Cold storage container, cold storage container management system, and cold storage program
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cooling containers relying on refrigerants require cumbersome preparation and restocking processes, making them difficult to use conveniently for maintaining insulated items at desired temperatures during transportation and storage.
Innovation Solution
A cooling container system with adjustable airflow control using perpendicular planks and a management system that monitors temperature and location, allowing for efficient refrigerant usage and temperature adjustment within the container.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If refrigerants are restocked by taking out insulated items from the container, then refrigerants can be replenished, but the operation becomes cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The container is divided into a refrigerant storage chamber and an insulated item storage chamber separated by a partition. The partition includes a movable partition that can be shifted to create access passages between chambers, allowing refrigerant restocking without removing insulated items from their storage space.
Solution Approach 2:
The movable partition acts as an intermediary mechanism between the refrigerant storage chamber and insulated item storage chamber. It provides controlled access for refrigerant replenishment while maintaining separation between refrigerants and insulated items, enabling easy restocking operations.
2Device complexity
If the container structure is simplified to reduce complexity, then manufacturing cost decreases, but temperature control precision deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The partition is designed to be movable rather than fixed, allowing dynamic adjustment of the passage size and position. This enables flexible control over airflow between chambers while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure, achieving temperature control without complex mechanical systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The movable partition serves multiple functions: it separates the two chambers, controls airflow between them, and provides access for refrigerant restocking. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional complex components while maintaining effective temperature control.
3Stability of the object's composition
If airflow control mechanisms are added to optimize cooling, then temperature uniformity improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The movable partition allows dynamic control of airflow passages between chambers. By adjusting the partition position, uniform cooling can be achieved across different areas of the insulated item storage chamber without requiring additional complex airflow control devices.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables easier and more efficient use of cooling containers by optimizing airflow and temperature control, reducing the complexity of refrigerant restocking and maintaining consistent temperatures during transportation and storage.
Implementation Method 1
a cooling material, so as to keep items that require refrigeration or cold storage
Implementation Method 2
If a cooling container includes insulating material, even in a location with no refrigerator or freezer, it is possible to keep insulation items cool
Data Source
AI summary
The present application is directed to cooling containers that rely on refrigerants. The cooling container is able to efficiently keep items cool by adjusting the input and output of cool air inside the cooling container. For example, storage area no. 1 can keep the refrigerants used for keeping insulated items cool. Plank 1 is parallel to the storage area 1. Plank 2 is parallel to plank 1 and storage area no. 2 storing insulated items therein. The planks 1 and 2 are perpendicularly placed above and below a horizontal plane. Planks 1 and 2 can be adjusted to be higher or lower, so as to adjust the distance therebetween. This allows more efficient control of the airflow of the cool air before the air goes into storage area 2.