Methods of reducing energy and maintenance costs associated with a refrigeration system
OwnerMatt Alvin Thurmaninventor
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Abstract
A method of reducing energy costs and reducing maintenance costs for a refrigeration system are provided. More particularly, the method or reducing energy costs preferably includes connecting an evaporator to a top outer surface of a refrigeration container and forming a cool air curtain by removing warm air from an interior upper portion of the refrigeration container and introducing cool air into the interior upper portion of the refrigeration container. The method of reducing maintenance costs preferably includes connecting an evaporator to an outer surface of a refrigeration container and providing ready access to the evaporator so that maintenance can be readily conducted on the evaporator.
Claims9
A method of reducing energy costs associated with a refrigeration system, the method comprising:
- connecting an evaporator to a top outer surface of a refrigeration container so that the evaporator overlies the top outer surface of the refrigeration container;
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- forming a cool air curtain by removing warm air from an interior upper portion of the refrigeration container and introducing cool air into the interior upper portion of the refrigeration container, the warm air having a substantially lower density than the cool air, the cool air being introduced towards a front interior portion of the refrigeration container and the warm air being extracted from a rear interior portion of the refrigeration container, the cool air settling towards a bottom interior portion of the refrigeration container after being introduced from the top portion of the refrigeration container and the warm air rising towards the interior upper portion of the refrigeration container.
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