132results about "Natural sources for heating" patented technology

The present invention relates to a refrigeration system, associated system of heating and refrigeration, geothermal energy utilizing system, cold storing apparatus, heat storing apparatus and the accessories thereof, and in particular relates to an air conditioning system utilizing natural cold energy, geothermal energy, thermal waste, residual heat and environmental friendly energy.

The invention provides systems and methods for cooling and / or heating a structure. Generally, a system for heating or cooling a structure can include at least one thermosiphon in thermal communication with a thermal storage material such as a volume of earth. The thermosiphon can be partially filled with a heat transfer fluid and a heat exchanger operatively connected to the thermosiphon which is in thermal communication with the structure. Thermal energy can be transferred between the thermal storage material and the structure in either a passive or assisted mode, depending on whether the system is charging or in use.

The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide an fluid circulating installation adapted with a temperature equalization system and fluid transmission duct disposed in a heat carrier existing in solid or liquid state in the nature where presents comparatively larger and more reliable heat carrying capacity. The fluid passes through the solid or gas state semiconductor application installation to regulate the semiconductor application installation for temperature equalization, and flows back to the heat equalization installation disposed in the natural heat carrier of heat for the heat equalization installation providing good heat conduction in the natural heat carrier to provide the operation of temperature equalization regulating function on the backflow of the fluid.

An Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) system is disclosed. The OTEC system generates electrical energy based on a difference in the temperatures of the water from a surface region of a body of water and a thermal mass whose temperature is based on the temperature of water from a deep water region of the body of water. The thermal mass attains a desired temperature while it is positioned in the deep water region, with which it is thermally coupled. The present invention uses a bulk transport vessel to carry the thermal mass from the deep water region to a depth where it can be thermally coupled with the OTEC system.

The invention relates to a generation facility management system using natural energy, and an object of the invention is to promote introduction of a generation facility by giving a consideration for generated and consumed power.The generation facility management system is characterized in including a generation facility using natural energy and a management server for managing power information on the generation facility, wherein the generation facility includes: an energy obtaining section for obtaining natural energy; a power generating section for generating power from the obtained natural energy; an information control section for creating generated power information on the power generated by the power generating section; and a communication section for transmitting the power information to the management server, and the management server includes an information management section for determining a consideration for the power information transmitted from the generation facility by using predetermined consideration information.

A centrifugal magnetic heating device includes a power receiving mechanism and a heat generator. The power receiving mechanism further includes a vane set and a transmission module. The heat generator connected with the transmission module further includes a centrifugal mechanism connected to the transmission module, a plurality of bases furnished on the centrifugal mechanism, a plurality of magnets furnished on the bases individually, and at least one conductive member corresponding in positions to the magnets. The vane set is driven by nature flows so as to drives the bases synchronically with the magnets through the transmission module, such that the magnets can rotate relative to the conductive member and thereby cause the conductive member to generate heat.

A heat exchanger for thermally coupling a first fluid and second fluid is disclosed. The heat exchanger comprises plates comprising cores of thermally conductive graphite foam. A plurality of conduits for conveying the first fluid is formed in each core. Each plate further comprises thermally conductive barriers that sandwich the core, wherein the barriers are substantially impervious to r the first fluid and second fluid. Plates are stacked in a frame such that the frame and plates collectively define a plurality of channels for conveying the second fluid. Heat is exchanged between the primary fluid and the secondary fluid through the graphite-foam cores and barriers.Heat exchangers in accordance with the present invention can be lighter, have improved ratio of heat transfer surface density to heat exchanger volume, be lower cost, and / or be smaller for a given heat transfer capability than prior-art heat exchangers.

An Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) system is disclosed. The OTEC system generates electrical energy based on a difference in the temperatures of the water from a surface region of a body of water and a thermal mass whose temperature is based on the temperature of water from a deep water region of the body of water. The thermal mass attains a desired temperature while it is positioned in the deep water region, with which it is thermally coupled. The present invention uses a bulk transport vessel to carry the thermal mass from the deep water region to a depth where it can be thermally coupled with the OTEC system.

A temperature equalization system comprised of heat equalizer and fluid transmission duct disposed in a heat carrier existing in solid or liquid state in the nature where presents comparatively larger and more reliable heat carrying capacity; the fluid passes through the installation to regulate for temperature equalization, and flows back to the installation disposed in the natural carrier of heat for the installation providing good heat conduction with the natural heat carrier to provide the function of temperature equalization regulating on the backflow.

A power generation system comprises a turbine and a fluid warming device in communication with the turbine. The fluid warming device may comprise a housing, an inlet pipe carried by the housing, an outlet pipe carried by the housing, and a plurality of solar collection members carried by the housing between the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe. The plurality of solar collection members may have a plurality of channels to receive fluid. The inlet pipe, the plurality of solar collection members, and the outlet pipe are in fluid communication with one another.

The method and equipment having an intermediate thermal storage between the temperature equalizer and the natural thermal matrix to provide equalized temperature by utilization of natural thermal energy, wherein the intermediate thermal storage is installed between the targeting subject for temperature adjustment and the natural thermal matrix to promote the advantage of thermal energy utilization effect of the natural thermal matrix thereby reducing the required installing capacity and operating power of the conventional temperature adjusting equipment.

A solar air conditioning device (100) comprises a solar collector assembly (30), an inlet assembly (10) at an entrance of the solar collector assembly, and an outlet assembly (50) at an exit of the solar collector assembly. The solar collector assembly includes a heat-absorbing set (31) and a transparent panel (38) being assembled to a top of the heat-absorbing set. The heat-absorbing set comprises a plurality of heat-absorbing units (32) engaged with each other. A distance between the inlet assembly and the outlet assembly is equal to a longitudinal length of single heat-absorbing unit. The heat-absorbing set defines an air channel with the transparent panel and a heat-absorbing channel below the air channel. The inlet and outlet assemblies are in fluidic communication with the heat-absorbing channel.

The invention relates to a wind-force heating heat supply system which comprises a wind energy system, a heating device, an auxiliary heating system, a heat storage system and a control system, wherein wind energy is converted into mechanical energy by the wind energy system; the mechanical energy is delivered into heat energy by the heating device to be conveyed to the heat storage system; when the heat energy is insufficient, the auxiliary heating system is started to meet heat supply so as to control the reasonable utilization of system energy; wind force is adopted to directly heat, and the heat is stored by water and delivered; and the system has the advantages of small volume, high energy conversion rate, low price, and the like.

The invention discloses a closed and integrated frostproof heat source tower, which comprises a tower body, wherein an outer fin air source heat exchange system, a fin inner tube liquid heat exchange system and a wet heat source condensed water separator are arranged on the tower body. Under the weather conditions of 'low temperature and high humidity' in winter and 'high temperature and high humidity' in summer, the closed and integrated frostproof heat source tower can circularly and efficiently absorb cold and heat sources in the air in a closed way, has a wet heat source condensed water separator, overcomes shortcomings of the conventional devices, avoids directly discharging a small amount of diluted solution and polluting water environment, realizes the optimal practical matching of devices, performs efficient, economic, reliable and stable operation, and is environmentally-friendly in discharge and wide in application range.

The present invention relates to a thermal conductive cylinder installed with U-type core piping and loop piping for being installed within natural thermal storage body or artifical thermal storage body; wherein the piping segments of fluid inlet terminal and / or outlet terminal of the U-type core piping and loop piping are directly made of thermal insulating material, or thermal insulating structure is installed between the inlet terminal and the outlet terminal; so as to prevent thermal energy loss between adjacent piping segments on the same side when thermal conductive fluid with temperature difference passing through.

The invention discloses a centralized multi-connected cold (heat) source central air conditioning system which comprises a central air conditioning device, a cold / heat source system and a circulation pipeline system, wherein the central air conditioning device comprises water-cooling heat pump type central air conditioners in a plurality of regions, the cold / heat source system comprises a plurality of heat exchange systems which are connected in parallel, the connection pipe of each heat exchange system is provided with a corresponding temperature-difference electrically operated valve, and the opening of the valve is controlled by the temperature of heat exchange media and cold / heat sources. By decomposing a bigger simplex central air conditioning device into the smaller regional central air conditioners, the invention thoroughly eliminates energy consumption caused by pipeline insulation, improves the safety and the heat exchange efficiency of the central air conditioning, lowers the operating cost of the central air conditioning system by using the multiple cold / heat sources, and utilizes energy in natural environment and wastes to the greatest extent, thereby achieving the purpose of energy saving and consumption reduction.

An energy transfer system includes an energy transfer device, a water inlet pipe and a water outlet pipe. The water inlet pipe may be connected to a water inlet of the transfer device to extract water from a water source. The water outlet pipe may be connected to a water outlet on the energy transfer device to discharge water to the water source. The water inlet pipe may extract water from a predetermined extraction depth, and the water outlet pipe may discharge water into the water source at a predetermined discharge depth.

The invention relates to a hot water and heating system, which operates on the basis of renewable energy carriers.

An encasement assembly for installing sub-surface refrigerant tubing in a direct exchange heating / cooling system includes a weighted and protective encasement tube for lowering the bottom distal U-bend portion of the refrigerant tubing into a well / borehole. The encasement tube has a main body portion and a rounded or cone-shaped nose. The U-bend portion of the distal end of the refrigerant transport lines is encased within a cementitious grout inside the tube. The grout inside the encasement tube has a flat top portion to prevent upward flotation and at least one eyebolt for securing a trimmie tube with an expendable wire during installation. An optional nose ring is attached to the lower distal end of the tube for marker float attachment in water.

A system for storing thermal energy includes an opening into the earth, a liner positioned within and surrounding an interior periphery of the opening, a liquid provided within the liner, a first conduit fluidly associated with an upper portion of the opening, a second conduit fluidly associated with a lower portion of the opening, a fluid movement device and a heat transfer device. The fluid movement device is fluidly connected between the first and second conduits and configured to transport liquid between the first and second conduits. The heat transfer device is fluidly connected to the first conduit and the second conduit and configured to transfer heat to or from the liquid.

The invention relates to a solar energy underground cross-season heat-storing method. In a clay stratum region, a high pressure jet grouting technique is used for injecting high-thermal conductivity mixed materials into the clay stratum around a heat exchanger with high pressure so as to form a high thermal conductivity heat-storing body and fast store the solar energy into the soil by the heat exchanger; in a stratum region with high water permeability, a jet grouting method is used for injecting water-tight heat-insulated slip casting with high pressure so as to form a loop of sealed continuous water-tight heat-insulated purdah; the earth surface is covered by the clay to form a underground heat-storing sealed storehouse; and the heat exchanger which is arranged in the storehouse is used for continuously storing the solar energy into the soil. The invention can effectively store the solar energy or industrial waste heat into the underground with an underground heat-storing device and the heat exchanger, can extract and use the energy when the heat energy is needed, can store the solar energy or the industrial waste heat into the under ground in the summer and use the energy in the winter, can store the solar energy in the day and use the energy in the night, and has simple technology, simple construction, good heat-storing effect proved by experiment and good utilization ratio of thermal efficiency.

The invention relates to an aeroheating furnace and a method for generating heat energy. The aeroheating furnace realizes heating by adopting the principle of converting wind energy into heat energy and is characterized by comprising a furnace body and a power device, wherein the inside of the furnace body is provided with flow deflector arranged parallelly to the top wall, side walls and the back wall of the furnace body; wall cavity channels communicated upwards, leftwards, rightwards and backwards are formed in gaps between the flow deflector and the furnace walls, and are communicated with the intracavity of the furnace body at the front part of the furnace body; the power device comprises an electric motor, a transmission shaft and an impeller; the transmission shaft is fixed by a cooling support seat; and the electric motor is controlled by a control system to drive the impeller to rotate through the transmission shaft, thereby ensuring that high-speed air circulates inside the wall cavity channels of the furnace body and a furnace cavity to realize the conversion from wind energy to heat energy. The aeroheating furnace is essentially different from industrial furnaces generating heat by means of fuel combustion or directly converting electric energy into heat in principle. Moreover, the aeroheating furnace carries out heating and heat air circulation at the same time to realize even height of temperature field inside the furnace body; in addition, the furnace does not adopt heating elements such as electrothermal tubes and reduces energy consumption to realize the effect of energy saving.

The invention discloses a sea water source heat pump machines, the character is: it is a refrigerating and heating circular system by connecting refrigerating compressor, full liquid evaporator, water cooling pipe with pipes, the heater structure of the machines is that the pipe pass is for water, the shell pass is for refrigerant, the heat exchanging device is made from special anti-corrosion material, the sea water enters the heat pump machine directly and exchange heat with the refrigerant, it saves the traditional middle heat exchanging system, reduces the heat conducting temperature difference, upgrades the efficiency of the machine, and reduces the cost.

A system for a low-energy network includes a collector circuit (1a, 1b) filled with a first transfer solution, a heat transfer circuit (7) filled with a second transfer solution, and a terminal (3) adapted to transfer heat between the transfer solutions of the collector circuit (1a, 1b) and the heat transfer circuit (7). The collector circuits (1a, 1b) are connected to the terminal via two distribution reservoirs (82, 81), of which the first distribution reservoir (81) is isolated and configured to receive and transfer heated transfer liquid, and the second distribution reservoir (82) is configured to receive and transfer cooled transfer liquid, and at least one collector circuit (1a, 1b) connecting the first distribution reservoir (81) and the second distribution reservoir (82) is connected to each distribution reservoir (81, 82) terminating the low-energy network. The system may also include a distribution tank (80) for the low-energy network.

The invention provides a seafloor cold-water-pipe water taking system for ocean thermal energy conversion power plants. A cold water inlet is arranged on a generating ship. A cold water pipe comprises a water taking head, a water taking pipe and a connecting pipe, wherein the water taking pipe is formed by serially connecting a plurality of composite pipes; each composite pipe is in a tubular shape formed by a plurality of wavy inner pipes in sequential arrangement; the connecting pipe consists of an outer casing pipe and an inner casing pipe in mutual socket joint; the connecting pipe is connected with the cold water inlet of the generating ship through the inner casing pipe thereof; and the tail end of the outer casing pipe of the connecting pipe is connected with a connecting part of the water taking pipe. The system has the advantages that the system can transmit a large amount of low-temperature seawater on deep seafloor for the commercial operation of the power plants, has firm structure strength, can bear the intrusion of seawater and ocean currents, and is not easy to damage.

A thermal collector tube includes a main body portion that houses a heat medium, and a coating layer provided on an outside surface of the main body portion. The coating layer has a radiation rate of 0.70 to 0.98 at room temperature and at a wavelength of 1 μm to 15 μm. The thermal collector tube is used in concentrated solar power generation in which solar light is collected using reflecting mirrors, the collected solar light is converted into heat using a thermal collector having the thermal collector tube, and power is generated using the heat.

The invention relates to a collector of cold water solidification heat. The heat exchange icing pipe (12) is fixed inside the heat exchange icing device (3) while they are sealing connected by the sealing ring (4) to form a water-glycol space (16); the heat exchange icing pipe (12) has a water-ice space (17); the continuous scrapping plate (13) is arranged inside the heat exchange icing pipe (12) while its one end is connected to the main axle (6) on the end of heat exchange icing pipe (12); and the main axle (6) is connection to the motor speed reducer (7) inside the cold water inlet cover (14) via the chain transmission. The invention has simple structure and high heat-collection efficiency, while it can break the point of 0Deg. C to ice the water and attain the solidification heat.