Cold storage method and apparatus
US4753080A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 7, 1987 |
| Grant date | Jun 28, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 7, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25D16/00
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A cold storage container has chambers of a solidifiable liquid such as water immersed in a brine. The brine is circulated to heat exchange systems which can cool the brine to below the solidification temperature of the liquid and can extract heat from a space to cool the space. The chambers are preferably formed in sausage-shaped interconnected chambers which are free to move within the container and which occupy about 70% of the container volume.
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