Orbital-Shake Beverage Cooler for Rapid Homogeneous Cooling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for cooling or freezing packaged beverages and food are inefficient, slow, and energy-intensive, with standard refrigerators and deep freezers requiring continuous operation and lacking the ability to provide fast, homogeneous cooling.
Innovation Solution
An instantaneous cooler/freezer using the orbital shake method, featuring a cooling liquid distribution system with expandable envelopes, valves, conical springs, and plate heat exchangers, which creates a vortex for rapid heat transfer and homogenous cooling, reducing energy consumption by operating only when needed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If standard refrigerators or deep freezers are used to cool packaged liquids, then the products can be cooled, but the process is slow (4 hours for refrigerator, 50 minutes for deep freezer) and energy-intensive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs orbital shaking mechanism that vibrates the cooling chamber, creating turbulent flow and vortex in the cooling liquid. This mechanical vibration enhances heat transfer between the packaged liquid and cooling liquid, reducing cooling time from hours to minutes while allowing the system to operate only when needed rather than continuously
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses a hydraulic system where cooling liquid is pumped through expandable envelopes surrounding the packaged products. The controlled circulation of cooling liquid through these envelopes enables rapid heat extraction, achieving fast cooling (under 2 minutes from 24°C to 4°C) and allowing the system to be activated only 15 minutes before use instead of continuous operation
2Ease of operation
If anti-freeze is used as cooling liquid in an envelope, then the product can be kept dry, but the cooling process is not fast enough for packaged liquids
Solution Approach 1:
The orbital shaking mechanism creates vigorous motion and turbulence in the anti-freeze cooling liquid within the envelope, dramatically enhancing heat transfer coefficients. This transforms the previously slow conduction-based cooling into rapid convection-driven cooling, achieving fast cooling speeds while maintaining product dryness through the envelope barrier
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the physical state and motion parameters of the cooling liquid by introducing orbital shaking, transforming it from a static or slowly moving fluid into a turbulent, high-velocity flow. This parameter change enables the anti-freeze to achieve rapid cooling performance while the envelope maintains product dryness
3Productivity
If the orbital shake method is used, then fast and homogeneous cooling is achieved, but the system complexity increases with expandable envelopes, valves, and distribution channels
Solution Approach 1:
The expandable envelopes serve multiple functions: they contain the cooling liquid, provide thermal contact with packaged products of various sizes and shapes, and enable rapid heat transfer. The orbital shaking mechanism simultaneously achieves both fast cooling and homogeneous temperature distribution. This multi-functionality justifies the added structural complexity by eliminating the need for multiple separate systems
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses dynamically expandable envelopes that can adjust their volume and shape to accommodate different packaged products. The orbital shaking provides dynamic motion rather than static cooling, enabling the system to adapt to various product configurations while maintaining fast and homogeneous cooling performance
4Reliability
If refrigerators operate continuously for 24 hours, then products can be kept cool, but electricity costs increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of continuous operation, the system uses periodic action by activating the cooling cycle only 15 minutes before the packaged liquid is needed. The rapid cooling capability (under 2 minutes actual cooling time) allows this short periodic operation to replace continuous 24-hour operation, dramatically reducing electricity consumption while maintaining cooling availability when required
Solution Approach 2:
The system is designed to be activated on-demand based on user need rather than operating continuously. The rapid cooling performance enables the system to serve itself by completing the cooling process quickly when triggered, eliminating the need for continuous energy consumption while ensuring products are cooled whenever needed
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
The system can cool packaged liquids from 24°C to 4°C in under 2 minutes, significantly reducing energy usage and ensuring products are served dry and cooled homogeneously, while also allowing for the quick freezing and storage of perishable items.
Implementation Method 1
the liquid is forced to move by the inner surface of package creating a vortex
Implementation Method 2
rapid heat transfer and homogenous cooling
Data Source
AI summary
The invention discloses instantaneous cooler/freezer using orbital shake method. The instantaneous cooler/freezer using orbital shake method includes a cooling liquid, a flow pump, a reserve tank, a plate heat exchanger, a liquid entrance hole, a cooling chamber, an exit hole, a cooling gas entrance, a gas exit hole, a plurality of cooling liquid distribution channels, an expandable envelope with pockets, a valve, a flat inner cover, a cooling chamber cover having led lights placed at sides for each bottle to inform a user in case of a problem, a rakor, a plurality of conical springs, a laser thermometer, a reduced motor, an eccentric bearing, is used to enables the cooling chamber to be in orbital shake motion, a plurality of roller ball bearings, a plurality of horizontal guide bearings. The instantaneous cooler/freezer using orbital shake method specifically build for packaged beverages, food, and similarly all packaged objects.