Apparatus for generating refrigeration for cooling target and method of cooling target using the same
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cooling apparatuses face limitations in achieving rapid cooling to a target temperature, especially as temperatures decrease, making it difficult to efficiently reduce cooling time to a desired level.
Innovation Solution
A cooling generator system comprising a cooling accumulation unit that stores energy at a preset temperature, a cooling unit using methods like the Peltier effect, Joule-Thomson effect, or thermodynamic cycles, and a cooling gate unit that blocks or releases this energy to achieve rapid cooling of a target area through thermal coupling and controlled emission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If conventional cooling apparatuses are used to cool a target area, then cooling can be achieved through standard methods, but the cooling time becomes excessively long as the target temperature decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-cooling a cooling medium in a cooling accumulation unit before it contacts the target area. The cooling medium is cooled to a preset temperature in advance and stored, then rapidly discharged to the target area when cooling is needed, enabling rapid cooling without the long cooling times of conventional continuous cooling systems
Solution Approach 2:
The cooling system is segmented into distinct functional units: a cooling accumulation unit that pre-cools and stores the cooling medium, a cooling gate unit that controls discharge, and a cooling operation unit that applies cooling to the target. This segmentation allows independent optimization of each function, particularly enabling the accumulation unit to prepare cooling capacity in advance
2Productivity
If cooling power is increased to reduce cooling time, then rapid cooling can be achieved, but the system complexity and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the cooling capacity generation function from the target cooling process by using a separate cooling accumulation unit. The cooling medium is cooled and stored independently, then simply discharged to the target area when needed. This separation allows high cooling power without requiring a complex high-power cooling system at the target location
Solution Approach 2:
The cooling medium acts as an intermediary that carries cooling capacity from the accumulation unit to the target area. Instead of directly applying complex cooling mechanisms to the target, the pre-cooled medium serves as a portable cooling reservoir that can be rapidly deployed, simplifying the overall system architecture
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables rapid and precise cooling of a target area by intensively supplying cooling energy, overcoming the limitations of conventional systems by efficiently accumulating and managing cooling energy for rapid refrigeration.
Implementation Method 1
a cooling accumulation unit accumulating cooling energy at a preset cooling energy accumulation temperature
Implementation Method 2
The cooling gate unit may block emission of the cooling energy through at least one of first passive cooling and active cooling while blocking emission of the cooling energy
Implementation Method 3
The cooling gate unit may emit the cooling energy through at least one of second passive cooling and active heating while emitting the cooling energy
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AI summary
This application relates to an apparatus for generating refrigeration. The apparatus may include a cooling collector configured to collect cooling energy at a predetermined cooling collection temperature. The apparatus may also include a cooler thermally coupled to the cooling collector so as to cool the cooling collector. The apparatus may further include a refrigeration gate configured to block and release the collected cooling energy. The refrigeration gate may refrigerate a target region by releasing the collected cooling energy.