Air-conditioning and heating system utilizing thermo-electric solid state devices
AssigneeTigerone Development, LLC;
InventorsDouglas Rice, William Langan
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a cooling and heating system includes a heat exchanger, a thermoelectric cooler coupled to the heat exchanger and operable to cool or heat a fluid within the heat exchanger, a heat transfer device, an input conduit coupled between the heat exchanger and the heat transfer device, a return conduit coupled between the heat exchanger and the heat transfer device, and a pump operable to transport the fluid through the input conduit, the heat exchanger, the return conduit, and the heat transfer device. Thermal energy existing within the fluid, while flowing through the heat transfer device, is utilized to heat or cool an environment adjacent the heat transfer device.
Claims25
A cooling and heating system, comprising:
- a heat exchanger;
- a thermoelectric cooler coupled to the heat exchanger and operable to cool or heat a fluid within the heat exchanger;
- a heat transfer device;
- an input conduit coupled between the heat exchanger and the heat transfer device;
- a return conduit coupled between the heat exchanger and the heat transfer device;
- a pump operable to circulate the fluid through the input conduit, the heat exchanger, the return conduit, and the heat transfer device;
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- wherein thermal energy existing within the fluid while flowing through the heat transfer device is utilized to heat or cool an environment adjacent the heat transfer device.
A cooling and heating method, comprising:
- coupling together an input conduit, a heat exchanger, a return conduit, and a heat transfer device to form a closed loop;
- coupling a thermoelectric cooler to the heat exchanger;
- cooling or heating a fluid within the heat exchanger;
- circulating the fluid through the input conduit, the heat exchanger, the return conduit, and the heat transfer device;
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- heating or cooling an environment adjacent the heat transfer device via thermal energy existing within the fluid while the fluid is flowing through the heat transfer device.
A cooling and heating system, comprising:
- a heat exchanger;
- a plurality of thermoelectric coolers coupled to the heat exchanger and operable to cool or heat a fluid within the heat exchanger;
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- wherein the heat exchanger comprises an upper section having a first passageway and a lower section having a second passageway, the first and second passageways separated by a copper plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.