Wall Heating Panel With Phase-Change Collector for Drywall Heat Transfer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wall heating systems for dry construction require laborious traditional plaster or gypsum finishes and lack efficient heat transfer and cooling functions.
Innovation Solution
A wall heating panel constructed with a multi-channel aluminium profile collector and vertical heating elements integrated into a dry wall board, using a phase transition channel and thermodynamic medium, sealed with anaerobic resin and covered with a paper-aluminium foil laminate for efficient heat transfer and infrared reflection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional plaster or gypsum finishes are used with existing wall heating systems, then the heating system can be installed on walls, but the construction process becomes laborious and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The heating system is merged with the dry wall construction board itself. The collector with phase transition channels and vertical heating elements are integrated directly into the board structure, eliminating the need for separate plastering or gypsum finishing steps. The board serves dual purposes as both structural element and heating system carrier.
Solution Approach 2:
The dry wall construction board is given multiple functions: it serves as the structural wall element, the mounting surface for heating systems, and the housing for the phase transition channels. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for additional plaster or gypsum layers that were previously required.
2Reliability
If copper or stainless steel pipes with soldered or welded joints are used, then the heating system can be made tight, but the manufacturing complexity and installation difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The material parameter is changed from copper or stainless steel to aluminium. The connection method parameter is changed from soldering or welding to mechanical threading and sealing with anaerobic resin. This allows for simpler, more reliable connections that can be easily assembled and disassembled while maintaining system tightness.
Solution Approach 2:
Anaerobic resin is introduced as an intermediary sealing material in threaded joints. This mediator ensures tight sealing without requiring complex welding or soldering processes, simplifying the connection method while maintaining system reliability.
3Ease of manufacture
If multilayer pipes with aluminium separators are pre-installed in board grooves, then the heating system can be integrated into dry wall construction, but the heat transfer efficiency is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
Phase transition channels are integrated into the collector structure. The thermodynamic medium undergoes phase transitions (liquid to gas and back) within the sealed collector system, providing efficient heat transfer directly to the board and room, eliminating the need for complex multilayer pipe structures with aluminium separators.
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
Eliminates the need for traditional finishes and enhances heat transfer and cooling capabilities by using a sealed thermodynamic medium system within the dry wall construction, allowing for efficient heating and cooling functions without laborious plasters.
Implementation Method 1
Under the influence of heat supplied from the heating system, phase transition of the thermodynamic medium occurs in the collector; liquid phase passes into gas phase
Implementation Method 2
The gas phase floating in the vertical heating elements gives them heat and there occurs another phase transition from the gas phase into the liquid phase
Implementation Method 3
preferably paper—aluminium foil laminate is glued onto the whole surface of the board
Data Source
AI summary
The method of construction of a wall heating panel and a wall heating panel consists in constructing an aluminium multi-channel collector, preferably with one phase transition channel, connecting it inseparably with vertical aluminium heating elements, arranging the heating elements in the grooves of a dry wall construction board, preferably magnesium, and filling the space between the grooves and the heating elements with elastic compound, and then applying paper—aluminium foil laminate onto the whole surface of the board. A wall heating panel consists of an aluminium collector (1) with stub pipes (2), inside the collector there are horizontal parallel phase transition channels (3) and a water channel (4), the phase transition channel (3) is inseparably connected with the vertical aluminium heating elements (5) which are inserted into the grooves of the dry wall construction board (6), spaces between the grooves and the heating elements are filled with elastic compound (7) and sealed with paper—aluminium foil laminate (8), whereas the top part of the collector (1) adjoins the bottom surface of the board (6).