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Ice storage system with water-oil mixture formation of suspension with high IPF

  • Koji Matsumoto*
  • , Masashi Okada
  • , Tetsuo Kawagoe
  • , Chaedong Kang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Chuo University
  • Aoyama Gakuin University

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Abstract

A new method of forming ice, which is one of the dynamic types of ice storage system, is studied. In the method a water-oil emulsion is cooled with stirring in a vessel and changed into an ice-oil and water suspension. A mixture of 10 vol% silicone-oil and 90 vol% water is emulsified with a small amount of an additive. Silane-couplers are tested as the additive and effects of the additive on ice formation process are investigated. Cooling rate is changed and vessels made of various materials are tested. It is proved that the present method has the following characteristics. Ice-oil and water suspension (slush ice) which has a good fluidity is able to be formed without adhering to the cooling surface. Ice in the suspension is granular and dispersed state and the suspension with more than 70% of ice packing factor (IPF) is also able to be formed. The suspension with the high IPF can be preserved for a long time in the granular state.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)336-344
Number of pages9
JournalInternational Journal of Refrigeration
Volume23
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000.08

Keywords

  • Ice
  • Mixture
  • Oil
  • Physixcal property
  • Suspension
  • Thermal storage
  • Water

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