Abstract
In this paper, a brief review for fundamental researches and developments on fine crystalline ice slurries in Japan has been made. The present paper essentially consists of two parts. In the former part of the present paper, the fundamental studies on the basic components, namely, the production, the transportation, and the melting of ice slurry were presented. Furthermore, as an example for the application of these basic researches, the computer simulation on the cold thermal storage system has been performed to study the effects of such as the operation mode on the system performance. In the latter part, the state of the art of ice slurries, which is applied to development of ice storage systems for air conditioning uses in Japan, has been described. The types of ice storage system were categorized into five groups by the way of ice manufacturing. Furthermore, the performance of ice storage system was also discussed.
