patent · US6129141
Air conditioning/providing system directly through natural heat preserving main body
10 October 2000
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United States Patent (19) 11 Patent Number: 6,129,141 Yang (45) Date of Patent: Oct. 10, 2000 54 AIR CONDITIONING/PROVIDING SYSTEM Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Bacon & Thomas, LLP
DIRECTLY THROUGH NATURAL, HEAT
PRESERVING MAN BODY 57 ABSTRACT
76 Inventor: Tai-Her Yang, No. 32 Lane 29, Taipin This invention provides a primary uniform heater in the St., Si-Hu Town, Dzan-Hwa, Taiwan natural temperature preserving main body and it is con ducted to a room needed to be heated, where the temperature 21 Appl. No.: 08/192,620 can disperse openly; the temperature is transferred by the heat-conductive fluid by a main pump, or further by a shunt 22 Filed: Feb. 7, 1994 pump; that is, fresh air enters into the primary uniform (51) Int. Cl. ................................................ F25D 23/12 air-heater through an open filtered inlet, and enter the primay 52 U.S. Cl. ................................................................ 165/45 uniform heater of the natural temperature preserving main 58 Field of Search ................................................. 165/45 body and then it is pumped through a transfering tube to a detector in the room needed to be heated. If the conductive 56) References Cited tube is long enough to be buried in the natural temperature preserving main body, the primary uniform heater can be
4.323,113 4/1982 Troyer ....................................... 165/45 to actuate the function of a primary uniform heating power; 4,448,238 5/1984 Singleton, Jr. et al. .................. 165/45 a primary filter, Such as active carbon filter, tester for 4,674.561 6/1987 Kelley ....................................... 165/45 harmful gas, and air fresher, can be attached to the inlet and 4,936,110 6/1990 Kickens ....... ... 165/45 X the outlet of the fresh air.
5,054,297 10/1991. Furuhama ............................. 165/45 X
Primary Examiner John Fox 12 Claims, 3 Drawing Sheets

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AIR CONDITIONING/PROVIDING SYSTEM example, in Summer the temperature of river water is usually DIRECTLY THROUGH NATURAL, HEAT lower than 15 C. degree; in winter, in the Zone of high PRESERVING MAN BODY latitude, when the earth Surface temperature is often lower than -20-30 C. degree, the main body will not be lower than
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 0 C. degree (1-7 C. degree in deep Sea). Therefore, when a Conventional room temperature regulating System, for tube is deviced between the main body and a house to transfer fresh air and regulate the temperature, it becomes an example, the air conditioner, uses refrigerant compressor as air conditioner its main Structure for cooling the temperature. Air-heater its enery exhaust. which can reduce its cost, its pollution, and uses electric power or burns materials for its heat, So it CONDITIONING/PROVIDING The present invention, AN AIR wastes a lot of energy to condition the temperature for a THROUGH NATURAL, HEAT SYSTEM DIRECTLY
PRESERVING MAIN
room and produces a great deal of pollution and exhausted beat and materials. Recently, a kind of air conditioning, for itBODY, is a device based on the above-mentioned principle, provides a primary uniform heater in the natural tempera example, an ice-preserving type, uses the peak-off electric power to freeze water into ice and then uses the peak power 15 ture preserving main body and it is conducted to a room to melt the ice for the air conditioning through a temperature needed to be heated, where the temperature can disperse preserving tube. However, this kind of ice-preserving air conductiveThefluidtemperature openly.
by a main is transffered by the heat pump, or further by a shunt conditioner needs (1) a bulky freezer, (2) a well-insulated pump; that is, fresh air enters refrigerator, (3) a large space, (4) input energy; the present air-heater through an open filteredinto the primary uniform inlet, and enter the primay invention is unique because it uses the land layers, the land uniform heater of the natural temperature preserving main Surface, the ponds, lakes, and rivers of the Great Nature as body and then it is pumped through a transfering tube to a the natural main body for its temperature preserving. detector in the room needed to be heated. If the conductive SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION tube is long enough to be buried in the natural temperature preserving main body, the primary uniform heater can be
By means of directly providing the main body's tempera 25 omitted and the tube is made of good conductive materials ture and air for the room to be air-conditioned, the tempera to actuate the function of a primary uniform heating power. ture and fresh positive-pressure air of the room will be A primary filter, Such as active carbon filter, tester for similar to that of the natural main body. The invention is also harmful gas, and air fresher, can be attached to the inlet and provided with the followings: the outlet of the fresh air.
as for the room the air is provided to, in addition to the Each embodiment of the invention is illustrated as fol fresh air and regulated temperature, its positive pres lows:
Sure can reduce the dust on the doors and windows, and As illustrated in FIG. 1, a schematic view of the principle the polluted air will not enter the room; of the AIR CONDITIONING/PROVIDING SYSTEM as for the city in a basin, the AIR CONDITIONING/ 35 DIRECTLY THROUGH NATURAL, HEAT PRESERVING
PROVIDING SYSTEM DIRECTLY THROUGH MAIN BODY, the system comprises:
NATURAL, HEAT PRESERVING MAIN BODY can provide a positive pressure to make the air in the basin primary uniform heater 101: it is deviced in the natural temperature preserving main body, and it is made of dispersed, convected, and uncontaminated. conductive materials, including a heating tube, at least BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 40 one inlet and at least one outlet for temperature pre served and transmitted air to float between them so that
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the principle of the AIR the temperature of the air from the inlet through the CONDITIONING/PROVIDING SYSTEM DIRECTLY primary uniform heater to the outlet can be more THROUGH NATURAL, HEAT PRESERVING MAIN Similar to that of the natural temperature preserving BODY. main body;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the principle of the AIR the natural temperature preserving main body 100: it CONDITIONING/PROVIDING SYSTEM DIRECTLY includes the temperature preserving Solid or liquid THROUGH NATURAL, HEAT PRESERVING MAIN bodies which have larger and Stabler temperature pre BODY, of which the air-exhausting system is omitted so as Serving capacity than other parts of the nature; for to become a room-temperature regulating System by means 50 examples, the land layers, land Surface, ponds, lakes, of the natural temperature preserving main body. rivers, deserts, iceburgs, and oceans, or the emviron FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the system shown in FIG. ment which can perServes fresh air of lower tempera 2 provided with a central auxiliary regulating device. ture in the Valleys or forests,
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE
transmitting pipe line 102: it is used to convey,
PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
55 temperature-preserve and transmit the fresh air; it is made of conductive materials and it passes through a
AS we know, in winter or in Summer, the 10-50 meter Section of the natural temperature preserving body So as depth under the surface layers of the earth is seldom affected to make the temperature of the fresh air it carries almost by the temperature on the earth Surface because its heat the same as that of the natural temperature preserving capacity is very large. Similarly, Sea water, lakes, rivers 60 body; when the pipe line passes through temperature which are parts of the earth Surface can also preserve a preserving/regulating body (e.g.deep underground), it constant temperature under a certain depth. In the descrip must be made of conductive materials So that it can tion of the invention, these parts of earth Surface will be regulate the temperature of the fresh air; when it is known as the natural temperature preserving main body. exposed to the open air, it must be wrapped by or made Because the natural temperature preserving main body has a 65 of insulating materials So that it can insulate heat; large heat capacity, in Summer its temperature is always temperature-preserving/transmitting fluid 103: it is used lower than that of the air on the Surface of the earth; for to transmit the temperature of the natural temperature

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preserving body to the room to be air conditioned; e.t., will improve the retaining phenomenon of high Sphere it uses air as a temperature preserving/transmitting fluid air current built up by the land form of a basin. to regulate and transmit temperature and to provide The System comprises:
fresh air, too, fresh air is pumped through a primary uniform heater air pump 104 driven by electric power or other mechanic buried, Sunk, hung, or floated under or above the forces: it is used to convey fresh air in a transmitting Oceans, lakes, ponds, rivers, or artificial pools, which pipe line, including a Section or more than one Section are used as a temperature preserving main body and of pipe lines to pump by a primary pump to preserve provide fresh air and temperature regulation for the and transmit temperature; as for the shorter pipe line, it cabin of a ship and other equipment; can be used to pump in/out the air current by means of fresh air is pumped through a primary uniform heater the temperature difference of the troposphere; buried, Sunk, hung, or floated under or above the flow gage 105: it is used to calculate the flow of fresh air Oceans, lakes, ponds, rivers, or artificial pools, which So that it can be referred to when the Subcribers have to are used as a temperature preserving main body and pay the charge, this gage is alternative; provide fresh air and temperature regulation for the filter 106: it is used to prevent the pipe line from being 15 rooms of a building on the ground and other equipment: throttled because of long-term use, and it is deviced at fresh air is pumped through a primary uniform heater the air inlet and outlet; it includes the dust filtering net, buried under the ground which are used as a tempera the harmful air filter, and filter with active carbon in it; ture preserving main body and provide fresh air and flow regulating valve 107: when necessary, it is used to temperature regulation for the rooms of a building and regulate the released fresh air flow by manual or other equipment.
mechanic control; it uses a pump to regulate the Therefore, the system has the following merits: pumped flow, or the air flow of the fluid outlet valve; 1. it only needs the cost of primary equipment at the early auxiliary regulating relay 109: if the temperature of the Stage and the energy for the pumps later on, but it primary uniform heater is not Sufficient, an auxiliary 25 constantly gains fresh air and regulated temperature, So regulating relay can be applied; it includes the heating it can Save lots of energy; especially when it uses the devices to gain the temperature by transmitting the method of natural convection, it does not need to temperature of the natural temperature-preserving exhaust any energy at all;
body, and by the conventional burning, electric heat, or 2. it uses the fresh air as a temperature preserving/ Sun energy, or it will reduce the temperature by the transmitting fluid in an open Space, So it can provide input of the conventional temperature reducing device; fresh air Simultaneously, which is good for people's control unit 108: it includes the safety protection control health and can build up a positive pressure for the ler; that is, the input Side and each output outlet has a Outdoor air to prevent polluted air from entering the harmful air detecter 1081 so as to send a warning by a door, and canbuild up a positive pressure for the whole Siren, cut off the air current, or other methods to deal 35 community or city to reduce the dispersion of polluted with an emergency; the harmful air detecter is deviced air outwardly.
at the Side of input/output port to detect the harmful air The embodiment of the invention can also omit the in the room; it further includes a temperature inspector ventilation System, and it can use the Space temperature 1082 and a fresh air flow gage and indicator 1083 so regulating System to transmit and circulate between the that it becomes a unit of controlling temperature and 40 natural temperature main body, as shown in FIG. 2, a regulating air flow. schematic view of the principle of the AIR
In addition to being the Source of fresh air for regulating/ CONDITIONING/PROVIDING SYSTEM DIRECTLY preserving the temperature, the System can be a temperature THROUGH NATURAL, HEAT PRESERVING MAIN regulating portion of a conventional temperature regulator BODY, of which the air-exhausting system is omitted so as and it can be a separator between the temperature differences 45 to become a room-temperature regulating System by means of middle cascade temperature difference in outer World, it of the natural temperature preserving main body, the includes: embodiment includes:
(1) in winter, when the need for regulating the temperature primary uniform heater 201: it is deviced in the natural of the room is higher than the temperature of the fresh temperature preserving main body, and it is made of air from the natural temperature preserving main body, 50 conductive materials, including a heating tube, at least it will have a pre-heating function; one inlet and at least one outlet for temperature pre (2) in Summer, when the need for regulating the tempera served and transmitted air to flow between them so that ture of the room is lower than the temperature of the the temperature of the air from the inlet through the fresh air from the natural temperature preserving main primary uniform heater to the outlet can be more body, but when the temperature of the fresh air is lower 55 Similar to that of the natural temperature preserving than the environmental temperature outside the room, it main body;
will have a pre-cooling function; the natural temperature preserving main body 200: it Because the end output of the System has a positive includes the temperature preserving Solid or liquid preSSure between Surrounding environment and Space, So in bodies which have larger and Stabler temperature pre addition to providing and regulating fresh air, it has the 60 Serving capacity than other parts of the nature; for following functions: examples, the land layers, land Surface, ponds, lakes, (A). The System can release fresh air because a positive rivers, deserts, iceburgs, and oceans, preSSure is built up between indoors and outdoors, and transmitting pipe line 202: it is used to convey, then outdoor floating dust and polluted air are not easy temperature-preserve and transmit the fresh air; it is to enter the room; 65 made of conductive materials and it passes through a (B). AS to a whole city, an air current Source of positive Section of the natural temperature preserving body So as preSSure will be built up to disperse outward and this to make the temperature of the fresh air it carries almost

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S 6 the same as that of the natural temperature preserving air from the natural temperature preserving main body, body; when the pipe line passes through temperature it will have a pre-heating function; preserving/regulating body, it must be made of con (2) in Summer, when the need for regulating the tempera ductive materials So that it can regulate the temperature ture of the room is lower than the temperature of the of the fresh air, when it is exposed to the open air, it 5 fresh air from the natural temperature preserving main must be wrapped by or made of insulated materials. So body, but when the temperature of the fresh air is lower that it can insulate heat; than the environmental temperature outside the room, it temperature-preserving/transmitting fluid 203: it is used will have a pre-cooling function; to transmit the temperature of the natural temperature Because the system is deviced on the insulated body in the preserving body to the room to be air conditioned; in Space and the environment to reduce the loSS of temperature the Sealed circulating System, it uses water, oil, other in the Space and to provide an effect of pre-heating or liquids, and air as a temperature preserving/ pre-cooling, it can Save part of the energy a conventional transmitting fluid and it directly uses heating pipe made temperature regulating device needs to exhaust. of Solid heat conductive materials to regulate and AS illustrated above, the System comprises: transmit temperature for the Solid System; 15 it has a primary uniform heater buried, Sunk, hung, or air pump 204 driven by electric power or other mechanic floated under or above the oceans, lakes, ponds, rivers, forces: it is used to convey fresh air in a transmitting or artificial pools, which are used as a temperature pipe line, including a Section or more than one Section preserving main body and provide fresh air and tem of pipe lines to pump by a primary pump to preserve perature regulation for the rooms of a building on the and transmit temperature, as for the heat pipe line, this ground and other equipment;
device is not necessary, and it can be used to pump it has a primary uniform heater buried under the ground in/out the air current by means of the temperature which are used as a temperature preserving main body difference of the troposphere; and provide fresh air and temperature regulation for the driven uniform temperature body 205: it is used to trans rooms of a building and other equipment. mit the temperature of the natural temperature preserv 25 Therefore, the system has the following merits: it only ing body to the room to be air conditioned; in the fluid needs the cost of primary equipment at the early Stage and Sealed circulating System or, a heating pipe made of the energy for the pumps later on, but it constantly gains heat well-dispersing materials to have a dispersing fresh air and regulated temperature, So it can Save lots of wing or further have propelling blades, energy, especially when it uses the method of natural filter 206: it is used to prevent the pipe line from being convection, it does not need to exhaust any energy at all. throttled because of long-term use, and it is deviced at The System uses the natural resources and the artificial any position on the Sealed and circulating circuit line auxiliary device to provide fresh air and regulate the tem and on the air inlet and outlet for the open System which perature for a room by means of the natural temperature uses air as its transmitting fluid; preserving main body, it uses the fresh air and the heat flow regulating valve 207: when necessary, it is used to 35 energy from the nature and feedback them to the nature; regulate the released fresh air flow by manual or when compared with the conventional air conditioner, the mechanic control; it uses a pump to regulate the present invention does not waste lots of energy, produce no pumped flow So as to change the driven uniform Secondary “heat' to harm the public environment, and no temperature in the ar conditioned room (or wall), or CFC to break the OZone sphere, So it is obviously unique. when the device of the fluid circulating driven uniform 40 What is claimed is:
1. A System for conditioning the air in an enclosed area temperature and the heat pipe has a uniforn temperature comprising:
fan, it also can use fanned air flow of the regulating fluid fan to regulate and release the temperature flow; a) a naturally occurring temperature preserving main body auxiliary regulating relay 209: if the temperature of the having a Substantially uniform temperature; primary uniform heater is not Sufficient, an auxiliary 45 b) a primary uniform heat exchanger located in the regulating relay can be applied; as shown in FIG. 3, a naturally occurring temperature preserving main body, schematic view of the system shown in FIG. 2 provided the primary uniform heat eXchanger having a first inlet with a central auxiliary regulating device, it includes and a first outlet;
the heating devices to gain the temperature by trans c) first conduit means connected to the inlet of the primary mitting the temperature of the natural temperature 50 uniform heat eXchanger So as to direct a temperature preserving body, and by the conventional burning, preserving/transmitting fluid into the primary uniform electric heat, or Sun energy, or it will reduce the heat eXchanger Such that the temperature preserving/ temperature by the input of the conventional tempera transmitting fluid assumes a temperature Substantially ture reducing device; equal to that of the naturally occurring temperature control unit 208: it includes the manual, electric, and 55 preserving main body wherein the temperature mechanic controller to control the temperature detecter preserving/transmitting fluid comprises air taken from for the temperature conditioned room and for the ambient atmosphere externally of the enclosed area; natural temperature preserving main body, and the d) Second conduit means connected to the outlet of the device for presetting the flow. primary uniform heat eXchanger So as to direct the In addition to being the Source of fresh air for regulating/ 60 temperature preserving/transmitting fluid into the preserving the temperature, the System can be a temperature enclosed area;
regulating room of a conventional temperature regulator and e) a first air pump having an outlet connected to the first it can be a separator between the temperature differences of conduit means So as to pump fresh air from outside the middle cascade temperature difference in outer World, it enclosed area into the first conduit means, and includes: 65 f) a second air pump connected to the Second conduit (1) in winter, when the need for regulating the temperature means So as to pump air from the Second conduit means of the room is higher than the temperature of the fresh into the enclosed area.

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2. The System of claim 1 further comprising an air filter d) first conduit means connecting the first inlet and the connected to the first air pump. Second outlet;
3. The system of claim 1 further comprising an air filter connected to the Second air pump. e) Second conduit means connecting the first outlet and 4. The System of claim 1 further comprising a control unit the Second inlet So as to form a closed loop System; connected to the first and Second air pumps. f) a temperature processing/transmitting fluid disposed in 5. The system of claim 4 further comprising a flow the first and Second conduit means, and regulating valve connected to the Second air pump So as to control the flow of air into the enclosed area. g) pump means connected to one of the first and Second 6. The system of claim 4 further comprising: 1O conduit means So as to circulate the temperature a) a first temperature Sensor connected to the first air preserving/transmitting fluid through the first and Sec pump and to the control unit; and ond conduit means, the primary uniform heat b) a first flow gage connected to the first air pump and to eXchanger and the Second heat eXchanger Such that the the control unit. temperature preserving/transmitting fluid passing
7. The system of claim 6 further comprising: through the primary uniform heat eXchanger assumes a a) a Second temperature Sensor connected to the Second temperature Substantially equal to that of the naturally air pump and to the control unit, and occurring temperature preserving main body. b) a Second flow gage connected to the Second air pump 9. The system of claim 8 wherein the temperature and to the control unit. preserving/transmitting fluid comprises air. 8. A System for conditioning the air in an enclosed area 10. The system of claim 8 wherein the pump means is comprising: connected to the Second conduit means and further com a) a naturally occurring temperature preserving main body prising a filter connected to the first conduit means. having a Substantially uniform temperature;
b) a primary uniform heat exchanger located in the 25 11. The system of claim 8 further comprising control naturally occurring temperature preserving main body, means connected to the pump means. the preserving uniform heat eXchanger having a first 12. The system of claim 11 further comprising a flow inlet and a first outlet, regulating valve connected to the first conduit means and to c) a second heat exchanger in heat exchange relationship the control means.
with the enclosed area, the Second heat eXchanger having a Second inlet and a Second outlet;

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