Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
062121000 | Gas and liquid contact | 34 |
20080307806 | COOLING SYSTEM AND METHOD UTILIZING THERMAL CAPACITOR UNIT(S) FOR ENHANCED THERMAL ENERGY TRANSFER EFFICIENCY - A cooling system and method are provided which include a facility cooling unit, a cooling tower, and one or more thermal capacitor units. The facility cooling unit, which includes a heat dissipation coolant loop, facilitates thermal energy extraction from a facility, such as a data center, for expelling of the energy to coolant within the heat dissipation coolant loop. The cooling tower is in fluid communication with the coolant loop, and includes a liquid-to-air heat exchanger for expelling thermal energy from coolant of the heat dissipation coolant loop to the surrounding environment. The thermal capacitor unit is in fluid communication with the heat dissipation coolant loop to facilitate efficient thermal energy transfer from coolant with in the coolant loop to the surrounding environment with variation in ambient temperature about the cooling tower. | 12-18-2008 |
20090049846 | Heat Transfer System and Method - A heat transfer system is provided having an air-cooled heat exchanger system. The heat exchanger system has an evaporator, condenser, compressor and a fan for forcing air over a heat exchange surface for effecting heat transfer. A mist generator having at least one nozzle directs a stream of fine mist or atomized liquid coolant into the air. The mist generator is coupled to a supply of liquid coolant. A controller controls the degree of mist or atomized coolant generated by the mist generator. A filter element positioned between the at least one nozzle and the heat exchange surface captures droplets of liquid coolant. The at least one nozzle is spaced apart from the filter element for directing the stream directly into the air surrounding the filter element. | 02-26-2009 |
20090301114 | HEAT EXCHANGE APPARATUS - An apparatus ( | 12-10-2009 |
20090308087 | Arrangement and Method for Dehumidifying Greenhouse Air and a Greenhouse - A system for drying and cooling greenhouse air, the system comprising water distribution means ( | 12-17-2009 |
20100031678 | Dry ice box or infuser box with retainer system for integration with standard drinking glasses - A system for providing an infusion chamber provides a clip assembly for attachment within a drinking vessel. A box assembly contains an infusion chamber and may be attached to the clip assembly. The box assembly has a top swinging lid to accept dry ice and other materials suitable for infusion. The bottom of the box assembly features a communication void or slot at the bottom of the box to allow the contents of the box assembly to mix with the surrounding drink, but yet not fall loose into the drink. The clip features contoured adhesive wedges to assist in attachment of the clip to the inside portions of a drinking container. The clip assembly has a thin stop tab or shelf that fits into the box assembly. A side hook from the box assembly is supported by the lower portion of the stop tab or shelf of the clip assembly. The upper or top side of the stop tab or shelf is trapped by a stop tab of the box assembly. The use of dry ice within the box assembly and use of liquid such as punch in the drinking vessel, may result vapor from the dry ice to rise though the drink and out of the drink, to create a witches brew effect while cooling and mixing but not diluting the drink as typical with ice made from water. | 02-11-2010 |
20100071393 | LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM - A life support system includes a refuge housing and a cooling system. The cooling system, which has a supply of liquefied gas and a cooling circuit, is operatively associated with the refuge housing. The supply of liquefied gas is operatively associated with the cooling circuit that contains a heat exchanger, a fan motor and a fan operatively associated with the fan motor. A conduit connects the heat exchanger to the fan motor that is driven by waste gas generated through a phase change of the liquefied gas in the heat exchanger. | 03-25-2010 |
20100101249 | WASHING COLUMN WITH REDUCED STRUCTURAL HEIGHT - The invention relates to a washing column (T) for implementing a physical gas washing in which gas ( | 04-29-2010 |
20100287962 | Device and Method for Cooling an Electric Component for a Vehicle - A cooling device for an arrangement with at least one electric component, particularly power electronics ( | 11-18-2010 |
20110041531 | EVAPORATIVE COOLER - The invention relates to an evaporative cooler having two medium circuits which are thermally coupled to one another by a number of heat-conducting vertical walls. These walls and the heat-conducting fins arranged thereon are provided with a hydrophilic, water-buffering covering layer, for example made from Portland cement. A humidification unit for moistening the covering layer is added to the dew point cooler. According to the invention, the humidification unit comprises a releasable cover which forms part of the casing of the dew point cooler and bears at least one sprinkler or nozzle for distributing water over the covering layer. | 02-24-2011 |
20110113798 | COOLING TOWER - An apparatus and method for cooling a fluid are disclosed. The apparatus includes a pre-cooling chamber and a main tower in a generally side-by-side configuration. A cooling fluid flows generally transversely through the pre-cooling chamber and the main tower in order to cool the fluid to be cooled. | 05-19-2011 |
20110126564 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDIRECT EVAPORATIVE COOLING AND FOR TWO STAGE EVAPORATIVE COOLING - Systems and methods for Indirect Evaporative Cooling and for Two Stage Evaporative Cooling for conditioning fluids such as air are disclosed. The Indirect Evaporative Cooling Systems comprise scalable indirect evaporative heat exchangers formed with polymer substrates that have been treated to render one surface substantially hydrophilic while the other is substantially hydrophobic, with channels for passage of primary (cooled) an secondary (cooling) air streams between them. The Two Stage Evaporative Cooling System comprise an indirect evaporation component where the fluid is pre-cooled indirectly with the abovementioned scalable heat exchangers, followed by a direct evaporation stage where the pre-cooled fluid is further cooled directly by adiabatic evaporative cooling. The device employing these systems is scalable, energy-efficient, uses aseptic materials, filters/clean incoming fluids (e.g. air), circulates disinfected evaporating liquid (e.g. disinfected water and has enhanced performance efficiency. | 06-02-2011 |
20110174003 | Evaporative Cooling Tower Performance Enhancement Through Cooling Recovery - A method of enhancing evaporative cooling towers of various types. Such cooling towers have a flow of water, an air intake stream of ambient air and an air exhaust such that the flow of water is cooled by ambient air from the air intake and evaporating a portion of that water flow into the ambient air, and the air discharge stream for the ambient air and a portion of evaporated water from the water flow. The method provides a closed cycle coolant channel having a heated heat discharge portion and a cooled heal sink, placing the cooled portion at the air intake, placing the heated portion in the flow of the air at the air exhaust. The ambient air flow at the intake is cooled by the closed cycle coolant channel, reducing its wet bulb temperature and increasing the capability of the cooling tower to cool the flow of water. | 07-21-2011 |
20110179814 | EVAPORATIVE COOLER WITH SUBMERSIBLE PUMP SYSTEM - Evaporative coolers are disclosed. The evaporative cooler includes a cooler housing, a pump, a float, and a magnetic switch. The cooler housing defines a receptacle for receiving water. The pump is disposed at least partially within the receptacle defined by the cooler housing. The pump is configured to pump water received in the receptacle defined by the cooler housing. The float is disposed within the cooler housing and positioned to float on the water received in the receptacle defined by the cooler housing. The float includes a magnet. The magnetic switch is mounted on the cooler housing and configured for activation when the magnet is proximal to the magnetic switch. The magnetic switch is electrically coupled to the pump such that the pump is deactivated when the magnetic switch is activated by the magnet. | 07-28-2011 |
20110192179 | EVAPORATIVE HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEM AND METHOD - An evaporative heat transfer system is disclosed wherein a portion of a heat transfer fluid is evaporated and a remainder of the heat transfer fluid is collected in a sump. A characteristic of the heat transfer fluid is monitored. A first fluid input system and a second fluid input system are provided. The first fluid input system provides a first heat transfer fluid to the evaporative heat transfer system. The second fluid input system provides a second heat transfer fluid to the evaporative heat transfer system. | 08-11-2011 |
20110225997 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COOLING COMPUTER DATA CENTERS - A data center cooling system is provided to maintain data center temperatures without introducing detrimental conditions into the data center. The computer data center cooling system has a cooling tower that controllably provides cooling water at a temperature in a particular range. The cooling water is then pumped through a series of filtration, treatment, monitoring and separation subsystems to reliably clean the cooling water of particles and treat the cooling water to reduce the harmful effects of corrosion and scaling. Further control subsystems utilize PID loop controllers to maintain the temperature to the air-handler unit cooling coils to within one (1) degree Fahrenheit of a set point that is determined by the computer data center air conditions. The cooling system utilizes either a primary loop or a combination of primary/secondary loops to achieve the highest system efficiency. | 09-22-2011 |
20110283722 | EVAPORATIVE COOLING CLOTHING SYSTEM FOR REDUCING BODY TEMPERATURE OF A WEARER OF THE CLOTHING SYSTEM - The present invention discloses an evaporative cooling clothing system for reducing body temperature of a wearer of the clothing system. The clothing system includes a clothing article configured using a wicking fabric and a hollow transport defining a cavity for transporting a liquid from a liquid reservoir to an upper region of the clothing article. The hollow transport has an intake section and a dispensing section. The intake section is attached to the liquid reservoir for receiving the liquid, and the dispensing section is attached to the upper region of the clothing article. The upper region of the clothing article receives the liquid from the dispensing section and transfers the liquid to a lower region of the clothing article. The lower region of the clothing article exposes the liquid to an environment surrounding the clothing article for evaporation. | 11-24-2011 |
20120186285 | DRINKING WATER COOLER - A liquid cooling system comprising: a liquid inlet and outlet; one or more liquid reservoirs in fluid communication with the liquid inlet and outlet; an evaporative element in fluid communication with a liquid reservoir; and a fan in flowable communication with a surface of the evaporative element is provided. The liquid cooling system can cool drinking water. The liquid cooling system can be powered by AC power, DC power, solar power or a combination. The liquid cooling system can be used in-line in a hydration system, for example. | 07-26-2012 |
20120186286 | MIST COOLING - The invention relates to a device for cooling an object that was previously subjected to a heat application, generally a multi-piece composite, particularly in the form of a shrink-fit chuck into which the shank of a tool was chucked or from which it was removed (cooling device), wherein the device comprises a pump, by way of which it generates a carrier gas flow, particularly an air flow, which is charged with a liquid cooling medium, particularly water, so that a coolant flow, the majority of the volume of which consists of the carrier gas, is created, which then spreads over at least the section of the object to be cooled. | 07-26-2012 |
20120210739 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING AIR CONDITIONER EFFICIENCY - A screen of evaporative cooling media (“screen cooler”) is provided that may be adapted to partially surround the exterior compressor unit of an air conditioner. In some embodiments, the screen cooler may screen the AC unit from the sun and exposure to other forces or events that could potentially harm the AC unit. In some embodiments, the screen cooler is adapted to receive an input of a liquid, such as, for example, water and periodically emit the liquid onto the evaporative cooling media to keep the media moist and cool the air being pulled through the condensing coil and entering the compressor. By cooling the air prior to the air entering the compressor, the efficiency of the AC unit may thereby be increased. | 08-23-2012 |
20120318009 | COOLING TOWER - A cooling tower includes an evaporator vessel, a gas delivery tube partially disposed within the evaporator vessel and a liquid inlet that provides liquid to the evaporator vessel. A weir is disposed within the evaporator vessel adjacent the gas delivery tube to form a first liquid circulation path between a first weir end and a wall of the evaporator vessel and a second fluid circulation path between a second weir end and another wall of the evaporator vessel. During operation, gas introduced through the tube mixes with the liquid and the combined gas and liquid flow at a high rate with a high degree of turbulence along the first and second circulation paths defined around the weir, thereby promoting vigorous mixing and intimate contact between the gas and the liquid. This turbulent flow leads to a more efficient and complete heat and mass transfer between the gas and the liquid. | 12-20-2012 |
20130047644 | Use of Vetiver material to provide shades, cooling, humidification and air filteration for residential, commercial, indoor and outdoor facilities. - This patent covers the any use of vetiver roots material to provide shade, cooling and humidifying effect to any indoor or outdoor area. The use of vetiver root material could be in form of a mat, carpet or rug, however, not limited to them in their use to provide cooling and humidifying effect. A wet or dry mat using vetiver roots is placed in path of any natural or forced air to cool the air that is passing through. The air may be naturally flowing or forced via fan through the mat to provide cooling effect as well as cleaning effect. The patent also covers the use of water with the vetiver mat to provide additional cooling and humidity. The solution significantly reduces energy consumption. | 02-28-2013 |
20130081414 | EVAPORATIVE COOLER - An evaporative cooler that includes a frame, a plurality of pads attached to the frame so that the pads substantially enclose an air space to be cooled, a water delivery device positioned at or near the top of the pads to wet the pads, a plurality of drain pans positioned at or near the bottom of the pads to collect water from the pads, and a fan to draw air through the wetted pads, thereby cooling the air by evaporation. | 04-04-2013 |
20130205816 | COOLING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AIR COOLED CHILLERS - A cooling system connected to the air inlet of an air cooled chiller, having at least one frame at least one net through winch the air absorbed by the chiller is passed, at least one liquid spraying component performing spraying, on the front part of said net's outer surface not facing the chiller, contrariwise to tie chiller and to the incoming direction of air, at least one liquid supply kit sending liquid to said liquid spraying component and at least one liquid transmission instrument carrying the liquid from the liquid supply kit to the spraying component. A cooling method wherein this system is used is also provided. | 08-15-2013 |
20130219933 | EVAPORATIVE COOLING APPARATUS AND METHODS - An evaporative cooling apparatus includes a liquid reservoir and a pump coupled to the liquid reservoir. The pump includes a pressure output that applies a static pressure against the liquid stored in the liquid reservoir. The applied pressure forces liquid through a liquid supply line to a nozzle unit, and the liquid is ejected into a stream of forced air from a fan for evaporative cooling applications. The pressure output is also in fluid communication with the nozzle unit via a gas supply line extending between the pressure output and the nozzle unit for delivering gas into the nozzle unit. The gas delivered to the nozzle unit interacts with the liquid inside the nozzle unit to generate the atomized spray of liquid droplets. | 08-29-2013 |
20130219934 | COOLING SYSTEM, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING COOLING SYSTEM AND COOLING METHOD - A cooling system can control a coolant temperature with a simple configuration. The cooling system | 08-29-2013 |
20130233005 | WETTING OF EVAPORATIVE COOLER PADS - A method of controlling the operation of an evaporative air cooler where the pads ( | 09-12-2013 |
20130255293 | BATTERY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COOLING THE BATTERY SYSTEM - A battery system and a method for cooling the battery system are provided. The system includes an evaporative cooling member, and a battery module having a housing, a battery cell, and a solid cooling fin. The housing holds the battery cell therein. The solid cooling fin has first and second panel portions. The first panel portion is disposed against the battery cell. The second panel portion extends through the housing and is disposed on the evaporative cooling member. The solid cooling fin conducts heat energy from the battery cell to the evaporative cooling member. The evaporative cooling member receives a gaseous-liquid refrigerant and transitions the gaseous-liquid refrigerant into a gaseous refrigerant utilizing the heat energy received from the solid cooling fin. | 10-03-2013 |
20130305754 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NATURALLY-POWERED RAINWATER MIST COOLING - Systems and methods provide a mist cooling system that utilizes rain water as a source of mist, and that relies on a solar-powered or naturally-powered water pump to provide the rainwater to the mist generating device. The rainwater may be stored in a storage facility located on an elevated portion of a structure, such as the roof or other location, and may be provided to the mist generating device via the solar-powered pump. Such mist cooling may reduce energy consumption in applications such as the cooling of data centers, surgery rooms, archives or other temperature sensitive facilities that consume large amounts of energy for cooling. | 11-21-2013 |
20140047854 | Compound condensing unit for cooling system - Combination of a water cooled condenser, a cooling tower, a compressor and several controlling components to combine into one single unit of a compound condensing system makes it much more efficient in operation. Layer arrangement is constructed where reshuffled or rearrangement is possible to give similar outcome. This helps saving of electrical energy, prolonging the life of compressor, in addition to minimize global warming. | 02-20-2014 |
20140165634 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE STERILIZATION, DEGASSING AND CONCENTRATION OF VISCOUS PRODUCTS - A device for the evaporative cooling of a viscous fluid, the device including a vacuum chamber wherein the viscous fluid is cooled. The vacuum chamber includes a lower part wherein the viscous fluid is collected by gravitational force, and an outlet pipe, located at the bottom of a lower part, through which the cooled down fluid is extracted. The device also includes an extraction device that itself includes a primary pump, fed with the cooled fluid from the lower part through the outlet pipe, and a feeding device, located inside the lower part, which pushes the cooled down fluid from the lower part towards the primary pump, through the outlet pipe. Also, an apparatus and method for the sterilization, degassing or water concentration of a viscous fluid including the evaporative cooling device. | 06-19-2014 |
20150096317 | System and Method for Evaporative Cooling of a Heated Apparatus - A system is provided for rapidly cooling a pot or boiler. The system includes a cylindrical or semi-cylindrical tube operatively connected to the pot or boiler. The tube also includes a means for attaching a water source or hose. Finally, the tube may also include a series of holes or nozzles for directing a stream or spray of water towards the outer surface of the pot or boiler. The system may be built into the pot or boiler or may be a standalone, removable and adjustable system for use on multiple different pots or boilers. | 04-09-2015 |
20150343881 | EVAPORATIVE COOLING CYCLING USING WATER CONDENSATE FORMED IN A VAPOR-COMPRESSION A/C SYSTEM EVAPORATOR - The present disclosure describes systems and methods for controlling the temperature and humidity of the interior cabin of a vehicle by alternating the operation of an air conditioning (A/C) system between a first normal A/C mode of operation, whereby the cabin is cooled and condensate is formed, and a second evaporative mode of operation, whereby the cabin is cooled and humidified. | 12-03-2015 |
20160069577 | WATER MINIMIZING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE WITH EVAPORATIVE COOLING DEVICES - An evaporative cooling system includes a primary cooling unit that utilizes a cooling fluid flowing through a primary heat exchange medium to cool supply air flowing past the primary heat exchange medium, a bleed line and a secondary cooling unit disposed upstream of the primary cooling unit with respect to a flow direction of the supply air. The primary cooling unit includes a supply line for supplying the cooling fluid to the primary heat exchange medium, a reservoir for collecting the cooling fluid supplied to the primary heat exchange medium, and a pump for recirculating the cooling fluid collected in the reservoir back to the supply line. The bleed line bleeds a portion of the recirculating cooling fluid from the primary cooling unit. The secondary cooling unit includes a secondary heat exchange medium that receives the cooling fluid bled from the primary cooling unit through the bleed line. | 03-10-2016 |
20160131375 | CONDITIONING SYSTEM OF THE FREE COOLING TYPE FOR ENVIRONMENTS, METHOD OF OPERATION OF A SAID CONDITIONING SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR CARRYING OUT SUCH METHOD - A conditioning system of the free cooling type for environments and particularly for computing centers, which comprises: | 05-12-2016 |