According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a porous plate is provided. The porous plate includes a body having an upper surface, a lower surface opposite the upper surface and sidewalls extending between respective entireties of the upper surface and the lower surface, the body being formed of porous material, and a metallic coating, which is thermally deposited onto an entirety of the sidewalls to form a high-strength mechanical bond with the entirety of the sidewalls.

Provided is a means for easily producing a plurality of types of flake ice each having a different freezing point and approximately uniform solute concentration. There is provides a flake ice production device. A drum includes an inner cylinder, an outer cylinder surrounding the inner cylinder, and a clearance formed between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder. A refrigerant supply unit supplies a refrigerant to the clearance. A rotary shaft rotates taking a central axis of the drum as an axis. An injection unit rotates together with the rotary shaft and sprays brine toward the inner peripheral surface of the inner cylinder. A scraping unit scrapes off flake ice that is generated as a result of brine having been sprayed from the injection unit becoming attached to the inner peripheral surface of the inner cylinder, which has been cooled by the refrigerant supplied to the clearance.

A dual-phase refrigeration system for chilled storage containers (CSC) aboard boats maintains cold temperatures in the CSC by chilling the airspace in the upper portion of the CSC. A cooling liquid is circulated through coils installed on an interior sidewall about an upper margin of the CSC. The cooling liquid chills the air in the upper portion of the CSC which creates a thermodynamic airflow within the CSC which aids in cooling. The temperature of the cooling liquid is maintained by a heat exchange with a Non-Ozone Depleting Hydrofluorocarbon (NODHFC) refrigerant which, in turn, is cooled by a heat exchange with circulating water sourced from the body of water supporting the boat. If ice is added to the CSC, the cooling liquid in the coils reduces the air temperature and optimizes thermodynamic airflow to eliminate the temperature differential across air/ice interface and maintains the quality of the ice.

The present invention discloses an air volume adjustment device for a refrigerator. The air volume adjustment device comprises: a fan capable of introducing cold air from an evaporator into the first air inlet cavity and the second air inlet cavity; a baffle arranged between a first air inlet cavity of a first compartment and a second air inlet cavity of a second compartment, which is capable of moving among a plurality of positions to adjust the volume of air entering the first air inlet cavity and the second air inlet cavity; and an operating knob and a potentiometer which are connected to the front side and the rear side of the baffle, respectively. The operating knob is capable of operably driving the baffle to move. The potentiometer transfers an electrical signal corresponding to a position of the baffle to the controller for controlling the fan or the compressor.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a porous plate is provided. The porous plate includes a body having an upper surface, a lower surface opposite the upper surface and sidewalls extending between respective entireties of the upper surface and the lower surface, the body being formed of porous material, and a metallic coating, which is thermally deposited onto an entirety of the sidewalls to form a high-strength mechanical bond with the entirety of the sidewalls.

Disclosed dual temperature saut? stations includes thermal systems to facilitate mobile food preparation using means of refrigeration/heat transfer to and from cold pack thermal systems in thermal communication with refrigeration coils. A saut? station may include an outer foam pack shell enclosing a cold pack layer with thermal tubing disposed within the cold pack layer. The cold pack layer acts as a thermal storage station, sometimes used to cool the thermal tubing and the thermal tubing sometimes used to cool the cold pack layer. The food preparation stations demonstrate further thermal efficiency by use of a buffered or enclosed temperature sensor, with the temperature sensor encased within a thermal layer or shell so as to not immediately react to incoming ambient air when a refrigerator door is opened. Thus, the sensor mimics the temperature of the food avoiding unnecessary cycling of the condenser.

Disclosed herein is an apparatus for transporting sets of items at different temperatures using a modular system, which comprises a cooler, a detachable tote, and a means of securely affixing the tote to the top of the cooler for facilitating compact portability. In more detail, the Modular Cooler Apparatus and System invention comprises a soft-sided cooler comprising an insulated base and an insulated lid that connect together in a sealable fashion using a water proof zipper, lower strap connection points, and connecting support straps with connectors; a detachable soft-sided tote comprising a waterproof polyester exterior, a pocket, handle straps, upper strap connection points; and connecting straps comprising webbing, stitched loops, and tension locks with gates, which securely bind the detachable tote pack to the top of the cooler in a well-balanced fashion.

Provided is a cold storage unit that has a high cold storage capacity, does not generate carbon dioxide, and enables recycling of the cold source. Also provided are a moving body and an ice slurry supply system. In the cold storage unit, a casing that defines a cold storage space has a heat insulating structure, a partition wall that faces the casing is provided at least at a top portion of the cold storage space, and a gap between the casing and the partition wall is filled with an ice slurry that is a mixture of brine and flake ice acquired by freezing the brine. In addition, it is possible to provide a supply port for supplying the ice slurry into the gap and a discharge port for discharging the ice slurry from the nap.

A method for cooling a refuge chamber (100) with an emergency cooler (10) in an emergency situation includes cooling of a refrigerating agent (22) in a cold accumulator (20) with a cooling device (30) and detecting an emergency situation. Cold being stored in the refrigerating agent (22) of the cold accumulator (20) is released into the refuge chamber (100)the refrigerating agent (22) of the cold accumulator (20) is exposed for heat transfer with the refuge chamber (100).

Provided is a means for more efficiently generating ice which has a high cooling capacity. A flake ice production device generates ice by cooling the wall surface of an inner cylinder and freezing brine that has adhered to the wall surface of the cooled inner cylinder. A spraying unit supplies brine to the wall surface of the inner cylinder by causing the brine to adhere thereto. A stripping unit collects the ice generated on the wall surface of the inner cylinder. In addition, the flake ice production device is designed such that formula (1) is satisfied when Y represents an ice making speed indicating the amount of ice generated on the wall surface of the inner cylinder per unit time, and x1 represents the thermal conductance rate of the wall surface of the inner cylinder. Formula (1): Y=f(x1).