Direct current mini air conditioning system
AssigneeKabin Komfort Inc
InventorShaam P. Sundhar
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Abstract
An air conditioning unit is provided for a parked truck/boat to cool the sleeping cabin. The cabin air conditioner having a cooling unit comprising a cooling chamber with at least one insulated wall having on opposite sides there of a heat sink and a cooling block having there between thermoelectric chip(s) or a high efficient D.C. compressor or cold storage phase change material. The air conditioning unit also comprises an air intake conduit, a cool air conduit, an exhaust conduit and means of supplying power to the cooling unit. A method for cooling the. sleeping cabin through the use of the air conditioning unit disclosed in the invention is also provided.
Claims20
A direct current mini air-conditioning system for confined space in a parked transport vehicle comprising:
- a) a bifurcated hot and cold cabin housed in said transport vehicle and having a common ambient air inlet;
- b) an HQ coupled thermoelectric cooling unit mounted in a said bifurcated cabin of said motor vehicle;
- c) a deep cycle marine direct current source connected to said cooling unit;
- d) a battery charger;
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- e) a switch connected in series with said direct current source and said cooling unit.
A process of controlling and monitoring the temperature and humidity of a confined space cabin comprising;
- a) insulating said confined space cabin;
- b) installing a plurality of solid state cooling Thermoelectric Chips of total capacity of over 2,400 BTU mounted on a heat sink;
- c) connecting a first blower which vents out the hot air from said heat sink out side said cabin;
- d) connecting a second blower to blow the cold air to the cabin;
- e) connecting a direct current marine deep cycle discharge battery of at least 240 AmpHr capacity battery;
- f) mounting at least one solar panel on the roof of said cabin as a means for generates sufficient electricity to at least trickle charge said marine battery when the cabin cooler is not in use.
A personal portable direct current mini air-conditioning system comprising:
- a) a bifurcated chamber comprising a hot chamber and a cold chamber and having a common ambient air inlet;
- b) a cooling module housed in said bifurcated chamber to provide cold air to said cold chamber and hot air to said hot chamber;
- c) a hot air fan housed in said hot chamber for venting out hot air from said hot chamber;
- d) a deep cycle marine direct current battery is connected to said cooling module;
- e) said direct current marine battery is interfaced to a charged by a panel of solar cells;
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- f) a cold air fan housed in said cold chamber for communicating cold air to a desired location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.