1-16. (canceled)
17. A cooling device, comprising:
a housing having a wall, the wall having an interior;
an ice passage extending through the wall of the housing and having an outer end; and
a condensation water channel that extends from the outer end of the ice passage downward in the interior of the wall.
18. The cooling device of claim 17, wherein the wall has an outer skin and an insulating layer, and wherein the condensation water channel extends between the outer skin and the insulating layer of the wall.
19. The cooling device of claim 18, wherein the insulating layer of the wall has a watertight layer toward the condensation water channel.
20. The cooling device of claim 17, wherein the condensation water channel is used as a cable channel at least over a predetermined section of a length of the condensation water channel.
21. The cooling device of claim 17, wherein the wall of the housing has a dispensing recess; wherein the dispensing recess has a rear wall; wherein the ice passage opens into the dispensing recess; and wherein the condensation water channel is concealed behind the rear wall of the dispensing recess.
22. The cooling device of claim 17, further comprising a flap, wherein the outer end of the ice passage is closed off by the flap.
23. The cooling device of claim 22, wherein a drip edge is formed by at least one of the outer end of the ice passage and a lower edge of the flap.
24. The cooling device of claim 23, further comprising a collection region that is provided below the drip edge and serves as an inlet for the condensation water channel.
25. The cooling device of claim 24, wherein the dispensing recess has a cover; wherein the cover has an indentation; and wherein the outer end of the ice passage, the flap, and the inlet of the condensation water channel are arranged in the indentation.
26. The cooling device of claim 21, wherein the dispensing recess is structured in a multilayered manner from a molded part and a panel that covers the molded part, and wherein the panel forms the rear wall of the dispensing recess.
27. The cooling device of claim 26, wherein the dispensing recess has a rear face and a first base, and wherein the molded part extends at least along the rear face and below the first base of the dispensing recess.
28. The cooling device of claim 27, wherein the molded part has a second base; wherein a cable groove is embedded in the second base of the molded part; and wherein at least one traverse that extends over the second base is arranged on the molded part adjacent to the cable groove.
29. The cooling device of claim 28, wherein the traverse is attached to the second base by means of an adhesive.
30. The cooling device of claim 28, wherein the traverse is formed by adhesive.
31. The cooling device of claim 28, wherein the cable groove opens into a cable channel.
32. The cooling device of claim 31, wherein the cable channel opens at a lower end into an evaporation tray.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for the production of an agent for enhancing soil growth, comprising:
grinding a biomass feedstock to produce ground biomass particles;
subjecting the ground biomass particles to sequential or concurrent ramps of temperature and pressure shocks;
selectively collecting at least one volatile component as it is released from the ground biomass particles;
collecting a last remaining nonvolatile component comprising BMF char;
rendering a surface of the BMF char hydrophilic after collecting the BMF char by removing adsorbed gas within char pores by introducing a water solution containing soluble plant nutrients;
exposing the BMF char to microorganisms after rendering the surface hydrophilic; and then
adding the BMF char to soil after exposing the BMF char to microorganisms.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the biomass particles are ground to a diameter between about 0.001 inch and about 1 inch.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising dispensing the ground biomass particles into thin sheets whose total thickness is a multiple of the ground biomass particle diameter before subjecting the ground biomass particles to sequential or concurrent ramps of temperature and pressure shocks wherein the multiple is any real number in the range of 1 to 30.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the biomass feedstock is used to produce different BMF chars based on a composition of the biomass feedstock.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the pressure shocks vary in magnitude from 0.2 MPa to 10 GPa, wherein an admixture of pressure shocks of differing magnitudes is combined with pressure shocks applied over a range of times.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the temperature ramp includes a sufficiently high temperature to create a nonvolatile carbonaceous material within the ground biomass particles.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the pressure shocks increase thermal conductivity of formed nonvolatile carbonaceous material within the ground biomass particles.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the temperature ramps and pressure shocks are conducted in an atmosphere containing a supercritical fluid.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the pressure shocks decrease the effective density of the ground biomass particles.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein a pH of the BMF char is controlled via pH adjustment agents.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein the BMF char is activated.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein a pH of the soil is modified to accept the addition of BMF char.
13. The method of claim 1, wherein microorganisms include members of at least one of fungi, bacteria or archaea.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein fungi are members of the phyla Glomeromycota.
15. The method of claim 1, wherein the BMF char contains glomalin structures.
16. A method for the production of an agent for enhancing soil growth, comprising:
grinding a biomass feedstock to produce ground biomass particles having a diameter between about 0.001 inch and about 1 inch;
dispensing the ground biomass particles into thin sheets whose total thickness is a multiple of the ground biomass particle diameter;
subjecting the ground biomass particles to sequential or concurrent ramps of temperature and pressure shocks;
selectively collecting at least one volatile component as it is released from the ground biomass particles;
collecting a last remaining nonvolatile component comprising BMF char;
rendering a surface of the BMF char hydrophilic after collecting the BMF char by removing adsorbed gas within char pores by introducing a water solution containing soluble plant nutrients;
adding the BMF char to soil after rendering the surface hydrophilic; and then
exposing the BMF char to microorganisms.