Solar Tile Heating and Cooling Panels With Integrated Energy Flow
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional hollow heating floor panels for buildings are inefficient in utilizing solar energy for both heating and cooling, leading to energy waste and unsatisfactory temperature regulation, as they lack solar energy collection, conversion, and storage capabilities.
Innovation Solution
A solar energy-powered heating and cooling system comprising solar energy tiles, an energy collector, an energy converter, supply pipes with a flow medium, and an intelligent control unit that collects, converts, and distributes solar energy for heating and cooling purposes, utilizing solar energy tiles attached to buildings, an energy collector, an energy converter, and supply pipes within cavity floors and walls.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional hollow heating floor panels are used, then heating function is provided, but energy efficiency is poor and cooling function is lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The floor panel system is designed to perform multiple functions: heating through heating pipes, cooling through cooling pipes, and solar energy collection through integrated photovoltaic tiles. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate heating and cooling systems, directly resolving the contradiction by providing both heating and cooling capabilities while improving energy efficiency through solar power generation.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention merges the heating system, cooling system, and solar energy collection system into a single integrated floor panel structure. The solar tiles are attached directly to the floor panels, and both heating and cooling pipes are embedded within the same panel structure, allowing the system to simultaneously provide heating, cooling, and energy generation functions while reducing overall energy consumption.
2Temperature
If simple heat radiation heating is used, then heating function is provided, but heating effect is insufficient and energy is wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses hydraulic circulation of heat transfer fluid through heating pipes embedded in the floor panels. This allows for more efficient heat distribution compared to simple radiation, as the fluid-carrying system can actively transport thermal energy throughout the building, improving heating effect while reducing energy waste through controlled fluid circulation.
3Use of energy by moving object
If floor panels without solar energy integration are used, then construction is simple, but solar energy utilization is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The floor panel system is divided into modular segments, with solar tiles attached to specific sections of the floor panels. This segmentation allows for flexible installation and integration of solar energy collection components without requiring complete system redesign, thereby improving solar energy utilization while managing system complexity through modular construction.
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 achieves low-cost, energy-conserving, and environmentally friendly heating and cooling for buildings, improving both building efficiency and occupant comfort while reducing energy consumption.
Implementation Method 1
solar energy tiles...an energy converter activating solar energy into another form of energy (heat, light, sound, electrical, chemical, nuclear, or mechanical)
Implementation Method 2
Solar energy collected by the solar energy tiles are brought to the energy collector and then activated into another form of energy via the energy converter. The other form of energy is instilled into the flow medium
Implementation Method 3
traditional hollow heating floor panels can only heat up buildings through simple heat radiation
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AI summary
A solar energy-powered heating and cooling system for buildings, including solar energy tiles attached to a roof or an outside surface of walls of a building, an energy collector used to concentrate energy collected by the solar energy tiles, an energy converter activating solar energy into another form of energy, supply pipes hidden inside cavity floor and/or hollow walls and containing a flow medium, and an intelligent control unit. The solar energy collected by the solar energy tiles is brought to the energy collector and then converted via the energy converter. The energy is instilled into the flow medium that is subsequently transferred to the cavity floor and/or hollow walls via the supply pipes so as to either heat up or cool down the building. The process is controlled by the intelligent control unit.