With Adjustor For Heat, Or Exchange Material, Flow Patents (Class 165/96)
  • Publication number: 20130160972
    Abstract: A heat exchanger apparatus containing a heat exchanger and a thermally actuated bypass valve. The heat exchanger having plurality of plates defining a first, a second and a bypass channels. A first fluid inlet manifold in fluid communication with the first and the bypass channels. The bypass valve positioned in the first fluid inlet manifold, and containing a sleeve having a first slot and a second slot, that permit fluid flow from a first fluid inlet to the bypass channel and to the first fluid inlet manifold, respectively. A drum positioned within the sleeve and movable from a first position to a second position. The drum having an aperture permitting first fluid flow to the first slot in the first position and to the second slot in the second position. An actuator engaging the drum and actuating it to move from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: Dana Canada Corporation
    Inventor: Dana Canada Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130152618
    Abstract: A heat exchanger apparatus includes a housing having a sidewall defining a chamber in the housing for containing a cryogen; and a first insulation member movably mounted for coaction with the sidewall, the first insulation member moveable to a position to expose or cover a select portion of the sidewall to provide a heat transfer effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventor: Stephen A. McCORMICK
  • Publication number: 20130153173
    Abstract: An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a plurality of blower fans provided adjacent to each other in a left-right direction, a heat exchanger, and a plurality of vertical vanes that are provided in an air outlet and that deflect an airflow to be blown out from the air outlet in a left/right direction. Further, when the airflow to be blown out from the air outlet is deflected in at least one direction in the left/right direction, the air volume of the blower fan disposed on the leftmost side or the rightmost side of the vertical vanes corresponding to the deflection direction is reduced relative to the air volume of the other blower fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshinori NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20130146274
    Abstract: A housing for electronic equipment includes a fan and a plurality of coolant channels in a passage of a cooling fluid introduced by the fan. A passage width defined by a cooling member blocking the passage, the member being one of the plurality of coolant channels closer to the fan, is smaller than a passage width defined by a cooling member blocking the passage, the member being one of the plurality of coolant channels farther away from the fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: FUJITSU LIMITED
  • Publication number: 20130140001
    Abstract: A motor vehicle and a method for operating the same. The motor vehicle includes a first heating/cooling circuit with a heat source/sink arranged therein and a first pump, and a second heating/cooling circuit with a battery to be heated/cooled arranged therein and a second pump. The heating/cooling circuits can be selectively operatively and/or fluidically connected by way of at least one valve such that the same liquid heat carrier flows through both heating/cooling circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: MAGNA STEYR FAHRZEUGTECHNIK AG & CO. KG
    Inventor: Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik AG & CO. KG
  • Publication number: 20130141872
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
    Inventor: David Eric Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20130118705
    Abstract: This system relates to a heat transfer system utilized to transfer heat away from a fluid circulation pump for the purposes of cooling the pump and heating the pumped fluid and is especially useful for heating the water of a swimming pool using a water cooled filtration pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventor: Reed Potter
  • Patent number: 8434692
    Abstract: A flow distribution regulation arrangement in a cooling channel is provided. The flow distribution regulation arrangement includes a plurality of bimetallic elements adapted to adjust a local flow of a cooling medium in the cooling channel in response to a heat load onto the bimetallic elements, wherein the heat load originates from local boundary sub areas of the cooling channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Kevin Scott, Peter Senior
  • Publication number: 20130105117
    Abstract: According to the present invention, the method of heat transfer in a direction, which is reverse to natural convection, includes introduction of an additional pumping substance into the heated area. The pumping substance is incapable to be dissolved in the heat-transfer agent and its boiling temperature is lower than the boiling temperature of the heat-transfer agent. The heat-transfer agent is heated up, the pumping substance evaporates and the vapour pressure of the pumping substance is used to force the hot heat-transfer agent to flow along the branches of the circulating loop. The device for heat transfer in a direction reverse to the natural convection characterized in that its design incorporates technical means intended for vapour condensation of the pumping substance as well as technical means intended for draining that condensate from the condensation area to the evaporation area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicants: UNIWERSYTET WARMINSKO - MAZURSKI W. OLSZTYNIE
    Inventors: Daniel Chludzinski, Jurij Dobrianski, Michal Duda, Janusz Piechocki, Marek Samsel, Robert Wojcik
  • Publication number: 20130105118
    Abstract: An air conditioner is provided. The air conditioner may include at least one indoor device and an outdoor device connected to the at least one indoor device. The outdoor device may include an outdoor heat exchanger including a plurality of heat exchange parts, a plurality of outdoor expansion parts corresponding to the plurality of heat exchange parts, a pass variable tube that varies refrigerant flow in the outdoor heat exchanger, and a pass variable valve provided in the pass variable tube. The heat exchange parts may include a first heat exchange part. The first heat exchange part may be connected to a manifold that distributes refrigerant flow in a heating operation. The manifold may be connected to a plurality of capillaries connected to the first outdoor expansion part. The pass variable tube may be connected to the manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventor: Youngtaek HONG
  • Publication number: 20130105107
    Abstract: An energy saving air conditioning system is disclosed which provides different air conditioning modes, including a closed-loop mode, an open-loop mode, and a partial-loop mode, for controlling the environment in a high-density apparatus room. The energy saving air conditioning system uses a cloud operating center to monitor the temperature and the moisture inside and outside the high-density apparatus room. The cloud operating system dynamically selects the air conditioning mode in such a manner that energy can be saved and the environment in the high-density apparatus room can be optimally to managed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: QUANTA COMPUTER INC
    Inventors: Chao-Jung Chen, Chien-Pang Chen, Kai-Hung Lin, Chih-Ming Chen, Wen-Liang Huang
  • Publication number: 20130105084
    Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling temperatures in plasma processing chamber with a combination of proportional and pulsed fluid control valves. A heat transfer fluid loop is thermally coupled to a chamber component, such as a chuck. The heat transfer fluid loop includes a supply line and a return line to each of hot and cold fluid reservoirs. In an embodiment, an analog valve (e.g., in the supply line) is controlled between any of a closed state, a partially open state, and a fully open state based on a temperature control loop while a digital valve (e.g., in the return line) is controlled to either a closed state and a fully open state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventor: Chetan MAHADESWARASWAMY
  • Publication number: 20130105081
    Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling temperatures in plasma processing chamber via pulsed application of heating power and pulsed application of cooling power. In an embodiment, fluid levels in each of a hot and cold reservoir coupled to the temperature controlled component are maintained in part by a coupling each of the reservoirs to a common secondary reservoir. Heat transfer fluid is pumped from the secondary reservoir to either the hot or cold reservoir in response to a low level sensed in the reservoir. In an embodiment, both the hot and cold reservoirs are contained in a same platform as the secondary reservoir with the hot and cold reservoirs disposed above the secondary reservoir to permit the secondary reservoir to catch gravity driven overflow from either the hot or cold reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Fernando SILVEIRA, Brad L. MAYS
  • Publication number: 20130092345
    Abstract: An energy recovery ventilator unit. The unit comprises a cabinet housing a primary intake zone, a supply zone, a return zone, an exhaust zone and an enthalpy-exchange zone. The primary intake zone and the exhaust zone are both on one side of the enthalpy exchange zone. The supply zone and the return zone are both on an opposite side of the enthalpy exchange zone. The unit also comprises first and second blowers. The first blower is located in the primary intake zone and configured to push outside air into the primary intake zone and straight through the enthalpy exchange zone into the supply zone. The second blower is located in the return zone and configured to push return air into the return zone and straight through the enthalpy exchange zone into the exhaust zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: Lennox Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Justin McKie, Eric Perez, Bryan Smith, Steve Schneider
  • Patent number: 8418484
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for exchanging heat between gasses such as air and a liquid or gaseous coolant has narrow spacing between exchanger surfaces for high efficiency. To avoid undue obstruction of gas flow due to ice buildup on the exchanger surfaces, the heat exchanger is equipped with sensors to monitor the gas flow and an actuator that widens the spacing between exchanger surfaces such that gas flow remains unimpeded. Embodiments provide for defrosting of the exchanger surfaces when an limit on spacing of exchanger surfaces is reached, and for relaxing the spacing to the original narrow spacing when defrosting is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: The Trustees of Dartmouth College
    Inventors: Victor Petrenko, Charles R. Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20130089434
    Abstract: A cooling system for use in regulating a temperature of a component is described herein. The cooling system includes a plurality of flow control assemblies that are defined across a sidewall of the component for channeling a cooling fluid across a surface of the sidewall. The plurality of flow control assemblies are configured to adjust a plurality of fluid flow characteristics of the cooling fluid. The plurality of flow control assemblies includes a first flow control assembly configured to adjust a first fluid flow characteristic, and at least a second flow control assembly configured to adjust a second fluid flow characteristic that is different than the first fluid flow characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventors: Stanley Frank Simpson, Dipankar Pal, Jeffrey Todd Knapp
  • Publication number: 20130081786
    Abstract: A device for selectively controlling the passage of thermal energy therethrough by selectively varying the overall thermal conductivity of the device comprises a structure having at least one component movable from a first position to a second position. When the at least one component is positioned in the first position the device exhibits a first thermal conductivity and when the at least one component is positioned in the second position the device exhibits a second thermal conductivity different than the first thermal conductivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Inventors: WILLIAM W. CLARK, LAURA ATKINSON SCHAEFER, WESLEY A. KNOTTS, CHANGKI MO, MARK KIMBER
  • Publication number: 20130081785
    Abstract: An active air flap apparatus for a vehicle is configured to include an air flap 20, a thermoelectric device 40, a PCB 50, a heat transfer bar 60, and a variable length member 70. By the configuration, the air flap may be fixed by forcibly rotating the air flap so as to open the duct at the time of failure while reducing weight and cost, thereby preventing the vehicle from being damaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Gil Sang Yoo
  • Patent number: 8411407
    Abstract: Reversible flow may be provided in certain EHD device configurations that selectively energize corona discharge electrodes arranged to motivate flows in generally opposing directions. In some embodiments, a first set of one or more corona discharge electrodes is positioned, relative to a first array of collector electrode surfaces, to when energized, motivate flow in a first direction, while second set of one or more corona discharge electrodes is positioned, relative to a second array of collector electrode surfaces, to when energized, motivate flow in a second direction that opposes the first. In some embodiments, the first and second arrays of collector electrode surfaces are opposing surfaces of individual collector electrodes. In some embodiments, the first and second arrays of collector electrode surfaces are opposing surfaces of respective collector electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Tessera, Inc.
    Inventors: Nels Jewell-Larsen, Kenneth A. Honer, Matt Schwiebert, Hongyu Ran, Piyush Savalia, Yan Zhang
  • Patent number: 8408281
    Abstract: A pulsed-jet active flowfield control actuation system enhances the rate of heat transfer and heat removal in a heat exchanger for better management of thermal loads. The pulsed jet actuators impart an unsteady component of velocity to the working fluid of the heat exchanger. This design increases the convective heat transfer, and avoids increases in heat exchanger volume and weight for a given performance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Hamstra, Daniel N. Miller, Kerry B. Ginn
  • Publication number: 20130075062
    Abstract: An air-channeling baffle for a heat exchanger unit. The air-channeling baffle comprises a body having a long dimension and a short dimension that define a surface and an attachment structure coupled to the body. The attachment structure is configured to locate the body in a heat exchanger unit such that an incoming air flow reflected off of the surface and passes over ends of the long dimension towards terminally-located heat conduction tubes of the heat exchanger unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Lennox Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Shiblee S. M. Noman, John W. Whitesitt
  • Patent number: 8403031
    Abstract: A heat transmission unit includes a channel conducting a coolant, and a channel conducting a fluid to be cooled. The two channels are separated from each other by a wall provided with ribs extending therefrom into at least one of the two channels. The channel conducting the fluid to be cooled includes a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The channel is separated by a partition wall, arranged in flow direction, into a first and a second partial channel having a first partial inlet for fluid and a second partial inlet for fluid, and a first partial outlet for fluid and a second partial outlet for fluid. At least the first partial inlet for fluid is adapted to be shut off by a first shut-off device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Pierburg GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Kühnel, Dieter Jelinek, Peter Heuer, Dieter Thonnessen
  • Publication number: 20130062037
    Abstract: A method is provided for containing cold air in a corridor created on the side of a computer cabinet. The method includes providing a base mountable on the computer cabinet, and providing a panel fastened to the base and moveable with respect to the base, the panel being suitable for separating the cold air in the corridor below the panel from the hot air above the panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP
  • Publication number: 20130061627
    Abstract: A device for regulating a temperature of a plurality of components of a vehicle is provided. The device has a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger, which are connected to one another in order to form a closed refrigerant circuit. The device furthermore has a first multiway valve, a second multiway valve, a third multiway valve and a fourth multiway valve for connecting the first and the second heat exchanger to a first component and a second component of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Dirk NEUMEISTER, Matthias Stripf, Manuel Wehowski
  • Publication number: 20130063886
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a central processing module having a base board, a central processing unit fixed to the base board, and a heat dissipation assembly secured to the base board. The heat dissipation assembly has a first heat sink, a second heat sink and an air deflector. The air deflector blocks an opening of the channel to deflect and guide airflow flow through the first heat sink and the second heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: ZEU-CHIA TAN
  • Publication number: 20130056177
    Abstract: Certain Embodiments provide an energy exchange system that includes a supply air flow path, an exhaust air flow path, an energy recovery device disposed within the supply and exhaust air flow paths, and a supply conditioning unit disposed within the supply air flow path. The supply conditioning unit may be downstream from the energy recovery device. Certain embodiments provide a method of conditioning air including introducing outside air as supply air into a supply air flow path, pre-conditioning the supply air with an energy recovery device, and fully-conditioning the supply air with a supply conditioning unit that is downstream from the energy recovery device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: VENMAR CES, INC.
    Inventors: KEN COUTU, HOWARD BRIAN HEMINGSON, MANFRED GERBER
  • Publication number: 20130051108
    Abstract: An electronic component cooling unit includes a housing having a flow path in an interior thereof, the flow path being configured to circulate a cooling medium; two surfaces, that is, a top surface and a bottom surface, provided at the housing and to which electronic components are mounted; side surfaces provided at the housing and surrounding the top surface and the bottom surface; a plurality of opening portions provided at the side surfaces and communicating with the flow path; and a closing member closing, among the plurality of opening portions, the opening portion or each opening portion other than the opening portions corresponding to a supply opening and a discharge opening for the cooling medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Toshio NAGAO, Tetsuya Ito
  • Publication number: 20130048264
    Abstract: A storage compartment cooling apparatus includes a liquid circulation system that circulates a liquid coolant, a heat exchanger that cools an interior of a storage compartment using the liquid coolant, a bypass line through which the liquid coolant selectively bypasses the heat exchanger, one or more valves that controllably increase and decrease the flow of the liquid coolant through the heat exchanger and the bypass line, and a controller that controls the one or more valves. A storage compartment cooling system includes a liquid coolant distribution loop that distributes a chilled liquid coolant to a plurality of the storage compartment cooling apparatuses coupled in series and a recirculation cooling device that includes a chiller that chills the liquid coolant to have a temperature lower than an ambient temperature and a circulation unit that circulates the chilled liquid coolant through the liquid coolant distribution loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Qiao Lu, William Godecker
  • Publication number: 20130043003
    Abstract: An indoor unit for air-conditioning that may suppress the discharge of dewdrops into a conditioned space. An indoor unit including a casing having an air inlet in an upper portion thereof and an air outlet in a lower portion of a front face thereof, a fan, a heat exchange, and a louver configured to redirect air blown out of the air outlet in a vertical direction. The louver includes a main louver and a sub-louver. In a state where the main louver is level, the sub-louver is provided below the main louver. A leeward end of the sub-louver is positioned forward by a first predetermined distance with respect to a virtual perpendicular line passing through a windward end of the main louver. A windward end of the sub-louver is positioned rearward by a second predetermined distance with respect to the virtual perpendicular line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Akira TAKAMORI
  • Publication number: 20130031917
    Abstract: A heat exchanging apparatus and an associated method are provided so as to permit a heat exchanger to be defrosted without being taken out of service. A defrostable heat exchanging apparatus includes a heat exchanger configured to cool gas flowing there through by heating a liquid also passing there through. The defrostable heat exchanging apparatus also includes a blockage positionable upstream of the heat exchanger with respect to the liquid so as to reduce flow of the liquid through a portion of the heat exchanger aligned with the blockage relative to the flow of the liquid through other portions of the heat exchanger. The defrostable heat exchanging apparatus may also include a positioning mechanism for moving the blockage relative to the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Steven George Mackin
  • Publication number: 20130025818
    Abstract: Some modular heat-transfer systems can have an array of at least one heat-transfer element being configured to transfer heat to a working fluid from an operable element. A manifold module can have a distribution manifold and a collection manifold. A decoupleable inlet coupler can be configured to fluidicly couple the distribution manifold to a respective heat-transfer element. A decoupleable outlet coupler can be configured to fluidicly couple the respective heat-transfer element to the collection manifold. An environmental coupler can be configured to receive the working fluid from the collection manifold, to transfer heat to an environmental fluid from the working fluid or to transfer heat from an environmental fluid to the working fluid, and to discharge the working fluid to the distribution manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: COOLIT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Geoff Sean Lyon, Mike Holden, Brydon Gierl
  • Publication number: 20130014496
    Abstract: A cooling system for an engine aftertreatment system at least partially located in an engine compartment including a pressurized air source and an air conduit. The pressurized air source is configured to generate a cooling airflow. The air conduit is connected to the pressurized air source. The air conduit is configured to provide the cooling airflow to the engine aftertreatment system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Randolph Fogg
  • Publication number: 20130014912
    Abstract: A vehicular air conditioner capable of reducing high-frequency sounds generated when an air mix damper is slightly opened and finely adjusting the temperature around the maximum heating position for improving the temperature controllability is provided. The vehicular air conditioner including an air mix damper that adjusts a flow rate of air delivered into a heating passage including a heater core after being passed through an evaporator and a flow rate of air delivered into a bypass passage that bypasses the heater core. In the vehicular air conditioner, a plurality of asperity portions are formed on a distal-end-side surface of the damper in the width direction of the damper, at which the damper is in contact with a seal surface on a unit case at the maximum heating position, and an elastic insulator having a predetermined thickness is attached to the asperity portions to form asperities similar thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Junichiro HARA
  • Publication number: 20130008109
    Abstract: Dynamic Insulation for a building or structure comprising an external surface and an internal surface; at least one heat transfer layer between the internal and external surface; a supply for supplying air to the heat transfer layer, and a collector for collecting air that has flowed through the heat transfer layer. Pressure is regulated through the dynamic insulation. Air is supplied to the dynamic insulation from the interior or the exterior of the building or structure and/or exhausted to the Interior or exterior of the building or structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: ENERGYFLO CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Alexander Brown, Andrew Peacock
  • Publication number: 20130008627
    Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle includes a casing having therein first and second air passages through which outside air and inside air flow respectively. A heating heat exchanger is arranged in the first and second air passages to heat air. First and second air mix doors are arranged respectively in the first and second air passages to adjust a ratio between a flow amount of air passing through the heating heat exchanger and a flow amount of air bypassing the heating heat exchanger. Each of the first and second air mix doors is a slide door in which a plate door body part slides in a direction being applied by its own weight. The second air mix door slides in a sliding direction inclined relative to a sliding direction of the first air mix door by an angle toward a horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yukio Uemura
  • Publication number: 20130000867
    Abstract: The invention is a hybrid cooling system for condensing the exhaust steam of a steam turbine (10), which cooling system comprises a dry cooling circuit (11), a dry air-cooled unit (12) performing heat dissipation of cooling water flowing therein, and a wet cooling circuit (14) and a wet cooled unit (15) performing heat dissipation of the cooling water flowing therein. According to the invention, the cooling water flowing in the dry cooling circuit (11) is separated from the cooling water flowing in the wet cooling circuit (14), and the dry and wet cooling circuits (11, 14) are connected to a common condenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: GEA EGI ENERGIAGAZDÁLKODÁSI ZRT.
    Inventors: Zoltán Szabo, Lászlo Ludvig, András Balogh
  • Patent number: 8336822
    Abstract: An aircraft insulation apparatus is disclosed having a variable thermal insulating member adjacent the inner fuselage wall and adjacent an aircraft heat source. The variable thermal insulating member is operable to provide variable thermal insulation between the heat source and the exterior of the inner fuselage wall by being changeable between a first state and a second state, the first state providing a first level of thermal insulation and the second state providing a second level of thermal insulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Keith MacGregor, Christopher Lynas
  • Publication number: 20120312521
    Abstract: A fluid cooling apparatus includes a first cooling portion have a first series of cooling elements with first cooling surfaces. A second cooling portion can have a second series of cooling elements with second cooling surfaces. The second cooling portion can be removably nested together with the first cooling portion such that the first and second cooling surfaces of respective first and second series of cooling elements can be positioned adjacent to each other with gaps therebetween to form cooling cavities for cooling fluid introduced into the cooling cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: IceColdNow, Inc.
    Inventors: William H. Zebuhr, David Dussault
  • Publication number: 20120312502
    Abstract: A cooling system for a wind tunnel (100) is disclosed. The heat exchanger (200) of the present disclosure is formed as a turning vane assembly in an airflow duct of a re-circulating wind tunnels. The individual vanes (201) are formed from extruded aluminum with coolant fluid channels (206, 207, 208) running continually down the length of the vane. One or more channels can be used, depending on the application of vane and the cooling capacity needed. The exterior of the vanes are formed in an airfoil shape to efficiently turn the air flow the de-sired amount in a manner well known in the art. The turning vanes are connected to a fluid supply (204) with single piece connectors (202) that removably attach to the turning vanes. In the depicted embodiment the connectors are attached with screws. In the depicted embodiment the connectors are formed as a single piece in a two-piece injection mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: SKYVENTURE INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: N. Alan Metni, Mark Arlitt
  • Publication number: 20120305847
    Abstract: A method of operating a heat exchange device downstream of a gasification reactor for the partial combustion of a carbonaceous feed for the production of synthetic gas. The produced synthetic gas flows through the heat exchange device with a flow velocity which is adjusted as a function of the composition and/or particle size of fouling components carried by the synthetic gas, in particular fly ash. A heat exchange device comprising a channel surrounding one or more heat exchange surfaces and having an adjustable flow-through capacity. The heat exchange surfaces can, e.g., be cylindrical and be coaxially nested, the inner heat exchange surface defining an inner channel with one or more closing members, which are moveable between a closing position and an opening position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventor: Thomas Paul Von Kossak-Glowczewski
  • Publication number: 20120298327
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus for providing airflow to a cooling core, the cooling apparatus includes a housing, a fan assembly and an air diverter. The fan assembly is mounted to the housing and configured to direct air along a first plane towards a second plane. The first plane is substantially perpendicular to the second plane. Moreover, the air diverter is positioned substantially perpendicular to the second plane and configured to move in angular relation to the first plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey David Suckow
  • Publication number: 20120298330
    Abstract: A weatherproof enclosure for electrical equipment or the like includes a cooling system with a water intrusion inhibiting device. The water intrusion inhibiting device includes a gutter positioned inside an outlet vent, and a flap between the gutter and a blower of the cooling system. The flap is movable between a closed position covering an opening between the gutter and the blower, and an open position allowing air to flow through the opening. When the blower is activated the pressure and air flow causes the flap to swing outwardly from the opening to an open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Purcell Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Louis B. Mysse, III
  • Publication number: 20120298334
    Abstract: An air handling unit utilizing a humidifier in conjunction with a heat exchanger to provide a means for free cooling recirculating return air with evaporatively cooled outside air. A first air stream comprising outside air can be circulated through the evaporative humidifier and a first portion of the energy recovery heat exchanger, while a second air stream comprising recirculated inside air can be circulated through a second portion of the heat exchanger. The outside air will be humidified as it circulates through the humidifier, thereby cooling the outside air to its adiabatic saturation temperature. The heat exchanger will cool the recirculating inside air with the evaporatively cooled outside air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Stephen Madaffari, Eric Derasse
  • Publication number: 20120298329
    Abstract: An air flow adjusting frame for a heat sink device which includes a first fixing plate and a second fixing plate is disclosed. The first fixing plate is fixed to a heat dissipation fin with the second fixing plate pivoted to the first fixing plate. Besides, the second fixing plate is for being fixed to a fan. An air flow angle of the fan is adjusted through the air flow adjusting frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: MICRO-STAR INT'L CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Chieh Lin, Yu-Jing Lin
  • Publication number: 20120292006
    Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes a heat medium relay unit accommodating heat exchangers for exchanging heat between a flammable refrigerant and a heat medium different from the refrigerant. The heat medium relay unit is disposed in a space in a structure that is not an air conditioned space. One or more outdoor units are connected to the heat medium relay unit to circulate the refrigerant therein. The outdoor units are disposed in a space outside the structure or a space inside the structure that is not isolated completely from the space outside the structure. One or more indoor units are connected to the heat medium relay unit by a different system than that of the outdoor units. The indoor units circulate the heat medium therein to exchange heat with air related to the indoor space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Yamashita, Hiroyuki Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20120292914
    Abstract: An air bleeding arrangement for the cooling system includes a cooling system, which contains a locally highest point where air, being present in the cooling system, collects. A bleeding nipple is connected with the locally highest point for the venting of the air collected. The bleeding nipple is connected with the locally highest point via an air bleeding duct. The arrangement provides that the air bleeding nipple is arranged remote from the locally highest point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventor: Niels Allan Pedersen
  • Publication number: 20120285659
    Abstract: Provided are a heat exchanger, a food handler including the heat exchanger, and a manufacturing method of the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger comprises a main body wherein the plurality of flow channels passes through the inside of the heat exchanger in a first direction and a pair of cover members which is fastened to both ends of the main body in the first direction. The plurality of flow channels is composed of a first flow channel which functions as the path for a first flowing fluid which goes in and out through the cover members and a second flow channel which is connected to the side of the main body. Thermal exchange is performed between the first flowing fluid and the second flowing fluid in the direction wherein the first and second flowing fluids cross each other inside of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: WOONGJIN COWAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Gu Sim, Chan Jung Park, Sung Jin Kim
  • Publication number: 20120279681
    Abstract: A district energy sharing system (DESS) comprises a thermal energy circuit which circulates and stores thermal energy in water, at least one client building thermally coupled to the circuit and which removes some thermal energy from the circuit (“thermal sink”) and/or deposits some thermal energy into the circuit (“thermal source”), and at least one thermal server plant that can be thermally coupled to external thermal sources and/or sinks (e.g. a geothermal ground source) and whose function is to maintain thermal balance within the DESS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: DEC Design Mechanical Consultants Ltd.
    Inventors: William Thomas Vaughan, Erik Dean Lindquist
  • Publication number: 20120272658
    Abstract: A thermal management system for a gas turbine engine includes a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger in communication with a bypass flow through an inlet. A valve is operable to selectively communicate the bypass flow to either the first heat exchanger or the second heat exchanger through the inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventor: Michael J. Murphy
  • Publication number: 20120261090
    Abstract: A system and method for converting otherwise wasted energy produced in the form of heated gases as a byproduct of an industrial process into electrical energy. At least some waste gases are diverted from a typical exhaust structure through a heat exchanger and back into the exhaust structure. The amount of gases flowing through the heat exchanger is monitored and regulated by a controller. A heat source liquid is simultaneously circulated under pressure through the heat exchanger and through an organic Rankine cycle system. The amount of heat source liquid being circulated is also monitored and regulated by the controller. The ORC system converts the heat from the heat source liquid into electricity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Ahmet Durmaz, Marcelo Andres Lara