Light and heat radiator
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing lighting and heating systems face challenges in efficiently providing heat and light to large areas while minimizing energy consumption and protecting temperature-sensitive LED lights, particularly due to inadequate insulation and slow heating in water-carrying systems and inefficiencies in heat convection-based heating.
Innovation Solution
A lighting and heating element with a thermally insulating jacket core and an electrical flat heating element that generates infrared radiation, where LED lights are positioned to avoid direct exposure to heat, using a design that includes a cylindrical jacket body with an axial opening and a support plate for flexible installation and energy efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If water-carrying systems are used for heating, then heat can be supplied to local areas, but the heating is unacceptably slow and requires adequate insulation of water-carrying lines
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the water-carrying mechanical system with an electrical heating element that directly generates heat at the target location. This eliminates the need for water circulation infrastructure and provides immediate heating without energy loss in transmission lines.
Solution Approach 2:
The heating function is extracted from the centralized water-carrying system and implemented as a standalone electrical heating element integrated with the lighting fixture, enabling independent and rapid local heating.
2Use of energy by stationary object
If heat convection-based heating systems are used, then heating can be provided, but a comparatively large amount of energy is consumed leading to useless energy consumption in large room volumes
Solution Approach 1:
The heating element provides localized heating directly at the workplace area rather than heating the entire room volume. This targeted approach eliminates energy waste in large unused spaces and significantly improves energy efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces convective heating with infrared radiation technology, which directly heats objects and surfaces without heating the air through convection, eliminating the energy waste associated with heating large room volumes.
3Use of energy by moving object
If LED lights are used for energy-saving lighting, then energy consumption is reduced, but the temperature sensitivity of LEDs can lead to reduced service life when used in close proximity to heating elements
Solution Approach 1:
A thermally insulating jacket core is introduced as an intermediary between the heating element and the LED lights. This insulation layer blocks heat transfer to the LEDs, protecting them from thermal damage while allowing both heating and lighting functions to operate simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses a composite structure combining the heating element, insulating jacket core, and lighting elements in a single integrated fixture. This composite design allows the different functional components to coexist without interfering with each other's performance.
4Device complexity
If lighting and heating elements are combined, then installation is simplified, but the heat from the heating element can directly heat the LED lights reducing their service life
Solution Approach 1:
The thermally insulating jacket core serves as a protective intermediary that physically separates the heat source from the temperature-sensitive LED components, blocking harmful thermal radiation while maintaining the integrated design benefits.
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 enables quick, energy-efficient heating and lighting in large areas, protecting LED lights from excessive heat and reducing energy consumption, while allowing for flexible and cost-effective installation in various settings.
Implementation Method 1
The electrical panel heating element generates heat primarily in the form of infrared radiation and does not directly heat the air in the room, but rather the surfaces of the objects that are hit by the infrared radiation.
Implementation Method 2
a jacket body is provided with a thermally insulating jacket core, which is surrounded by an outer sheath
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AI summary
Lighting and heating elements with light sources, preferably LED lights, and a heating element, in which it is proposed according to the invention that a jacket body (1) is provided with a thermally insulating jacket core (13) which is surrounded by an outer casing (3), wherein the heating element is designed as an electrical surface heating element (4) lying between the outer casing (3) and the casing core (13) on the inside of the outer casing (3), and the light sources are located in an axial opening (8) in the casing body (1 ) are arranged, or on a base body (5) resting on the casing body (1) in the axial direction. Both the surface heating element (4) based on infrared radiation and the LEDs that can be used as light sources due to the structure according to the invention represent energy-efficient consumers, so that a power-saving lighting and heating element can be implemented. In addition, in combination with photovoltaics, only renewable energy can be used without using fossil fuels.