CN102235037A - Thermal insulator for construction using thermoelectric module - Google Patents

Thermal insulator for construction using thermoelectric module Download PDF

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CN102235037A
CN102235037A CN2010102890527A CN201010289052A CN102235037A CN 102235037 A CN102235037 A CN 102235037A CN 2010102890527 A CN2010102890527 A CN 2010102890527A CN 201010289052 A CN201010289052 A CN 201010289052A CN 102235037 A CN102235037 A CN 102235037A
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李圣镐
金容锡
具泰坤
吴龙洙
魏圣权
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The present invention provides a thermal insulator for construction including: a thermoelectric module inserted in a wall or floor of a building and including a plurality of thermoelectric elements; a power supply module for supplying power to the thermoelectric module; and a power control module for controlling size and polarity of the power supplied to the thermoelectric module from the power supply module. This thermal insulator for construction can provide much better thermal insulation performance in comparison with a conventional thermal insulator, and it is possible to reduce thickness of the wall or floor in comparison with when using the conventional thermal insulator since the thermoelectric element has very small size. Further, it is possible to implement a cooling or heating effect only by changing polarity and size of applied current.

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Use the heat insulator for building of electrothermal module
The cross reference of related application
The application requires the priority of the korean patent application submitted to Korea S Department of Intellectual Property on April 20th, 2010 10-2010-0036450 number, and its full content is hereby expressly incorporated by reference.
Technical field
The present invention relates to the thermal insulation of building, more specifically, relate to a kind of by using electrothermal module to improve the technology of the performance of heat insulator for building.
Background technology
Because the global energy crisis that the seventies in 20th century is early stage etc., the thermal insulation of the building of energy conservation becomes universal, and norm of construction have attempted to improve the hot property of building by adjusting other thermal insulation standard.
Thermal insulation is defined as reducing heat flow by the heat resistance that increases the object that heat flows therein.From architecture, this refers to the coefficient of heat conduction that reduces structure (especially wall).In order to reduce the coefficient of heat conduction, need reduce the thickness of material, or use low thermal conductivity material.Yet because design limitations and cost increase, there is restriction in the thickness that reduces material in order to reduce the coefficient of heat conduction, so the common more effective low thermal conductivity material that is to use.Heat insulator is a low thermal conductivity material, and generally includes the material that has less than 0.05kcal/mh ℃ thermal conductivity.
Usually, heat insulator is board-like material, the granular materials such as granulated cork, vermiculite, glass fiber, asbestos and slag wool, aluminium foil, heat absorbing glass, heat-reflecting glass, double-layer glass such as insulating concrete, fiberboard and woodwool board etc.In addition, foamed polystyrene, gypsum plank and asbestos are widely used as the heat insulator that building is used, and wool (wool) also can be used as heat insulator.
These traditional heat insulators can stop the inside of building and the heat flow between the outside to a certain extent.Yet, because these heat insulators block heat passively, and heat is flowed on specific direction, even therefore these heat insulators are applied to building, obtain enough thermal insulation properties and also have restriction.
Summary of the invention
The present invention has been proposed in order to address the above problem, therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of heat insulator for building, this heat insulator for building can improve thermal insulation properties by using thermoelectric element as heat insulator, and can carry out the cooling and the heating of building.
An aspect of of the present present invention according to realizing this purpose provides a kind of heat insulator for building, and it comprises: electrothermal module embeds or is attached to the body of wall or the floor of building, and comprises a plurality of thermoelectric elements; Supply module is used for providing electric power to electrothermal module; And the electric power control module, be used to control the size and the polarity of the electric power that supply module provides to electrothermal module.
At this moment, electrothermal module can be attached to body of wall or floor external surface, be attached to the inner surface of body of wall or floor or be embedded in body of wall or floor in.
Simultaneously, heat insulator for building may further include the temperature sensing module that is used for sensing interior of building temperature and external temperature.
At this moment, be lower than under the situation of interior of building temperature at building external temperature by temperature sensing module institute sensing, the electric power control module can be controlled the polarity of the electric power that offers electrothermal module, so that heat is mobile to the direction of inner surface at the external surface from body of wall or floor.
In addition, be higher than under the situation of interior of building temperature at building external temperature by temperature sensing module institute sensing, the electric power control module can be controlled the polarity of the electric power that offers electrothermal module, so that heat is mobile to the direction of external surface at the inner surface from body of wall or floor.
And the electric power control module can be controlled the size of the electric power that offers electrothermal module with building external temperature by temperature sensing module institute sensing and the difference between the internal temperature with being directly proportional.
Simultaneously, heat insulator for building may further include input module, and this input module is connected to the electric power control module, and receives about the size of the electric power that offers electrothermal module and the controlling value of polarity.
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From the embodiment of describing below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, these and/or other aspect and the advantage of total inventive concept of the present invention will become apparent and be more readily understood.
Fig. 1 is used to illustrate the diagrammatic sketch of use according to the thermal insulation effect of the electrothermal module of embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 shows the block diagram according to the structure of the heat insulator for building 200 of embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 3 a~Fig. 3 c shows the diagrammatic sketch that embeds or be attached to the form of body of wall or floor according to the electrothermal module 202 of embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is used to illustrate being attached with external temperature according to the building of the heat insulator for building 200 of embodiment of the present invention be lower than the diagrammatic sketch of the control method under the situation of this interior of building temperature; And
Fig. 5 is used to illustrate being attached with external temperature according to the building of the heat insulator for building 200 of embodiment of the present invention be higher than the diagrammatic sketch of the control method under the situation of this interior of building temperature.
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Hereinafter, illustrative embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.Yet the present invention is not limited thereto locates disclosed embodiment.
Describing when of the present invention, will omit the known function and the detailed description of structure, in order to avoid unnecessary details makes the theme of the present invention indigestion that becomes.Term hereinafter described with consider that the defined term of they functions in the present invention can be according to user or operator's intention or practice and different.Therefore, should make this definition based on the full content of this manual.
Spirit of the present invention should be determined by claims, and following embodiment is provided, so that those skilled in the art understand spirit of the present invention effectively.
Fig. 1 is used to illustrate the diagrammatic sketch of use according to the thermal insulation effect of the electrothermal module of embodiment of the present invention.
Thermoelectric element comprises a N-type semiconductor device and P-type semiconductor device to as elementary cell, and electrothermal module is made up of a plurality of thermoelectric elements.
As shown in the figure, when dc voltage was applied to thermoelectric element, heat was along with the lower end of stream from figure, the hole in electron stream in the N-type semiconductor device and the P-type semiconductor device flows to the upper end.Therefore, the temperature of bottom heat absorbing part reduces, and the temperature of top radiator portion raises.The reason that the exothermic reaction and the endothermic reaction take place in thermoelectric element is, because according to the potential energy difference between the electronics in the metal, electronics moves and need obtain energy from the outside to the high potential energy state from the low-potential energy state, so based on movement of electrons, the metal that is in the low-potential energy state discharges heat energy, and is in the metal absorption heat energy of high potential energy state.This is known as the Peltier effect.The endothermic reaction in the thermoelectric element or exothermic reaction are directly proportional with the magnitude of current that flows to thermoelectric element.In addition, when the polarity chron that changes electric power, the reverse generation of the endothermic reaction and exothermic reaction.
The present invention is by using this thermal diode function of thermoelectric element, that is, heat realizes being used for the heat insulator of building according to the sense of current that is provided and the characteristic that only flows in one direction.
Fig. 2 shows the block diagram according to the structure of the heat insulator for building 200 of embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in the figure, comprise electrothermal module 202, supply module 204 and electric power control module 206 according to the heat insulator for building 200 of embodiment of the present invention, and can also comprise temperature sensing module 208 or input module 210 if required.
As mentioned above, electrothermal module 202 is made up of a plurality of thermoelectric elements, and embeds or be attached to the body of wall or the floor of building.At this moment, to the kind of building without limits, ordinary residence, ShangWu Building, prefabricated temporary building etc. are all included.That is, can be applicable to heat insulator and be embedded in any building in body of wall or the floor according to the heat insulator for building 200 of embodiment of the present invention.
Be included in the electrothermal module 202 each thermoelectric element only from the outside (outdoor) of body of wall or floor to the direction of inner (indoor) heat that flows, or only from the inside of body of wall or floor to the direction of the outside heat that flows, thereby interior of building warm maintained predetermined level.That is, as mentioned above, the present invention carries out the thermal insulation of building by the thermal diode characteristic of using thermoelectric element.
Supply module 204 is unit that electric power is provided to electrothermal module 202.The AC power conversions that supply module 204 can be configured to offer building is the DC electric power of pre-sizing, and provides DC electric power to electrothermal module 202.In addition, in building, be provided with under the situation of solar panel, the electric power that supply module 204 can the conversion solar cell plate be provided, and the electric power of conversion offered electrothermal module 202.So, provide under the situation of electric power at supply module 204 to electrothermal module 202 by using sunshine, owing to do not need to use independent household electrical source, when when having heat insulator now, obtaining better thermal insulation effect, extra cost can be minimized than use for thermal insulation.
Electric power control module 206 control supply modules 204 offer the size and the polarity of the electric power of electrothermal module 202.That is, supply module 204 changes the size and the polarity of the electric power that offers electrothermal module 202 according to the control of electric power control module 206.
Simultaneously, as mentioned above, may further include temperature sensing module 208 according to the heat insulator for building 200 of embodiment of the present invention.Temperature sensing module 208 sensing electrothermal modules 202 are provided with the internal temperature and the external temperature of building wherein, and institute's sensed temperature is transferred to electric power control module 206.In order to carry out electrothermal module 202 desired thermal insulation functions, need change the magnitude of current and the sense of current (polarity) that offers electrothermal module 202 according to the internal temperature and the difference between the external temperature of building.Therefore, the information that electric power control module 206 receives about the internal temperature and the external temperature of building from temperature sensing module 208, and correspondingly change from the magnitude of current of supply module 204 outputs and the polarity of electric current.
In addition, heat insulator 200 for building may further include input module 210.Input module 210 is connected to electric power control module 206 and can comprises the input unit (button or dial) that is used for user's input.The user can be by input module 210 input about the size of the electric power that offers electrothermal module 202 and the controlling value of polarity, and input module 210 transfers to electric power control module 206 with controlling value, so that electric power control module 206 can change the size and the polarity of the electric power that offers electrothermal module 202 based on these controlling values.
Fig. 3 a~Fig. 3 c shows the diagrammatic sketch that embeds or be attached to the form of body of wall or floor according to the electrothermal module 202 of embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 a shows inner surface (that is, with contacted surface, the inside of building) that electrothermal module 202 is attached to body of wall or floor 300 form as heat insulator.This is known as the internal heat insulation.In addition, Fig. 3 b shows electrothermal module 202 and is embedded in body of wall or the floor 300 form as heat insulator.This is known as the intermediate heat insulation.Fig. 3 c shows the form of the external surface that electrothermal module 202 is attached to body of wall or the floor 300 outside contacted surface of building (that is, with) as heat insulator.This is known as the external heat insulation.
In theory, when the internal temperature of building and external temperature remain on steady state, thermal insulation properties under normal hot-fluid no matter how the position of electrothermal module 202 all is identical.Yet, because under the internal temperature and the frequent practical situation that changes of external temperature of building, owing to heat storage performance of fabric structure etc. causes thermal insulation effect to present difference according to the attachment location of electrothermal module 202, so in the time will being applied to building, can select one of embodiment shown in Fig. 3 a~Fig. 3 c by considering this fact according to the heat insulator for building 200 of embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is used to illustrate being attached with external temperature according to the building of the heat insulator for building 200 of embodiment of the present invention be lower than the diagrammatic sketch of the control method under the situation of interior of building temperature.
For example, be lower than at the external temperature of building (0 degree) under the situation of internal temperature (18 degree) of building, winter for example, utilize electrothermal module 202 therebetween, 206 controls of electric power control module offer the polarity of the electric power of electrothermal module 202, so that heat energy flows in the direction from the external surface of body of wall or floor to inner surface (that is, heat flows to inboard from the outside of electrothermal module 202).Therefore, because heat only flows in the direction from the external-to-internal of building, leak into the outside so can prevent inner heating installation from passing body of wall or floor.
In addition, electric power control module 206 can increase the magnitude of current that offers electrothermal module 202 with difference between the external temperature with the internal temperature of building by temperature sensing module 208 sensings with being directly proportional.Promptly, owing to leaking into outside thermal energy, so can compensate hot-fluid by increasing the magnitude of current that offers electrothermal module 202 with the internal temperature of building and difference between the external temperature along with the internal temperature of building and the increase of the difference between the external temperature increase with being directly proportional.In addition, by using this method, under the identical situation of the temperature difference, the magnitude of current that can offer electrothermal module 202 by increase according to the heat insulator for building 200 of embodiment of the present invention with impel on one's own initiative heat from the outer flow of building to inside, carry out heating function and thermal insulation function.
Fig. 5 is used to illustrate being attached with external temperature according to the building of the heat insulator for building 200 of embodiment of the present invention be higher than the diagrammatic sketch of the control method under the situation of interior of building temperature.
For example, be higher than at the external temperature of building (30 degree) under the situation of internal temperature (20 degree) of building, summer for example, utilize electrothermal module 202 therebetween, 206 controls of electric power control module offer the polarity of the electric power of electrothermal module 202, so that heat energy is in the inner surface from body of wall or floor mobile to the direction of external surface (that is, heat is outside the inboard flow direction of electrothermal module 202).Therefore, because heat only flows in the direction from the inside of building to the outside, flow into the inside of building so can stop outside hot gas to pass body of wall or floor.
In addition, described in Fig. 4, electric power control module 206 can increase the magnitude of current that offers electrothermal module 202 with the internal temperature and the difference between the external temperature of building by 208 sensings of temperature sensing module with being directly proportional.That is, owing to the thermal energy that imports interior of building into along with the internal temperature of building and the increase of the difference between the external temperature increase, so can compensate hot-fluid by increasing the magnitude of current offer electrothermal module 202 therewith with being directly proportional.In addition, by using this method, under the identical situation of the temperature difference, the magnitude of current that can offer electrothermal module 202 by increase according to the heat insulator for building 200 of embodiment of the present invention is outside to impel heat to flow to from the inside of building on one's own initiative, carries out cooling function and thermal insulation function.
According to the present invention, realize heat insulator for building by using thermoelectric element, better thermal insulation properties can be provided.
In addition, because thermoelectric element has very little size,, can reduce the thickness of body of wall or floor so compare when using traditional heat insulator, and, just can realize cooling or add thermal effect and thermal insulation only by changing the polarity and the size of the electric current that is applied.
By taking to use this thermal insulation, cooling and the heating means of thermoelectric element, owing to do not need extra mechanical organ, therefore can realize that noise reduces to prolong with the life-span, and, therefore can realize thermal insulation, cooling and the heating of environmental protection owing to there is not the discharging of extra pollutant.
Although illustrated and described the several embodiments of total inventive concept of the present invention, but it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that, under the situation of principle that does not deviate from total inventive concept and spirit, can change these embodiments, the scope of total inventive concept of the present invention is limited in claims and the equivalent thereof.
Therefore, scope of the present invention should not be confined to above-mentioned embodiment, and should be determined by claims and any equivalent thereof.

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1. heat insulator for building comprises:
Electrothermal module embeds or is attached to the body of wall or the floor of building, and comprises a plurality of thermoelectric elements;
Supply module is used for providing electric power to described electrothermal module; And
The electric power control module is used to control size and the polarity that offers the electric power of described electrothermal module from described supply module.
2. heat insulator for building according to claim 1, wherein, described electrothermal module is attached to the external surface of described body of wall or floor.
3. heat insulator for building according to claim 1, wherein, described electrothermal module is attached to the inner surface of described body of wall or floor.
4. heat insulator for building according to claim 1, wherein, described electrothermal module is embedded in described body of wall or the floor.
5. heat insulator for building according to claim 1 further comprises the internal temperature that is used for the described building of sensing and the temperature sensing module of external temperature.
6. heat insulator for building according to claim 5, wherein, be lower than at the external temperature of the described building by described temperature sensing module institute sensing under the situation of internal temperature of described building, described electric power control module control offers the polarity of the electric power of described electrothermal module, so that heat is mobile to the direction of inner surface at the external surface from described body of wall or floor.
7. heat insulator for building according to claim 5, wherein, be higher than at the external temperature of the described building by described temperature sensing module institute sensing under the situation of internal temperature of described building, described electric power control module control offers the polarity of the electric power of described electrothermal module, so that heat is mobile to the direction of external surface at the inner surface from described body of wall or floor.
8. heat insulator for building according to claim 5, wherein, described electric power control module is to control the size of the electric power that offers described electrothermal module with the mode that the external temperature of described building by described temperature sensing module institute sensing is directly proportional with difference between the internal temperature.
9. heat insulator for building according to claim 1 further comprises input module, and described input module is connected to described electric power control module, and receives about the size of the electric power that offers described electrothermal module and the controlling value of polarity.
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