A building heating/cooling system utilizing pumped secondary fluid
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional heat exchanger systems rely on external mechanical rotary kinetic energy or electric motor power, leading to increased installation costs and energy consumption, and often dissipate thermal energy unnecessarily, as they do not provide reflux operations.
Innovation Solution
A system utilizing pressurized thermal energy fluid to pass through a heat exchanger and a fluid actuation device in series or parallel connections, generating rotary kinetic energy to drive a secondary fluid pump, allowing for thermal energy release and reflux circulation within a closed or semi-opened building without external mechanical or electric power.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If external mechanical rotary kinetic energy or electric motor power is used to drive the fluid pump set, then the fluid circulation and heat exchange efficiency are improved, but the installation cost and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses the thermal energy fluid itself to drive the fluid actuation device, which in turn drives the secondary fluid pump set. The thermal energy fluid performs self-service by converting its own thermal energy into mechanical work to circulate the secondary fluid, eliminating the need for external mechanical energy or electric motors.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the conventional mechanical or electric drive system with a thermal-driven fluid actuation system. Instead of using motors or mechanical engines to drive the pump, the system uses thermal energy conversion through the fluid actuation device, substituting mechanical/electric systems with a thermal-based system.
2Productivity
If external mechanical rotary kinetic energy or electric motor power is used to drive the fluid pump set, then the fluid circulation is improved, but the installation cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The thermal energy fluid drives the fluid actuation device, which then drives the secondary fluid pump set, creating a self-sufficient circulation system that eliminates expensive external motor installations and reduces overall installation costs.
Solution Approach 2:
By replacing mechanical/electric drive components with a thermal-driven fluid actuation system, the patent reduces installation complexity and cost while maintaining effective fluid circulation.
3Device complexity
If the air flow with thermal energy is pumped to an opened space without reflux operation, then the heat exchange process is simplified, but the thermal energy is unnecessarily dissipated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a reflux circulation system where the secondary fluid that has absorbed or released thermal energy returns to the heat exchanger for further heat exchange. This feedback loop ensures continuous utilization of thermal energy and prevents unnecessary dissipation.
Solution Approach 2:
The reflux circulation system maintains continuous useful action by repeatedly circulating the secondary fluid through the heat exchanger, allowing the thermal energy to be continuously utilized rather than being dissipated after a single pass.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution reduces energy consumption and installation costs by utilizing thermal energy for heating or cooling within a closed or semi-opened building, enabling efficient thermal energy management and reflux circulation.
Implementation Method 1
a heat exchanger having flowpath (100)... for allowing the heat exchanger having flowpath (100) to release the thermal energy
Implementation Method 2
the fluid actuation device (200) installed in the fluid actuation device assembly (20) to generate the rotary kinetic energy
Implementation Method 3
through a magnetic non-contact insulation type transmission device (210) driving a secondary fluid pump set (202)
Implementation Method 4
driving a secondary fluid pump set (202) to pump the secondary fluid to pass through a flowpath structure of secondary fluid (500)
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AI summary
The present invention, without utilizing external mechanical rotary kinetic energy or the power of an electric motor, directly utilizes the fluid passing through the heat exchanger having thermal energy fluid pipelines to drive one or more than one fluid actuation device, and through direct or non-contact type transmission means to respectively drive the fluid pump set installed at the side of heat exchanger having thermal energy fluid pipelines, and then to further drive the external fluid to pass through the heat exchanger, so as to improve the efficiency of the heat exchange of the heat exchanger.