase plate heat exchanger for 2 air media, wherein the surfaces (13a) are wetted for the heat transfer of fluids (3, 4), and the primary medium (1) is the warm and moist fresh air (15) and the secondary medium (2) is the cool dry exhaust air (16) of an occupied space, which flows in the opposite direction to the primary medium (1), wherein the surfaces of the plate gaps (1a) for the primary medium (1) are wetted with hygroscopic solution (17a) and the surfaces of the plate gaps (2a) for the secondary medium (2) are wetted with water (18), and wherein the regeneration of this hygroscopic solution (17b) occurs in a heat exchanger (14), in which the surfaces of the plate gaps (la) for the primary medium (1) are wetted with preheated thinned hygroscopic solution (17b), and wherein the secondary medium (2) is air (15c) which is heated after the primary passage through the heat exchanger (14) and is saturated with steam, such that, on the surfaces of the plate gaps (1a) for the sec

Abstract: Provided are a phase change cooler with enhanced cooling performance and enhanced pressure resistance performance, and an electronic device using such a phase change cooler. The phase change cooler includes a heat receiving unit, a heat dissipating unit, a vapor pipe and a liquid pipe that interconnect the heat receiving unit and the heat dissipating unit to form a loop, and refrigerant encapsulated inside the phase change cooler. The heat receiving unit has an approximately semicircular cross section, and the vapor pipe is coupled to an inclined face of the heat receiving unit.