Pulse electrothermal and heat-storage ice detachment apparatus and methods
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United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H05B-001/00
F25C-001/12
출원번호
UP-0338239
(2006-01-24)
등록번호
US-7638735
(2010-01-07)
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/ 주소
Petrenko, Victor
출원인 / 주소
The Trustees of Dartmouth College
대리인 / 주소
Lathrop & Gage LLP
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Systems and methods for pulse electrothermal and heat-storage ice detachment. A pulse electrothermal ice detachment apparatus includes one or more coolant tubes, and optionally, fins in thermal contact with the coolant tubes. The tubes and/or fins form a resistive heater. One or more switches may ap
Systems and methods for pulse electrothermal and heat-storage ice detachment. A pulse electrothermal ice detachment apparatus includes one or more coolant tubes, and optionally, fins in thermal contact with the coolant tubes. The tubes and/or fins form a resistive heater. One or more switches may apply electrical power to the resistive heater, generating heat to detach ice from the tubes and/or the fins. A freezer unit forms a heat-storage icemaking system having a compressor and a condenser for dissipating waste heat, and coolant that circulates through the compressor, the condenser and a coolant tube. The coolant tube is in thermal contact with an evaporator plate. A tank, after the compressor and before the condenser, transfers heat from the coolant to a heating liquid. The heating liquid periodically flows through a heating tube in thermal contact with the evaporator plate, detaching ice from the evaporator plate.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. Icemaker apparatus having pulse electrothermal ice detachment apparatus comprising: an icemaking tube comprising one or more ice growth regions; one or more cooling fins thermally connected via one or more cold rings to the icemaking tube at the one or more ice growth regions
What is claimed is: 1. Icemaker apparatus having pulse electrothermal ice detachment apparatus comprising: an icemaking tube comprising one or more ice growth regions; one or more cooling fins thermally connected via one or more cold rings to the icemaking tube at the one or more ice growth regions for transferring heat away from each ice growth region; apparatus for introducing water into the icemaking tube so that at least a portion of the water freezes into ice at the ice growth regions; and a power supply for periodically supplying a pulse of electrical power to the icemaking tube, to melt at least an interfacial layer of the ice to detach the ice from the tube, wherein duration of the pulse is limited such that a heat diffusion distance associated with the pulse is less than at least one of a thickness of the tube and a thickness of the ice; wherein the pulse of electrical power comprises at least five kilowatts of power per square meter of area of the icemaking tube. 2. Apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a thermal insulator formed by at least one of a polymer coating, an adhesive, a metal oxide and a composite-material film, the insulator separating at least some of the ice growth regions from one another. 3. Apparatus of claim 1, the power supply providing a voltage in a range of 1V to 24V. 4. Apparatus of claim 1, the power supply providing a voltage in a range of 1V to 6V. 5. Pulse electrothermal ice detachment apparatus of claim 1 wherein a wall of the icemaking tube forms the heater. 6. Apparatus of claim 1, the icemaking tube comprising one or more of a metal, glass, plastic, polymer, ceramic and carbon fiber. 7. Apparatus of claim 1, comprising a water supply controlled by a supply valve, and a drain controlled by a drain valve. 8. Apparatus of claim 7, comprising: a holding tank for holding water from the water supply; and a pump for pumping the water through the means for introducing. 9. Apparatus of claim 8, comprising a screen for separating surplus water, that drains from the icemaking tube, from the ice. 10. Apparatus of claim 8, comprising a heater to prevent water from freezing in the holding tank. 11. Apparatus of claim 1, comprising apparatus for determining when to harvest the ice by capacitively sensing the ice, by optically sensing the ice, by determining the weight of the ice, by determining an elapsed icemaking time or by determining that water flow is impeded by ice. 12. Pulse electrothermal ice detachment apparatus of claim 1, wherein the icemaking tube comprises a plurality of icemaking tubes; the one or more of a cold finger comprises one or more of cold fingers and coolant tubes for transferring heat away from ice growth regions of each icemaking tube; the means for introducing water into the icemaking tube comprises means for introducing water into each icemaking tube; and the power supply periodically supplies the pulse of electrical power to each tube. 13. Apparatus of claim 12, wherein the icemaking tubes form a plurality of groups, and the power supply periodically supplies a pulse of electrical power to one group at a time. 14. Apparatus of claim 13, comprising apparatus for determining when to harvest the ice in each group by capacitively sensing the ice of each group, by optically sensing the ice of each group, by determining the weight of the ice of each group, by determining an elapsed icemaking time of each group or by determining that water flow is impeded by ice of each group. 15. Icemaker apparatus having pulse electrothermal ice detachment apparatus comprising: an icemaking tube comprising one or more ice growth regions; at least one coolant tube in thermal contact with the icemaking tube at the one or more ice growth regions for transferring heat away from each ice growth region; a dielectric layer electrically, but not thermally, insulating the icemaking tube from the coolant tube(s); apparatus for introducing water into the ice making tube so that at least a portion of the water freezes into ice at the ice growth regions; and a power supply for periodically supplying a pulse of electrical power to a resistive electric heater in thermal contact with the tube, to melt at least an interfacial layer of the ice to detach the ice from the tube, wherein duration of the pulse is limited such that a heat diffusion distance associated with the pulse is less than at least one of a thickness of the tube and a thickness of the ice; wherein the pulse of electrical power comprises at least five kilowatts of power per square meter of area of the ice making tube. 16. Apparatus of claim 15, comprising one or more heat conduction fins to facilitate heat transfer from the one or more ice growth regions. 17. Apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a thermal insulator formed by at least one of a polymer coating, an adhesive, a metal oxide and a composite-material film, the insulator separating at least some of the ice growth regions from one another. 18. Pulse electrothermal ice detachment apparatus of claim 1, wherein the icemaking tube comprises a plurality of icemaking tubes; the one or more of a cold finger and a coolant tube comprises one or more of cold fingers and coolant tubes for transferring heat away from ice growth regions of each icemaking tube; the means for introducing water into the icemaking tube comprises means for introducing water into each icemaking tube; and the power supply periodically supplies the pulse of electrical power to each tube. 19. Apparatus of claim 15, wherein the icemaking tubes form a plurality of groups, and the power supply periodically supplies a pulse of electrical power to one group at a time. 20. Apparatus of claim 18, comprising apparatus for determining when to harvest the ice in each group by capacitively sensing the ice of each group, by optically sensing the ice of each group, by determining the weight of the ice of each group, by determining an elapsed icemaking time of each group or by determining that water flow is impeded by ice of each group. 21. Apparatus of claim 15, wherein the resistive electric heater is the icemaking tube.
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