METHOD FOR RELIEVING SUPERCOOLING AND ICE PLANT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make compact the size of a container in which ice is made by relieving supercooled water in a hermetically sealed system. SOLUTION: The supercooled water discharged from the discharge opening 2a of a supercooler 2 is introduced to the inlet section 21 of a supercooling canceling container 3 made in the upper part of the side face of the container 3. The center axis B of the inlet section 21 is made coincident with that A of the discharge opening 2a and, made parallel to the tangential direction of the peripheral surface of the container 3. The center axis D of the outlet section 31 of the container 3 made in the lower part of the side face of the container 3 is made parallel to the tangential direction of the peripheral surface of the container 3. The supercooled state of the supercooled water flowing in the container 3 is relieved with an ultrasonic wave emitted from an ultrasonic vibrator 41 while the water spirally revolves in the container 3.