Temperature control units and associated systems components, assemblies, and methods
AssigneeBootbox Labs, Inc.
InventorsTimothy Fu, Dean DiPietro
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Abstract
A temperature control unit includes a first fan on a conditioned air side of the temperature control unit. The temperature control unit also includes a second fan on a plenum air side of the temperature control unit. The temperature control unit further includes a duct wall between the first fan and the second fan and a thermoelectric element positioned on the duct wall between the first fan and the second fan. The thermoelectric element is configured to transfer heat between the conditioned air side of the temperature control unit and the plenum air side of the temperature control unit.
Claims20
A temperature control unit comprising:
- a first fan on a conditioned air side of the temperature control unit;
- a second fan on a plenum air side of the temperature control unit;
- a duct wall between the first fan and the second fan;
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- a thermoelectric element positioned on the duct wall between the first fan and the second fan, the thermoelectric element configured to transfer heat between the conditioned air side of the temperature control unit and the plenum air side of the temperature control unit.
A temperature control system comprising:
- an air conditioning system configured to supply conditioned air to a conditioned space and draw air from a plenum;
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- a supplemental temperature control unit comprising:
- a first fan on a conditioned side of the temperature control unit;
- a second fan on a plenum side of the temperature control unit;
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- a thermoelectric element positioned between the first fan and the second fan, the thermoelectric element configured to transfer heat between the conditioned space and the plenum.
A method of conditioning air in a space, the method comprising:
- drawing conditioned air from the space at a conditioned inlet;
- drawing plenum air from a plenum at a plenum inlet;
- passing the conditioned air from the space over a first side of a thermoelectric element;
- passing the plenum air from the plenum over a second side of the thermoelectric element opposite the first side of the thermoelectric element;
- transferring heat between the conditioned air and the plenum air through the thermoelectric element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.