Air diffusing and water misting apparatuses, systems and methods
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing air and water misting systems lack appropriate control over the stream of water and placement of components, often resulting in unintended wetting of occupants in residential or commercial settings.
Innovation Solution
The apparatus features a body portion with a nozzle and deflectors, a movable internal portion, and a support mechanism, along with a pump mechanism to provide high-pressure water, allowing for controlled delivery of a diffused water stream into the air, with options for array mounting and directional control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If water is forced through a high-pressure pump and tubing through a nozzle with a narrow orifice to create an exceptionally fine mist, then the cooling effect is enhanced, but the control over water stream and placement of components deteriorates, resulting in unintended wetting of occupants
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a movable internal portion within the body that can be positioned at different locations to control the direction and placement of the water mist stream. This dynamic adjustment capability allows operators to direct the cooling mist precisely where needed while preventing unintended wetting of occupants, thereby resolving the contradiction between enhanced cooling effect and control over water stream placement
2Ease of operation
If a movable internal portion is introduced to improve control over water stream placement, then ease of operation improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device is segmented into distinct components: a body portion and a separate movable internal portion. This segmentation allows the movable component to be independently positioned and adjusted within the body, providing control over water stream placement without requiring a completely complex redesign of the entire device structure
Solution Approach 2:
The movable internal portion is nested within the body portion, allowing it to move freely within the confines of the body while maintaining a compact overall structure. This nesting arrangement enables control functionality without significantly increasing the external dimensions or structural complexity of the device
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 provides effective cooling while keeping surfaces and people dry, reducing ambient temperature by up to 20 degrees, using less water and energy, and allowing for easy installation and maintenance.
Implementation Method 1
Evaporative cooling involves the evaporation of a liquid, often in the surrounding air, cooling the surrounding air and thereby the environment in which the liquid has evaporated
Implementation Method 2
The mist contains water droplets so small that they may flash evaporate, absorbing the heat from the air, and reducing the surrounding air temperature rapidly and dramatically
Implementation Method 3
water forced through a high-pressure pump and tubing through a nozzle with a narrow orifice
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus, system, and method for providing a non-linear fluid stream into an environment for cooling purposes are disclosed. Such an apparatus includes a body portion and a nozzle, the nozzle being adapted to direct water into the environment. Such an apparatus may include a body portion having a flow channel defined therein for gas flow therethrough; and, a nozzle operatively disposed within the flow channel; said nozzle adapted to direct a liquid therefrom; wherein the channel and the nozzle are operatively disposed relative to each other so that a gas flowing through the channel and the liquid are combined into a fluid stream directed from the apparatus into the surrounding environment.