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US 10,197,338 B2Granted
Building system for cascading flows of matter and energy
OwnerKevin Hans Melsheimerinventor
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Abstract
An engineered ecosystem, moderating eight primary systems—thermal management, atmospheric optimization, radiation controls, hydrological systems, energy systems, material flows, systems management, and built systems—to provide homeostatic regulation of cascading flows of matter and energy.
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A method for optimizing exergy within a dissipative structure, the method comprising:
- providing a thermal management system comprising thermal flux and reservoirs, conditioning an exergy carrier;
- providing an atmospheric management system comprising gas, processing gas distribution, gas concentration, driving of exergy carriers past active agents, filtration operations, conversion and concentration of substances from the group of molecular, particulates, volatile organic compounds;
- controlling radiation processes, comprising direct and concentrated light, and optimizing solar and artificial radiation usage;
- managing hydrological cycles comprising structural exergy, utilization and remediation, temporal cycles and events;
- utilizing material cycles operation wherein material cycles comprising anabolic and catabolic processing, algae photo bioreactor (APBR), aquaponics, biochemical, catalytic, and thermo-chemical processing, nitrogen and carbon cycles, source segregation;
- providing an energy system prime mover comprising thermal flux heat energy through the system, the creation of pressure differentials;
- providing a supervisory management system comprising managing exchanges of energy and mass over time, by diffusion, and by information processing for managing exergy flows;
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- utilizing a building system comprising the homeostatic regulation of cascading flows of matter and energy, managing exchanges of energy and mass over time, simple diffusion, microclimates, concentrating solar energy, storing mass, transporting mass.
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A system for optimizing exergy within a dissipative structure, the system comprises:
- a thermal management system comprises thermal flux reservoirs in communication with exergy carriers;
- an atmospheric management system comprising gas processors, gas distributors, gas concentrators, exergy carrier movers [pumps], active agents and filters comprises convertors and concentrators of substances from the group of molecular, particulates, volatile organic compounds;
- a radiation processes controller, optimizing solar and artificial radiation usage of direct and concentrated light;
- a hydrological cycles management system comprises gas, fluid, and solid handlers, temporal cycles and events controllers;
- a material cycles operator wherein material cycles comprises anabolic and catabolic processing, algae photo bioreactor (APBR), aquaponics system, biochemical and thermo-chemical processing, catalytic, nitrogen and carbon cycles, source segregation;
- an energy system prime mover comprises thermal flux heat energy through the system, and the creation of pressure differentials;
- a supervisory management system comprises management of exchanges of energy and mass over time, by diffusion, and by information processing for managing exergy flows;
- and a building system comprising the homeostatic regulator of cascading flows of matter and energy, manager of energy and mass exchanges over time, simple diffusion processor, microclimate zones, solar energy concentrators, mass storage, mass transportation.
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A method for extracting exergy within a dissipative structure in an engineered ecosystem, the method comprising:
- providing thermal flux and reservoirs, conditioning an exergy carrier;
- providing an exergy source comprising a plurality of reservoirs each with an assigned temperature range for storing thermal exergy whose temperature gradients are interconnected with heat sources and sinks;
- wherein said heat sources and sinks provide thermal differentials and pressure differentials.
A system for extracting exergy within a dissipative structure in an engineered ecosystem, the system comprised of:
- thermal flux and reservoirs;
- conditioned exergy carriers;
- an exergy source comprised of a plurality of reservoirs each with an assigned temperature range for storage of thermal exergy whose temperature gradients are interconnected with heat sources and sinks;
- wherein said heat sources and sinks provide thermal differentials and pressure differentials from the group of heat, pressure, steam, or gas.
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A method for optimizing exergy within a dissipative structure in an engineered ecosystem, the method comprising:
- providing a thermal management system comprising thermal flux and reservoirs, conditioning an exergy carrier;
- providing an atmospheric management system comprising, processing gas, driving of exergy carriers, filtration, segregation operations, conversion and concentration of structural exergy;
- controlling radiation and conduction processes, comprising and optimizing solar and artificial radiation usage;
- managing hydrological cycles;
- utilizing material cycles operation;
- providing an energy system prime mover;
- providing a supervisory management system;
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- utilizing a building system comprising managing and harnessing cascading flows of matter and energy providing homeostatic regulation utilizing exchanges of energy and mass over time.
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A system for optimizing exergy within a dissipative structure in an engineered ecosystem, the system comprised of:
- a thermal management system comprised of thermal flux reservoirs in communication with exergy carriers;
- an atmospheric management system comprised from the group of gas processors, gas distributors, gas concentrators, exergy carrier movers, active agents, segregation and filters;
- a radiation processes controller, optimizing solar and artificial radiation usage of direct and concentrated light;
- a hydrological cycles management system;
- a material cycles operator comprised of gas, fluid, or solid handlers;
- an energy prime mover system;
- a supervisory management system;
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- a building system comprised of the homeostatic regulator of cascading flows of matter and energy, manager of energy and mass exchanges over time.
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