Cooling apparatus and method using a vacuum pump

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PATENT NO 9115936
APP PUB NO 20130206357A1
SERIAL NO

13396803

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A cooling apparatus includes a shell adapted to hermetically store liquid water, a heat exchanging structure adapted to receive a substance to cool down, and a vacuum pump. The heat exchanging structure has one or more heat transfer walls, each of the heat transfer walls having a first surface in contact with the liquid water stored in the shell, and a second surface in contact with the substance to cool down. The vacuum pump is operable to create a partial vacuum on a surface of the liquid water, whereby causing a decrease in a temperature of the liquid water in the shell. In other embodiments, methods of cooling a substance are also described.

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WAVE POWER TECHNOLOGY INCTOUFEN CITY MIAOLI COUNTY

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Chen, Han Ying Zhubei, TW 3 15

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