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Hybrid refrigerator using a two-step cooling method

A hybrid refrigeration, pre-cooling technology applied in the field of cooling, which can solve the problem of low performance coefficient, does not provide cost-effectiveness, size or capacity reduction, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2017-03-01
CONCENTRATE MFG OF IRELAND
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Nevertheless, these conventionally used small-volume beverage coolers include hermetically sealed compressors such as those described above, which do not provide commensurate cost-effectiveness even at reduced size or capacity.
And, in order to lower the temperature to the desired state, said compressor has fixed electrical and mechanical losses, resulting in low coefficient of performance (COP) of the cooling system during operation at high ambient temperature

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[0016] The following detailed description follows with reference to the accompanying drawings. The exemplary embodiments are described to illustrate the subject matter of the present disclosure and not to limit the scope of the disclosure, which is defined by the appended claims.

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[0018] Overall, the present disclosure describes methods and systems for cooling beverage containers in two distinct steps. To this end, the containers are first stored in a first structure and arranged to be pre-cooled by a known method to a temperature which is much lower than the ambient temperature. Subsequently, when the temperature of the beverage reaches a predetermined threshold temperature (eg, wet bulb temperature), the beverage container is transferred to the second configuration for final cooling. Finally, by remaining in the second configuration, the temperature of the beverage container will be lowered more effectively to the desired temperature suitable for drinkin...

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A hybrid refrigeration system includes a first structure, configured to accommodate one or more containments. Further, the first structure has a first step cooling mode that is configured to pre-cool the containments, the pre-cooling being performed to reduce a temperature of the containments from a first temperature to a predetermined threshold temperature. Furthermore, the system also includes a second structure, also configured to house the containments. Herein, the second structure enables a second step cooling mode that further reduces the temperature of the containments from the predetermined threshold temperature to a final desired temperature.

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[0001] technical background [0002] The present invention relates to a cooling method, in particular, to a cooling method carried out in two distinct steps. [0003] In areas with high ambient temperatures, the demand for beverage consumption is high. Therefore, the demand for iced beverages in such regions also remains positive. Current refrigeration / cooling methods, in particular the widely used beverage cooling units and storage beverages, use a traditionally known single-step cooling method working with a hermetically sealed compressor based on a vapor compression cycle refrigeration system. Such a single-step cooling method will result in high energy consumption rates due to high cooling capacity requirements when used at high ambient temperatures. As an example, in the tropics, where the ambient temperature is high in summer, a high energy consumption is maintained during the cooling process caused by cooling engines of considerable size in order to obtain the desired t...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): F25D31/00F25D11/02F25B25/00
CPCF25B25/005F25D11/025F25D16/00F25D31/006F25D2303/08F25D2400/14F25D2700/12
Inventor 普拉迪普·苏布拉马尼亚姆吉里什·巴鲁嘉坦玛雅·瓦特斯阿施施·苏德帕里克·德旺
Owner CONCENTRATE MFG OF IRELAND