Modular air conditioning system
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional air conditioning systems suffer from noise, limited user serviceability, and inflexibility, with split systems requiring professional installation and lacking control over cooling directionality and modularity.
Innovation Solution
A modular air conditioning system with user-serviceable hose connections between indoor and outdoor units, allowing decoupling of cooling functions and enabling flexible configuration, including multiple hose connections and integrated cold storage with heat sensors and servo-directed louvers for enhanced control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If split air conditioning systems are used to reduce noise, then noise level is reduced, but installation complexity and professional installation requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The air conditioning system is divided into separate indoor and outdoor units connected by service channels, with the noisy compressor and condenser placed outdoors while the evaporator and air handling components remain indoors. This segmentation reduces noise impact on occupants while maintaining system functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
Service channels act as intermediaries connecting the indoor and outdoor units, providing pathways for refrigerant lines, electrical wiring, condensate drainage, and control signals. These pre-formed channels simplify installation by eliminating the need for custom piping routes while maintaining professional installation standards.
2Ease of operation
If traditional air conditioning systems are used, then cooling function is provided, but user serviceability and reconfiguration capability are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates movable and adjustable components including service channels that can be repositioned along wall surfaces, indoor units with adjustable air distribution louvers, and modular connections that allow reconfiguration. This enables users to adapt the system to changing spatial requirements while maintaining proper refrigerant flow and electrical connections.
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 provides efficient, flexible, and user-friendly cooling with reduced noise and installation complexity, enabling efficient operation and improved occupant comfort by allowing modular reconfiguration and precise control over cooling.
Implementation Method 1
a fluid to air heat exchanger in the at least one interior unit
Implementation Method 2
an exterior unit including a compressor
Implementation Method 3
an air-cooled condenser
Implementation Method 4
a fan to circulate air across the fluid to air heat exchanger
Data Source
AI summary
A climate control system coupled within an opening of a structure, with the opening separating an internal area within the structure and an exterior area external to the structure with the climate control system straddling the opening. The system consists essentially of: an interior unit disposed at the opening within the internal area; an exterior unit disposed at the opening in the exterior area; and a connector between the interior unit and the exterior unit that extends through the opening, the connector including: a circulation hose that extends through the opening to connect the exterior unit and the interior unit.