The invention is a device, system and method of use for cooling the temperature in an interior space without the need for a power source or moving parts.

The invention is a device, system and method of use for cooling the temperature in an interior space without the need for a power source or moving parts.

An exhaust fan unit of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes an outer fluid path of a nozzle assembly of the exhaust fan unit defined by and between an outer wall of the nozzle assembly and an inner wall of the nozzle assembly, an inner fluid path of the nozzle assembly defined by and radially inward from the inner wall, and a plurality of entrainment ports extending from the outer wall to the inner wall and configured to enable environmental air to pass to the inner fluid path, where each entrainment port includes a bottom surface that tapers downwardly from the inner wall to the outer wall.

A clean air apparatus includes a fan and a filter for producing a flow of clean air and for discharging the clean air from an outlet and towards a target clean area. The apparatus includes a Coanda effect device disposed at least adjacent the clean air means, which is arranged, in use, to induce a Coanda effect upon the flow of clean air. The apparatus includes guide means for guiding the clean air towards a target clean area in the form of an air curtain. A method for discharging clean air towards a target clean area in the form of an air curtain includes inducing a Coanda effect upon the flow of clean air using the Coanda effect device; and guiding the discharged clean air, downstream of the Coanda effect device, towards a target clean area in the form of an air curtain.

An air discharge device includes an air discharge unit for discharging an air flow. The air discharge unit includes at least one main hole from which an air flow is blown out as a working air flow, and a separation structure configured to separate a central portion of a thickness of a velocity boundary layer of the working air flow from a center line of the main hole at a downstream side of the main hole.

A passenger cabin air distribution system includes a ventilation system and an ejector-diffuser. The ventilation system is operable to provide a conditioned air. The ejector-diffuser is positioned to receive a flow of the conditioned air from the ventilation system. The ejector-diffuser includes an induction unit and a diffuser section. The induction unit includes a secondary inlet in communication with a cabin air from a passenger cabin and is configured to mix the flow of the conditioned air with an induced flow of the cabin air into a mixed air. The diffuser section includes a discharge to eject the mixed air to the passenger cabin. The diffuser section is shaped to provide for efficient mixing with low backpressure in order to maintain the low motive pressure in the nozzle.

A temperature control system in an aircraft passenger service unit is disclosed. In embodiments, the system includes a swirl chamber configured to receive an inlet air stream, and a vortex tube configured to receive the inlet air stream from the swirl chamber and separate the inlet air stream into a warmer air stream and a cooler air stream. In embodiments, the system further includes a nozzle configured to direct a temperature-controlled air stream into a passenger space of an aircraft; wherein the nozzle is configured to be selectably adjusted in order to selectively blend the warmer air stream and the cooler air stream in order to generate the temperature-controlled air stream.

An air discharge device is configured to discharge an air flow. The air discharge device includes a main hole for discharging an air flow as a working air flow, an auxiliary hole provided around the main hole to discharge a support air flow, and a vortex suppression structure configured to suppress development of vortices generated in a velocity boundary layer of the working air flow at a downstream side of an outlet of the main hole. This vortex suppression structure is configured to make a central portion of the thickness of the velocity boundary layer of the working air flow at the downstream side of the outlet of the main hole to be closer to a mainstream of the support air flow, at the downstream side of the outlet of the main hole.

An air discharge device includes a duct that defines a flow passage through which a working air flow to be discharged passes, and a hole forming member defining an air discharge hole as an outlet of the working air flow. The hole forming member has a vortex generation structure configured to generate an auxiliary vortex having a vortex characteristic including a vortex rotation direction and a vortex axis direction. The vortex characteristic of the auxiliary vortex is different from that of a lateral vortex generated by the working air flow at a downstream side of the air discharge hole. The vortex generation structure is configured in the hole forming member so that the auxiliary vortex collides with the lateral vortex in a state where at least one of the vortex rotation direction and the vortex axial direction of the vortex characteristic is different from that of the lateral vortex.

An ionic wind delivery device includes a first discharge electrode; a reference electrode arranged separate from the first discharge electrode; a first power supply circuit configured to output a voltage to induce a corona discharge between the first discharge electrode and the reference electrode; a control electrode arranged on a delivery path of an ionic wind of ions that are generated by the corona discharge induced between the first discharge electrode and the reference electrode; a second discharge electrode arranged between the reference electrode and the control electrode; and a second power supply circuit configured to output a voltage to accelerate the ions generated by the corona discharge induced between the first discharge electrode and the reference electrode and to induce a corona discharge between the second discharge electrode and the control electrode.