Illuminator-Based Building Heating With Temperature-Responsive Radiation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional heating systems rely on fossil fuels, leading to high greenhouse gas emissions and inefficient energy consumption, and there is a need for more sustainable and cost-effective methods to maintain indoor temperatures.
Innovation Solution
A building automation system that utilizes illuminator devices for both illumination and temperature control, adjusting their radiation output based on temperature, user presence, and energy sustainability to optimize heating and reduce carbon footprint.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If conventional heating systems based on fossil fuels are used to maintain indoor temperatures, then convenient indoor temperatures can be established and maintained, but greenhouse gas emissions increase and energy efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The illuminator devices are designed to perform multiple functions: providing illumination and providing heating. By making the heating function available in the illuminator devices, the patent eliminates the need for separate fossil fuel-based heating systems, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions while maintaining indoor temperatures.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the illumination function and heating function into a single integrated system (the illuminator devices). This merging allows the building automation system to control both lighting and heating through a unified approach, optimizing energy usage and reducing reliance on separate fossil fuel heating systems.
2Temperature
If dedicated heater devices are installed to maintain target temperatures, then temperature control is reliable, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The illuminator devices are designed to perform multiple functions: providing illumination and providing heating. By making the heating function available in the illuminator devices, the patent eliminates the need for separate dedicated heater devices, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining reliable temperature control.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the illumination function and heating function into a single integrated system. This merging allows the building automation system to control both lighting and heating through existing illuminator devices, eliminating the need for additional dedicated heater devices and reducing overall system complexity.
3Loss of energy
If illuminator devices are used for both illumination and heating, then energy efficiency improves and carbon footprint decreases, but control system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The building automation system incorporates feedback mechanisms that monitor temperature conditions and energy sustainability data in real-time. This feedback enables the control system to dynamically adjust the operation of illuminator devices for heating, optimizing energy efficiency and reducing carbon footprint while managing control complexity through automated decision-making.
Solution Approach 2:
The control system dynamically adjusts the operation of illuminator devices based on real-time temperature conditions and energy sustainability data. This dynamic control allows the system to optimize energy efficiency and reduce carbon footprint by adapting heating output to actual needs, rather than operating at fixed levels.
4Temperature
If illuminator devices increase radiation output to heat spaces, then temperature maintenance improves, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The building automation system uses feedback from temperature sensors and energy sustainability data to intelligently control when and how much the illuminator devices should increase their radiation output for heating. This feedback mechanism ensures that energy consumption is optimized by only increasing heating output when and where needed, rather than operating continuously at high levels.
Solution Approach 2:
The control system dynamically adjusts the radiation output of illuminator devices based on real-time temperature conditions and energy sustainability considerations. This dynamic adjustment allows the system to maintain indoor temperatures effectively while minimizing unnecessary energy consumption by adapting heating output to actual environmental conditions.
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 efficiently maintains indoor temperatures while reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by leveraging illuminator devices for both lighting and heating, optimizing energy use based on real-time and predictive energy sustainability data.
Implementation Method 1
a plurality of illuminator devices (301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306) configured to emit radiation in at least the form of visible light
Implementation Method 2
at least a subset of said plurality of illuminator devices are configured to emit radiation in the form of infrared radiation
Implementation Method 3
the control system is configured to, in response to finding said measured temperature to be less than said threshold temperature, make at least some of said plurality of illuminator devices increase their amount of emitted radiation
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AI summary
A building automation system comprises a plurality of illuminator devices (301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306) configured to emit radiation in at least the form of visible light, and a control system (307) coupled to said plurality of illuminator devices and configured to control operation of said plurality of illuminator devices. The control system (307) is configured to receive first information (316), which is temperature information indicative of temperatures within indoor spaces in which at least some of said plurality of illuminator devices (301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306) are located, and to control the operation of said plurality of illuminator devices (301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306) on basis of at least the first information (316).