There is disclosed a system for cooling an interior space for accommodating an occupant in a vehicle provided with a power source, the system comprising: at least one refrigeration apparatus comprising a refrigeration circuit including a compressor, which is driveable by the power source, and an evaporator; an insulated reservoir holding a phase-change medium within which the/each evaporator extends, such that said medium can be cooled by the evaporator(s) to an extent that an amount thereof freezes from a liquid state; a cooling fluid circuit including a heat exchanger; a pump operable to pump the cooling fluid in the circuit from the reservoir to the heat exchanger and thence back to reservoir, whereby the frozen medium gradually melts; and means to effect a flow of air over the heat exchanger and into the interior space.


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    Title :

    Cooling of a space accommodating an occupant in a vehicle


    Contributors:
    BRIAN DARYL (author) / MACKAY PETER (author)

    Publication date :

    2020-02-06


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    F24F Klimatisierung , AIR-CONDITIONING / B60H ARRANGEMENTS OR ADAPTATIONS OF HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATING, OR OTHER AIR-TREATING DEVICES SPECIALLY FOR PASSENGER OR GOODS SPACES OF VEHICLES , Anordnung oder Einbau der Heizung, Kühlung, Lüftung oder anderer Luftbehandlungsvorrichtungen für die Fahrzeugräume für Reisende oder Fracht / B61D Einzelheiten oder Arten des Wagenaufbaus von Eisenbahnfahrzeugen , BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES



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