Temperature Responsive Or Control Patents (Class 165/287)
- Means to maintain a constant temperature difference between a measured temperature and a controlled temperature (Class 165/289)
- Temperature sensor within or near an area to be conditioned, another tempeerature sensor near the conditioning equipment (e.g., shallow/deep, etc.) (Class 165/290)
- Temperature sensor inside conditioned space, another temperature sensor outdoor (e.g., indoor set point adjusted by outdoor conditions, etc.) (Class 165/291)
- Temperature sensor in treated fluid, another temperature sensor in treating fluid (Class 165/292)
- Temperature sensor prior to heat exchanger and one after (Class 165/293)
- Branched flow of heat exchange material (Class 165/294)
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Patent number: 8676385Abstract: A method operates a heat exchanger unit and determines a current physical characteristic of a process fluid at or adjacent a process fluid outlet of the heat exchanger unit and predetermining a desired physical characteristic of the process fluid at which the process fluid is desired to exit the heat exchanger unit. If the current physical characteristic of the process fluid is greater than the desired physical characteristic of the process fluid, then either a current fan speed is incrementally increased or the current fan speed is set at a predetermined low set point fan speed. Alternatively, if the current physical characteristic of the process fluid is less than the desired physical characteristic of the process fluid, then either the current fan speed is incrementally decreased or the current fan speed is set at a predetermined high set point fan speed or an OFF operating mode is activated.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2011Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: EVAPCO, Inc.Inventors: Jacob P. Myers, Mark S. Huber
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Publication number: 20140069626Abstract: A temperature control system used for a server system includes a liquid cooling module used for performing heat exchange for the server system through a first fluid and a second fluid, an air-cooled module used for providing a heat-dissipating airflow to the server system; and a control unit coupling the liquid cooling module and the air-cooled module. The control unit is used for adjusting a plurality of temperature adjustment parameters based on the environmental condition of the server system and thereby controlling the liquid cooling module and the air-cooled module at the same time, so as to make the liquid cooling module and the air-cooled module perform a heat-dissipating process according to the corresponding temperature adjustment parameters, and to reduce a environment temperature of the server system. The control unit is further used for adjusting the order of the temperature adjustment parameters based on a scheduling condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicants: INVENTEC COPORATIO, INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Ching-Hung Lin, Chien-An Chen, Chih-Chien Lin, Kai-Yang Tung, Fei-Yau Lu, Hsueh-Hui Chang
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Publication number: 20140069130Abstract: Embodiments relate generally to semiconductor device fabrication and processes, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a system that regulates the amount of thermal energy in a semiconductor processing chamber during semiconductor device fabrication and processes. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a cavity environment controller and a pedestal temperature controller coupled to a semiconductor processing chamber. The cavity environment controller is configured to regulate the temperature of the semiconductor processing chamber through a fluid in a source cavity disposed at the top of the semiconductor processing chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: Semicat, Inc.Inventors: Kyle Petersen, Jae Yeol Park, Michael Nam, David Gunther
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Publication number: 20140060798Abstract: Apparatuses and computer program products for configuring a liquid cooling system are provided. Embodiments include a valve controller determining a temperature of liquid within a particular portion of the liquid cooling system; determining whether the temperature of the liquid within the particular portion of the liquid cooling system exceeds a predetermined threshold; if predetermined threshold is not exceeded, configuring, one or more valves such that liquid directly exiting a first liquid cooling apparatus of a first electrical component rack is used in a second liquid cooling apparatus to cool a second electrical component rack; and if the predetermined threshold is exceeded, configuring the one or more valves such that liquid directly exiting a main supply line of the liquid cooling system is used in the second liquid cooling apparatus to cool the second electrical component rack.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Eric A. Eckberg, Howard V. Mahaney, JR., Michael S. Miller, Tejas Shah
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Publication number: 20140060799Abstract: Configuring a liquid cooling system according to a particular embodiment of the present invention include a valve controller determining a temperature of liquid within a particular portion of the liquid cooling system; determining whether the temperature of the liquid within the particular portion of the liquid cooling system exceeds a predetermined threshold; if predetermined threshold is not exceeded, configuring, one or more valves such that liquid directly exiting a first liquid cooling apparatus of a first electrical component rack is used in a second liquid cooling apparatus to cool a second electrical component rack; and if the predetermined threshold is exceeded, configuring the one or more valves such that liquid directly exiting a main supply line of the liquid cooling system is used in the second liquid cooling apparatus to cool the second electrical component rack.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Eric A. Eckberg, Howard V. Mahaney, JR., Michael S. Miller, Tejas Shah
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Publication number: 20140060794Abstract: A disclosure describes a heat storage apparatus to store heat generated by a heat generator via a medium includes: a first circuit closed to circulate the medium therethrough in a direction; a heat exchanger to exchange the heat; a heat storage tank including a phase change material to exchange heat with the medium; a first measurement unit to measure a temperature of the medium; a cooling unit to cool the medium when the temperature of the medium is higher than a predetermined target temperature and to set the temperature of the medium to be approximately equal to the target temperature; a count unit to count an elapsed time from when the phase change material exchanges heat with the medium and starts a phase change; and a determination unit to determine whether the phase change material is allowed to be supercooled or not based on the elapsed time.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Ena ISHII, Mitsunobu YOSHIDA, Kei MATSUOKA, Ryosuke YAGI
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Publication number: 20140054025Abstract: An enclosure system that can include a hazardous location enclosure having at least one wall forming a cavity. The enclosure system can also include a temperature-sensitive component positioned within the cavity. The enclosure system can further include a measuring device configured to measure a temperature within the cavity of the hazardous location enclosure. The enclosure system can also include a climate control device configured to change the temperature within the cavity. The enclosure system can further include a controller operatively coupled to the climate control device and the measuring device, where the controller controls the climate control device to change the temperature within the cavity of the hazardous location enclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Inventors: Graig E. DeCarr, Samuel T. Barbuto, Joseph Michael Manahan
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Patent number: 8659903Abstract: A device has a passive cooling device having a surface, at least one active cooling device on the surface of the passive cooling device, and a thermal switch coupled to the passive cooling device, the switch having a first position that connects the active cooling device to a path of high thermal conductivity and a second position that connects the passive cooling device to the path of high thermal conductivity.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2011Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center IncorporatedInventor: David Eric Schwartz
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Publication number: 20140048609Abstract: A method and system for monitoring the temperature and humidity of warehouses are disclosed. The method includes: installing a detecting module in a cartridge, transporting the cartridge to a plurality of storages of the warehouse by a transmission assembly so as to measure the temperature and humidity of each of the storages by the detecting module, transmitting the measured results to a control unit by a wireless network, and dynamically monitoring the temperature and humidity of the warehouses according to the measured results by the control unit. The method and the system not only control and adjust the temperature and humidity of each of the storages of the warehouses in time, but also reduce detection cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO, LTD.Inventors: Zenghong Chen, Chunhao Wu, Kunhsien Lin, Xiande Li, Yongqiang Wang, Weibing Yang, Minghu Qi, Zhenhua Guo, Yunshao Jiang
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Publication number: 20140041850Abstract: A system for operating a cooling loop associated with a space and including at least one cooling coil and cooling fluid supply, the system including: a grain sensor positioned with respect to the space and providing a value indicative of the amount of moisture in the space; at least one pump fluidly coupled across the coil; at least one flow limiter fluidly coupled to the coil and limiting a flow of cooling fluid between the cooling fluid supply and the coil; and at least one controller electrically coupled to the flow limiter; wherein, the at least one controller selectively operates the flow limiter responsive to the value indicative of the amount of moisture in the space and the pump re-circulates cooling fluid independent of the cooling fluid supply dependently upon the flow limiter.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: COIL CONTROL, LLCInventor: Jon Joseph Darcy
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Publication number: 20140044525Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly for use in a gas turbine engine includes a bypass valve and at least one body portion. The body portion includes at least one de-congealing inlet channel in flow communication with the bypass valve, a plurality of cooling channels in flow communication with the bypass valve and the at least one de-congealing inlet channel, and at least one de-congealing outlet channel in flow communication with the bypass valve and the at least one de-congealing inlet channel. The bypass valve is configured to deliver a fluid between the at least one de-congealing inlet channel and the plurality of cooling channels during a first mode of operation to facilitate reducing a temperature of the fluid. The bypass valve is further configured to deliver the fluid between the at least one de-congealing inlet channel and the at least one de-congealing outlet channel during a second mode of operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Inventors: Michael Ralph Storage, Dennis Alan McQueen, Roger Earl Foster
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Publication number: 20140043757Abstract: An integrated circuit chip having micro-channels formed in multiple regions of the integrated circuit chip and a method of cooling the integrated circuit chip. The method includes for any region of the multiple regions, allowing a coolant to flow through micro-channels of the region only when a temperature of the region exceed a first specified temperature and blocking the coolant from flowing through the micro-channels of the region when a temperature of the region is below a second specified temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Kerry Bernstein, Kenneth J. Goodnow, Clarence R. Ogilvie
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Publication number: 20140034287Abstract: Methods, systems, and vehicles provide for cooling of a vehicle rechargeable energy storage system (RESS). A control system is coupled to the RESS, and is configured to cool the RESS. The control system includes a passive cooling system for cooling the RESS, an active cooling system for cooling the RESS, and a controller. The controller is coupled to the passive cooling system and the active cooling system, and is configured to determine whether conditions are present for effective use of the passive cooling system, initiate cooling of the RESS using the passive cooling system if it is determined that the conditions are present for effective use of the passive cooling system, and initiate cooling of the RESS using the active cooling system if it is determined that the conditions are not present for effective use of the passive cooling system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2012Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: KEITH D. BUFORD, MATTHEW SIMONINI
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Publication number: 20140034286Abstract: A plug for ease of alignment of a temperature probe or sensor inside a duct of a transformer winding is provided. The plug is shaped for secure placement into a duct or passage of a transformer winding without requiring any adhering material. The insertion of the plug into the duct or passage brings the temperature probe into contact with the desired point along the transformer winding being thermally monitored.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2012Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: ABB INC.Inventors: Charlie Sarver, William E. Pauley, JR., Barry Dean Havens, Christopher Lee Adams, Dan William Benedict
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Publication number: 20140034288Abstract: Methods, systems, and vehicles are provided that provide for cooling of a vehicle rechargeable energy storage system (RESS). A cooling system is coupled to the RESS, and is configured to cool the RESS. A control system is coupled to the cooling system, and is configured to determine whether the RESS is charging, determine whether the vehicle is in a propulsion ready state, and initiate cooling of the RESS if the RESS is not charging and the vehicle is not in the propulsion ready state, provided further that one or more conditions are present that would promote faster than desired capacity loss for the RESS.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2012Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: KEITH D. BUFORD, MATTHEW SIMONINI, ROLAND MATTHE
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Patent number: 8644014Abstract: An exemplary server system includes a server cabinet, a number of racks received in the server cabinet, a number of servers mounted in the racks, and a heat dissipation device. The server cabinet includes a top plate, a bottom plate, and two end plates between the top and bottom plates. Each end plate defines an opening at a top end thereof and a plurality of apertures at a bottom end thereof. The servers are stacked between the end plates of the server cabinet with a channel defined therebetween. The heat dissipation device includes an intake fan arranged under the racks with air intakes thereof facing the apertures and air outlets thereof facing the channel, and two drawing fans respectively arranged at the openings of the two end plates for exhausting heated air of the server cabinet to the exterior.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2010Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chao-Ke Wei
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Publication number: 20140026593Abstract: Described herein are devices and methods for thawing frozen biological products efficiently without harming the products.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: Grifols, S.A.Inventors: Ajoy VELAYUDHAN, Robert Large
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HYBRID OPERATING APPARATUS OF REGENERATIVE HEATER AND HYBRID OPERATING METHOD OF REGENERATIVE HEATER
Publication number: 20140027086Abstract: A hybrid operating apparatus including an absolute humidity sensing unit configured to sense an absolute humidity of air supplied to a dehumidifying rotor; a dew point temperature sensing unit configured to sense a dew point temperature of air returned from a dry room; a regeneration exhaust temperature sensing unit configured to sense a temperature of exhaust air regenerated in the dehumidifying rotor; a control unit configured to operate the regenerative heater to a regeneration temperature corresponding to the sensed absolute humidity; and a memory unit configured to store the regeneration temperature of the regenerative heater.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: CK Solution Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yu Gon KIM, Jin Seok Oh -
Publication number: 20140020885Abstract: A method aspect for removing heat from a data center may use liquid coolant cooled without vapor compression refrigeration on a liquid cooled information technology equipment rack. The method may also include regulating liquid coolant flow to the data center through a range of liquid coolant flow values with a controller-apparatus based upon information technology equipment temperature threshold of the data center.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Timothy J. Chainer, Hien P. Dang, Pritish R. Parida, Mark D. Schultz, Arun Sharma
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Publication number: 20140020884Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system for removing heat from a rack of information technology equipment may include a sidecar indoor air to liquid heat exchanger that cools air utilized by the rack of information technology equipment to cool the rack of information technology equipment. The system may also include a liquid to liquid heat exchanger and an outdoor heat exchanger. The system may further include configurable pathways to connect and control fluid flow through the sidecar heat exchanger, the liquid to liquid heat exchanger, the rack of information technology equipment, and the outdoor heat exchanger based upon ambient temperature and/or ambient humidity to remove heat generated by the rack of information technology equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Mark D. Schultz
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Publication number: 20140014292Abstract: A data center cooling system includes a plurality of cooling units positioned adjacent a warm air plenum that is in airflow communication with a plurality of electronic devices supported in a plurality of racks. Each of the cooling units includes a heat exchanger arranged to cool warmed air circulated into the warm air plenum from a human-occupiable workspace adjacent the plurality of racks opposite the plurality of cooling units, and a fan arranged to circulate the warmed air from the warm air plenum through the heat exchanger and to the human-occupiable workspace. The cooling system includes a control system electrically coupled to the fan and configured to modulate a fan speed of the fan of each cooling unit to induce a pressure gradient in the warm air plenum.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Jeremy Rice, Pascal Kam, Gregory P. Imwalle, Eehern J. Wong
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Publication number: 20140014313Abstract: Disclosed herein is a multi-stage heat sink cooling system, including: at least one step surface in a direction of a surface to which cooling air is injected, wherein the step surface is any one of a step surface having a stair shape that is provided with a plurality of heat radiating plates each having a curve, a step surface provided with a plurality of heat radiating plates having a streamlined smooth curve, and a step surface provided with a plurality of heat radiating fins having a height difference. According to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, the cooling system with the multi-stage heat sink can cool heat generated from a heat radiating element using the multi-stage heat sink and the air injection part to improve a heat release rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Chang Seob Hong, Young Hoon Kwak, Young Ho Sohn
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Publication number: 20140000863Abstract: A heat exchanger has a wind deflector extending along a long side of a finned heat exchange tube array.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: Ormat Technologies Inc.Inventor: Lucien Y. BRONICKI
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Patent number: 8620502Abstract: An electric vehicle battery heater includes a housing having a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet. A heating element is positioned within the housing in a heat transfer relationship with coolant for transferring heat to an electric vehicle battery. A thermistor is positioned in the housing to output a signal indicative of a temperature of the battery coolant. A controller energizes the heating element when the signal represents that the coolant temperature is less than a predetermined lower limit.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2011Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Phillips & Temro Industries Inc.Inventor: Robert J. Allen
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Publication number: 20130340994Abstract: Energy efficient control of a cooling system cooling an electronic system is provided. The control includes automatically determining at least one adjusted control setting for at least one adjustable cooling component of a cooling system cooling the electronic system. The automatically determining is based, at least in part, on power being consumed by the cooling system and temperature of a heat sink to which heat extracted by the cooling system is rejected. The automatically determining operates to reduce power consumption of the cooling system and/or the electronic system while ensuring that at least one targeted temperature associated with the cooling system or the electronic system is within a desired range. The automatically determining may be based, at least in part, on one or more experimentally obtained models relating the targeted temperature and power consumption of the one or more adjustable cooling components of the cooling system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2012Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Milnes P. DAVID, Madhusudan K. IYENGAR, Roger R. SCHMIDT
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Publication number: 20130340996Abstract: Energy efficient control of a cooling system cooling an electronic system is provided based, in part, on projected conditions. The control includes automatically determining an adjusted control setting(s) for an adjustable cooling component(s) of the cooling system. The automatically determining is based, at least in part, on projected power consumed by the electronic system at a future time and projected temperature at the future time of a heat sink to which heat extracted is rejected. The automatically determining operates to reduce power consumption of the cooling system and/or the electronic system while ensuring that at least one targeted temperature associated with the cooling system or the electronic system is within a desired range. The automatically determining may be based, at least in part, on an experimentally obtained model(s) relating the targeted temperature and power consumption of the adjustable cooling component(s) of the cooling system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Milnes P. DAVID, Madhusudan K. IYENGAR, Roger R. SCHMIDT
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Publication number: 20130340995Abstract: Energy efficient control of a cooling system cooling an electronic system is provided. The control includes automatically determining at least one adjusted control setting for at least one adjustable cooling component of a cooling system cooling the electronic system. The automatically determining is based, at least in part, on power being consumed by the cooling system and temperature of a heat sink to which heat extracted by the cooling system is rejected. The automatically determining operates to reduce power consumption of the cooling system and/or the electronic system while ensuring that at least one targeted temperature associated with the cooling system or the electronic system is within a desired range. The automatically determining may be based, at least in part, on one or more experimentally obtained models relating the targeted temperature and power consumption of the one or more adjustable cooling components of the cooling system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Milnes P. DAVID, Madhusudan K. IYENGAR, Roger R. SCHMIDT
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Publication number: 20130333871Abstract: There is disclosed a controller (120) for controlling the speed of a cooling device (118) in an electronic apparatus (100), an apparatus (100), a storage enclosure (102) and a method of configuring an apparatus (100). The controller (120) is constructed and arranged to determine a speed value for the cooling device (118) in accordance with a temperature input received from a temperature sensor (122) associated with the apparatus, the speed value being selected from a set of N speed values. The controller is arranged to control the speed of the cooling device in accordance with the selected speed value. The step between at least one pair of adjacent speed values in the set is different from the step between another pair of adjacent speed values in the set.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2012Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: Xyratex Technology LimitedInventor: Roger Mitchell PIMLOTT
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Patent number: 8612063Abstract: An environmental control systems (ECS) for an aircraft in which bleed air is cooled with ram air, the ECS may include a ram air controller configured to control a rate of ram air flow responsively to a desired temperature of bleed air at a bleed air outlet and a bleed air controller configured to control a rate of bleed air flow responsively to a temperature lower than the desired temperature of the bleed air at the bleed air outlet. Collectively the two controllers may provide a minimizing of ram air usage for cooling the bleed air.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2011Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Honeywell International, Inc.Inventors: Andrea Chor Ying Lau, Xiaomei Li
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Patent number: 8601717Abstract: An apparatus includes a mechanical refrigeration cycle arrangement having a working fluid and an evaporator, a condenser of adjustable surface area, a compressor, and an expansion device, cooperatively interconnected and containing the working fluid. The apparatus also includes a drum to receive clothes to be dried, a duct and fan arrangement configured to pass air over the condenser and through the drum, a sensor located to sense at least one parameter, and a controller coupled to the sensor, condenser and/or the compressor. The controller is operative to adjust the condenser to increase surface area during a steady state drying rate period of the cycle, and adjust the condenser to decrease surface area during a start transient period of the cycle, wherein adjusting the condenser to decrease surface area during a start transient period of the cycle accelerates the start transient period of the cycle.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2011Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: David G. Beers, Nicholas Okruch, Jr., Brent Alden Junge, Amelia Lear Hensley
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Patent number: 8602087Abstract: A double flow-circuit heat exchange device for periodic positive and reverse directional pumping, which has a bi-directional fluid pump. The bi-directional fluid pump produces positive pressure or negative pressure at fluid ports on two sides of the bi-directional heat exchange device to periodically pump the fluid in positive and reverse flowing directions. During operation of the periodically positive and reverse pumping, the directional flow of the fluid in first and second flow fluid circuits are maintained in different flowing directions.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2008Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Inventor: Tai-Her Yang
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Patent number: 8602093Abstract: A composite heat exchanger system includes an air cooled condenser, a sub-radiator and a main radiator, and it is formed in a state where a tank of the sub-radiator is communicated with a tank of the main radiator. A water cooled condenser is contained in a tank of the sub-radiator. A part of a flowing medium that is cooled down by the main radiator is introduced in the sub-radiator to cool the flowing medium of the water cooled condenser. The flowing medium that is cooled down by the water cooled condenser is introduced in the air cooled condenser to be cooled.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2007Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Calsonic Kansei CorporationInventor: Mitsuru Iwasaki
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Publication number: 20130312947Abstract: A battery management system with thermally integrated fire suppression includes a multiplicity of individual battery cells in a housing; a multiplicity of cooling passages in the housing within or between the multiplicity of individual battery cells; a multiplicity of sensors operably connected to the individual battery cells, the sensors adapted to detect a thermal runaway event related to one or more of the multiplicity of individual battery cells; and a management system adapted to inject coolant into at least one of the multiplicity of cooling passages upon the detection of the thermal runaway event by the any one of the multiplicity of sensors, so that the thermal runaway event is rapidly quenched.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2013Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: Lawerence Livermore National Security, LLCInventor: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
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Publication number: 20130312948Abstract: Enclosures for use in hazardous areas include sintered filters for thermal management. The enclosures include an opening to which a filter holder housing and sintered filter are coupled. The enclosures can also include a second opening to which a vent or a second filter holder housing and sintered filter are coupled. The internal temperature of the enclosures can be actively managed by such a system because air within the enclosure can be displaced to and from the atmosphere through the sintered filters. Air from the atmosphere enters the enclosure via the second opening and exits the enclosure via the first opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2013Publication date: November 28, 2013Inventors: Joseph Michael Manahan, Marc Raymond Kozlowski
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Publication number: 20130306301Abstract: A heat pump apparatus includes a heat source unit that cools or heats a refrigerant, an indoor unit that performs a cooling operation, and a hot water supply unit that performs a hot water supply operation. When there is an operation request for one of the indoor unit and the hot water supply unit, even when there is no operation request for the other, the heat pump apparatus causes both the one and the other to operate if the other satisfies a certain condition so that the hot water supply unit performs a hot water supply operation by utilizing a refrigerant heated by performing a cooling operation in the indoor unit and the indoor unit performs a cooling operation by utilizing a refrigerant cooled by performing a hot water supply operation in the hot water supply unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2011Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Shogo Tamaki, Makoto Saito, Masanobu Baba, Ryo Oua
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Publication number: 20130306300Abstract: A liquid-air cooling system (1) has at least one fan device (2) that consists of at least one variable-speed fan motor (3) driving a fan impeller (4) to create a cooling power for a fluid (5) in a fluid cycle (6). In order to regulate the speed of the fan motor (3) by mains of a control and/or regulation device (24), at least one actual value (tist) downstream of the segmented heat exchanger (19) is compared to a predefined desired value (tsoll), and the control and/or regulation device (24) adjusts the cooling power according to the current power values of the respective machine unit (9).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2011Publication date: November 21, 2013Inventor: Andreas Welsch
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Publication number: 20130306302Abstract: A vehicular air-conditioning system includes: a vehicle interior air-conditioning apparatus which includes a device cooling circuit of a heat generating device mounted in a vehicle, and a refrigeration cycle circuit; and an intermediate heat exchanger for heat exchange between a device cooling medium of the device cooling circuit and an air-conditioning cooling medium of the refrigeration cycle circuit. When a temperature of the cooling medium of the device cooling circuit becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature, a control cycle of the vehicular air-conditioning system is set to a short time, and the predetermined temperature is less than an upper limit temperature of the device cooling medium and is determined from a heat capacity of the device cooling circuit and an amount of heat generated by the heat generating device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2011Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: HITACHI LTDInventors: Tadashi Osaka, Hiroaki Matsushima, Sachio Sekiya, Riichi Uchida, Yuki Akiyama
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Publication number: 20130298586Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle, having a cooling air duct disposed within a battery to move cooling air for cooling the battery, so as to enable same to be compact and improve space utilization, in order to optimize cooling performance within a limited space. The vehicle of the present invention also includes a battery-cooling unit that exchanges heat and cools air ventilated from the passenger compartment and then supplies the air to the battery, so as to use the air from the passenger compartment with minimal effects on the air temperature in the passenger compartment, and more efficiently cool the battery. Further, the vehicle and method for controlling same according to the present invention can detect the temperatures of the battery and of the passenger compartment, and determine whether to cool the air in the passenger compartment using a heat exchanger in accordance with each detected temperature, or control the rotation speed of a ventilation fan, in order to more efficiently cool the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2011Publication date: November 14, 2013Inventors: Jae Cheol Hwang, Seung Hun Yeon, Jeung ju Hwang, Hyun Woo Yoon, Tae Jin Kim
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Publication number: 20130299158Abstract: A cooling system for a computer system comprises at least one unit such as a central processing unit (CPU) generating thermal energy and a reservoir having an amount of cooling liquid, said cooling liquid intended for accumulating and transferring of thermal energy dissipated from the processing unit to the cooling liquid. The cooling system has a heat exchanging interface for providing thermal contact between the processing unit and the cooling liquid for dissipating heat from the processing unit to the cooling liquid. Different embodiments of the heat exchanging system as well as means for establishing and controlling a flow of cooling liquid and a cooling strategy constitutes the invention of the cooling system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Inventor: André Sloth ERIKSEN
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Publication number: 20130284420Abstract: Systems for cooling turbine components via fluid filled conduits are disclosed. Various embodiments include a system having: a set of fan systems for cooling a set of conduits, the set of conduits fluidly connected with a turbine component; a temperature sensor operably connected to the turbine component, the temperature sensor for obtaining a temperature indicator of the turbine component; and a control system operably connected to the set of fan systems and the temperature sensor, the control system for modifying a speed of at least one fan system in the set of fan systems across a range of speeds in response to determining the temperature indicator deviates from a predetermined range of temperature values.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2012Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Steven David Stovall, George Martin Gilchrist, III, John Victor Hains
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Publication number: 20130283835Abstract: A heat exchange system for realizing an adequate heat exchange among a plural type of fluids uses a refrigerant radiator and a radiator which are combined to have one unit for enabling heat exchange between a refrigerant and a coolant, and decreases an inflow amount of the coolant flowing into the radiator when coolant temperature of the coolant flowing into the radiator is equal to or higher than a second standard temperature, which is set to be lower than a temperature of the refrigerant flowing into the refrigerant radiator, and is equal to or lower than a predetermined first standard temperature. In such manner, heat from the refrigerant is effectively transferred to an outside air by reducing an unwanted heat exchange between the refrigerant and the outside air.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2011Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiki Katoh, Atsushi Inaba, Satoshi Itoh, Masahiro Shimoya
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Publication number: 20130284419Abstract: A combine cooling control system that includes at least one cooler for exchanging heat from a medium flowing through at least one combine system and the at least one cooler and at least one fan having at least one rotatable blade for generating airflow. The control system also includes at least one movable air director in proximity to the at least one cooler for controlling the airflow. The control system further includes a controller configured to receive at least one sensed operating condition from at least one operating condition sensor and determine one or more of a desired state for the at least one moveable air director and a desired speed of the at least one fan based on the received at least one operating condition. The control system further includes at least one an actuation device configured to move the at least one movable air director.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2012Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: CNH America LLCInventor: Ryan D. COLLINS
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Publication number: 20130284529Abstract: A cooling system for a mobile machine having a heat-sensitive component is provided. The cooling system may include a first coolant tank and a pump configured to circulate coolant from the first coolant tank through the heat-sensitive component. The cooling system may also include a heat exchanger configured to receive coolant from the heat-sensitive component and transfer heat to ambient air passing through the heat exchanger, and a blower configured to direct ambient air through the heat exchanger. The cooling system may further include a first temperature sensor configured to generate a first signal indicative of a temperature of ambient air, and a controller in communication with the blower and the first temperature sensor. The controller may be configured to selectively deactivate the blower based on the first signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2012Publication date: October 31, 2013Inventors: John Franklin Kral, Hector Marcel Matthys
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Patent number: 8567487Abstract: A heat exchanger plate includes one or more heat exchanger sections, each of which has an inlet and outlet. The heat exchanger sections flow one or more heat exchanger fluids therein in a first direction from the inlet to the outlet. The heat exchanger plate includes one or more process flow channels, each of which has a channel inlet point and a channel outlet point defining a line oriented in a second direction. The second direction is at an angle of ninety degrees relative to the first direction. The process flow channel is configured to flow a process fluid therein or thereon and has a serpentine configuration. The heat exchanger plate includes a temperature sensor. The heat exchanger plate includes a regulating valve positioned in each heat exchanger outlet and is configured to regulate flow of the heat exchanger fluid in response to a signal received from the temperature sensor.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2007Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Alfa Laval Corporate ABInventors: Rolf Christensen, Tommy Norén
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Publication number: 20130277039Abstract: A valve may include an outer structure. The valve may include a hollow shaft that includes holes formed therein, the shaft disposed within the outer structure and translatable from a first position to a second position. A memory metal alloy (MMA) spring may be coupled to the shaft and the outer structure, the MMA spring expanding and moving the shaft from the first position to the second position in response to a temperature of a fluid. A valve head may be coupled to the shaft and adapted to be biased within the outer structure, the valve head closing a bypass inlet in the first position and allowing fluid to enter the bypass inlet in the second position, and transferring fluid from the bypass inlet into the hollow shaft so that the fluid can exit the valve via an outlet. A pressure relief mechanism may be included.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicant: HS Marston Aerospace Ltd.Inventors: David Russell Scott, Sean L. Cameron
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Publication number: 20130276463Abstract: The disclosed embodiments describe a cost and energy efficient combined lighting and air conditioning fixture. This combined system may employ a flexible distributed air handler that can employ distributed heat exchangers to a liquid loop. The described system may be comprised of distributed dampers, heat exchangers, and air handlers that are controlled from a controller integrated into a ceiling, floor, or wall unit. The controller may also be part of a combined LED lighting drop-in ceiling fixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2012Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventor: Klaus Bollmann
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Publication number: 20130277038Abstract: Described embodiments include a system, a method, and a computer program product. A described system includes an air-pump-based cooling apparatus configured to mount on and cool a portion of a live transmission line of a power transmission system, wherein the power transmission system is configured to transport electric power from one place to another. The described system includes a temperature management device configured to assess a temperature condition of the transmission line and actuate the air-pump-based cooling apparatus in response to the assessment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2012Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Jordin T. Kare, Thomas A. Weaver, Lowell L. Wood, JR.
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Publication number: 20130269924Abstract: A hybrid closed circuit heat exchanger having a dry indirect section and an evaporative indirect section. The evaporative indirect section has multiple sub-sections. An evaporative fluid distribution system is configured to selectively distribute evaporative fluid over all, part, or none of the sub-sections. A process fluid flow path control system is configured to selectively direct the process fluid through one or more sub-sections. The process fluid flow path control system may send all of the process fluid through two or more sub-sections in equal amounts or in different amounts. There is preferably no evaporative heat exchange section bypass flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: October 17, 2013Inventors: Tom W. Bugler, Jennifer Jane Hamilton
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COMPUTER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISSIPATING HEAT FROM A DISCRETE GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT IN THE SAME
Publication number: 20130269922Abstract: A computer device and a method for dissipating heat from a discrete graphics processing unit therein are provided. The method thereof includes determining whether the discrete graphics processing is in an operating state. If the discrete graphics processing unit is in an operating state, a determination is made as to whether a current temperature of the discrete graphics processing unit can be obtained. If the current temperature of the discrete graphics processing unit cannot be obtained, the discrete graphics processing unit is cooled so as to lower the current temperature thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: Quanta Computer Inc.Inventor: Li-Te HUNG -
Publication number: 20130269923Abstract: A method for controlling a cooling system for cooling a heat generating device, the method comprising the steps of determining cooling capabilities of the cooling system as a temperature decrease that can be achieved by the cooling system alone while the heat generating device operates in constant conditions after reaching a maximum temperature at the constant ambient conditions; determining an activation temperature; measuring the temperature of the heat generating device; switching the cooling system on when the measured temperature reaches the activation temperature; defining a deactivation temperature which is smaller by a threshold value than the activation temperature minus the cooling capabilities; switching the cooling system off when the measured temperature reaches the deactivation temperatureType: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2011Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: Advance Digital Broadcast S.A.Inventor: Tomasz Pszonka