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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2016
Applicant:
Evapco, Inc., Taneytown, MD (US);
Inventors:
Davey Vadder, Westminster, MD (US);
Jeff Kane, Biglerville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Evapco, Inc., Taneytown, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 20/00 (2006.01); C09K 5/06 (2006.01); F25C 5/10 (2006.01); F25D 3/00 (2006.01); F24F 5/00 (2006.01); F28D 20/02 (2006.01); F28F 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 20/0034 (2013.01); C09K 5/06 (2013.01); F24F 5/0017 (2013.01); F25C 5/10 (2013.01); F25D 3/005 (2013.01); F28D 20/02 (2013.01); F28F 1/10 (2013.01); Y02E 60/147 (2013.01);
Abstract
An internal melt ice thermal storage device having an ice build/melt coils with tubes fitted with extensions or 'fins' that transfer heat from the thermal transfer medium in the tubes to distal portions of the ice rings that surround said tubes in order to define the shape of the liquid meniscus between the tube and ice allowing the ice to break free from the tube near the initiation of melt.