Icebank Keyword: Cooling …

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Keyword: cooling systems are known in the prior art. Typically, in the operation of an Icebank system, a supply of ice is gradually built up and stored in a storage tank from which cold water is circulated to a cooling device, e.g., an air conditioning unit or refrigerating unit, when it is desired to perform cooling operations. The Icebank system allows the supply of ice to be economically made at off-peak hours, usually late evening and early morning hours, when the demand for electrical power is lowest and the price is reduced to encourage more evenly distributed power consumption. Typically, the off-peak rate may be only one-half of the peak rate for electricity. Thus, by using electricity to produce the ice supply in off-peak hours for later consumption at peak hours, it is possible to achieve considerable savings in the cost of operation of a cooling system.