Li Xiuwei, Zhang Xiaosong, Wang Fang. Research on the Key Processes of a Low Humidity Ice Storage System[J]. Journal of refrigeration, 2014, 35(3). DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4339.2014.03.016.
Ice storage is a promising technology for energy saving. Ice slurry is favorable material for ice storage. To overcome the shortcomings of the present method of ice slurry production
a new ice storage system is developed to produce ice slurry with low humidity. It drives a liquid desiccant cycle to obtain an environment of low water vapor pressure. Droplets keep on evaporating in such an environment and become super-cooled. Then the super-cooled state will be released with a releaser to get ice slurry in the same way of the conventional super-cooled water method. The system mainly consists of two important processes
liquid dehumidification and evaporative super-cooling. These two processes were investigated by experiments. The results prove the feasibility of the new system and expose some method for future optimization. Meanwhile