Patent ID: 6298676
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: F25D,F28D,Y02E

Abstract:
An assembly for the measurement of the amount of formed ice in a thermal storage apparatus, said apparatus having means for holding a storage liquid, a freezable storage liquid in said holding means, means for freezing said storage liquid in said holding means and on said freezing, means, said freezing means vertically movable, said measurement assembly comprising:means for providing an uplifting force to said means for freezing,said means for freezing having a top and a bottom, said uplifting force means positioned at said freezing-means bottom to provide said uplifting force tending to vertically move said freezing means;said frozen storage liquid on said freezing means providing a buoyant force to said freezing means;means for measuring vertical displacement of said freezing means in said holding means; and,means for noting the amount of ice in said holding means relative to said displacement of said freezing means, and noting the amount of said ice in said holding means as one of a percentage of a design capacity and a quantity of said frozen storage liquid.