Supply and/or cooling system
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing greening systems for urban spaces, particularly facades and roofs, are difficult to access and maintain after installation, limiting care and maintenance of plants and greenery.
Innovation Solution
A supply and cooling system with a vertically movable supply tube or channel that allows for easy access and maintenance, featuring a strand-shaped ingredient carrier or cooling strand that can be supplied with liquid through a discharge opening, enabling flexible and efficient delivery of water and nutrients to plants.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If greening systems are installed on facades and roofs, then pollutant reduction and oxygen production are achieved, but maintenance and care of plants become difficult to access
Solution Approach 1:
The supply tube is made vertically movable between an upper supply position and a lower maintenance position, allowing the system to dynamically adjust its configuration. During operation, the supply tube is in the upper position to supply plants on facades/roofs. During maintenance, it moves to the lower position for easy access, resolving the contradiction between achieving environmental benefits and maintaining plant accessibility.
2Device complexity
If the supply tube is fixed in position, then structural simplicity is maintained, but maintenance access and flexibility are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The supply tube transitions from a fixed structure to a dynamically movable one, guided by guide rails that constrain motion to a vertical path. This controlled mobility provides maintenance flexibility and adaptability while maintaining relative structural simplicity through the use of straightforward guiding mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is divided into separable components: the supply tube, the guide rails, and the driving mechanism. This segmentation allows the supply tube to be independently moved for maintenance while other components remain stationary, providing flexibility without requiring complete system redesign.
3Productivity
If additional conveying systems are added to supply liquid to plants, then water and nutrient delivery is improved, but system complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The supply tube serves multiple functions: it acts as both the structural support for the plants and the liquid conveying channel. Liquid discharge openings in the supply tube directly deliver water and nutrients to plants, eliminating the need for separate conveying systems and reducing overall system complexity while maintaining supply efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The support structure and liquid delivery system are merged into a single integrated supply tube. The tube both holds the plants in position and contains the channels for liquid flow, combining two separate functions into one component and simplifying the overall system architecture.
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
Facilitates easy maintenance and care of plants on urban infrastructure by allowing vertical movement of the supply system, ensuring adequate water and nutrient supply without additional conveying systems, thus enhancing plant growth and reducing maintenance costs.
Implementation Method 1
the supply tube or the supply channel can be supplied with the liquid via the liquid supply device (6) and can forward the liquid to the at least one ingredient carrier (2) or the cooling strand
Implementation Method 2
the supply tube or the supply channel can be moved vertically... the at least one ingredient carrier (2) or the cooling strand is suspended on the supply tube or the supply channel
Data Source
AI summary
A supply and/or cooling system contains a supply tube or a supply channel for receiving a liquid and/or a gas, which is coupled to a liquid supply device and/or a gas supply and/or gas suction system and has at least one liquid and/or gas discharge opening in a tube, and a channel base or casing region. A strand-shaped ingredient carrier and/or cooling strand is suspended on the supply tube or the supply channel and/or the supply tube or supply channel coupled to the gas supply and/or a gas suction system is suspended below the at least one ingredient carrier and/or cooling strand. The ingredient carrier contains and/or carries at least one ingredient and the ingredient carrier and/or cooling strand can be supplied with the liquid and/or the gas via the liquid and/or gas discharge opening. The supply tube or the supply channel is vertically moveable.