A dehumidificationevaporation cooling-based all-fresh-air air conditioning system according to one embodiment of the present invention may provide, a dehumidificationevaporation cooling-based all-fresh-air air conditioning system changes a humidity, temperature and enthalpy of an external air which is provided from an external air inlet, to provide a changed first air to an air conditioning space or discharge a second air stayed in the air conditioning space from the air conditioning space to an outlet, the dehumidificationevaporation-based all-fresh-air air conditioning system comprising, a piping module configured to provide a transfer passage of the external air, the first air and the second air, a humidity control unit configured to controls the humidity of the external air, wherein the humidity control unit located on the piping module, a temperature control unit configured to control temperature, humidity and enthalpy of supplied air to be the first air, wherein the temperature control unit located on the piping module, a path setting unit configured to change a transfer path of the external air, the first air and the second air, wherein the path setting unit located on the piping module and a control unit which decides the transfer path of the air from the external air inlet to the air conditioning space or the air conditioning space to the outlet, and controls the path setting unit for transferring air to the decided transfer path based on a first information related to a humidity, a temperature and an enthalpy of the external air.

A method of modulating the impact of electromagnetic irradiance on the thermal energy budget of a predominantly enclosed space includes providing at least an inner shell of the predominantly enclosed space, and placing a plurality of functional elements in an exterior position relative to an outside facing side of the inner shell. The outside facing surfaces of the functional elements have higher reflectivity in the visible (VIS) and near infrared (NIR) wavelength range relative to the (MIR) wavelength range. The inside facing surfaces of the functional elements have higher reflectivity in the NIR and mid-infrared (MIR) wavelength range relative to the (VIS) wavelength range. A thickness of the functional elements is equal to or smaller than a thickness of the inner shell.

A system for providing air conditioning to a living space and heating potable water. The system comprising a heat pump circuit comprising a compressor for circulating a refrigerant around the heat pump circuit, a first condenser, a second condenser and an evaporator. The evaporator being adapted to receive a first flow of air from an air inlet to transfer heat from the first flow of air to the refrigerant. The first condenser being adapted to receive a flow of water to transfer heat from the refrigerant to the water. The second condenser being adapted to receive a second flow of air to transfer heat from the refrigerant to the second flow of air. The first flow being provided from the evaporator to a living space by an air outlet.

A method of modulating the impact of electromagnetic irradiance on the thermal energy budget of a predominantly enclosed space, in some instances buildings, includes providing at least an inner shell and placing a plurality of functional elements in an exterior position relative to an outside facing side thereof. The outside facing surfaces of the functional elements have higher reflectivity in the visible (VIS) and near infrared (NIR) wavelength range relative to the mid-infrared (MIR) wavelength range. The inside facing surfaces of the functional elements have higher reflectivity in the NIR and MIR wavelength range relative to the VIS wavelength range. The functional elements are least in one degree of freedom spatially adjustable. A thermal carrier medium may be present to increase thermal capacity and to permit transfer of thermal energy. A control system adjusts the spatial position of some of said functional elements and/or the distribution of the thermal carrier medium such that the thermal energy budget of the predominately enclosed space is influenced according to at least one desired target value.

Disclosed is a method for controlling a solar air conditioner, which includes: a detection step, detecting the change situation of a DC voltage outputted by an inverter of the solar air conditioner when it is detected that the solar air conditioner enters an energy-saving control mode; and a judging step, adjusting an operating frequency of a compressor of the solar air conditioner according to the change situation of the DC voltage, so that the solar air conditioner uses a solar cell to supply power. Thus, solar energy can be used to the maximum degree, the problem that there is a need to supply power by a mains power supply because the power supplied for the solar energy is insufficient is avoided, and the cost is saved. Further a device for controlling the solar air conditioner and the solar air conditioner are provided.

An air conditioner is disclosed. The air conditioner comprises a storage, and a processor for identifying a target space on the basis of first gas sensing data, moving the air conditioner to the target space, acquiring information about a gas type on the basis of second gas sensing data sensed within the target space and reference data stored in the storage, and performing an air conditioning operation on the basis of the information about the gas type, wherein the gas sensing data is sensed by a sensor comprising a plurality of sensing modules that react to different gases.

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.

A heat-activated multiphase fluid-operated pump. A hot chamber receptive of externally applied heat converts a working fluid into vapor. A pressure-control valve allows vaporized working fluid to escape the hot chamber only when a target pressure is exceeded. A liquid-piston chamber receives the vaporized working fluid, which expands adiabatically to displace pumped liquid within the liquid-piston chamber in a pump stage, expelling it through an exit port having a unidirectional check valve. A condenser receives the displaced liquid and allowing it in a suction stage to return to the liquid-piston chamber through another unidirectional check valve. An injector valve coupled between the liquid-piston chamber and the hot chamber facilitates jets of condensed working fluid to replenish the hot chamber in successive brief spurts responsive to periodic pressure pulses in the liquid-piston chamber that temporarily exceed the pressure in the hot chamber.

Equipment (1) including a container (19) for the storage of a liquid (2) as well as thermal insulation panels (12,13), wherein none of the thermal insulation panels (12,13) is mounted directly on or even in contact with an outer surface of the container (19), wherein a chamber (5) housing the container (19) is delimited by an enclosure (6) consisting of walls (7), a floor (8) and a ceiling (9), and which is accessible through an access opening, either in the form of an entrance opening in one of the walls (7) closeable by a door or in the form of a manhole (11) closeable by a lid (10), wherein an inner surface of the chamber (5) is entirely covered with the thermal insulation panels (12,13) in such a way that a volume of space occupied by the container (19) is smaller than a volume of space delimited by the thermal insulation panels (12,13) at the inner side of the walls, the ceiling and the floor, leaving space for maintenance between the outer surface of the container (19) and the thermal insulation panels (12,13) mounted to the inner surface of the chamber (5), and wherein the heat exchange between the insulated chamber (5) and its surrounding is restricted to (i) a heat transfer liquid flowing in at least one pipe, the pipe extending through the thermal insulation at the inner side of the chamber (5) between the container (19) and the outside of the chamber (5), and possibly (ii) an unwanted heat leakage just through the thermal insulation panels (12,13) at the inner side of the chamber (5).

Temperature Management System for a private household or public building wherein there is one hot reservoir and one cold reservoir which are or can be coupled with at least one solar collector or outdoor heat exchanger that is installed outdoors for the purpose of heating or cooling the respective reservoir.