Description
The Ice Bank tank is a modular, insulated polyethylene tank containing a spiral-wound plastic tube heat exchanger which is submerged in water.
They are available in various sizes. At night, a solution typically 75% water and 25% ethylene glycol, circulates through a standard packaged air-conditioning chiller and the tubing in the tank heat exchanger, extracting heat until eventually almost all the water in the tank is frozen solid.
The ice is built uniformly throughout the tank by the patented temperature averaging effect of closely spaced counterflow heat exchanger tubes.
Water does not become surrounded by ice during the freezing process and can move freely as ice forms, preventing stress or damage to the tank.
Ice Bank Tank (IBT) is a system which is used to store energy in the form of ice. It is applicable in dairy industry for quick process in short time with certain limit of power load.
