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公开(公告)号：US20210389041A1
公开(公告)日：2021-12-16
申请号：US17352326
申请日：2021-06-20
IPC分类号： F25D5/00
摘要： Thermo-chemical recuperation systems, devices, and methods are provided in accordance with various embodiments. Embodiments may generally relate to the field of refrigeration and/or heat pumping. Within that field, some embodiments apply to the recuperation or recapturing of both thermal and chemical potential in a freeze point suppression cycle. Some embodiments include a method and/or system of thermo-chemical recuperation that includes creating a flow of ice and flowing a brine against the flow of the ice. Some embodiments manage the thermal and chemical potentials by mixing a dilute brine stream exiting an ice mixing vessel with an ice stream before it enters the ice mixing vessel. By controlling this mixing in a counter-flow or step-wise cross flow manner with sufficient steps, both the thermal and chemical potential of the dilute bine stream may be recuperated.
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公开(公告)号：US20230175754A1
公开(公告)日：2023-06-08
申请号：US18077370
申请日：2022-12-08
IPC分类号： F25D5/00
CPC分类号： F25D5/00
摘要： Thermo-chemical recuperation systems, devices, and methods are provided in accordance with various embodiments. Embodiments may generally relate to the field of refrigeration and/or heat pumping. Within that field, some embodiments apply to the recuperation or recapturing of both thermal and chemical potential in a freeze point suppression cycle. Some embodiments include a method and/or system of thermo-chemical recuperation that includes creating a flow of ice and flowing a brine against the flow of the ice. Some embodiments manage the thermal and chemical potentials by mixing a dilute brine stream exiting an ice mixing vessel with an ice stream before it enters the ice mixing vessel. By controlling this mixing in a counter-flow or step-wise cross flow manner with sufficient steps, both the thermal and chemical potential of the dilute bine stream may be recuperated.
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公开(公告)号：US11473818B2
公开(公告)日：2022-10-18
申请号：US16813023
申请日：2020-03-09
IPC分类号： F25B1/10 , F25B30/06 , F25B5/02 , F25B9/14 , F25B25/00 , F25B40/02 , F25B40/04 , F25B41/31 , F25B25/02
摘要： Methods, systems, and device for cycle enhancement are provided in accordance with various embodiments. Various embodiments generally pertain to refrigeration and heat pumping. Different embodiments may be applied to a variety of heat pump architectures. Some embodiments may integrate with vapor compression heat pumps in industrial, commercial, and/or residential applications. Some embodiments include a method that may include at least: removing a first heat from a vapor compression cycle; utilizing the first removed heat from the vapor compression cycle to drive a thermally driven heat pump; or removing a second heat from the vapor compression cycle utilizing the thermally driven heat pump to reduce a temperature of a refrigerant of the vapor compression cycle below an ambient temperature.
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公开(公告)号：US11236935B2
公开(公告)日：2022-02-01
申请号：US16750170
申请日：2020-01-23
发明人： Russell Goldfarbmuren , Luke Erickson , Josh Nelson , John Darrah , Mauricio Sanchez , Chance Lord
摘要： Methods, systems, and device for solidification and/or solid production, such as ice production, are provided. For example, a method of solid production includes contacting a first fluid with a second fluid to facilitate solidifying the second fluid; the first fluid and the second fluid are immiscible with respect to each other. The method includes solidifying the second fluid. A solid production system includes a first fluid and a second fluid; the first fluid and the second fluid are immiscible with respect to each other. The system includes one or more surfaces configured to contact the first fluid and the second fluid with each other and to form one or more solids from the second fluid.
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公开(公告)号：US20210310715A1
公开(公告)日：2021-10-07
申请号：US16966542
申请日：2019-12-26
发明人： Russell Goldfarbmuren , Luke Erickson , Josh Nelson , Chance Lord
摘要： Solid production systems, devices, and methods utilizing oleophilic surfaces are provided in accordance with various embodiments. Some embodiments include a water tank used to store fresh water. Some embodiments include an emulsion tank that may include a set of auxiliary components that may be utilized to create and/or to pump an emulsion. This auxiliary equipment may include suction headers, ejectors, pumps, mechanical mixers, and/or hydrodynamic mixers, for example. Some embodiments include a heat exchanger that may produce a cold surface for ice formation. This surface may include an oleophilic surface that may produce an affinity for oils and/or other non-polar materials. Some embodiments include piping that may allow for the connection of the other components such that ice may be formed from a flow of water from the emulsion and the overflow may be returned to the emulsion tank. Ice making methods are also provided.
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公开(公告)号：US09310140B2
公开(公告)日：2016-04-12
申请号：US13761463
申请日：2013-02-07
发明人： Russell Muren
CPC分类号： F28D20/02 , F01D15/10 , F01K3/00 , F01K11/02 , F01K25/10 , F01K25/106 , F03G6/001 , F05D2220/31 , F24S90/00 , F28D19/00 , H01M8/04029 , H02S40/38 , Y02E10/40 , Y02E10/46 , Y02E60/145
摘要： Methods, systems, and devices are provided for thermal enhancement. Thermal enhancement may include absorbing heat from one or more devices. In some cases, this may improve the efficiency of the one or more devices. In general, a phase transition may be induced in a storage material. The storage material may be combined with a freeze point suppressant in order to reduce its melt point. The mixture may be used to boost the performance of device, such as an electrical generator, a heat engine, a refrigerator, and/or a freezer. The freeze point suppressant and storage material may be separated. By delaying the periods between each stage by prescribed amounts, the methods, systems, and devices may be able to shift the availability of electricity to the user and/or otherwise boost a device at different times in some cases.
摘要翻译： 提供了用于热增强的方法，系统和设备。 热增强可以包括从一个或多个装置吸收热量。 在某些情况下，这可能会提高一个或多个设备的效率。 通常，可以在储存材料中引起相变。 存储材料可以与冷冻点抑制剂组合以减少其熔点。 混合物可以用于提高装置的性能，例如发电机，热机，冰箱和/或冷冻机。 可以分离出冻点抑制剂和储存材料。 通过将每个阶段之间的周期延迟规定的量，方法，系统和设备可能能够在某些情况下将电力的可用性转移到用户和/或以其他方式在不同时间提升设备。
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公开(公告)号：US20240263858A1
公开(公告)日：2024-08-08
申请号：US18408962
申请日：2024-01-10
摘要： Ice making methods, systems, and devices are provided in accordance with various embodiments. For example, methods, systems, and devices for producing harvestable ice on cold plates are provided in accordance with various embodiments. Methods, systems, and devices for harvesting ice on cold surfaces are also provided in accordance with various embodiments. Methods, systems, and devices for cold oleophilic surfaces that produce harvestable ice are also provided in accordance with various embodiments. Methods, systems, and devices for ice maker fault detection and recovery are also provided in accordance with various embodiments. Methods, systems, and devices for ice maker startup are also provided in accordance with various embodiments.
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公开(公告)号：US11913701B2
公开(公告)日：2024-02-27
申请号：US17942297
申请日：2022-09-12
发明人： Russell Goldfarbmuren , Luke Erickson , Josh Nelson , Chance Lord
摘要： Solid production systems, devices, and methods utilizing oleophilic surfaces are provided in accordance with various embodiments. Some embodiments include a water tank used to store fresh water. Some embodiments include an emulsion tank that may include a set of auxiliary components that may be utilized to create and/or to pump an emulsion. This auxiliary equipment may include suction headers, ejectors, pumps, mechanical mixers, and/or hydrodynamic mixers, for example. Some embodiments include a heat exchanger that may produce a cold surface for ice formation. This surface may include an oleophilic surface that may produce an affinity for oils and/or other non-polar materials. Some embodiments include piping that may allow for the connection of the other components such that ice may be formed from a flow of water from the emulsion and the overflow may be returned to the emulsion tank. Ice making methods are also provided.
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公开(公告)号：US11460226B2
公开(公告)日：2022-10-04
申请号：US17000337
申请日：2020-08-23
摘要： Methods, systems, and devices for freeze point suppression cycle control are provided in accordance with various embodiments. For example, some embodiments include a method of freeze point suppression cycle control. The method may include flowing a liquid to a first sensor; the liquid may include a mixture of a melted solid and a freeze point suppressant. The method may include determining an indicator value of a freeze point suppressant property of the liquid utilizing the first sensor. The method may include controlling a flow of the liquid to a separator utilizing a flow controller based on at least the determined indicator value of the freeze point suppressant property of the liquid; the separator may form a concentrated freeze point suppressant from the liquid. Freeze point suppression cycle control systems are also provided.
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公开(公告)号：US12066208B2
公开(公告)日：2024-08-20
申请号：US17746006
申请日：2022-05-17
CPC分类号： F24F12/002 , F24F8/00 , F25D13/00 , F25D17/06
摘要： Methods, systems, and devices provided in accordance with various embodiments are generally related to the field of thermal management systems for buildings (or volumes in general), such as cold storage, food processing, or other buildings that have areas that are kept below freezing. Embodiments generally pertain to the management of temperature and humidity within these spaces. Some embodiments include system for the management of moisture and temperature inside cold spaces. Some embodiments include a heat and mass transfer exchanger, such as a direct constant gas liquid heat and mass transfer exchanger. Examples of such heat and mass transfer exchangers generally include wet scrubbers. Embodiments also generally include a series of ducts, pipes, heat exchangers, dampers, and/or valves that may allow the system to provide useful temperature and relative humidity levels to one or more spaces or volumes.
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