Cooling equipment, temperature control system, air conditioning system, and hot water supply system for the same

Abstract

The present invention aims to provide cooling equipment which can reduce power consumption. Cooling equipment 1 includes a storage chamber 30 that stores storage goods; latent heat storage materials 101 to 106 disposed inside the storage chamber 30; a compressor 40 that configures a refrigerating cycle for cooling the inside of the storage chamber 30; a temperature sensor 60 that detects a temperature of the latent heat storage materials 101 to 106; and a control unit 100 that controls the compressor 40, based on a state of the latent heat storage materials 101 to 106.

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         2 . Cooling equipment comprising:
 a storage chamber that stores storage goods;   a first latent heat storage member that is disposed inside the storage chamber and includes at least a first latent heat storage material which is reversibly phase-transited between a solid phase and a liquid phase;   a second latent heat storage member that is disposed inside the storage chamber and includes at least a second latent heat storage material which is reversibly phase-transited between the solid phase and the liquid phase;   a sensor that detects a state of the second latent heat storage member;   a cooling mechanism that cools the inside of the storage chamber; and   control circuitry that controls the cooling mechanism, based on the state of the second latent heat storage member; wherein   the second latent heat storage member is phase-transited earlier than the first latent heat storage member;   a thickness of the second latent heat storage member is thinner than a thickness of the first latent heat storage member;   the first latent heat storage member has a substantially constant uniform thickness and the second latent heat storage member has a substantially constant uniform thickness; and   the second latent heat storage material is at a position where cold air blowing into the storage chamber hits positions adjacent to and at a corner inside the storage chamber.   
     
     
         3 . The cooling equipment according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the first latent heat storage member functions as a temperature-maintaining heat storage member in order to maintain a temperature inside the storage chamber to have a predetermined temperature for a predetermined period of time; and   the second latent heat storage member functions as the temperature-maintaining heat storage member in order to control the temperature inside the storage chamber.