This application relates to an apparatus for generating refrigeration. The apparatus may include a cooling collector configured to collect cooling energy at a predetermined cooling collection temperature. The apparatus may also include a cooler thermally coupled to the cooling collector so as to cool the cooling collector. The apparatus may further include a refrigeration gate configured to block and release the collected cooling energy. The refrigeration gate may refrigerate a target region by releasing the collected cooling energy.

A heat storage material composition includes a main agent composed of a calcium chloride hexahydrate, an ammonium bromide, and a potassium bromide, wherein a 5° C. range lower-limit temperature T.sub.5L is in a range of 15° C. or more to less than 20° C., and a 5° C. range latent heat of melting H.sub.5 is 140 J/g or more. Preferably, the heat storage material composition includes 79 to 90.9 mass % of the calcium chloride hexahydrate, 2.7 to 12.3 mass % of the ammonium bromide, and 1.8 to 14.4 mass % of the potassium bromide in 100 mass % of the main agent.

A pneumatic radiation unit according to the present invention includes: a first chamber including a first air discharger configured to discharge air-conditioning air to a second chamber; and the second chamber including a second air discharger configured to discharge the air-conditioning air to a space to be air conditioned, the second chamber being configured to take in the air-conditioning air from the first chamber and discharge the air-conditioning air and radiate heat to the space to be air conditioned. A second aperture ratio of the second air discharger is set to be greater than a first aperture ratio of the first air discharger, or a cross-sectional area of a flow passage of the air-conditioning air in the first chamber is gradually reduced from an upwind side to a downwind side of the flow passage of the air-conditioning air.

A temperature control system includes a first pump, a second pump, a temperature adjusting unit, a first flow passage, a second flow passage, a first valve disposed in the first flow passage, a second valve disposed in the second flow passage, a first bypass flow passage connecting the first flow passage to the second flow passage on the temperature adjusting unit side of the first and second valves, a second bypass flow passage connecting the first flow passage to the second flow passage on the flow passage side of the first and second valves, a third valve disposed in the first bypass flow passage, and a fourth valve disposed in the second bypass flow passage. At least one of a pair of the first valve and the second valve, and a pair of the third valve and the fourth valve is a pair of flow rate adjustable valves.

A system for allocating one or more resources including electrical energy across equipment that operate to satisfy a resource demand of a building. The system includes electrical energy storage including one or more batteries configured to store electrical energy purchased from a utility and to discharge the stored electrical energy. The system further includes a controller configured to determine an allocation of the one or more resources by performing an optimization of a value function. The value function includes a monetized cost of capacity loss for the electrical energy storage predicted to result from battery degradation due to a potential allocation of the one or more resources. The controller is further configured to use the allocation of the one or more resources to operate the electrical energy storage.

A heat exchange system includes a heat-absorbing substance such as Liquid Natural Gas (LNG), a heat dissipation apparatus, a water storage tank, a heat exchanger, and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is coupled between the LNG and the water storage tank. The heat exchanger is coupled between the heat dissipation apparatus and the water storage tank. The heat exchanger transfers heat of the heat dissipation apparatus to water of the water storage tank to lose heat to the heat exchanger, and the heat exchanger transfers heat of the water to the LNG

A portable air cooler is fashioned as a storage chest for ice cubes, dry ice, or other pre-chilled articles such as reusable freezable blocks. Sidewalls of the chest include air intakes, and a baffle forces intake air to pass by or through the chilled articles to that the air is cooled by heat exchange. Fans in the chest lid exhaust the cooled air, which may be used to cool waste heat from a heat-producing device lain atop the chest. The lid also includes stand-offs to allow airflow under the device being cooled, and guardrails help maintain the device in position over the fans providing cooling air and prevent the device from being casually knocked off the top of the lid of the chest.

A climate-control system includes a working fluid circuit and a storage tank. The working fluid circuit has a first compressor, a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, a flash tank, and a third heat exchanger. The first heat exchanger receives working fluid discharged from the first compressor. The flash tank is disposed downstream the first heat exchanger and includes an inlet and first and second outlets. The first outlet provides working fluid to the third heat exchanger disposed between the flash tank and the first compressor. The second outlet provides working fluid to the first compressor. The storage tank contains phase-change material that is thermally coupled with the second heat exchanger of the working fluid circuit.

A thermal storage system, capable of storing and releasing thermal energy, with a radiative heat exchange outer surface and a method of operating the device to cool a room-space without using a circulating refrigerant in the room cooling step.

An energy-saving air conditioner comprises a conditioner housing (11), a housing top cover (12), a thermal insulation box (16), a thermal insulation box cover (17), a water feed port (18) provided at the thermal insulation box cover (17), and a water evaporative cooler (2). The air conditioner further comprises an ice container (14), a refrigeration element, a speed adjustable electric water pump (35) provided in a housing (13) of the water evaporative cooler (2), and a heat exchanger (39) connecting the speed adjustable electric water pump (35) with the ice container (14). The refrigeration element comprises a refrigeration compressor (31), a refrigerant condenser (32), a refrigerant evaporator (33), and a heat-transfer evaporator metal sheet (34). The installation position of the air conditioner is adjacent to users so as to serve the purpose of energy saving.