1831 results about "Heat load" patented technology

An air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle seat includes a seat blower unit disposed in a lower side of the seat, and a seat duct for leading air from an air conditioning unit to the seat through the seat blower unit. In the air conditioning apparatus, it can be determined that heat load of a passenger compartment is decreased to a predetermined value based on an operation state of a unit blower of the air conditioning unit, and the seat blower is stopped when the heat load is decreased to the predetermined value. Further, the seat blower is turned on or off according to the heat load of the passenger compartment, so that temperature of the seat can be controlled within a predetermined range. On the other hand, even when the unit blower is stopped when a water temperature of a heating unit of the air conditioning unit is lower than a set temperature, the seat blower unit and an electrical heater disposed in the seat duct are operated so that air passing through the heating unit is heated by the electrical unit and is blown into the seat by the seat blower unit.

A phosphorescent sunroof for transmitting light into a vehicle includes a roof assembly comprising a roof having an opening, and a panel adapted to fit the dimensions of the opening. The panel is made of a light-transparent component that transmits light from an external source into the vehicle. The panel includes a phosphorescent material that is excited or made to glow by the external light source without the use of vehicle power. The panel glows for a period of time following exposure to the external light source to allow visibility inside the vehicle and provide aesthetic qualities. Further, the phosphorescent material scatters or diffuses incident light transmitted through the panel, thereby reducing the direct radiation of light and heat load into the vehicle. Also disclosed is a method for providing light into an interior of a vehicle with the sunroof panel.

Systems and methods are disclosed for extracting freshwater from atmospheric humidity in extremely hot and humid climates and supplying freshwater to a small group of people, a building, a farm, or forestation area. The freshwater is treated to provide drinking water by disinfecting to eliminate microorganisms and filtration to remove suspended particulates from air, erosion or corrosion products, and disinfected waste. Compact units provide drinking water for individuals, passengers in cars, vans, trucks, or recreational boats, or crewmembers on a seagoing cargo ship whether from atmospheric humidity or from moisture-laden gases. Furthermore, systems are disclosed for the ample supply of freshwater with minimal treatment for small- to large-sized buildings in a manner that alleviates the heat load on buildings. Collection of freshwater from hot humid ambient air is also provided for other uses, such as irrigation and farm animal drinking. Various methods are used for condensation of water vapor suspended in the air as alternative to conventional refrigeration cycles using CFC refrigerants. Devices are disclosed using naturally occurring brackish cold water, circulation of cooling water cooled by thermoelectric cooling or thermoacoustic refrigeration as well as evaporative cooling and transpiration cooling. Water produced by the systems may flow under gravitational forces entirely or with the assistance of boasting pumps.

The invention relates to a centralized heating whole-network heat balance control method, in particular to a control system which is charged on area, which can eliminate the heat imbalance of the whole network and balance the heating effect. The control method adopts different control strategies for a heat source and two links of a primary side in the heating system so as to meet the requirement of users. For the heat source, the online prediction of the heat load is realized according to external temperature variation, and a running instruction is supplied for the heat source; a uniform control strategy is adopted for a primary network, automatic adjustment of a primary valve of a heat exchanging station of the heat network can be realized, a weighted value can be manually given to a special heat exchanging station, and the heat imbalance degree is used for analyzing and evaluating a whole-network heat balance control effect; and the control method can effectively solve the problems of the heating system such as imbalance heat and energy waste, a great amount of manpower and material resource can be saved in the adjustment process of the heat network, and the balance and consistency of the heat supply effect can be guaranteed.

A cooling system for an internal combustion engine incorporating a heat accumulator to temporarily store heat during peak heat loads. In automotive vehicles, the heat accumulator may store excess heat generated during vehicle acceleration or hill climbing and it may dissipate stored heat during vehicle cruise, deceleration, or engine idle. The heat accumulator contains phase change material with a solid-to-liquid transition temperature higher than the normal operating temperature of the cooling system. The invention enables reducing the size and weight of engine cooling system without compromising its performance. This is particularly important for improving fuel economy and reduction of emission in automotive vehicles. In addition, the invention enables reducing the coolant inventory in the system thereby allowing for faster engine warm-up and reduced emissions of harmful pollutants during a cold engine start. The invention may be also used for thermal management of engine oil, transmission fluid, or hydraulic fluid.

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 a controlling method of iron oxide sheet of rolled band steel surface of middle-thin board blank, which is characterized by the following: controlling component; proceeding heat load directly; heating to remove phosphor; rolling under high temperature; forcing to cool; controlling Si content in the steel; eliminating red ferric oxide on the surface of heat roll steel; fitting for the steel with not more than 0.18%C, not more than 0.20% Si, not more than 1.50% Mn, not more than 0.015% P, not more than 0.01% S and Nb, V and Ti.

A cooling module including a condenser, a power module including the cooling module and a method for cooling electric and/or electronic components are provided. The condenser of the cooling module includes at least one panel for cooling electric and/or electronic components. Two sheets of the panel are attached to one another by a process involving roll-bonding such that a conduit is formed between the two sheets. The conduit extends in a direction of a plane formed by the sheets. Cooling may be provided by evaporating coolant in the conduit at an evaporation section of the panel and by condensing the coolant at a condensing section of the panel. A heat load may be transferred from a heat source to a heat receiving unit. The heat receiving unit is adapted to transfer the heat load to the panel which transfers the heat load to an ambient environment by a thermal carrier.

The invention relates to heat engineering, in particular to heat pipes, and may be used for heat removal from miniature heat-tensioned objects, in particular elements of radioelectronic devices and computers requiring effective heat removal within minimum dimensions of a cooling system. The invention is aimed at increasing a heat load of the evaporating chamber at a given operating temperature and reducing its dimensions. For this purpose, in the evaporating chamber of a loop heat pipe comprising a body that includes side and end-face walls and a capillary porous packing accommodated in said body and having vapor-removal channels tied together by a vapor collector, and disposed on a portion of the packing perimeter at the heat-supply side, and having an asymmetrical longitudinal opening shifted in the direction opposite to the heat supply, the end-faces of the vapor-removal channels being blind at one side, the asymmetrical longitudinal opening is also being blind at the side opposite to the blind end-faces of the vapor-removal channels, and the vapor collector is formed by one of the end-face walls of the body and the packing end-face. Besides, on the inner side surface of the body, additional vapor-removal grooves are provided. Cross-section of the asymmetrical longitudinal opening may have the form of a rectangle elongated in the direction of the heat supply and limited at the opposite side by a body wall, or the form of a wedge, whose apex faces the heat supply and whose base is a body wall, or the form of a segment, whose chord is directed towards the heat supply and the arc is a body wall, or the form of a circle limited by a capillary porous packing and whose center is shifted in the direction opposite to the heat supply. Cross-section of the evaporating chamber may be made rectangular, the asymmetrical longitudinal opening, which has the form of a slot gap being shifted in the direction opposite to the heat supply. The capillary porous packing may consist of two interconnected parts. The outlet of the condensate line is positioned in the asymmetrical longitudinal opening of the capillary porous packing.

A CHP optimal dispatching model is a mixed integer programming model and is used for a district heating system (DHS) comprising a heat source, a heating network and a heat load, and the heating network comprises a heat transmission network and a heat distribution network. A plurality of heating areas is divided, and one day is divided into a plurality of time periods; the heat transmission loss of the heat distribution network is omitted, and a heat transmission network model taking transmission time delay of the heating network into consideration is established according to the heat transmission network; a terminal heat consumer model capable of reflecting indoor temperature is established; and a combined optimal dispatching model comprising conventional generators, wind power units, CHP units, electric boilers and heat storage tanks is established.

A system for providing cooling to a building includes a cooling tower for transferring waste heat from the building to the atmosphere and a liquid desiccant system for dehumidifying an air stream entering the cooling tower to increase cooling efficiency of the cooling tower. The liquid desiccant system includes a conditioner and a regenerator. The conditioner utilizes a liquid desiccant for dehumidifying the air stream entering the cooling tower. The regenerator is connected to the conditioner for receiving dilute liquid desiccant from the conditioner, concentrating the dilute liquid desiccant using waste heat from the building, and returning concentrated liquid desiccant to the conditioner.

A near wall cooling technique for cooling the pressure and suction sides of a turbine airfoil that includes a matrix of cells oriented chord-wise and extending longitudinally having vortex chambers with vortex creating passages feeding coolant from interior of the blade to each of the cells, interconnecting passageways interconnecting each of the vortex chambers and a discharge film cooling passageway discharging coolant adjacent the outer surface of the pressure and suction sides. The alternate passageways are staggered and each are tangentially oriented to introduce a swirling motion in the coolant as it enters each of the vortex chambers. The cells may be oriented to be in a staggered or in an in-line array and the number of cells, the number of vortex chambers and the dimension of the cells, vortex chambers and passageways are selected to match the heat load and the temperature requirements of the material of the blade. The direction of flow within each cell is selected by the designer. The aft portion may be internally cooled before discharging the coolant as a film upstream of the gage point to avoid aerodynamic losses associated with film mixing.

Disclosed is a system for and a method of controlling internal air circulation within a refrigerated transport container (1), the refrigerated transport container (1) comprising a cooling unit (40), and a control unit, where the cooling unit (40) comprises at least a compressor (6) and an evaporator (16) comprising one or more evaporator fans (10) wherein the method comprises the step of: controlling the operation of the one or more evaporator fans (10) based on one or more predetermined heat load related indicators during periods where the compressor (6) is inactive wherein the one or more evaporator fans (10) are controlled to increase internal air circulation when the one or more predetermined heat load related indicators indicate a heat load increase and wherein the one or more evaporator fans (10) are controlled to decrease internal air circulation when the one or more predetermined heat load related indicators indicate a heat load reduction.

Method and apparatus for providing harmonic inductive power, and more particularly for delivering current pulses providing a desired amount of pulse energy in high frequency harmonics to a load circuit for inductive heating of an article. By controlling the shape and/or frequency of such current pulses, the apparatus and method can be used to enhance the rate, intensity and/or power of inductive heating delivered by the heater coil and/or to enhance the lifetime or reduce the cost and complexity of an inductive heating power supply. Of particular significance, the apparatus and method may be used to significantly increase the power inductively delivered to a ferromagnetic or other inductively heated load, without requiring an increase of current in the heater coil. This enables new heating applications, and in some known applications, decreases the energy consumption or cooling requirements and/or increase the lifetime of the heater coil.

Apparatus and method are provided for cooling an electronic component(s). The apparatus includes a coolant-cooled structure in thermal communication with the component(s) to be cooled, and a coolant-to-refrigerant heat exchanger in fluid communication with the coolant-cooled structure via a coolant loop. A thermal buffer unit is coupled in fluid communication with the coolant loop, and a refrigerant loop is coupled in fluid communication with the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger dissipates heat from coolant in the coolant loop to refrigerant in the refrigerant loop. A compressor is coupled in fluid communication with the refrigerant loop and is maintained ON responsive to heat load of the component(s) exceeding a heat load threshold, and is cycled ON and OFF responsive to heat load of the component(s) being below the threshold. The thermal storage unit dampens swings in coolant temperature within the coolant loop during cycling ON and OFF of the compressor.