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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional air conditioning appliances using water pumps are prone to interruptions due to abrasive particle solids, leading to wear and contamination issues, including fungal and bacterial growth, as non-atomized water returns to the reservoir.
Innovation Solution
The appliance captures water directly from the supply network and transforms it into an ultrafine mist through a two-stage atomization process, eliminating the need for a water pump and reservoir, ensuring continuous operation and preventing contamination.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a water pump is used to deliver water from the reservoir to the fan, then the atomization function is achieved, but the pump is subject to wear from abrasive particles and experiences interruptions in operation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the water pump and reservoir from the system, extracting the problematic components that caused wear and operational interruptions. Instead, water is delivered directly from the water supply network through simplified piping to the atomization system, eliminating the mechanical pump mechanism entirely.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses the water supply network's existing pressure and flow to deliver water directly to the atomization system, eliminating the need for an active pump. The water supply infrastructure serves the system's needs without requiring additional mechanical components.
2Reliability
If non-atomized water returns to the reservoir, then the system maintains water supply, but particle solids deposit and create contamination ideal for fungal and bacterial growth
Solution Approach 1:
The patent eliminates the reservoir component entirely, removing the containment environment that allowed particle deposition and biological contamination. By extracting the reservoir, the system prevents the accumulation of solids and eliminates the breeding ground for fungi and bacteria.
Solution Approach 2:
The system maintains continuous water flow directly from the supply network through the atomization system, preventing water from stagnating and returning to a reservoir. This continuous action ensures water is constantly atomized or discharged, eliminating the conditions for contamination.
3Use of energy by moving object
If conventional atomization is used, then water is dispersed in the room, but the mist size is not optimized for thermal exchange efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a two-stage atomization process that divides water into droplets in a first stage and then into finer mist particles in a second stage. This segmentation approach creates ultrafine mist with significantly increased surface area, optimizing thermal exchange efficiency between the mist and room air.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from conventional single-stage atomization to a two-stage process that operates in different dimensional regimes. The first stage creates droplets, while the second stage further atomizes them into ultrafine mist, effectively adding a dimensional layer of fineness to the particle size distribution.
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 enhances thermal exchange and reduces energy consumption by producing an ultrafine mist that effectively cools the environment without the risks of pump failures and contamination, maintaining air quality and hygiene.
Implementation Method 1
a pre-atomizer (8) that contains peripheral radial fins that allow the pre-atomization of water
Implementation Method 2
a main atomizer (9) that covers the pre-atomizer (8)... producing the final atomization, creating a ultrafine mist
Implementation Method 3
The air conditioning appliance must come associated to a fan to spread this mist to the room... helps the thermal exchange between the mist and the air
Data Source
AI summary
BUILDING FEATURE APPLIED IN AIR-CONDITIONING APPLIANCE, capable of enriching the air with atomized water droplets in two stages, where in a first moment the water sent directly from the water supply network is pre-atomized in an appliance (8); being then delivered to the main atomizer (9), which produces the final atomization, creating an ultrafine mist that facilitates the thermal exchange between the mist and the air. The air-conditioning appliance must be associated to a fan so as to spread this mist to the room.