HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEM FOR WAREHOUSED GOODS

摘要

A high efficiency airflow management system can be used to reliably and consistently draw air through palletized product stacks with a minimum of energy expenditure. A racking system is provided with a grid of pallet bays separated from an air plenum/chamber by a wall having an airflow opening for each pallet bays. An air seal is formed at the periphery of each opening by resiliently flexible side seals and a top seal to form a highly airtight interface between the pallet assembly and the adjacent airflow opening. When a pressure differential is developed between the chamber and the pallet bay, air is efficiently drawn substantially exclusively through the pallet assemblies with minimal leakage. The flexible sealing arrangement accommodates pallet assemblies with unevenly stacked rows of cases without significant loss of system efficiency.

主权项

1. An installation for warehousing palletized product, comprising:
a pallet racking assembly comprising:
a pallet receiving space sized and configured to receive a pallet assembly including a pallet and a plurality of vertically stacked rows of cases disposed on the pallet and providing an airflow pathway through the vertically stacked rows of cases;an airflow chamber including an air inlet and an air outlet;an air handler positioned to direct air into the airflow chamber from the air inlet and exhaust air from the airflow chamber through the air outlet;a wall disposed between the pallet receiving space and the airflow chamber, the wall having at least one airflow opening having a substantially planar opening periphery defining an opening plane, the airflow opening sized and positioned to be engaged by the pallet assembly when the pallet assembly is pressed against the opening periphery;a first side seal and disposed along a first side edge of the opening periphery, the first side seal defining a resiliently deformable first seal surface extending from the first side edge into the pallet receiving space, such that the first seal surface faces the pallet receiving space and defines a first obtuse angle with the opening plane;a second side seal and disposed along a second side edge of the opening periphery, the second side seal defining a resiliently deformable second seal surface extending from the second side edge into the pallet receiving space, such that the second seal surface faces the pallet receiving space and defines a second obtuse angle with the opening plane.