100 results about "Water ice" patented technology

The invention relates to the field of super-cooled water ice making, in particular to a super-cooled water ice making system capable of rapidly melting ice and an operation method of the super-cooled water ice making system. The ice making system comprises a supercooled water heat exchanger, a compressor, a condenser and a throttling device. The supercooled water heat exchanger internally comprises a coaxial spiral three-medium heat exchanger which comprises a first fluid channel and a second fluid channel. The first fluid channel is a tubular channel; the second fluid channel is a spiral channel wound on the first fluid channel and is thermally coupled with the first fluid channel; the supercooled water heat exchanger, the compressor, the condenser and the throttling device are communicated through a first refrigerant loop. When supercooled water is prepared, the first fluid channel exchanges heat with a refrigerant in a shell pass of the supercooled water heat exchanger to prepare low-temperature supercooled water; in the ice melting state, exhaust of the compressor of the unit enters the second fluid channel and exchanges heat with the first fluid channel to achieve ice melting. The supercooled water ice-making system provided by the invention can realize quick ice melting, and ensures stable, efficient and continuous preparation of supercooled water.

The invention provides a real-simulation research device for an ice-soil substance formation evolution mechanism in a lunar permanent shadow region, and belongs to the technical field of high-real-simulation simulation of lunar soil water-ice substances in the lunar permanent shadow region. The problems that an existing simulant preparation method and technological conditions of ice-soil substances in a lunar permanent shadow area are low in conformity with a scientific mechanism of a lunar soil water ice real formation and evolution mechanism; and the physical indexes such as the thermal-electrical-optical-desorption characteristics of the lunar soil water-ice simulant are greatly different from the theoretical predicted value of the real lunar soil water-ice. The system comprises a lunar PSR comprehensive environment simulation cabin, a lunar PSR water molecule injection field simulator, an array type ice-soil substance preparation sample table and a state parameter monitoring regulation and control system. The device is mainly used for real-time simulation research of an ice-soil substance formation evolution mechanism in the permanent moon shadow region.

The invention provides large-scale continuous mining and collecting equipment and method for moon water and ice resources. The equipment comprises a mobile platform, and a multifunctional integrated shoveling and digging module, a microwave energy-gathered heating module, a water collecting and storing module and a mechanical arm which are mounted on the mobile platform, the mechanical arm is used for driving the multifunctional integrated shoveling and digging module to be reversely buckled on the surface layer of the ice-containing lunar soil to construct a heating cavity or shovel and dig the lunar soil; the microwave energy-gathered heating module is used for heating the ice-containing lunar soil in the heating cavity in a microwave energy-gathered heating mode so as to perform heat extraction of water and ice resources on the ice-containing lunar soil, and the water collection and storage module is used for collecting and storing water obtained through heat extraction. Water and ice resources in lunar soil from the surface layer to the deep layer can be continuously mined through circulating operation, and large-scale continuous operation is achieved.

The invention discloses a device and a method for exploiting water-ice resources in a permanent shadow area of the moon, and belongs to the field of utilization of in-situ resources of the moon. The water and ice resource mining device for the permanent shadow area of the moon is arranged on one side of a movable platform and comprises a feeding mechanism, the feeding mechanism comprises a nut movable plate capable of ascending and descending, and a rotary driving mechanism and a heating extraction mechanism are arranged on the nut movable plate; the heating extraction mechanism comprises a plurality of drill pins which are uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction, and the outer sides of the drill pins are sleeved with alternating coils; the rotary driving mechanism comprises a rotary driving motor capable of driving the drill point to rotate; after the drill point drills into lunar soil, heating to volatilize and vaporize ice; the device further comprises a water vapor transfer mechanism and a condensation collection mechanism, and the water vapor transfer mechanism is located at the lower end of the device and can guide water vapor into the condensation collection mechanism to be condensed and collected. The problems that an existing lunar soil water-ice mining method is small in effective heating range of deep lunar soil, low in water-ice mining efficiency and difficult to be suitable for large-scale water-ice extraction of the moon are solved.

The invention discloses a system and a method for testing the vacuum thermal sublimation loss rate of ice-containing soil, and belongs to the technical field of vacuum thermal sublimation simulation experiments of space exploration. The test system comprises a data acquisition system, a sample preparation chamber, a first vacuum low-temperature chamber, a second vacuum chamber and an in-place detection simulation vacuum chamber, and can timely place a prepared sample in a test condition, so that the prepared sample is prevented from changing in advance when not entering the simulation vacuum chamber; therefore, the initial condition of the sample is effectively controlled, the accuracy and repeatability of measured data are ensured, meanwhile, the change process of the monitored sample from the initial state to the target condition can be implemented, and in-situ measurement is realized. The test method comprises the influence of factors such as heating temperature, star soil heap type, sample throwing, sample physical property parameters and the like on the vacuum thermally-induced sublimation loss rate of the ice-containing star soil, provides correction parameters for the real water content of the original star soil, and also provides data support for improving the extraction efficiency of lunar soil water ice.

The invention discloses a lunar surface and lunar deep base in-situ non-cementation integrated construction method, which comprises the following steps: through mutual cooperation of a water ice electrolysis lunar vehicle, a thermal rock breaking lunar vehicle and a hoisting-carrying lunar vehicle, selecting a deep lava cave on the lunar as a deep base, and selecting a construction position of a lunar surface base around the deep base; then the hoisting-carrying lunar vehicle carries out loading and unloading operation on the components of the water-ice electrolysis lunar vehicle and carries the position of the thermal rock breaking lunar vehicle; the water-ice electrolysis lunar vehicle continuously converts water-ice resources on the moon into hydrogen and oxygen to supply energy to thermal rock breaking; the thermal rock breaking lunar rover generates high-temperature flames to jet and break rocks, and thermal stripping and associated tensile thermal cracking of lunar soil and lunar rocks are achieved through the high-temperature flames. And finally, synchronous construction is conducted on the lunar surface base and the deep base, materials adopted in the construction process are all taken from the moon in situ, the lunar surface base is constructed by means of a topological interlocking structure, and in-situ non-cementing integrated construction of the lunar surface base and the deep lunar base is achieved.

A method for inverting true mass content of water ice in lunar soil using a lunar soil water molecule analyzer (LSWMA) includes: obtaining weight data of a lunar soil sample, temperature data of a sample receiving container that receives the lunar soil sample, and duration of a transfer process of the lunar soil sample; obtaining measurement data of total pressure of the water vapor; calculating a sublimation loss based on a sublimation rate and the duration of the transfer process, and estimating a relative sublimation loss rate; correcting the measurement data of the total pressure of the water and obtaining true pressure data of the water vapor; and calculating, based on the true pressure data of the water vapor, mass of the water vapor, and further calculating mass content of water ice in lunar soil.

The present invention discloses a system for testing the transmission return accuracy of a drive mechanism for lunar soil and water ice detection, comprising a turntable, a fixing frame, a support seat, a reflector assembly, an autocollimator, a multi-dimensional adjustment table, a base plate, and a drive mechanism. The drive mechanism is mounted on the turntable via the support seat and the fixing frame, and the relative positions of the autocollimator and the reflector assembly are adjusted so that the optical axis of the autocollimator is perpendicular to the reflector. During testing, the turntable is rotated in the reverse direction to compensate for the angle of rotation of the drive mechanism in the forward direction, so that the reflected image of the autocollimator is always within the test field of view, thereby achieving the transmission return accuracy test of the drive mechanism. The system has a simple structure and convenient and effective testing, and can be used for the transmission return accuracy test of the drive mechanism for water ice detection in lunar soil water molecule analyzers.

The invention provides a horizontal type steam ice condensing device for preparing lunar ice soil simulation substances and a using method of the horizontal type steam ice condensing device, and belongs to the technical field of aerospace. The problems that an existing lunar ice soil substance simulant is not high in real degree and small in sample preparation amount are solved. One end of a tail tee joint is connected with an electrode, one end of the tail tee joint is connected with an adapter, the upper end of the tail tee joint is connected with a vacuum gauge, a temperature sensor is connected with the electrode, the electrode is inserted into a sample in a stirring body to monitor the temperature of the sample in the test process, and the adapter is sequentially connected with the stirring body, a valve, a motor, magnetofluid and a first reversing valve; and the other three ends are respectively connected with the first reversing valve, the second reversing valve and the third reversing valve through flanges. The simulation process of the device almost completely simulates the high-vacuum ultralow-temperature environment of the lunar surface, the pressure intensity is as low as 10 <-3 > Pa, the temperature is as low as 77K, and the water molecule migration process also simulates the process that water ice on the lunar surface is sublimated into water molecule flow to adsorb lunar soil particles.

The utility model discloses a kind of ice-making equipment, belong to refrigeration device field.The ice-making equipment includes: and install in the water storage tank of equipment shell, ice storage box, drain and ice-making box.Drain is located in the upper portion of ice storage box and has water guide groove and ice drop opening, ice-making box can be rotatably installed in drain and has ice-making cavity and backwater structure.When ice-making box rotates, backwater structure is used to guide drain residual water in ice-making cavity to water guide groove, and ice block can be under the action of gravity through ice drop opening and fall into ice storage box, in this way, water ice separation can be realized through one rotating action, so as to be able to simplify ice-making equipment's ice-out process, reduce the size of ice-making equipment.

The invention relates to the technical field of marine product super-ice-temperature refrigeration, and discloses a marine product super-ice-temperature refrigeration device and method based on a hydrogen slow release module, the marine product super-ice-temperature refrigeration device comprises a refrigeration cavity, a refrigeration mechanism and an air duct structure are arranged between the refrigeration cavity and an outer shell, a fan is arranged at the front end of the air duct structure, and the tail end of the air duct structure extends to the side wall of the refrigeration cavity to form an air outlet; a goods shelf and a supporting frame are arranged in the refrigeration cavity, the supporting frame is arranged between the goods shelf and the air outlet, and a plurality of hydrogen-rich water ice blocks are placed on the supporting frame to release hydrogen; a detection piece is further arranged in the refrigeration cavity, and the detection piece comprises a temperature detection piece and a concentration detection piece; the hydrogen-rich water ice block is used as a slow-release carrier of the hydrogen, slow release of the hydrogen can be achieved, compared with a mode of directly introducing the hydrogen into the refrigeration cavity, the mode of slowly releasing the hydrogen through the hydrogen-rich water ice block can better maintain the set concentration of the hydrogen in the refrigeration cavity, the cost is lower, and the hydrogen storage effect is better. And long-term preservation of the marine products in a non-freezing state is realized.

The invention discloses an array type penetrometer and a moon polar region water ice temperature control mining and in-situ hydrogen production method, and relates to the technical field of moon water ice resource mining and in-situ utilization. The array type penetrometer is composed of a plurality of simple temperature control penetrometers, an in-situ exploitation hydrogen production penetrometer and a control system. An end heating and side wall heating module is arranged in the simple temperature control penetrometer, and the penetrometers are evenly distributed along the circumference. The in-situ mining hydrogen production penetrometer is located in the center of the circumference and is composed of a thick-wall cylinder body structure, a dense hole ventilation grid, a conical head heating module, a side wall heating module and a microwave plasma module. Temperature difference, air pressure difference and pore conductance difference are generated in a water-ice reservoir through the array type temperature control penetrometer, water-ice phase change is driven, directional migration and enrichment towards a central area are achieved, then part of rarefied water vapor is cracked in situ through a microwave plasma generating device arranged in the central penetrometer, and co-production of water, oxygen and hydrogen is achieved.

The invention discloses an autonomous control method for lunar soil water ice drilling and mining, which comprises the following steps of: judging modes in sequence: judging a drilling mode which should be used at present according to the states of a rotary motor and a feed motor; rotation adjustment, wherein the starting time and the rotation speed of a rotation motor are controlled based on the current drilling mode and the current drilling progress; feeding adjustment is conducted, specifically, based on the current drilling mode and the drilling progress, the starting time of a feeding motor is controlled, and the feeding speed is controlled according to the drilling pressure variance and the rotation torque variance; impact adjustment: when the drilling mode is judged to be the water-containing lunar soil breakthrough mode, the impact frequency is adjusted according to the feeding speed; and when the drilling mode is judged to be the drilling blocking mode, the drilling tool assembly is made to be separated from the drilling blocking mode. According to the invention, lunar water-ice sampling can be completed under the conditions of environment deep hypothermia characteristics, target high-fidelity sampling requirements and low counterforce constraints, and the water-ice drilling requirements of the polar region of the lunar are met.

Provided are systems and methods for wastewater processing using methods of separation by freezing. Wastewater is purified into ice by flowing a stream of gas at the eutectic temperature of the wastewater in either a counter-flow or co-flow configuration with a flowing liquid column of wastewater within an insulated chamber, forming particles of water ice from the wastewater flow.

The present invention provides an evaporator for a water-flowing ice maker, relating to the technical field of ice makers. The evaporator comprises a fixed mounting plate, one side of which is fixedly connected to a mounting bracket and a fixed base plate, and the other side of which is fixedly connected to a water storage tank. An electric push rod is installed within the mounting bracket. A movable evaporator for standard large ice cubes is provided on the side of the fixed mounting plate away from the mounting bracket. The movable evaporator for standard large ice cubes is provided with an ice-making grid. A water sprinkling pipe is fixedly connected to the top of the movable evaporator for standard large ice cubes. A rotating shaft is rotatably connected to the bottom of the movable evaporator for standard large ice cubes. A circulating water pump is provided within the water storage tank, and a water supply pipe connects the circulating water pump and the sprinkling pipe. A refrigeration compressor and a condenser are provided on the fixed base plate, and a throttling hose is connected between the condenser and the movable evaporator for standard large ice cubes. The present invention solves the problems of existing water-flowing ice maker evaporators, such as the inability to produce cubic ice cubes, the tendency of ice cubes to chip and form irregularly, and the inability to produce ice cubes.

The present invention provides a temperature control and maintenance device, a load testing device, and a method for a lunar soil and water ice simulant, belonging to the technical field of sampling and detection of extraterrestrial bodies. The device solves the problem of maintaining the temperature and morphology of existing lunar soil and water ice simulants. The temperature control device includes a low-temperature environment box, a refrigerant mold, and a sample mold. A cutting notch is provided at the top of the low-temperature environment box. A heat-insulating observation opening and closing plate is connected to one side of the low-temperature environment box via a hinge. The heat-insulating observation opening and closing plate is sealed by a latch assembly. The interior of the refrigerant mold is a liquid nitrogen domain. The sample mold is disposed within the refrigeration mold. The refrigerant mold is disposed within the low-temperature environment box. A liquid nitrogen tank pipe interface is provided on one side of the refrigerant mold. A simulated lunar soil sample is provided on the sample mold. A transparent cover is provided on the upper end of the refrigerant mold. A sample cover is provided on the upper end of the simulated lunar soil sample. A sensor interface is provided on the sample mold. The present invention is suitable for maintaining the temperature and morphology of lunar soil and water ice simulants.

The invention discloses a device and a method for improving the microwave mining efficiency of moon water ice, and belongs to the technical field of in-situ mining of extraterrestrial water ice. The device comprises a multifunctional drilling unit, an air pressure reconstruction unit, a multifunctional heating unit and a moisture collection and storage unit, the multifunctional drilling unit is used for drilling frozen lunar soil, and the multifunctional drilling unit is further used for providing a sealed environment for the frozen lunar soil extracted through drilling; the air pressure reconstruction unit is used for setting a pressure environment for frozen lunar soil in the multifunctional drilling unit according to preset requirements; the multifunctional heating unit is used for heating the frozen lunar soil in the multifunctional drilling unit in a pressure environment set by the air pressure reconstruction unit, so that the frozen lunar soil in the multifunctional drilling unit generates liquid water, and ice in the frozen lunar soil is melted and vaporized by taking the liquid water as a microwave absorption and heat conduction carrier; and the water collection and storage unit is used for collecting and storing water vapor generated by melting and vaporizing ice in the frozen lunar soil in the multifunctional drilling unit.

1. The name of this design product: Multifunctional water purifier. 2. Application of the product with this design: used for water heating, water filtration, water cooling, and water ice making. 3. The key point of the design of this product lies in its shape. 4. The picture or photo that best illustrates the design points: three-dimensional picture.

The present invention proposes a method for preparing polar region water-containing simulated lunar soil based on ice-soil mixing, which belongs to the technical field of simulated lunar soil preparation. It solves the problem that in the freezing process of water ice in the previous profile sample, the freezing rate of the sample boundary will be stronger than that of the sample interior, causing the sample boundary temperature to be lower than the sample center. Due to the principle of cold end migration of water, the water inside the sample will migrate to the surroundings, causing the water content of the sample boundary to be higher than that of the sample center. The water content of the entire sample is not uniform, and the strength and hardness of samples with different water contents are also different. As a result, the stress, drilling power and water content of each drill during the sample drilling process in the later test cannot be unified, and the variables cannot be controlled, resulting in the drilling test data obtained in the later stage having no reference value. Through the sample preparation process of the present invention, the ice is frozen and crushed separately and then evenly mixed with the dry and cooled simulated lunar soil sample, so that the water content of each part of the entire sample is relatively uniform and reaches a controllable level.

The application belongs to the technical field of lunar resource utilization, and specifically discloses a test platform for lunar soil water ice microwave heating, which comprises a tank body, a temperature adjusting unit, a pressure adjusting unit, a microwave heating unit, an infrared thermal imager, a lunar soil placing table, an inert gas introduction unit and a water vapor collecting unit. The temperature adjusting unit and the pressure adjusting unit are respectively used for adjusting the temperature and the pressure inside the tank body. The microwave heating unit and the infrared thermal imager are respectively used for microwave heating and infrared thermal image monitoring of the inside of the tank body. The inert gas introduction unit comprises a uniform gas outlet table arranged in the inside of the tank body and a gas supply unit connected with the uniform gas outlet table. The lunar soil placing table is arranged on the uniform gas outlet table. The water vapor collecting unit is used for collecting water vapor generated by the lunar soil sample. The test platform has a reasonable structure and can complete the test of lunar soil water ice microwave heating through ground experiments.

The invention discloses a system and method for testing water-ice phase change frost heaving force in liquid nitrogen cold impact coal rock, a liquid nitrogen injection device accurately controls the cooling rate of a sample, and it is ensured that stable temperature change is maintained in the freezing process; the sample testing device monitors flow, temperature, deformation quantity and frost heaving force parameters of a sample in the freezing process in real time, and the data acquisition and control device is responsible for synchronously collecting data; through cooperative work of multiple devices, high precision and synchronism of the measurement process are guaranteed, multi-parameter synchronous measurement at any moment in the freezing process is achieved, and therefore complete and accurate experimental data are provided for research of complex physical phenomena such as water-ice phase change frost heaving force in the liquid nitrogen environment. Besides, through real-time dynamic monitoring of the cooling process, frost heaving deformation of the sample can be accurately evaluated, and generation of measurement errors and time delay in the traditional technology is avoided. The device is not only suitable for static measurement, but also can meet dynamic experiment requirements, and the accuracy and efficiency of experiments are greatly improved.

The present invention discloses a pyrotechnic actuated perforator for planetary profile exploration, which relates to the technical field of lunar regolith water ice sample sampling. It solves the problems that during the sampling process, the penetration of the perforating charge launched by the perforator into the lunar regolith water ice layer cannot meet the sampling space required by the sampler and the mass conditions of the overall load. At the same time, the leakage of combustion residues during the launch of the perforating charge will contaminate the in-situ lunar regolith water ice. The pyrotechnic actuated perforating charge consists of four major parts: a high-performance penetration projectile unit, a high-performance pyrotechnic actuation unit, a launch unit, and an interface unit. It can achieve the penetration perforation of high-strength lunar regolith water ice. For high-strength lunar regolith water ice materials, the penetration depth is >160 mm. It can achieve low-recoil clamping launch, the launch speed of the penetrator is >350 m / s, the bullet hole diameter is >15 mm, the launch recoil force is <5 N. It can achieve high-performance sealing of the combustion products of the driving gunpowder, and the pollutant leakage is <8.62×10-19 g. It can be stored in a low-temperature environment for a long time.

The invention discloses a lunar soil water ice content in-situ estimation method and provision. The method comprises the following steps: vertically deploying a penetration probe carrying a pressure sensor and a temperature sensor on the surface of lunar soil; pressing the penetration probe into lunar soil at a preset rate; in the penetration process, multi-source in-situ data vectors changing along with the depth are synchronously collected; establishing a physical mapping model of the penetration resistance of the ice-containing lunar soil and the water ice content; constructing and training a network model; carrying out fusion analysis on the physical calculation ice content and the data prediction ice content, and determining the final ice content; generating a lunar soil water ice content vertical distribution profile, and identifying the depth, thickness and reserves of an ice-containing layer; the system comprises a data acquisition module, a data acquisition module, a dual-drive calculation core module and a result output module. According to the method, the water-ice content and distribution information of the lunar soil profile can be rapidly and continuously obtained in situ, and the in-situ, high-resolution and high-confidence estimation of the water-ice content of the lunar soil is realized.

The present invention relates to a raw material cooling system in which a slurry quick-freezing water tank is installed, wherein a gantry (100) is installed on top of a quick-freezing water tank (10) so that a gantry grip head (110) picks up and immerses a tray (11) on which raw materials are loaded or lifts and takes out the tray (11), to cool the raw materials. In addition, a slurry in which salt water and salt-water ice manufactured by an ice maker are mixed is supplied to the quick-freezing water tank (10). According to the present invention, through a gantry, raw fish is immersed in or taken out of the quick-freezing water tank to which is supplied the slurry in which salt water and salt-water ice manufactured by an ice maker are mixed, and thus, the present invention is economical due to being easier to work and having a shortened working time as compared to manual work, and has remarkable hygienic effects.

The utility model relates to a circulating water ice-making structure which comprises a main bin, a base mounted on the inner wall of the upper part of the main bin, an upper mold arranged on the right side of the bottom of the base, a water storage tank mounted at the bottom of the main bin, a water inlet communicated with the rear right side of the bottom of the water storage tank, a water storage partition plate arranged at the lower left corner of the water storage tank, and a water pump embedded in the bottom of the main bin. The water storage tank is arranged at the bottom of the main bin, water is preliminarily guided into the water sprinkling pipe above the water receiving bin through the water pump, and the water enters the left side of the top of the water receiving bin through the water sprinkling pipe and then falls into the cold water tank through the water leakage hole in the right side of the top of the water receiving bin. And then the water injection direction from bottom to top is completed through the water injection assembly, so that water enters through a water injection port below the lower mold, redundant water is discharged and falls into the cold water tank, and after the cold water tank is full of water, the water downwards falls into the water storage tank again through the ice storage box, so that water circulation in the ice maker is realized, and the consumption of water resources is reduced.

The invention provides a surface structure for an ice crystal type cold storage heat exchange plate and a preparation method, and belongs to the technical field of ice making through supercooled water. The surface structure comprises a hydrophilic surface, the hydrophilic surface comprises an inflow side for inflow of water and an outflow side for outflow of water, the hydrophilic surface is provided with a sunken micro-texture, and the micro-texture is filled with a composite hydrophobic and icy coating; in the direction from the inflow side to the outflow side, the distribution density of the microtextures is gradually increased; the composite hydrophobic and icy coating comprises a bonding layer, a silicon dioxide hydrophobic layer and a PDMS wear-resistant layer from outside to inside. By changing the density of the hydrophilic characteristics, the progressive hydrophobic and oleophobic surface with the hydrophilic characteristics changing according to the set gradient is formed. Water has a large contact area with the heat exchange plate in the early stage of flowing of the heat exchange plate so as to fully absorb cold, and is in contact with more hydrophobic and icy surfaces to be separated from the heat exchange surface as soon as possible after being converted into a supercooled state in the later stage, so that the heat exchange efficiency is improved.

The application relates to a supercooled water type ice making system and an ice making and melting control method thereof. The supercooled water type ice making system comprises a refrigerant module, a first pipeline and an ice making module. The refrigerant module comprises an evaporator, a compressor and a condensing throttling assembly. The evaporator comprises a first refrigerant inlet, a refrigerant outlet, a cold water inlet, a cold water outlet and a bypass hole interface. The inlet end of the compressor is communicated with the refrigerant outlet. The outlet end of the compressor is communicated with the inlet end of the condensing throttling assembly. The outlet end of the condensing throttling assembly is communicated with the first refrigerant inlet. The first pipeline is communicated with the gas outlet end of the compressor and the bypass hole interface. The first pipeline is provided with a first valve body. The ice making module comprises an ice storage device and a crystal removal device. The water inlet end of the ice storage device is communicated with the cold water outlet. The water outlet end of the ice storage device is communicated with the first inlet of the crystal removal device. The first outlet of the crystal removal device is communicated with the cold water inlet. The technical scheme effectively solves the technical problems of small refrigeration capacity and low refrigeration efficiency of a traditional ice making system.

1. The name of this design product: Water Purifier (Lite). 2. Application of the product with this design: used for water heating, water filtration, water cooling, and water ice making. 3. The key point of the design of this product lies in its shape. 4. The picture or photo that best illustrates the design points: three-dimensional picture.

This invention provides a silicon-modified polyurea superhydrophobic coating material for reducing water resistance and promoting adhesion to ice and shellfish, and its preparation method. The coating material comprises, by weight, 35-50 parts of a fully urea-bonded prepolymer, 30-45 parts of a PDMS-modified monofunctional urea-based polymer brush, 8-15 parts of a latent curing agent, 5-10 parts of a superhydrophobic nanofiller, 5-10 parts of a colorant, and 2-6 parts of a plasticizer; wherein the latent curing agent is a commercially available latent curing agent; and the superhydrophobic nanofiller is one or a mixture of two of fumed silica and nano-titanium dioxide. The coating material provided by this invention has the characteristics of a large contact angle, low roll-off angle, low surface energy, high strength, high elongation, low water absorption, and environmental friendliness.

A method of operating an ice maker appliance includes determining an infused ice making mode of the ice maker appliance. The method also includes flowing a volume of liquid water through the pod in the pod receiver, whereby the additive mixes with the volume of liquid water. The volume of liquid water may be a predetermined volume of liquid water based on the infused ice making mode. The method further includes flowing the additive and the volume of liquid water into the mold cavity and retaining the additive and the volume of liquid water in the mold cavity to form an ice piece from the additive and the volume of liquid water. The method may also include operating the ice maker appliance to provide a predetermined temperature based on the infused ice making mode.