Building frame and method for adjusting the temperature in a building
AssigneeIis Institute for Independent Studies ZüRich GmbH
InventorJulian Berchtold
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Abstract
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.
Claims22
A porous, open-celled building frame for a building wall, floor, or roof of a building, the porous, open-celled building frame comprising:
- at least two shells spaced apart from one another which enclose an intermediate space being sealed against an interior and exterior of the building, the at least two shells including an exterior-facing shell configured to face an exterior of the building, and an interior-facing shell configured to face an interior of the building;
- a plurality of first pipes embedded in the exterior-facing shell, the plurality of first pipes protruding from the exterior-facing shell and ending in the intermediate space or in the interior-facing shell;
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- a plurality of second pipes embedded in the interior-facing shell, the plurality of second pipes protruding from the interior-facing shell and ending in the intermediate space or in the exterior-facing shell in such a manner that each first pipe together with an associated second pipe form a heat pipe,
- wherein each of the second pipes is arranged concentrically inside an associated first pipe without contacting the associated first pipe, or each of the first pipes is arranged concentrically inside an associated second pipe without contacting the associated second pipe,
- the porous, open-celled building frame forms at least one closed-loop conduit circuit together with the first and second pipes, the at least one closed-loop conduit circuit being sealed against at least one of (i) the interior and exterior of the building, or (ii) the intermediate space, or (iii) at least one of the at least two shells, and
- wherein the at least one closed-loop conduit circuit is configured such that a fluid for at least one of increasing, holding or decreasing heat transition though the building envelope of the building or affecting heat transport into or out of the building envelope of the building can flow, at least in sections, through at least one of the porous, open-celled building frame, or the at least one closed-loop conduit circuit, or the first pipe, or the second pipe, or the heat pipe.
A process for control of at least one of the indoor temperature, the indoor thermal radiative flux or the exterior thermal radiative flux of a building with a porous, open-celled building frame for a building wall, floor, or roof of a building, the porous, open-celled building frame including:
- at least two shells spaced apart from one another which enclose an intermediate space being sealed against an interior and exterior of the building, the at least two shells including an exterior-facing shell configured to face an exterior of the building, and an interior-facing shell configured to face an interior of the building;
- a plurality of first pipes embedded in the exterior-facing shell, the plurality of first pipes protruding from the exterior-facing shell and ending in the intermediate space or in the interior-facing shell;
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- a plurality of second pipes embedded in the interior-facing shell, the plurality of second pipes protruding from the interior-facing shell and ending in the intermediate space or in the exterior-facing shell in such a manner that each first pipe together with an associated second pipe form a heat pipe,
- wherein each of the second pipes is arranged concentrically inside an associated first pipe without contacting the associated first pipe, or each of the first pipes is arranged concentrically inside an associated second pipe without contacting the associated second pipe;
- the porous, open-celled building frame forms at least one closed-loop conduit circuit together with the first and second pipes, the at least one closed-loop conduit circuit being sealed against at least one of (i) the interior and exterior of the building, or (ii) the intermediate space, or (iii) at least one of the at least two shells, and
- wherein the at least one closed-loop conduit circuit is configured such that a fluid for at least one of increasing, holding or decreasing heat transition through the building envelope of the building or affecting heat transport into or out of the building envelope of the building can flow, at least in sections, through at least one of the porous, open-celled building frame, or the at least one closed-loop conduit circuit, or the first pipe, or the second pipe, or the heat pipe,
- the process for control comprising:
- controlling heat transition through the porous, open-celled building frame or controlling heat transport into or out of the porous, open-celled building frame by fluid supply and removal for controlled supply and removal of the fluid into or out of the porous, open-celled building frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.