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Heat recovery from a tunnel recooling process

US9835391B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KRONES AG · DE

Inventors

Falko Jens Wagner · Neutraubling, DE
Jan Münzer · Berlin, DE
Johannes Eckstein · Hettlingen, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 28, 2013
Grant date	Dec 5, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 30, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P60/85
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for the heat recovery from a tunnel cooling apparatus, having one or several cooling cells for cooling products in containers by means of a cooling agent circulating in a coolant circuit, and a heat exchanger; including: controlling the circulating quantity of the coolant, and controlling the temperature of the coolant, wherein both the circulating quantity and the temperature of the coolant are measured and controlled on the basis of comparisons with predefined parameters, so that the thermal yield of the heat exchanger is optimized.

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