The present disclosure presents an oil storage and energy storage device and method. The device comprises an oil storage system, an energy collection system, an energy storage system, and a heat exchange system. The energy collection system is connected to the heat exchange system, which is in turn connected to both the oil storage system and the energy storage system. Oil input and output pipelines are interconnected within the heat exchange system. As oil from the storage system passes through the heat exchange system, it either absorbs or releases energy, resulting in heating or cooling. The heat exchange system controls the temperature change based on the type of oil and specific requirements. The temperature-adjusted oil is then directed through the oil input and output pipelines, either into storage tanks within the energy storage system or back to the oil storage system for output. The energy absorbed or released by the oil in the conversion system is transferred to a medium within the energy input and output pipelines of the conversion system. This medium is then pumped through these pipelines for user consumption, storage, or release.

A control system for a climate management system configured to control climate characteristics of a building includes a memory device and a processor. The memory device includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive, via a sensor, data indicative of an evaporator coil temperature of the climate management system, and operate an air mover of the climate management system to control supply of conditioned air to the building based on the evaporator coil temperature.

Systems and methods for controlling conditions in an enclosed space, such as a data center, or for providing cooling to a device, can include using a Liquid-to-Air Membrane Energy Exchanger (LAMEE) as an evaporative cooler. The LAMEE or exchanger can cool water to the outdoor air wet bulb temperature in a cooling system disposed outside of the enclosed space or device. The reduced-temperature water can be delivered to the enclosed space or device or can cool a coolant that is delivered to the enclosed space or device. The air in the enclosed space, or one or more components in the enclosed space, can be cooled by delivering the reduced-temperature water or coolant to the enclosed space, rather than moving the supply air from the enclosed space to the cooling system. In an example, the cooling system can include one or more cooling coils, upstream or downstream of the LAMEE.

A safety system for a heat pump system includes a plurality of valve units each having refrigerant pipe portions with control valves, a refrigerant leakage detector, and a casing accommodating the valves and the refrigerant leakage detector and formed with first and second openings. The safety system further includes a connection structure connecting the internal spaces of the casings via the first and second openings, and a discharge structure connected to the connection structure or one of the casings and configured to discharge air from the internal space of the casing in which a refrigerant leakage has occurred. The casing has first and second lateral faces facing different directions, and the first opening is formed in the first lateral face and the second opening is formed in the second lateral face.

An embodiment of a climate control system for conditioning an interior space includes an interior space heat exchange circuit that is configured to circulate a working fluid to cool an airflow that is directed to the interior space. In addition, the climate control system includes a chiller that is configured to cool the working fluid. Further, the climate control system includes a thermal energy storage (TES) assembly further including a source of low-temperature fluid and a heat exchanger that is coupled to the interior space heat exchange circuit such that the heat exchanger is upstream of the chiller along the interior space heat exchange circuit. The heat exchanger is configured to receive a flow of the low-temperature fluid from the source to cool the working fluid to thereby supplement an output cooling capacity of the chiller.