The CYCLE_D-HX software package simulates the performance of single-component refrigerants and refrigerant blends in subcritical vapor-compression refrigeration cycles. The basic system simulated by CYCLE_D-HX consists of a compressor, discharge line, condenser, expansion device, evaporator, compressor suction line, and an optional liquid-line/suction-line heat exchanger. The other cycles may contain a second compressor, one or two economizers, or an intercooler. In contrast to simplified vapor compression cycle model, which require refrigerant saturation temperatures in the evaporator and condenser as input, CYCLE_D-HX establishes saturation temperatures in the heat exchangers using the temperatures profiles of heat source and heat sink and the mean effective temperature differences (?Thx) in the evaporator and condenser, respectively, which are specified as input to the program. This representation of heat exchangers facilitates the inclusion of both thermodynamic and transport properties in cycle simulations and makes CYCLE_D-HX suitable for comparative evaluations of different refrigerants, particularly when applied in systems relying on forced-convection heat transfer of refrigerant in the heat exchangers. This software package was developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), is not subject to copyright protection, and is in the public domain.

The invention relates to a heat exchanger for motorized vehicles, comprising: at least one heat-conducting conduit for passage of a first medium, a covering of a thermally conducting porous structure connected to an external side of the conduit for passage of a second medium surrounding the conduit.

The invention relates to a heat accumulator having at least one first volume and one second volume. Said volumes are separate, can be respectively filled with, or passed through, by a medium, and are in, or can be brought into, thermal contact. The invention is characterised in that another volume that can be filled with a fluid and emptied, a so-called switchable volume, is provided between at least the first and second volumes, said switchable volume being in thermal contact with the media of the first and second volumes.

Process for combustion and vitrification of waste in which at least one oxygen plasma jet is associated with a continuous melting device by high frequency direct induction. The crucible is composed of a continuous external shell and a sole plate, both cooled by a liquid circulating in internal channels. The inductor is placed below the sole plate. There is a gravity drain valve at the bottom or on the side.

An airless dispensing pump for liquid products including a push button with a spray nozzle which communicates with a network of channels that is provided locally on the wall of an internal truncated-cone-shaped bore, and a housing. An upper part of the housing includes a dosing cell having an elastically-deformable wall, which is equipped with an intake valve and topped with a rigid collar for fixing same inside the bore of the aforementioned button. Moreover, the outer periphery of the collar has an inclined face which defines a swirl chamber opposite the above-mentioned network, while the inner periphery thereof is quipped with a passage to the chamber.