Buffered balanced type mobile primary-secondary air conditioner system

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing mobile air conditioners face limitations such as high noise levels, installation requirements, and limited working time due to energy storage constraints, hindering their market expansion and user convenience.

Innovation Solution

A buffered balanced type mobile primary-secondary air conditioner system with a fixed or mobile primary machine and at least one mobile secondary machine, utilizing three isolated working media, including a buffer zone with a second working medium for energy storage and heat transfer, allowing for detachable connection and energy-efficient operation without installation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If an integrated structure mobile air conditioner is used, then it is movable and easy to install, but it produces high noise levels

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemobility and ease of installationVSAvoidnoise level
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The air conditioner system is divided into two separate units: a primary machine containing the noisy compressor and a secondary machine containing the evaporator and fan. This segmentation allows the noise-generating components to be isolated from the user environment while maintaining mobility through detachable connections between the two units.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Object-affected harmful factors

If energy storage technology is adopted in mobile air conditioner, then noise is reduced during refrigeration, but working time is limited due to energy storage constraints

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenoise levelVSAvoidworking time
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSDuration of action of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

A heat storage medium serves as an intermediary between the primary machine and secondary machine, enabling thermal energy transfer without direct mechanical connection. This allows the system to operate in noise-reduced mode while the heat storage medium provides extended working capability by storing thermal energy for later use.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Duration of action of moving object

If energy storage buffer box is provided for evaporator, then energy storage capability is enhanced, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenergy storage capabilityVSAvoidsystem structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Duration of action of moving objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The heat storage medium pool is merged with the evaporator chamber, eliminating the need for a separate energy storage buffer box. The evaporator is directly immersed in the heat storage medium, combining the heat storage function with the heat exchange function in a single integrated structure, thereby enhancing energy storage capability without significantly increasing system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

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

The system enables noise reduction by 25-30 decibels, supports flexible movement, and provides energy-efficient outdoor heat exchange, overcoming installation needs and extending working time through energy storage capabilities.

Implementation Method 1

The energy storage heat exchanger is immersed in the liquid storage tank, with a third working medium added to the liquid storage tank in working state

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectHeat exchange: Heat Exchanger

Implementation Method 2

an energy storage buffer box is provided for the evaporator in the primary machine; The energy storage buffer box is a closed container, and the evaporator is immersed in the energy storage buffer box, with a second working medium added to the energy storage buffer box in working state

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectThermal energy storage: Thermal Energy Storage

Implementation Method 3

the primary machine is mainly composed of a compressor, a condenser, a throttling device, and an evaporator that are sequentially cyclically connected through a pipeline

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectCompression: Compression

Implementation Method 4

the primary machine is mainly composed of a compressor, a condenser, a throttling device, and an evaporator that are sequentially cyclically connected through a pipeline

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectCondensation: Condensation

Implementation Method 5

the primary machine is mainly composed of a compressor, a condenser, a throttling device, and an evaporator that are sequentially cyclically connected through a pipeline

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectEvaporation: Evaporation

Data Source

PatentUS12546491B2Buffered balanced type mobile primary-secondary air conditioner system
Publication Date: 2026.02.10 NANTONG HENGZHAO ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO LTD
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AI summary

A buffered balanced type mobile primary-secondary air conditioner system wherein three working media are used in primary-secondary air conditioner system. The first working medium is a compressor refrigeration working medium, the second working medium is an energy storage and heat transfer working medium shared by the primary machine and the secondary machine, and the third working medium is a secondary machine energy storage and heat transfer working medium. This scheme establishes a buffer balance zone between the primary machine and the secondary machine to store the second working medium.