Underground Water Pipe for Energy-Efficient Temperature Control
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Summary
Problems
Conventional water supply systems consume massive energy for heating and cooling, and are prone to freezing issues and structural damage from snow and ice accumulation, especially in extreme weather conditions.
Innovation solutions
A thermal energy transmission system using an underground water pipe buried in the stratum, with a cladding chamber structure for temperature equilibration, allowing for indirect convection or pumped fluid circulation to transmit thermal energy between the stratum and a subject matter on the ground, reducing the need for conventional air conditioning and heating systems.
TRIZ Analysis
Specific contradictions:
General conflict description:
Principle concept:
If conventional air conditioning and heating systems are used, then temperature control is achieved, but massive energy consumption occurs
Why choose this principle:
The system utilizes the natural temperature of the deeper stratum (12-16°C) as a self-regulating thermal reservoir. The underground water pipe allows water to naturally absorb or release heat to the stratum without requiring active heating or cooling systems, making the environment self-regulating and eliminating the need for energy-intensive air conditioning and heating.
Principle concept:
If conventional air conditioning and heating systems are used, then temperature control is achieved, but massive energy consumption occurs
Why choose this principle:
The underground water pipe acts as an intermediary carrier between the stratum and the ground-level subject matter. Water circulates through the pipe, absorbing thermal energy from the stratum and transporting it to where temperature control is needed, thereby mediating heat transfer without requiring direct contact with the stratum and reducing energy consumption.
Application Domain
Data Source
AI summary:
A thermal energy transmission system using an underground water pipe buried in the stratum, with a cladding chamber structure for temperature equilibration, allowing for indirect convection or pumped fluid circulation to transmit thermal energy between the stratum and a subject matter on the ground, reducing the need for conventional air conditioning and heating systems.
Abstract
A closed piping comprised of ground water pipe of a water supply system buried in the stratum and a closed water pipe provided on the ground to execute thermal conduction for equilibrating temperature from the thermal energy in the deeper stratum to a subject matter on the ground by the current running in the closed water pipes.