Modular Room Cooling Housing for Scalable Heat Load Adaptation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cooling systems for rooms with heat-generating devices face challenges in efficiently adapting cooling capacity to varying heat loads without requiring significant structural changes or larger dimensions, limiting their effectiveness and flexibility.
Innovation Solution
A modular cooling system comprising a cuboid housing with a heat exchanger surface on one side wall, a door on a perpendicular side wall, and a fan in the cavity, allowing for expansion by adding additional housing parts with integrated heat exchangers and fans, enabling flexible adaptation of cooling capacity without altering the room's structure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional cooling system is installed in a room, then cooling function is provided, but the system cannot be easily expanded or adapted to varying heat loads without structural changes
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling system is divided into modular components (housing, heat exchanger, fan assembly) that can be independently installed, removed, or expanded. Each module can be added to increase cooling capacity without requiring changes to the room structure or existing installation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows dynamic adjustment of cooling capacity by adding or removing modular units based on varying heat loads. The flexible design enables the cooling capacity to adapt to changing requirements without fixed structural constraints.
2Power
If the cooling system dimensions are increased to handle larger heat loads, then cooling capacity is improved, but the system requires larger installation space and structural modifications
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of requiring a single large cooling unit, the system uses multiple smaller modular modules that can be distributed throughout the space. Each module provides a portion of the total cooling capacity, allowing high power output without requiring a large footprint for individual units.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular design allows cooling capacity to be scaled by adding units in different locations rather than increasing the size of a single unit. This transforms the scaling problem from increasing dimensions of one object to distributing multiple objects across available space.
3Ease of manufacture
If a fixed-size cooling system is installed, then installation is simple, but the system cannot accommodate future increases in heat load
Solution Approach 1:
The system is designed as separate modular units that can be installed independently using simple procedures. Each module is self-contained with standardized interfaces, making installation straightforward while allowing future modules to be added to increase capacity as needed.
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 modular system allows for efficient cooling of rooms with heat-generating devices by easily expanding the cooling capacity as needed, accommodating larger dimensions and heat loads without the need for on-site structural adjustments, enhancing flexibility and adaptability.
Implementation Method 1
at least a first side wall is used at least in sections, preferably completely, as a heat exchanger surface of a first heat exchanger
Implementation Method 2
at least one fan which is arranged in the cavity, wherein the fan is fluidically connected to the interior of the housing
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AI summary
The invention relates to an arrangement (10) for cooling a space, the floor (18) of which has through holes and delimits a cavity (20), comprising at least one cuboid housing (12) which is set up on the floor and of which at least one first side wall is formed at least in part as a heat exchanger surface of a first heat exchanger and a second side wall is formed as a door (29). The arrangement also comprises at least one fan (14, 16) which is disposed in the cavity, the fan being connected in terms of flow to the interior of the housing (12). In order to enable cooling by structurally simple means to the required extent, during which a problem-free adaptation of the cooling performance to the thermal load produced should take place, according to the invention the arrangement (10, 100) is of modular construction, wherein the at least one first heat exchanger (32, 132) forms the heat exchanger surface as first modular part, the housing (12) as second modular part and the at least one fan (14, 16, 114) as third modular part.