Installation adapted with temperature equalization system

• US 8,991,482 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2011
• Issued: 03/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tai-Her Yang
• Original Assignee: Tai-Her Yang
• Inventors: Yang, Tai-Her
• Primary Examiner(s): FORD, JOHN K
• Application Number:
  US13/331,336
• Publication Number:
  US 20120090809A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,197 Days
• Field of Search: 165/45, 165/119, 165/11.1, 165/48.1, 165/54, 165/909, 165/299, 165/300, 165/244, 165/247, 165/97, 165/104.31, 165/104.19, 165/208, 165/240, 165/296, 165/297, 165/219, 454/236, 622/60, 237/8.R
• US Class Current: 165/244
• CPC Class Codes: F24T 10/10 with circulation of working fluids through underground channels, the working fluids not coming into direct contact with the ground
• CPC Class Codes: F24T 10/15 using bent tubes; using tubes assembled with connectors or with return headers
• CPC Class Codes: F24V 50/00 Use of heat from natural sources, e.g. from the sea
• CPC Class Codes: F28D 20/0052 using the ground body or aquifers as heat storage medium
• CPC Class Codes: F28F 27/00 Control arrangements or safety devices specially adapted for heat-exchange or heat-transfer apparatus control arrangements in general G05
• CPC Class Codes: F28F 27/02 for controlling the distribution of heat-exchange media between different channels static flow control means in header boxes F28F9/026; arrangements of guide plates or guide vanes F28F9/22, F28F25/12
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/10 Geothermal energy
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/14 Thermal energy storage

Abstract

A temperature equalization system, including an installation, a heat equalizer disposed in a natural heat carrier and being made of a material of heat conduction to exchange heat with the natural heat carrier, a fluid transmission duct disposed between the heat equalizer and the installation and having a fluid contained therein for heat transmission, a pump connected in series with the fluid transmission duct for pumping the fluid, and a control means controlling an operation of temperature equalization system. The control means controls the pump to pump the fluid through the fluid transmission duct and an interior of the installation.

Claims

1. A temperature equalization system, comprising:

an installation;

a heat equalizer disposed in a natural heat carrier, and being made of a material of heat conduction to exchange heat with the natural heat carrier;

a fluid transmission duct disposed between the heat equalizer and the installation, and having a fluid contained therein for heat transmission;

a pump connected in series with the fluid transmission duct for pumping the fluid;

first and second fluid bypass ducts disposed in parallel in the installation and both in communication with the fluid transmission duct, the first and second fluid bypass ducts respectively having first and second bypass control valves connected in series therewith, only the second fluid bypass duct having a bypass auxiliary pump connected in series therewith for pumping the fluid flowing therethough; and

a control means controlling an operation of temperature equalization system, the control means

controlling the pump to pump the fluid, to thereby circulate the fluid through the heat equalizer, the fluid transmission duct and an interior of the installation, and

controlling the first and second bypass control valves to thereby control flow rates of the fluid respectively flowing through the first and second fluid bypass ducts, and controlling pumping of the bypass auxiliary pump.

2. The temperature equalization system of claim 1, wherein the pump, under control of the control means, pumps the fluid continuously or intermittently to equalize a temperature difference between the heat equalizer and the installation.

3. The temperature equalization system of claim 1, wherein the pump includes a plurality of pumps, each with a same or a different power source.

4. The temperature equalization system of claim 1, wherein the pump includes a plurality of pumps connected to a single power source.

5. The temperature equalization system of claim 1, further comprising a filter mounted in the fluid circulation passage comprising of the installation, the heat equalizer, the fluid transmission ducts and the pump (106) for cleaning the fluid flowing therethrough.

6. The temperature equalization system of claim 1, further comprising a flow rate regulation valve for controlling a flow rate of the fluid.

7. The temperature equalization system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the heat equalizer, the installation, the fluid transmission duct, the pump and the control means is of a plurality of units.

8. The temperature equalization system of claim 7, wherein the plurality of units are of a same or not of a same material and specification.

9. The temperature equalization system of claim 1, further comprising a fluid bypass duct, a bypass control valve and a bypass auxiliary pump disposed in the installation, the bypass auxiliary pump (121) pumping the fluid to flow through the bypass control valve and the fluid bypass duct under control of the control means.

10. The temperature equalization system of claim 1, further comprising:

a temperature detection device connected to the control means for detecting a temperature of the fluid, the temperature detection device being related to an analog or digital dynamo-electric device or solid state electronic device to indicate the temperature or to provide a signal feedback to the control means; and

an auxiliary temperature regulation device connected to the control means, the auxiliary temperature regulation device heating or cooling the fluid under control of the control means for regulating the temperature of the fluid.

11. The temperature equalization system of claim 10, wherein the auxiliary temperature regulation device includes one of a dynamo-electric solid, gas or liquid state temperature regulation device, or a power heating or cooling device including a solid state or a semiconductor, and is provided in the installation.

12. The temperature equalization system of claim 10, wherein the auxiliary temperature regulation device is configured to heat or cool the fluid, under the control of the control means, when the temperature of the fluid is below or above a set temperature range.