3946 results about "Economizer" patented technology

An improved solution for cooling a data center is provided. In an embodiment of the invention, a data center design that combines physical segregation of hot and cold air streams together with a data hall variable air volume system is provided. The invention is a data center design that resolves air management issues of re-circulation, bypass and load balance. Bypass is airflow supplied by the cooling units that directly returns without cooling servers. Recirculation airflow is server discharge warm air that returns directly without being cooled. Load balance is supplying the required server airflow. An embodiment includes physical segregation of cold and hot air streams and by providing variable air volume to match server load. Air segregation is done by enclosing the hot aisle end and above the cabinets. The air conditioning system provides variable air volume to the data hall (cold side) to meet server demands. The cooling plant consists of variable-air-volume air-cooling system, which cools air by air free cooling (economizer) and is supplemented with mechanical cooling in the warmer seasons.

A preferred process arrangement utilizes the enthalpy of the flue gas, which can be supplemented if need be, to convert urea (30) into ammonia for SCR. Urea (30), which decomposes at temperatures above 140 ° C., is injected (32) into a flue gas stream split off (28) after a heat exchanger (22), such as a primary superheater or an economizer. Ideally, the side stream would gasify the urea without need for further heating; but, when heat is required it is far less than would be needed to heat either the entire effluent (23) or the urea (30). This side stream, typically less than 3% of the flue gas, provides the required temperature and residence time for complete decomposition of urea (30). A cyclonic separator can be used to remove particulates and completely mix the reagent and flue gas. This stream can then be directed to an injection grid (37) ahead of SCR using a blower (36). The mixing with the flue gas is facilitated due to an order of magnitude higher mass of side stream compared to that injected through the AIG in a traditional ammonia-SCR process.

The invention relates to a sludge drying and burning technique and its system devices, applying to the handling of active sludge in urban sewage treatment plants, its process flows through: wet sludge stock house, measuring bin, sludge mixer, sludge dryer, granular splitter, cooler, drying products storage bin, incinerator, smoke gas cleaning devices, which is characterized by: said incinerator is bubbling fluid bed incinerator with coal economizer, air heater fixed in its end part, high-heat smoke gas generated by burning is used to heat heat-conducting oil and cool air individually, and heat-conducting oil after being heated is transferred to sludge dryer through the circulating pump to dry wet-sludge. The invention is characterized by: take heat-conducting oil as heating medium, use the heat generated by burning dry sludge to heat heat-conducting oil and then dry wet-sludge to make full use of resources; the volume-reducing quantity after drying and burning could reach over 90%; the percentage of desulphurization in incinerator could reach 75% as a result of adopting two stage technology of sulfur removal, and the gross percentage of desulphurization meets national environmental legislation requirements. The invention accomplishes the resources, volume reduction, and innocence of sludge.

A cooling apparatus and method are provided for cooling an electronics rack. The cooling apparatus includes an air-cooled cooling station, which has a liquid-to-air heat exchanger and ducting for directing a cooling airflow across the heat exchanger. A cooling subsystem is associated with the electronics rack, and includes a liquid-cooled condenser facilitating immersion-cooling of electronic components of the electronics rack, a liquid-cooled structure providing conductive cooling to electronic components of the electronics rack, or an air-to-liquid heat exchanger associated with the rack and cooling airflow passing through the electronics rack. A coolant loop couples the cooling subsystem to the liquid-to-air heat exchanger. In operation, heat is transferred via circulating coolant from the electronics rack, and rejected in the liquid-to-air heat exchanger of the cooling station to the cooling airflow passing across the liquid-to-air heat exchanger. In one embodiment, the cooling airflow is outdoor air.

A refrigerant vapor compression system includes a refrigerant-to-refrigerant heat exchanger economizer and a flash tank disposed in series refrigerant flow relationship in the refrigerant circuit intermediate a refrigerant heat rejection heat exchanger and a refrigerant heat absorption heat exchanger. A primary expansion valve is interdisposed in the refrigerant circuit upstream of the refrigerant heat absorption heat exchanger and a secondary expansion valve is interdisposed in the refrigerant circuit upstream of the flash tank. The flash tank functions as a refrigerant charge storage reservoir wherein refrigerant expanded from a supercritical pressure to subcritical pressure separates into liquid and vapor phases. A refrigerant vapor bypass line is provided to return refrigerant vapor from the flash tank to the refrigerant circuit downstream of the refrigerant heat absorption heat exchanger. The primary expansion valve and a flow control valve interdisposed in the refrigerant vapor bypass provide refrigerant charge management.

The present invention provides methods and system for power generation using a high efficiency combustor in combination with a CO₂ circulating fluid. The methods and systems advantageously can make use of a low pressure ratio power turbine and an economizer heat exchanger in specific embodiments. Additional low grade heat from an external source can be used to provide part of an amount of heat needed for heating the recycle CO₂ circulating fluid. Fuel derived CO₂ can be captured and delivered at pipeline pressure. Other impurities can be captured.

An energy-reducing method and apparatus for retrofitting a constant volume HVAC system, with or without an economizer, that provides heating, cooling, and ventilation to occupants within a building space. The present invention includes the introduction of a programmable logic controller and variable frequency drive (VFD) that takes control of the existing fan, heating, cooling, and optional economizer operation. The controller is programmed for the reduction of fan speed in the heating and cooling modes. The reduction of the fan speed in the ventilation mode when the 100% operation is not needed saves significant energy of the existing constant volume HVAC system where the fan motor is designed to run 100% of the time. The fan speed may be further reduced upon a reduction in sensed occupancy levels of the space, such as with a CO₂ sensor. Additionally, the fan speed may be reduced in the heating and/or cooling mode to further reduce energy consumption. The controller may also be programmed and equipped with sensors to allow simultaneous mechanical compressor cooling and economizer free cooling operation, for the operation of the economizer in response to the monitoring of outside air and return air to determine the preferred source for cooling operations, to keep the outside air damper closed during the unoccupied heating modes such as morning warm-up, and/or to provide fault detection. The retrofit method and apparatus may be employed in a stand-alone or networked version.

An economizer loop is incorporated into the refrigerant system, which in conjunction with any selected reheat mode of operation, provides augmented performance, improved reliability, and enhanced control in meeting external heat load demands. A refrigerant system includes several features that can be selectively utilized alone or in combination with each other to provide an enhanced control over system cooling and dehumidification capability. In particular, a reheat coil is incorporated into the refrigerant system, and has alternative connection points to the main circuit, positioned both upstream and downstream of a condenser. Also, a flow control device allows a selective bypass around a condenser. In this manner, the refrigerant flowing through the reheat coil can be controlled to provide a desired level of temperature and humidity. Finally, the compressor may include an unloader feature such that additional steps in capacity control can be provided.

The invention discloses an air-cooled heat pump air conditioner which comprises a compressor, an outdoor coil, a heat exchanger, a main liquid line and supercooling devices, wherein the supercooling devices comprise two or three of a supercooling coil, an economizer and a liquid-vapor separator with a supercooling function, the supercooling devices are arranged on the main liquid line, and liquid state refrigerants which circulate in the main liquid line can achieve repeatedly the supercooling through the supercooling devices. According to the air-cooled heat pump air conditioner, the performance of cooling/heating circulation of the air-cooled heat pump air conditioner is effectively improved, so that the air-cooled heat pump air conditioner is stable and reliable in operation and energy saving in a low-temperature environment.

The invention discloses a coal-based supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle double-split-flow efficient power generation system which comprises a low-temperature regenerator, a precooler, a main compressor, a re-compressor, a high-temperature regenerator, a boiler, a high-pressure turbine, a low-pressure turbine and an electric generator. The boiler is composed of a combustion channel, a main heat exchange channel and a tail flue in the smoke flowing direction, wherein the combustion channel, the main heat exchange channel and the tail flue are communicated in sequence; a water-cooled wall and a reheating water-cooled wall are sequentially arranged in the combustion channel in the smoke flowing direction; a high-temperature superheater and a high-temperature reheater are sequentially arranged in the main heat exchange channel in the smoke flowing direction; a baffle, a coal economizer and a low-temperature coal economizer are sequentially arranged in the tail flue in the smoke flowing direction, and a low-temperature reheater and a lower-temperature superheater are arranged on the two sides of the baffle. According to the coal-based supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle double-split-flow efficient power generation system, optimal combining of the coal-fired boiler and the supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle can be achieved, and the heat exchange efficiency of the high-temperature regenerator, the thermal efficiency of the boiler and the efficiency of the power generation system are high.

A refrigerant vapor compression system includes a flash tank economizer defining a separation chamber is disposed in the refrigerant circuit intermediate a refrigerant heat rejection heat exchanger and a refrigerant heat absorption heat exchanger. A primary expansion valve is interdisposed in the refrigerant circuit in operative association with and upstream of the refrigerant heat absorption heat exchanger and a secondary expansion valve is interdisposed in the refrigerant circuit in operative association and upstream of the flash tank economizer. A refrigerant vapor injection line establishes refrigerant flow communication between an upper portion of the separation chamber and an intermediate pressure stage of the system's compression device and a suction pressure portion of the refrigerant circuit. A refrigerant liquid injection line establishes refrigerant flow communication between a lower portion of said separation chamber and an intermediate pressure stage of the compression device and a suction pressure portion of the refrigerant circuit.

In various illustrative examples, the system may include heat recovery heat exchangers, one or more turbines or expanders, a desuperheater heat exchanger, a condenser heat exchanger, a separator, an accumulator, and a liquid circulating pump, etc. In one example, a bypass desuperheater control valve may be employed. The system comprises a first heat exchanger adapted to receive a heating stream from a heat source after passing through a second heat exchanger and a second portion of a working fluid, wherein, the second portion of working fluid is converted to a hot liquid via heat transfer. An economizer heat exchanger that is adapted to receive a first portion of the working fluid and the hot discharge vapor from at least one turbine may also be provided. The first and second portions of the working fluid are recombined in a first flow mixer after passing through the economizer heat exchanger and first heat exchanger, respectively. A second heat exchanger is provided that receives the working fluid from the first flow mixer and a hot heating stream from a heat source and convert the working fluid to a hot vapor. The hot vapor from the second heat exchanger is supplied to at least one turbine after passing through a separator designed to insure no liquid enters the said at least one turbine or expander. The hot, high pressure vapor is expanded in the turbine to produce mechanical power on a shaft and is discharged as a hot, low pressure vapor.

Modular data center containers with modular components suitable for use with rack or shelf mount computing systems currently use cooling methods that do not include economizers due to size constraints of structural steel support infrastructure associated with modular data centers and removable economizers to facilitate portability of modular data centers. The modules allows introduction of outside air to the cooling cycle with the unique elements embodied within airside economizer components. The modules in conjunction with the data center represents a new and useful process to allow the economizer elements to bring outside air into the modular data center cooling cycle.

A process for cracking hydrocarbon feedstock containing resid comprising: heating the feedstock, mixing the heated feedstock with a fluid and/or a primary dilution steam stream to form a mixture, flashing the mixture to form a vapor phase and a liquid phase which collect as bottoms and removing the liquid phase, separating and cracking the vapor phase, and cooling the product effluent. The process comprises at least two of the following conditions: (1) maintaining the bottoms under conditions to effect at least partial visbreaking; (2) reducing or eliminating partial vapor condensation during flashing by adding a heated vaporous diluent to dilute and superheat the vapor; (3) partially condensing the vapor within said flash/separation vessel by contacting with a condenser; (4) decoking internal surfaces and associated piping of the flash/separation vessel with air and steam; (5) utilizing a flash/separation vessel having an annular, inverted L-shaped baffle; and (6) regulating temperature in furnace tube banks used for heating by utilizing a desuperheater and/or an economizer. An apparatus for carrying out the process is also provided.

The invention relates to a central air-conditioning system, in particular to a duct air conditioner, namely an enhanced vapor injection air-conditioning circulating system. A vapor injection side electronic expansion valve of the system is subject to discharge superheat control instead of vapor injection superheat control; high discharge superheat is guaranteed, and heating capacity of the system can be further improved by vapor injection; the system is especially applicable to variable frequency compressors; high heating capacity is kept even under different operating frequencies; the system operates stably and fluctuates little. The enhanced vapor injection air-conditioning circulating system comprises a controller, a compressor, a four-way valve, a vapor-liquid separator, an economizer, a solenoid valve and a coolant pipe. The compressor is a variable frequency compressor. The economizer is a plate economizer. The electronic expansion valve controls vapor injection. The vapor injection electronic expansion valve is subject to discharge superheat control instead of vapor injection superheat control; accordingly, high discharge superheat is guaranteed, and heating capacity of the system is further improved by vapor injection. The system is especially applicable to variable frequency compressors; the heating capacity is kept even under different operating frequencies; the system operates stably and fluctuates little.

A compressor has an economizer injection line communicating into the compressor compression chambers. An unloader valve selectively communicates the economizer injection line back to a point upstream of the evaporator. When the compressor is run in unloaded mode, partially compressed refrigerant is thus returned to a point upstream of the evaporator. In unloaded mode, this results in a higher refrigerant mass flow through the evaporator, as compared to prior art where the bypassed refrigerant was returned downstream of the evaporator. This increases system efficiency by more effectively returning oil which otherwise might be left in the evaporator back to the compressor. Also, the amount of refrigerant superheat entering the compressor in unloaded operation is reduced as compared to the prior art compressor systems, wherein the bypassed refrigerant is returned directly to the compressor suction line. Reduced refrigerant superheat increases system efficiency, improves motor performance and reduces compressor discharge temperature.

Disclosed are a process and apparatus for selective catalytic reduction of NO_x. The process is enabled by passing a heat exchanger section, such as an economizer, of the boiler in advance of an SCR unit at low load conditions to enable NO_x reduction even at low loads using urea instead of ammonia. In a preferred form, under high load conditions, the bypass can be almost fully closed and the economizer can be operated normally without excessively cooling the combustion gases, using only a portion of bypassed gases which are hot enough to decompose the urea into its active components including ammonia.

An improved refrigerant system incorporates at least two circuits arranged in a cascaded relationship. Preferably, the upper circuit utilizes a hydrocarbon refrigerant and preferably the lower circuit utilizes CO₂ refrigerant. Preferably, the CO₂ circuit mainly operates in a subcritical region. To improve the efficiency and capacity control of the cascaded refrigerant system, at least one of the circuits is equipped with performance enhancement features such as, for example, an economized function provided by a flash tank or economizer heat exchanger. Additional enhancement features can also include a liquid-suction heat exchanger and bypass function.