Patent ID: 11913701
Assignee: REBOUND TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. An ice making system comprising;
an emulsion tank;
a heat exchanger that includes an oleophilic surface; and
a pump that pumps a liquid emulsion from the emulsion tank to the oleophilic surface of the heat exchanger such that the liquid emulsion flows down the oleophilic surface of the heat exchanger to form an oil layer on the oleophilic surface of the heat exchanger and to form an ice sheet on the oleophilic surface of the heat exchanger with the oil layer between the ice sheet and the oleophilic surface of the heat exchanger, wherein:
the pump curtails pumping of the liquid emulsion to the oleophilic surface of the heat exchanger with the ice sheet formed on the oleophilic surface of the heat exchanger with the oil layer between the ice sheet and the oleophilic surface of the heat exchanger; and
the heat exchanger subcools the ice sheet formed on the oleophilic surface of the heat exchanger with the oil layer between the ice sheet and the oleophilic surface of the heat exchanger and with the pump curtailed from pumping the liquid emulsion to the oleophilic surface of the heat exchanger.