A cooling apparatus includes a heat receiver that evaporates a low pressure heat transfer medium; a compressor that compresses the evaporated heat transfer medium in a gas phase state, a condenser that condenses the compressed heat transfer medium, a receiver tank that receives and stores at least one of the heat transfer medium from any place in a flow path of the heat transfer medium in the gas phase state that returns the heat transfer medium to the heat receiver and the condensed heat transfer medium in a liquid phase state, an air storage tank that introduces and stores air separated from the heat transfer medium in the receiver tank, and a liquid level controller that controls a liquid level in the receiver tank such that the heat transfer medium in the liquid phase state is stored in the receiver tank at a predetermined liquid level height.

Disclosed are systems and methods of flexibly cooling thermal loads by providing a thermal energy storage cooling system for burst mode cooling and a vapor compression system for additional and ancillary cooling to efficiently maintain and cool a thermal load such as from a directed energy weapon system.

A roof or wall comprising an insulating selective surface (1) for the use of transferring net heat energy into or out of an enclosure, such as a building. The insulating selective surface comprises at least one transparent cover (2) that comprises a chamber (9), and in the chamber is a moveable plate (4) comprising a plurality of surfaces (5, 6). At least one of the surfaces is a selective surface which can be moved to substantially face the sky, or moved to face away from the sky. The device insulates the enclosure from conductive losses, while using the sun to heat the enclosure, or the cold of deep space to cool the enclosure depending on how the plate is moved.

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward systems and method for cooling a refrigerant flow of a refrigerant circuit with a cold cooling fluid flow from a thermal storage unit to generate a warm cooling fluid flow, thermally isolating the cold cooling fluid flow and the warm cooling fluid flow in the thermal storage unit, and cooling the warm cooling fluid flow from the thermal storage unit in a chiller system to at least partially produce the cold cooling fluid flow.

In one aspect, a portable-smart refrigerator fastened to the lid assembly to an internal upper portion of a PCM chamber assembly. The portable-smart refrigerator includes a grill assembly comprising a top base, a pump bracket, a middle base, a bottom base. the top base is coupled with the middle base. The portable-smart refrigerator includes a cooling-coil assembly comprising a feeding tube, a top elbow, a bottom tube, a cooling coil. The top elbow is installed between two lengths of tubing/pipe to enable a change of direction and couples the feeding tube with the cooling coil. The cooling coil is coupled with the bottom tube. The portable-smart refrigerator includes the phase change material (PCM) chamber assembly that holds the cooling coil. The PCM chamber is placed within an outer cylinder.

A variable refrigerant flow (VRF) system, which includes: a first outdoor unit, the first outdoor unit at least including three external interfaces, namely, a gas-side stop valve, a liquid-side stop valve, and a multi-functional pipe stop valve; a first indoor unit, two ends of a refrigerant pipeline of the first indoor unit being respectively in communication with the gas-side stop valve and the liquid-side stop valve; and a replaceable module, one end of a refrigerant pipeline of the replaceable module being in communication with the multi-functional pipe stop valve, and the other end being in communication with the liquid-side stop valve.

A test chamber and a method for conditioning air includes a temperature-insulated test space which can be closed off from the surroundings, and a temperature control device for controlling the temperature of the test space. The temperature control device allows a temperature in a temperature range of −20° C. to +180° C. to be established within the test space, and includes a cooling circuit with a refrigerant, a heat exchanger, a compressor, a condenser, and an expansion element. The cooling circuit has an internal storage device connected to a high-pressure side of the cooling circuit upstream of the expansion element and downstream of the condenser and to a low-pressure side of the cooling circuit upstream of the compressor and downstream of the heat exchanger via a bypass of the cooling circuit. Thermal energy is stored and exchanged with the refrigerant through the internal storage device.

A climate control system and method controls climate at selected regions within a passenger compartment of a vehicle. The thermoelectric system includes a plurality of thermoelectric assemblies. The system includes at least one fluid conduit configured to allow a liquid to flow in the at least one fluid conduit. The system further includes a plurality of thermoelectric assemblies. At least two thermoelectric assemblies of the plurality of thermoelectric assemblies are in thermal communication with the liquid and each of the at least two thermoelectric assemblies has a corresponding region within the passenger compartment. The at least two thermoelectric assemblies are selectively operable to transfer heat between the corresponding region and the liquid, wherein the at least two thermoelectric assemblies are each operable independently from one another.

A heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (“HVAC”) system for use with a refrigerant. The HVAC system includes a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator expansion device, and an evaporator. The HVAC system also includes a thermal energy storage device (“TESD”) including thermal energy storage media in line between the condenser and evaporator. A control system is programmed to operate the compressor and the evaporator expansion device to control the refrigerant flow through the HVAC system. The control system is also programmed to control the refrigerant flow through the TESD to charge the TESD with thermal energy. The control system is also programmed to control the refrigerant flow through the evaporator expansion device and evaporator and discharge the thermal energy from the charged TESD to improve the performance of the HVAC system.

In an air-conditioning system including a thermal storage heat exchanger, a refrigerant circuit is configured such that an indoor heat exchanger and a receiver communicate with the thermal storage heat exchanger when an operational mode of the refrigerant circuit is switched to a cooling operation in which the thermal storage heat exchanger serves as a radiator and the indoor heat exchanger serves as an evaporator.