公开(公告)号：US11302839B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-12

申请号：US16038567

申请日：2018-07-18

申请人： The Regents of The University of Michigan

发明人： Ya Sha Yi ,  Mao Ye ,  Roberto Santinelli

IPC分类号： H01L31/054 ,  F24S20/66 ,  F24S20/63 ,  F24S80/56 ,  F24S23/30 ,  G02B19/00 ,  H01L31/052 ,  H01L31/0725 ,  F24S80/60 ,  F24S70/30 ,  F24S23/00

摘要： A design for a micro-lens (i.e., a lens on the scale of micrometers) incorporates existing nanofabrication techniques and can be incorporated into High Concentrating Photovoltaic (HCPV), solar thermal collectors, and traditional flat PV systems. Using the theory of wave optics, the design is able to achieve a high numerical aperture, i.e., it can receive light over a wider range of angles. The design also reduces the distance the focal point shifts as the light source shifts; this eliminates the need for a tracking system in CPV and PV applications. Reducing the lens size also facilitates smaller, lightweight CPV systems, which makes CPV attractive for additional applications. Finally, these concentrators reduce the exchanging area of a typical flat solar thermal system where heat is received, which improves the overall system's efficiency and allows its use also during rigid winter time.

公开(公告)号：US20220107118A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-07

申请号：US17332807

申请日：2021-05-27

申请人： William Boone Daniels, II ,  Andreas Hieke

发明人： William Boone Daniels, II ,  Andreas Hieke

IPC分类号： F24S70/225 ,  F24S10/50 ,  F24S20/60 ,  F24F5/00 ,  F24D19/10 ,  F24D3/14 ,  F24S50/40 ,  F24S80/30 ,  F24F11/62 ,  F24S70/20 ,  F24F11/30 ,  F28F13/18 ,  F24F13/32 ,  F24D3/00 ,  F24S10/00 ,  F24S50/80 ,  E04H9/16 ,  E04B1/74 ,  F24D11/00 ,  F28F23/00 ,  F24F140/20 ,  F24F130/20 ,  F24S20/00 ,  F24F11/46 ,  F24F110/10 ,  F24S20/66 ,  F24F11/58 ,  F24F11/52 ,  F24F130/10 ,  F24F130/00

摘要： Disclosed are methods and functional elements for enhanced thermal management of predominantly enclosed spaces. In particular, the invention enables the construction of buildings with reduced power requirements for heating and/or air-conditioning systems since under certain conditions less energy for heating or cooling is required to maintain, within certain boundaries, desirable temperatures inside such buildings, habitats, or other enclosed spaces.
In some instances the invention is in part based on dynamically changing functional elements with variable properties, or effective properties, in terms of their electromagnetic radiative behavior and/or their thermal energy storage properties, or the spatial distribution of the stored thermal energy, which permits the application of methods and algorithms to control the overall thermal behavior of the entire structure in such a way that desired levels of inside temperature can be reached with reduced consumption of external energy (typically electricity, gas, oil, or coal).
In some instances no conventional heating of cooling is required at all, whereas in other instances the expenditure of external energy for conventional heating or cooling is reduced. In some instances the invention enables the reduction of the time to reach desired temperatures inside such buildings, habitats, or other predominantly enclosed spaces.

公开(公告)号：US20200378620A1

公开(公告)日：2020-12-03

申请号：US16995284

申请日：2020-08-17

申请人： IIS INSTITUTE FOR INDEPENDENT STUDIES GMBH

发明人： Julian BERCHTOLD

IPC分类号： F24D3/14 ,  E04B1/74 ,  F24S10/90 ,  F28D15/02 ,  F24S20/66

摘要： A building envelope, in particular a wall, a floor, or a roof of a building with at least two shells spaced some distance apart from one another, which encloses an intermediate space, said space being essentially empty with the exception of weight-bearing and/or construction-engineering elements or being filled at least in sections with porous, open-celled material and sealed from the interior and exterior of the building, wherein controllable sealing means are provided for sealing the intermediate space from the interior and exterior and optionally separated building envelope sections from one other.

公开(公告)号：US10514175B2

公开(公告)日：2019-12-24

申请号：US14958494

申请日：2015-12-03

申请人： Andreas Hieke ,  William Boone Daniels, II

发明人： Andreas Hieke ,  William Boone Daniels, II

IPC分类号： F24F5/00 ,  F24S10/00 ,  F24S50/40 ,  E04B1/74 ,  E04H9/16 ,  F24S80/30 ,  F24F11/30 ,  F24S10/50 ,  F24S70/20 ,  F24S20/60 ,  F24S50/80 ,  F24F11/62 ,  F24F13/32 ,  F28F13/18 ,  F28F23/00 ,  F24D3/00 ,  F24D3/14 ,  F24D11/00 ,  F24D19/10 ,  F24S20/00 ,  F24S20/66 ,  F24F130/20 ,  F24F11/46 ,  F24F11/58 ,  F24F140/20 ,  F24F110/10 ,  F24F130/00 ,  F24F11/52 ,  F24F130/10

摘要： A method of modulating the impact of electromagnetic irradiance on the thermal energy budget of a predominantly enclosed space, in some instances buildings, includes providing at least an inner shell and placing a plurality of functional elements in an exterior position relative to an outside facing side thereof. The outside facing surfaces of the functional elements have higher reflectivity in the visible (VIS) and near infrared (NIR) wavelength range relative to the mid-infrared (MIR) wavelength range. The inside facing surfaces of the functional elements have higher reflectivity in the NIR and MIR wavelength range relative to the VIS wavelength range. The functional elements are least in one degree of freedom spatially adjustable. A thermal carrier medium may be present to increase thermal capacity and to permit transfer of thermal energy. A control system adjusts the spatial position of some of said functional elements and/or the distribution of the thermal carrier medium such that the thermal energy budget of the predominately enclosed space is influenced according to at least one desired target value.

公开(公告)号：US20190040626A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-07

申请号：US15990514

申请日：2018-05-25

申请人： Michael R. Leonard

发明人： Michael R. Leonard

IPC分类号： E04B1/80 ,  F24S20/66 ,  F24S80/60 ,  F24S20/69 ,  F24S20/67 ,  B32B3/28 ,  B32B3/26 ,  B32B27/30 ,  B32B27/20 ,  B32B23/04 ,  B32B9/02 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B32B7/08 ,  B32B5/24 ,  B32B5/18 ,  B32B29/00

摘要： A layered insulation system comprising one or more layers. A variety of types of layers can be used in conjunction with one another to deliver a range of desired Low-E and/or Low-U insulation properties and/or venting choices. Some types of layers can be foam layers with foam that inhibits heat conjunction interspersed with microparticles and/or nanoparticles that reflect, scatter, abate, and/or negate infrared radiation (IR) wavelengths, including dampening “Ideal Model Matrix” vibrations to inhibit heat flux through an IR opaque system. Other layers can be Low-E layers, Low-U layers, primarily empty layers, and/or other types of layers.

公开(公告)号：US12044009B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-23

申请号：US18124315

申请日：2023-03-21

申请人： KVC Finance OÜ

发明人： Johanna Martins

IPC分类号： E04C2/00 ,  E04B1/00 ,  E04B1/76 ,  E04C2/52 ,  F24S10/80 ,  F24S20/66

CPC分类号： E04C2/525 ,  E04B1/0023 ,  E04B1/76 ,  F24S10/80 ,  F24S20/66

摘要： A construction element of a null-energy system includes a body on which the construction element can further include a porous material compartment with porous material to store water and evaporate the stored water outwards from the porous material through a holding layer on the opposite side of the porous material compartment to the body. The null-energy system uses a construction element of null-energy system as embodied therein.

公开(公告)号：US11573011B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-07

申请号：US16995210

申请日：2020-08-17

申请人： IIS INSTITUTE FOR INDEPENDENT STUDIES ZÜRICH GMBH

发明人： Julian Berchtold

IPC分类号： F28D15/02 ,  F24D3/14 ,  E04B1/74 ,  F24S20/66 ,  F24S10/95 ,  F24S10/90 ,  F24S80/00

摘要： A building envelope, in particular a wall, a floor, or a roof of a building with at least two shells spaced some distance apart from one another, which encloses an intermediate space, said space being essentially empty with the exception of weight-bearing and/or construction-engineering elements or being filled at least in sections with porous, open-celled material and sealed from the interior and exterior of the building, wherein controllable sealing means are provided for sealing the intermediate space from the interior and exterior and optionally separated building envelope sections from one other.

公开(公告)号：US20220286081A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-08

申请号：US17625588

申请日：2020-06-26

申请人： Pholtaire B.V.

发明人： Zoheir HAGHIGHI ,  Juan Camilo ORTIZ LIZCANO ,  Olindo ISABELLA ,  Miroslav ZEMAN ,  Andrew VAN DEN DOBBELSTEEN

IPC分类号： H02S20/26 ,  H02S40/44 ,  F24S20/66 ,  F24S20/61 ,  F24F5/00

摘要： The present invention is in the field of an improved naturally ventilated façade with incorporated PV that can provide heating and ventilation and can provide electricity. Especially for buildings receiving high amounts of sunshine and in particular when such buildings need ventilation such systems can be applied advantageously.

公开(公告)号：US10969144B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-06

申请号：US15914636

申请日：2018-03-07

申请人： Art Brisebois

发明人： Art Brisebois

IPC分类号： F24S10/50 ,  B23P15/26 ,  F24S80/453 ,  F24S70/30 ,  F28D21/00 ,  H01L35/30 ,  F24S90/00 ,  F28F3/12 ,  F24S20/66 ,  G06F1/20 ,  F24S40/60 ,  F28D20/00 ,  F24S10/30 ,  F25B39/04 ,  F24S20/64 ,  F24S20/00 ,  F24S20/67 ,  F24S80/30 ,  F24S20/20 ,  F24S50/00 ,  H02S40/44 ,  F24S80/10 ,  F24S10/80 ,  H01M10/6554 ,  H01M10/613 ,  H01M10/6557 ,  H01M10/6556 ,  H01M10/625 ,  H01M10/6555 ,  H01M10/643 ,  H01M10/6567

摘要： Technologies are disclosed herein for a thin heat exchanger through which coolant may be pumped. The heat exchanger may include an envelope and a heat conduction layer provided over the envelope. The envelope may include one or more channels formed therein. The channels formed between the envelope and the conduction layer may extend the length of the heat exchange layer and be configured to carry coolant therethrough. The heat exchange layer may include an inlet manifold on a first end and an outlet manifold on another end opposing the first end. The inlet manifold may allow the flow of coolant into the heat exchange layer and the outlet manifold may allow the removal of the coolant from the heat exchange layer. Coolant flow may be controlled by a suction pump operating under computer control based at least in part on sensor data.

公开(公告)号：US10177709B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-08

申请号：US15245069

申请日：2016-08-23

申请人： Nelson Architech GmbH

发明人： Giuseppe Fent

IPC分类号： H02S40/44 ,  H02S40/42 ,  H01L31/068 ,  F24S20/25 ,  H02S40/22 ,  F24S20/66 ,  F24S80/00

摘要： The invention relates to a hybrid solar collector that generates thermal and electrical energy while maintaining a comfortable indoor climate. The hybrid solar collector comprises a thermal energy collector for time-delayed transfer of thermal energy resulting from incident solar energy into building walls having a rear-vented cover arranged so that an air gap is formed between the solid collector portion and the cover, said cover comprising photovoltaic (PV) elements and being at least partially transparent and/or partially translucent so as to allow solar radiation to impinge on the solid thermal collector, wherein the air in the gap between the cover and the collector is sucked by a heat pump preferably for use in heating water or thermal storage The hybrid solar collector of the invention stores thermal energy in and releases thermal energy from the thermal collector portion, while also generating electricity using the PV elements and utilizing thermal energy from the heated air in the air gap. Operating procedures include targeted air flow and heat recuperation. The system may be used to retrofit existing thermal solar cells with incident-angle-selective structure.