Far-Infrared Indoor Surfaces for Low-Airflow Climate Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Convection current systems suffer from energy loss due to temperature distribution issues and direct airflow contact with skin, leading to discomfort and inefficiency, while existing radiant heating and cooling methods lack comparable efficiency and practicality.
Innovation Solution
An indoor environment regulating system utilizing far-infrared emitting and absorbing materials with a far-infrared emissivity of 0.6 or greater, where surfaces constructed of these materials exchange heat through thermal radiation, minimizing airflow contact and enhancing energy efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If convection current systems are used for indoor temperature regulation, then heating and cooling functions are provided, but energy loss increases due to temperature distribution differences and direct airflow contact with skin
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical convection system with a radiation-based system. The indoor surface structural members (walls, ceiling, floor) constructed of far-infrared emitting materials directly radiate thermal energy to occupants without requiring air movement, thereby eliminating the energy losses associated with convection currents while maintaining effective temperature regulation
Solution Approach 2:
The invention extracts and eliminates the harmful convection current mechanism from the temperature regulation system. By using radiant heating and cooling through far-infrared emitting materials on surfaces, the system removes the need for air circulation, thereby eliminating the energy waste caused by temperature distribution differences and direct airflow contact
2Temperature
If convection current systems are used for indoor temperature regulation, then heating and cooling functions are provided, but discomfort and health adverse effects occur due to direct airflow contact with skin
Solution Approach 1:
The patent substitutes the convection-based mechanical system with a radiation-based system. Thermal energy is transferred through far-infrared radiation from the indoor surface structural members directly to occupants, eliminating the need for air movement and thereby removing the harmful effect of direct airflow contact with skin while maintaining effective temperature regulation
3Object-affected harmful factors
If floor heating systems or ceramic heaters are used to eliminate airflow problems, then direct airflow contact is avoided, but energy utilization efficiency remains low and artificial cooling function is unavailable
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal system that provides both heating and cooling functions through the same far-infrared emitting materials on indoor surfaces. By controlling the temperature of these surfaces, the system can radiate heat for warming or absorb heat for cooling, eliminating the need for separate heating and cooling devices and significantly improving overall energy utilization efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The invention replaces conventional heating devices with a radiation-based system using far-infrared emitting materials. This substitution improves energy utilization efficiency by directly radiating thermal energy to occupants without heating the entire air space, and simultaneously provides both heating and cooling capabilities through surface temperature control
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 achieves low temperature distribution variance and high energy efficiency by leveraging thermal radiation between identical molecular species, providing comfortable and efficient heating and cooling without airflow-related discomfort.
Implementation Method 1
when the cooling surface of the cooling source is cooled, the far-infrared emitting substance of the cooling surface absorbs the far-infrared rays emitted by the far-infrared emitting substance of the indoor surface structural member
Implementation Method 2
when the heating surface of the heating source is heated, the far-infrared rays emitted by the far-infrared emitting substance of the heating surface are absorbed by the far-infrared emitting substance of the indoor surface structural member
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AI summary
The invention provides an indoor environment regulating system with excellent energy efficiency. The indoor environment regulating system of the invention is provided with an indoor surface structural member 300, 400 constructed of a material comprising a far-infrared emitting substance that emits and absorbs far-infrared rays and has a far-infrared emissivity of 0.6 or greater, and a cooling and/or heating source 200, 301 having a cooling and/or heating surface constructed of a material comprising the same far-infrared emitting substance as the far-infrared emitting substance of the indoor surface structural member, and wherein when the cooling surface of the cooling source 301 is cooled, the far-infrared emitting substance of the cooling surface absorbs the far-infrared rays emitted by the far-infrared emitting substance of the indoor surface structural member 300, 400, and/or when the heating surface 200 of the heating source is heated, the far-infrared rays 62 emitted by the far-infrared emitting substance of the heating surface are absorbed by the far-infrared emitting substance of the indoor surface structural member 300, 400.