METHODS AND FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS FOR ENHANCED THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF PREDOMINANTLY ENCLOSED SPACES AND THE USE OF CONCURRENTLY OBTAINED SENSOR DATA FOR SECONDARY APPLICATIONS INCLUDING INSURANCE RELATED APPLICATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20220019251A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-20

    申请号:US17227082

    申请日:2021-04-09

    摘要: Disclosed are methods and functional elements for enhanced thermal management of predominantly enclosed spaces. In particular, the invention enables the construction of buildings with reduced power requirements for heating and/or air-conditioning systems since under certain conditions less energy for heating or cooling is required to maintain, within certain boundaries, desirable temperatures inside such buildings, habitats, or other enclosed spaces.
    In some instances the invention is in part based on dynamically changing functional elements with variable properties, or effective properties, in terms of their electromagnetic radiative behavior and/or their thermal energy storage properties, or the spatial distribution of the stored thermal energy, which permits the application of methods and algorithms to control the overall thermal behavior of the entire structure in such a way that desired levels of inside temperature can be reached with reduced consumption of external energy (typically electricity, gas, oil, or coal).
    In some instances no conventional heating of cooling is required at all, whereas in other instances the expenditure of external energy for conventional heating or cooling is reduced. In some instances the invention enables the reduction of the time to reach desired temperatures inside such buildings, habitats, or other predominantly enclosed spaces.
    In some instances the obtained sensor data may be used to detect the occurrence or imminently predicted occurrence of a catastrophic event, including but not limited to fire or flooding, internal or external to the predominantly enclosed space.
    In some embodiments this information may support any single or any combination of locally or remotely alerting humans, alerting rescue units, activating countermeasures, uploading at least partially said sensor data to off-site computers, determining the cause(s) of said catastrophic event, determining liability, determining insure payments, determining insurance premiums.

    Solar power generating device
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10116253B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-30

    申请号:US15028630

    申请日:2014-10-10

    发明人: Kyung Eun Park

    摘要: The solar power generating device according to the present invention comprises: solar cell modules disposed in a plurality of rows and columns; and an inclination control member for controlling the inclination angle of all the solar cell modules at a time, wherein the inclination control member comprises: a support part for supporting the solar cell modules; a control part, disposed on the support part, for controlling the inclination angle of the solar cell modules; and a driving part for driving the control part. In the solar power generating device according to an embodiment, the solar cell modules connected to the support unit can be vertically moved at one time by the inclination control member. In other words, the inclination control member can vertically control the plurality of solar cell modules, which are connected to the inclination control member, at a time according to the altitude of the sun so as to optimize the incident light.

    Rope Transmission Structure, Solar Energy Tracker and Application Method thereof

    公开(公告)号:US20210336579A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-28

    申请号:US17286757

    申请日:2019-07-26

    申请人: Yijun SUN

    IPC分类号: H02S20/32 F24S30/42

    摘要: Disclosed are a rope transmission structure, a solar energy tracker and the application method thereof, relating to the technical field of solar power generation. The rope transmission structure includes a driving wheel, a driven wheel, a main transmission rope and a plurality of tracking units. The main transmission rope is connected end to end, and one end of the main transmission rope is sleeved on the driving wheel and the other end thereof is sleeved on the driven wheel. The plurality of tracking units are provided at intervals along a lengthwise direction of the main transmission rope. A rotating member is hinged on a mounting bracket, and one end of a first branch rope is connected to the rotating member and the other end thereof is connected to the main transmission rope.

    ENERGY CONCENTRATING APPARATUS
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210018226A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-21

    申请号:US17065262

    申请日:2020-10-07

    发明人: Wai Man LEUNG

    IPC分类号: F24S30/42 F24S23/77 F24S50/20

    摘要: An energy concentrating apparatus includes: a mounting platform, a mounting support, a rotating support, a reflective mirror, an arc-shaped slide rail, a linking rod, a sliding parts, a drive device, and a pull rope. The mounting support is located on the mounting platform. A rotation shaft of each rotating support is rotatably located on the corresponding mounting support, and a rotation shaft of each reflective mirror is rotatably located on the corresponding rotating support. The arc-shaped slide rail is located on the mounting platform, and the sliding parts is slidably located in the arc-shaped slide rail, the linking rod is connected to the sliding parts and the reflective mirror respectively, and a curvature of the arc-shaped slide rail is different such that the reflective mirror rotates towards a different direction.

    Torque limiter devices, systems and methods and solar trackers incorporating torque limiters

    公开(公告)号:US10768266B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-08

    申请号:US16055663

    申请日:2018-08-06

    发明人: Ronald P. Corio

    摘要: A solar tracker assembly comprises a support column, a torsion beam connected to the support column, a mounting mechanism attached to the torsion beam, a drive system connected to the torsion beam, and a torsion limiter connected to an output of the drive system. When an external force causes a level of torsion on the drive system to exceed a pre-set limit the torsion limiter facilitates rotational movement of the solar tracker assembly in the direction of the torsion, thereby allowing the external force to rotate about a pivot axis extending through the torsion beam. Exemplary embodiments also include methods of aligning a plurality of rows of solar trackers.

    AUTOMATIC HYDRAULIC MOTION SYSTEM OF ELEMENTS OF A COMPACT SOLAR COLLECTOR

    公开(公告)号:US20230324081A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-12

    申请号:US18210609

    申请日:2023-06-15

    申请人: Cordivari S.R.L.

    IPC分类号: F24S50/80 F24S50/40 F24S30/42

    摘要: The present invention relates to an automatic motion system by dilatation of a fluid, said system acting on elements of a compact solar collector with integrated storage tank, said solar collector having least a face exposed to the solar radiation and at least another face not facing the solar radiation, said solar collector comprising a plurality of primary tubes, for containing at least one primary heat carrier element adapted to the storage of thermal energy, and an external collector element arranged movable with respect to each primary conduit, adapted to overlap, at least partially, during its motion, in each primary conduit.