Two-Layer Refrigeration Container Layout for High-Capacity Cooling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing container type refrigeration systems face low refrigeration capacity with a single container, low integration extent with multiple containers, complex installation, and inconvenient maintenance due to side-by-side refrigeration unit placement.
Innovation Solution
A two-layer container design with an upper layer for the water chilling unit and a lower layer for the water channel system, featuring alternately placed refrigeration units, a power distribution cabinet, and a pneumatic tank, along with a water channel system that includes a chilling water tank and pipeline, enhancing space utilization and integration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a single container is used for the refrigeration system, then the structure is simple, but the refrigeration capacity is low
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a single-layer horizontal arrangement to a two-layer vertical arrangement within the container. The upper layer houses the water chilling unit with refrigeration units, while the lower layer contains the water channel system, effectively utilizing the vertical dimension to increase refrigeration capacity without expanding the container's footprint.
2Power
If more than 2 containers are used to increase refrigeration capacity, then the refrigeration capacity increases, but the integration extent decreases and installation becomes complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple functional components (refrigeration units, water channel system, power distribution cabinet, pneumatic tank) into a single integrated container structure. The two-layer design consolidates what would traditionally require multiple separate containers into one unified system, improving integration extent and simplifying installation while maintaining high refrigeration capacity.
3Ease of manufacture
If refrigeration units are placed side by side, then the installation is simple, but the maintenance becomes inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
By arranging refrigeration units in the upper layer with vertical stacking rather than horizontal side-by-side placement, the patent creates accessible sides for each unit. This vertical arrangement, combined with the open framework structure, allows maintenance personnel to access all sides of the refrigeration units (360-degree maintenance) while keeping the installation process relatively simple.
4Power
If a two-layer container design is used to increase space utilization, then the refrigeration capacity and integration extent increase, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the container into two distinct functional layers: the upper layer for the water chilling unit and the lower layer for the water channel system. This clear segmentation organizes complex components into manageable sections, making the overall system easier to understand, install, and maintain despite the increased structural complexity of the two-layer design.
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 solution provides a high refrigeration capacity of over 300 KW, facilitates 360-degree maintenance, and ensures efficient heat dissipation and transportation, while simplifying installation and maintenance, and maintaining refrigeration for 10 minutes after power-off.
Implementation Method 1
the water chilling unit comprises more than two refrigeration units... the water channel system comprises a chilling water tank and a pipeline and valve
Implementation Method 2
the water channel system comprises a chilling water tank and a pipeline and valve, and the chilling water tank is set in the first accommodation space and communicated with the pipeline through the valve
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the transportation field, and provide a container type refrigeration system. The container includes an upper beam assembly, a lower beam assembly, a first end wall assembly, and a second end wall assembly, the upper beam assembly is spaced from the lower beam assembly to form a first accommodation space between the upper beam assembly and the lower beam assembly, the upper beam assembly and the lower beam assembly each has one end connected to the first end wall assembly and the other end connected to the second end wall assembly to form a second accommodation space above the upper beam assembly and between the first end wall assembly and the second end wall assembly, the first accommodation space is isolated from the second accommodation space through the upper beam assembly, the second accommodation space has a water chilling unit, and the first accommodation space has a water channel system. The embodiments of the present invention put forward a two-layer container, which has an upper layer for installing a water chilling unit and a lower layer for installing a water channel system, thereby effectively utilizing the space in the longitudinal direction of the container and providing the merits of a high refrigeration capacity and a high integration extent.