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US 2024/0085085 A1Published application
Blast cell cooling with guided airflow
AssigneeLineage Logistics, LLC
InventorAlexander Ming Zhang
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Abstract
A blast cell system is provided with simple and scalable designs that prevent short cycling of air flow through any pallets in blast cells. The blast cell includes a plurality of suction channels that provide independent fluid pathways for directing the air drawn from different rows in the blast cell into the fan.
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An apparatus for cooling items, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing defining a bay space and including a plurality of rows in the bay space, each of the plurality of rows configured to hold one or more pallets of items to be cooled;
- a fan arranged away from the bay space and configured to circulate air through the bay space in the housing, the fan operable to pull the air from a rearward region of the bay space and discharge the air toward an opposite forward region of the bay space;
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- a plurality of channels arranged between the rearward region of the bay space and the fan, each of the plurality of channels defining a fluid pathway from a corresponding row of the plurality of rows to the fan and configured to direct air flow from the rearward region of the bay space to the fan through the fluid pathway.
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A method for cooling items, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of rows in a bay space of a housing, each row configured to hold items to be cooled;
- supplying air from an evaporator with a fan through an intake plenum, the intake plenum configured to direct the air toward a forward region of the bay space;
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- drawing, with the fan, the air from a rearward region of the bay space through fluid pathways defined by a plurality of channels, the plurality of channels arranged between the rearward region of the bay space and the fan and being in fluid communication with the plurality of rows, respectively.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.