Devices for use with refrigeration devices including temperature-controlled container systems

A refrigeration device, comprising:

• a first thermal transfer unit including a set of hollow tubes forming a first evaporative region, a set of hollow tubes forming a first condensing region, and one or more hollow tubes forming a first adiabatic region connecting the first evaporative region and the first condensing region, wherein the hollow tubes are sealed to each other to form a first contiguous interior region;
• at least one first reversible valve operably attached to the one or more hollow tubes forming the first adiabatic region;
• a first container with one or more walls, the one or more walls including an aperture sealed around a first set of refrigeration coils and wherein the first condensing region of the first thermal transfer unit is in thermal contact with the one or more walls;
• a second thermal transfer unit including a set of hollow tubes forming a second evaporative region, a set of hollow tubes forming a second condensing region, and one or more hollow tubes forming a second adiabatic region connecting the second evaporative region and the second condensing region, wherein the hollow tubes are sealed to each other to form a second contiguous interior region;
• at least one second reversible valve operably attached to the one or more hollow tubes forming the second adiabatic region;
• a second container with one or more walls, the one or more walls including an aperture sealed around a second set of refrigeration coils and wherein the second condensing region of the second thermal transfer unit is in thermal contact with the one or more walls;
• a refrigeration compressor unit including the first set of refrigeration coils, wherein the first set of refrigeration coils traverse the one or more walls of the first container, and the second set of refrigeration coils, wherein the second set of refrigeration coils traverse the one or more walls of the second container;
• a third reversible valve operably attached to the refrigeration compressor unit at a position to regulate flow through the first set of refrigeration coils and the second set of refrigeration coils, the third reversible valve operably attached to the controller;
• one or more walls forming a storage region, wherein the first evaporative region of the first thermal transfer unit and the second evaporative region of the second thermal transfer unit are thermal contact with the one or more walls;
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• a controller operably connected to the at least one first reversible valve, the at least one second reversible valve, and the refrigeration compressor unit.