Device for heating and/or cooling a chamber

• US 9,951,978 B2
• Filed: 05/15/2013
• Issued: 04/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PR Germany GmbH
• Original Assignee: PR Germany GmbH
• Inventors: Licht, Michael, Reinecke, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Jules, Frantz
• Assistant Examiner(s): MENDOZA-WILKENFE, ERIK
• Application Number:
  US14/411,038
• Publication Number:
  US 20150285540A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,805 Days
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/6715 specially adapted for increased thermal insulation or for controlled passage of light E06B3/66323 takes precedence; coating of glass pains C03C17/00; devices or arrangements for controlling the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light G02F1/00
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 13/18 specially adapted for insertion in flat panels, e.g. in door or window-pane
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2005/0067 with photovoltaic panels
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 5/0042 characterised by the application of thermo-electric units or the Peltier effect
• CPC Class Codes: F25B 21/04 reversible
• CPC Class Codes: F25B 27/002 using solar energy
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 31/0488 Double glass encapsulation, e.g. photovoltaic cells arranged between front and rear glass sheets
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/50 Photovoltaic [PV] energy

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for heating and/or cooling a chamber (9). The device comprises at least one frame (4), at least one first light passage device (1) and at least one second light passage device (2). The fast light passage device (1) and the second light passage device (2) are arranged on the frame (4). Furthermore, at least one first intermediate chamber (3) is formed between the first light passage device (1) and the second light passage device (2). At least one thermally conductive medium is arranged in the first intermediate chamber (3). At least one heating and/or cooling element (5) is arranged on the frame (4) such that it is in contact with the thermally conductive medium arranged in the intermediate chamber (3), the device having at least one current supply unit (8) which is powered by solar energy and which is connected to the heating and/or cooling element (5).

Claims

1. A device, in particular a window device for heating or cooling a room (9), comprising:

at least one frame (4),

at least one first light transmitting means (1),

at least one second light transmitting means (2),

at least one heating or cooling element (5),

at least one thermally conductive medium; and

at least one solar-powered power supply unit (8) electrically connected to the heating or cooling element (5); and

a sensor configured to measure a temperature of the room; and

an operating unit configured to receive an indication of the temperature, and provide instructions so that the heating or cooling element removes heat from the thermally conductive medium when the indication indicates the temperature is above a desired value, and adds heat to the thermally conductive medium when the indication indicates the temperature is below a desired value, so that the room is cooled or heated via heat exchange between the thermally conductive medium, the first light transmitting means, and the room;

in which

the first light transmitting means (1) and the second light transmitting means (2) are arranged on the frame (4) to;

(a) form a window through which surroundings may be viewed from the room; and

(b) form at least one first intermediate space (3) between the first light transmitting means (1) and the second light transmitting means (2),

the at least one thermally conductive medium is arranged in the first intermediate space (3),

the at least one heating or cooling element (5) is arranged on the frame (4) such that the at least one heating or cooling element (5) is in contact with the thermally conductive medium and configured to remove heat from the thermally conductive medium and to add heat to the thermally conductive medium according to the instructions from the operating unit.

2. The device according to claim 1, further comprising:

at least one third light transmitting means (11), that is arranged on the frame (4) to form at least one second intermediate space (12) between the third light transmitting means (11) and the second light transmitting means (2), and

at least one insulating medium arranged in the second intermediate space (12).

3. The device according to claim 2, wherein the solar powered power supply unit (8) comprises at least one solar unit (7A, 7B).

4. The device according to claim 3, wherein the at least one solar unit (7A, 7B) is arranged on the third light transmitting means (11).

5. The device according to claim 3, wherein the at least one solar unit (7A, 7B) is arranged on the second light transmitting means (2).

6. The device according to claim 3, wherein the at least one solar unit (7A, 7B) is arranged in the first intermediate space (3).

7. The device according to claim 3, wherein the at least one solar unit (7A, 7B) is arranged in the second intermediate space (12).

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein:

the at least one solar unit (7A) comprises a first solar unit and a second solar unit,

the first solar unit (7A) and the second solar unit (7B) are arranged in the second intermediate space (12) at such a distance from one another that at least a third intermediate space (14) is formed between the first solar unit (7A) and the second solar unit (7B) such that light comes through the third intermediate space (14) and falls on the first solar unit (7A) and/or on the second solar unit (7B).

9. The device according to claim 1, wherein:

between the frame (4) and the first intermediate space (3), at least one limit is arranged at which the frame (4) adjoins the first intermediate space (3),

the heating or cooling element (5) is connected to at least one cooling unit (6) which projects into the first intermediate space (3), and wherein the heating or cooling element (5) is arranged on the frame (4) in such a manner that the heating or cooling element (5) does not touch the limit.

10. The device according to claim 1, wherein the heating or cooling element is designed as a Peltier element (5).

11. The device according to claim 1, wherein the thermally conductive medium is in the form of a gas.

12. The device according to claim 2, wherein the insulating medium is in the form of a gas.

13. The device according to claim 1, wherein the first light transmitting means (1) is a window.

14. The device according to claim 2, wherein the third light transmitting means (11) is a window.

16. The device according to claim 3, wherein the third light transmitting means (11) has at least one first side (15) and at least one second side (16), wherein the first side (15) is adjacent to the second intermediate space (12), the second side (16) is not adjacent to the second intermediate space (12), and wherein said at least one solar unit (7A, 7B) is arranged on the first side (15).

17. The device according to claim 3, wherein the at least one solar unit (7A, 7B) is at least partially transparent.

18. The device according to claim 3, wherein the second light transmitting means (2) has at least one third side (13B) and at least one fourth side (13A), wherein the third side (13B) is adjacent to the first intermediate space (3), wherein the fourth side (13A) is not adjacent to the first intermediate space (3), and wherein the at least one solar unit (7A, 7B) is arranged on the fourth side (13A).

19. The device according to claim 3, wherein the at least one solar unit (7A, 7B) is at least partially transparent.

20. The device according to claim 1, wherein the thermally conductive medium is helium.

21. The device according to claim 1, wherein the thermally conductive medium is hydrogen.

22. The device according to claim 2, wherein the insulating medium is argon.

23. The device according to claim 2, wherein the insulating medium is krypton.

24. The device according to claim 1, wherein the first light transmitting means (1) is a window made of glass.

25. The device according to claim 1, wherein the first light transmitting means (1) is a window made of plastic.

26. The device according to claim 1, wherein the second light transmitting means (2) is a window.

27. The device according to claim 1, wherein the second light transmitting means (2) is a window made of glass.

28. The device according to claim 1, wherein the second light transmitting means (2) is a window made of plastic.

29. The device according to claim 2, wherein the third light transmitting means (11) is a window made of glass.

30. The device according to claim 2, wherein the third light transmitting means (11) is, a window made of plastic.

15. A window system, comprising:

at least one frame (4),

at least one first light transmitting means (1),

at least one second light transmitting means (2),

at least one heating or cooling element (5),

at least one thermally conductive medium; and

at least one solar-powered power supply unit (8) connected to the heating or cooling element(5); and

a sensor configured to measure a temperature of a room; and

an operating unit configured to receive an indication of the temperature, and provide instructions so that the heating or cooling element removes heat from the thermally conductive medium when the indication indicates the temperature is above a desired value, and adds heat to the thermally conductive medium when the indication indicates the temperature is below a desired value, so that the room is cooled or heated via heat exchange between the thermally conductive medium, the first light transmitting means, and the room;

in which

the first light transmitting means (1) and the second light transmitting means (2) are arranged on the frame (4) to;

(a) form a window through which surroundings may be viewed from the room; and

(b) form at least one first intermediate space (3) between the first light transmitting means (1) and the second light transmitting means (2),

the at least one thermally conductive medium is arranged in the first intermediate space (3), and

the at least one heating or cooling element (5) is arranged on the frame (4) such that the at least one heating or cooling element (5) is in contact with the thermally conductive medium and configured to remove heat from the thermally conductive medium and to add heat to the thermally conductive medium according to the instructions from the operating unit.

31. A device, in particular a window device for heating or cooling a room (9), namely a room in a building, an interior of a motor vehicle, an interior of a train or an interior of a ship, comprising:

at least one frame (4),

at least one first light transmitting means (1),

at least one second light transmitting means (2),

at least one heating or cooling element (5),

at least one thermally conductive medium; and

at least one solar-powered power supply unit (8) electrically connected to the heating or cooling element (5); and

a sensor configured to measure a temperature of the room; and

an operating unit configured to receive an indication of the temperature, and provide instructions so that the heating or cooling element removes heat from the thermally conductive medium when the indication indicates the temperature is above a desired value, and adds heat to the thermally conductive medium when the indication indicates the temperature is below a desired value, so that the room is cooled or heated via heat exchange between the thermally conductive medium, the first light transmitting means, and the room;

in which

the first light transmitting means (1) and the second light transmitting means (2) are arranged on the frame (4) to;

(a) form a window through which surroundings may be viewed from the room; and

(b) form at least one first intermediate space (3) between the first light transmitting means (1) and the second light transmitting means (2),

the at least one thermally conductive medium is arranged in the first intermediate space (3),

the at least one heating or cooling element (5) is arranged on the frame (4) such that the at least one heating or cooling element (5) is in contact with the thermally conductive medium for heating or cooling the room, namely the room in the building, the interior of the motor vehicle, the interior of the train or the interior of the ship.