Modular Electric Heating Tile with Embedded Sensor and Fastening Member
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electric heating tiles face issues with complex installation processes, potential for poor heat transfer, safety concerns due to weak connections between heating wires and tile bodies, and difficulties in repair and maintenance, including the risk of fire from moisture exposure.
Innovation Solution
An electric heat tile design featuring a ceramic module with a built-in electric heating wire and a fastening member for easy installation, coupled with a control module that includes a temperature sensor for data collection and heating control, ensuring safe and efficient operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If heating wire and heat-conducting tile body are used as heating medium, then heating function is achieved, but connection area between them is insufficient causing poor heat transfer and short circuit risk
Solution Approach 1:
The heating system is divided into separate modular components: heating wires are embedded in insulation material blocks rather than directly in tiles. This segmentation allows for standardized manufacturing of insulation blocks with pre-embedded heating elements, improving both connection reliability and manufacturing precision.
Solution Approach 2:
An insulation material block serves as an intermediary component between the heating wire and the tile body. This intermediary provides a sufficient connection area for heat transfer while maintaining electrical insulation, thus improving both heat transfer efficiency and heating safety simultaneously.
2Reliability
If heating wire is installed in square block base, then heating function is achieved, but heating wire fitting groove and cavity must be machined which reduces manufacturing ability
Solution Approach 1:
The heating wire is pre-embedded in the insulation material block during the insulation block manufacturing process, before the tile installation takes place. This preliminary action eliminates the need for complex groove machining during tile installation, significantly improving manufacturing ability while maintaining heating function.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If planar heating elements are used, then electromagnetic waves are reduced and heat transfer is improved, but strength is weak causing easy damage by external impact
Solution Approach 1:
The heating system uses a composite structure combining insulation material blocks with embedded heating wires. This composite design provides both the low electromagnetic radiation characteristics of insulation materials and the mechanical strength needed to resist external impact, while maintaining good heat transfer properties.
4Manufacturing precision
If planar heating elements are used, then heat transfer is improved, but moisture resistance is weak causing fire due to short circuit
Solution Approach 1:
The insulation material block acts as a protective intermediary that provides both thermal conduction for efficient heat transfer and electrical insulation for moisture resistance. This dual-function intermediary prevents short circuits while maintaining good heat transfer efficiency.
5Reliability
If conventional installation process is used, then heating wire can be installed, but complicated procedures require a lot of labor and construction costs
Solution Approach 1:
The installation process is segmented into simple steps: laying insulation material blocks with pre-embedded heating wires, pouring cement, and laying tiles. This segmentation eliminates complex procedures like groove machining and wire routing, significantly reducing labor and construction costs while ensuring reliable heating installation.
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 solution simplifies the installation and maintenance of electric heat tiles, enhances heat transfer efficiency, and improves safety by providing a robust and easily repairable system with integrated temperature monitoring and control.
Implementation Method 1
heating by embedding an electric heating wire in a floor or a wall to heat the floor or the wall
Implementation Method 2
a temperature sensor and an electric heating wire are placed for a user to monitor the temperature of the tile
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to an electric heat tile including: a first layer including at least one temperature sensor and a power line electrically connected to the temperature sensor; a second layer placed on an upper surface of the first layer and including an electric heating wire electrically connected to the power line; an upper cover covering an upper surface of the second layer; and a lower cover covering a lower surface of the first layer, wherein the lower cover has, on one side, at least one fastening member electrically connected to the power line formed on the first layer.