CN213186594U - Thermal insulation packaging intermediate infrared emission screen for heating and physical therapy - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a thermal insulation encapsulation Mid-Infrared emission screen (for short TIMEP, thermal-Insulated medium-Infrared-emitting panel promptly) for heating and physiotherapy, Mid-Infrared emission screen is including the top surface overburden, first gaseous thermal insulation layer, first Infrared plastics thermal insulation layer, second gaseous thermal insulation layer, second Infrared plastics thermal insulation layer, third gaseous thermal insulation layer, first electric insulation layer, electric transfer Mid-Infrared emission rete, second electric insulation layer and the bottom surface overburden that set up of stromatolite in proper order; the middle infrared transmittance of the top surface covering layer and the thermal insulation layer is more than or equal to 90 percent, the bottom surface covering layer is thermally insulated, and the middle infrared emissivity is less than or equal to 10 percent; the material of the electric conversion intermediate infrared emission film layer comprises a low-cost coal-based nano carbon plastic compound. The innovation of TIMEP derives from the unusual combination of these quantifiable attributes, which not only overcomes the disadvantage of high energy consumption of hot air convection heating with high thermal insulation, but also efficiently transfers electricity to mid-infrared to the user, providing the user with a comfortable warm feeling and mid-infrared physiotherapy effect.

Description

Thermal insulation packaging intermediate infrared emission screen for heating and physical therapy

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a well infrared optical engineering, thermal insulation engineering, indoor heating and energy-conserving green engineering, infrared physiotherapy, nanometer engineering and intelligent manufacturing technology, concretely relates to thermal insulation encapsulation mid infrared emission screen for heating and physiotherapy.

Background

Human civilization is constantly advancing, but the current mode of development is not sustainable, as the global energy consumption rate has far exceeded the global energy reserve replenishment rate and thus the crisis of depletion of derived energy. Because the indoor energy consumption of a building accounts for nearly 40% of the global energy consumption, the subversive innovation of reducing the indoor energy consumption is important and urgent [1-5]]. Indoor heating technology is based on objects transferring thermal energy through solid heat conduction, heat convection and infrared radiation, with indoor heating most commonly being achieved through hot air convection. Taking the case that the temperature in the old 20kW heating fuel furnace is higher than 600 ℃ and the surface temperature of the open cast iron furnace shell is lower than 200 ℃ in the rural power house, the total radiation intensity emitted by the opening of the furnace door can reach 33kW/m²The radiation of which includes infrared waves having a peak value of 3.3 μm and red light which is weak and still visible, e.g., an opening area of a furnace door of 0.1m²The radiation power is about 3 kW; meanwhile, the total radiation intensity emitted by the open furnace shell surface is about 2kW/m²Has a peak value longer than 6 μm, such as 1m of furnace shell area²The radiation power of the furnace shell is about 2 kW. The analysis shows that the total radiation power of the 20kW heating furnace is only 5kW, and the heating furnace mainly heats by heating air convection and a heating circulating return water pipe. The new household central heating furnace is increased to increase the temperature in the furnace for efficiency, the modern building has better thermal insulation, and the central heating furnace with the rated power of 10kW is enough for 100m²The indoor space is heated, and the nearly sealed furnace core of the heater is usually positioned>Operating at 1000 deg.C hot temperature, mainly by blowing heated convection air directly to each corner of the indoor space, or indirectly delivering heated water or oil to the heat-dissipating plates at each corner of the indoor space and then heating the air by hot airFlow heating and radiation heating have low effect. In addition, distributed smaller heaters are also commonly used in indoor spaces lacking a central heating facility, and the heating principle still mainly depends on thermal convection and auxiliary infrared radiation. All of these heaters run the risk of fire and burns due to contact with the high temperature parts of the furnace. In addition, the transfer of thermal energy is indiscriminate in that it allows almost all objects in the space to receive and consume energy. In addition to wasting energy, this heating method also causes a common problem that the relative humidity in the room is extremely low, thereby causing various health problems. Although supplementing water vapor can increase indoor humidity, this method consumes a lot of energy because the heat required for water evaporation is high. In short, an innovative approach to maintain adequate thermal comfort in the human body while reducing building energy consumption is important and urgent.

Since heat convection heating is not energy efficient, the utility model discloses advocate the subversive innovation according to the radiation transfer energy. According to Planck's law, all warm objects emit spectral radiation, and the quantitative description of the radiation intensity (I) as a function of the radiation wavelength (λ) with temperature (T) is as follows [6]:

an ideal radiation emitter (called a blackbody) emits electromagnetic waves without any self-absorption in the entire radiation spectrum with the above spectral distribution, and its emissivity is theoretically set to 100%. Blackbodies are produced and calibrated professionally and are widely used as reference standards for emissivity detection. For example, FIG. 1 shows the emission spectrum of a black body at a temperature of 310K (37 ℃ C., body temperature). The total spectral intensity of the radiation below the wavelength of 3 μm is only about 0.02% of its entire spectrum, the total spectral intensity above 50 μm is only 2%, and 98% of the total radiation lies in the wavelength range of 3 μm-50 μm. Since the human body cannot be exposed to temperatures above 320K and below 290K for a long period of time, the black body spectra at these two temperatures are also included in fig. 1 to further confirm that the thermal radiation associated with human health is actually only in the infrared region in the wavelength range of 3 μm to 50 μm.

In fact, the importance of infrared radiation in the wavelength range of 3 μm to 50 μm for human health has been well documented and evaluated [7-10 ]. In summary, infrared radiation in the wavelength range of 3-50 μm in a human body can enhance blood circulation and immunity [11-14], enhance wound healing ability [15], relieve pain [16-17], relieve depression stress [18], improve sleep quality [19], and delay memory deterioration [20 ]. Synergistically integrating these knowledge of infrared radiation with the emerging field of personal thermal management [21-22], new areas of scientific research emerged and new products made. However, the wavelength span in current practice has a certain randomness that hinders the development of this emerging industry and the sustainable acceptance of the market. For example, the exemplary works in references 11-20 alone show the following vastly different spectral bands in the infrared from narrow to wide wavelength spans: "5 μm-12 μm" [11], "3 μm-14 μm" [14], "3 μm-15 μm" [18], "4 μm-16 μm" [16,17,19], "5 μm-20 μm" [20], "4 μm-20 μm" [13], and "5.6 μm-25 μm" [15 ]. Clearly, the range of spectral bands in this industry must be regulated and standardized.

Although infrared spectral radiation in the wavelength range spanning from 3 μm to 50 μm is of such great significance and has contributed to the scarce classical work [7-22], surprisingly even the designation of the wavelength span is written in a rather arbitrary fashion. The wavelength range of 3 μm to 50 μm is well defined as the mid-infrared according to the international spectral standard ISO20473[23], wherein the wavelength range of 0.78 μm to 3 μm is the near-infrared and the wavelength range of 50 μm to 1000 μm is the far-infrared. However, most of the many commercial products [24] and references 10-18 use the word "far infrared" as they are free to describe radiation in the wavelength range of 3 μm to 50 μm. Some of these documents wrongly cite the international commission on the definition of infrared radiation to justify their use of the "far infrared" at their discretion to describe radiation having a wavelength in the range of 3 μm to 50 μm. For clarity, the exact definition publicly published by the international commission on illumination website (www.cie.co.at) is as follows:

infrared radiation: light radiation having a longer wavelength than visible light, the wavelength being 780nm to 1 mm.

Note 1: for infrared radiation, a range of 780nm to 1mm is generally divided: IR-A: 780nm to 1400nm, or 0.78 μm to 1.4 μm; IR-B1.4 μm to 3.0 μm; IR-C: 3 μm to 1 mm.

Note 2: the exact boundary between "visible" and "infrared" cannot be defined because the visual perception of wavelengths greater than 780nm is due to the very bright light source with longer wavelengths.

Note 3: in some applications, the infrared spectrum is also classified as "near", "intermediate" and "far" infrared. However, the boundaries necessarily vary from application to application (e.g., meteorology, photochemistry, optical design, thermophysics, etc.).

This clarification illustrates a conclusion that the international commission on illumination only acknowledges that certain spectral applications partition the infrared into "near", "intermediate" and "far" infrared, but no suggestion is made as to how to set these partitions. In contrast, ISO20473[23] explicitly combines the 0.78 μm to 1.4 μm IR-A band and the 1.4 μm to 3.0 μm IR-B band into A "near infrared" band of 0.78 μm to 3.0 μm, and explicitly defines the wide range IR-C band as 3.0 μm to 1000.0 μm, where the "mid infrared" band is 3.0 μm to 50.0 μm and the "far infrared" band is 50.0 μm to 1000.0 μm. In short, the present invention proposes to strictly carry out the labeling of spectral bands from 3 μm to 50 μm as mid-infrared, in order to comply with the requirements of ISO 20473.

By adopting the ISO20473 standard to correct errors in the industry and correctly refer to the spectral band in the wavelength range of 3-50 μm as mid-infrared, the present invention also requires all persons who research, manufacture and sell mid-infrared products to quantitatively interpret the mid-infrared performance of these products. In particular, the present invention proposes to use a universal reference black body to calibrate the spectral radiant intensity and emissivity of a thermal radiation emitter as a function of the radiation wavelength of the emitter at a specific temperature (in particular in a situation that can be tolerated by the human body). The temperature range is 25-50 ℃. As mentioned before, at such temperatures, 98% of the radiation intensity of an object is emitted in the mid-infrared spectral band in the wavelength range 3 μm to 50 μm, so all such thermal radiation emitters can be classified as mid-infrared emitters according to ISO 20473. The wavelength of the mid-ir emitter is calibrated by emissivity as a function of the wavelength of the emitter at a particular temperature, based on a black body with 100% emissivity. Emissivity refers, without explicit specification, to the average emissivity in a particular spectral band calibrated with black body. In practice, the intensity of radiation as a function of the wavelength of the radiation can be measured using a high-end infrared spectrometer, which can cover the mid-infrared band from 3 μm to 50 μm. In addition, the intensity of the radiation as a function of the wavelength of the radiation can also be easily measured with a common infrared spectrometer which typically covers a spectral range of 0.78 μm to 25 μm. Thus, the relative emissivity in a partial spectral band of 3-25 μm in the mid-infrared range of 3 μm-50 μm can be easily measured by this method. Although this measurement covers only the 3-25 μm spectral band and not the entire mid-infrared range of 3 μm-50 μm, the measured emissivity data is a good representation of the emissivity characteristics of the measured object because the entire 3 μm-50 μm mid-infrared band emits 85% of its total thermal radiation in this 3 μm-25 μm spectral band at black body temperatures in the 25-50 ℃ range. Accordingly, the present invention employs and advocates such a measurement method to determine the spectral and emissivity characteristics of all mid-ir emitters. This standardization approach overcomes the lack of expertise in designing and applying spectral specifications for human-related thermal radiation products.

Through this background investigation, the utility model discloses a thermal insulation encapsulation intermediate infrared emission screen (for short TIMEP, namely thermal insulating Mid-infrared Emitting Panel) for heating and physiotherapy give consideration to aesthetic and functional design, verification and application. The innovative TIMEP utility model solves a key problem, namely that when human beings are facing a severe energy crisis, the current indoor heating industry still universally suffers from wasteful behaviors, such as indiscriminate heating of objects in the environment that are not relevant to human warm and comfortable feelings, and non-speciality in mid-infrared science and engineering [1-5 ]. Except producing the best warm comfort with the minimum energy consumption, the utility model discloses still increased the well infrared physiotherapy benefit that has been demonstrated by the science for indoor heating.

Because the utility model discloses TIMEP's innovation key lies in its definite radiation interval of definition and emissivity interval, especially its top-bottom emission structure of opposite function, consequently is necessary to expound the detection and the optimization of mid infrared emissivity. The main tools for detecting mid-infrared radiance are two: (a) non-wavelength dispersion emissivity as measured by a simple emissivity measurement instrument, and (b) wavelength dispersion emissivity as measured by an infrared spectrometer equipped with a black body. A recently published document [25] describes, calibrates and validates an industrial emissivity measurement instrument. The radiation emissivity measuring instrument is provided with an internal blackbody emitter, the temperature of the internal blackbody emitter is 100 ℃, the internal blackbody emitter can irradiate a test sample, and the emissivity of the test sample is detected and measured through the temperature change of the blackbody-like radiation absorber. The radiation emissivity measuring instrument covers 0.5-98% of emissivity range, and the spectral range is 2.5-40 μm. Since Planck's law states that a black body emits only 0.14% of its total radiation in the range of 2.5 μm to 3 μm at 100 ℃, the actual starting measurement wavelength of the emissivity meter is about 3 μm to 40 μm. While this emissivity meter design is effective for rapidly measuring mid-ir emissivity, the design only provides average emissivity over the mid-ir spectral range, with no information about the emissivity of specific wavelengths. This drawback can only be overcome by using an infrared spectrometer equipped with a black body. In summary, the TIMEP of the present disclosure can be tested and validated with a radiometer or an infrared spectrometer, both of which are readily available on the market.

The utility model discloses the core function of TIMEP is to the user transmission mid infrared radiation. Because users may also have aesthetic requirements for a TIMEP, a TIMEP is typically decorated with visible colors. In such a case, laymen, even scientists/engineers of ordinary skill in the industry, may erroneously equate visible light emissivity to mid-ir emissivity because the human eye sees only visible colors and not mid-ir light. Thus, one may feel that because the Times decorated with black color do not emit visible light, they do not emit mid-infrared light. Similarly, laymen may also perceive that there must be a large difference in mid-infrared emission for different visible colored TIMEPs. The present invention corrects this erroneous recognition again by adhering to rigorous attitudes toward science and evidence-based norms. For example, in one embodiment of the present invention, a black polyester abrasion resistant cloth was tested for wavelength dispersion emissivity, as shown by the curve represented by the black polyester fabric of FIG. 2, which has a spectral curve very close to that of a reference black body, with a total emissivity of 96% over the measured spectral range of 3 μm to 33 μm. A layman who does not understand the mid-infrared knowledge may believe that changing a black dye to a white dye greatly reduces emissivity, however the present invention shows that near-perfect spectral profile and high emissivity can be retained by selecting the appropriate white dye, as shown by the curve represented by the white polyester fabric of fig. 2. In contrast, prior art [26] studies of product properties and spectral characteristics of black and white polyethylene flakes indicate that white flakes perform worse than black flakes because of the 83% reduction in band emissivity from 3 μm to 7 μm. As can be seen from a comparison of fig. 2, the mid-infrared performance of the product can be more accurately tracked by measuring the wavelength dispersion emissivity of the product.

In order to design and verify the performance of a TIMEP in converting electrical energy to thermal energy and delivering the associated mid-IR light to a user, it is important to perform a thorough spectral analysis of the absorption of radiation along the path from the radiation source to the user. The industry lacks such analysis and such product performance detection certifications. For example, graphene floor heaters are actively marketed, claiming that graphene radiated infrared rays are easily absorbed by the human body. In fact, graphene is to be included in the heating element of a graphene floor heater, but the heating element is actually covered by a layer of wood or ceramic floor that is opaque to mid-infrared radiation. Thus, the mid-infrared radiation generated by the heating element is not transmitted through the flooring material. Instead, the floor is heated by absorbing radiation from the heater and absorbing thermal energy from the heater through normal thermal conductivity, and then dissipated as convection and radiation of air. Obviously, the floor will still emit mid-infrared radiation, but the spectral characteristics depend on the nature of the floor surface material, rather than the heating element or the bulk of the floor. Similarly, other blanket heaters may be faced with plastic or cloth material, with the mid-ir radiation of the heater determined by the optical properties of the top facing material, rather than by the electrothermal heating elements within the heater. For example, all wearable electric heaters and carpet electric heaters which use graphene as an electric heating element and are wrapped by the most common colored cotton fabric have radiation with the mid-infrared characteristics of colored cotton, but do not have the mid-infrared characteristics of graphene. Since cotton is known to have mid IR emissivity in the range of 68% to 88% [32-33], cotton that has not been surface engineered to increase its mid IR emissivity is not an ideal choice for producing electrothermal products. In another example, although Yue et al [34] disclose a film having a top and bottom opposing functional structure that can also be used as an electric heater, the heating surface of the top and bottom opposing functional structure comprises nano-copper with a low emissivity, while the other surface has a high emissivity. Obviously, the design of the top-bottom opposite functional structure is not beneficial to realizing the high performance of the electric-to-mid infrared heater.

The relevant literature reports on physical therapy [7-20, 24], personal thermal management [ 21-24; US 7642489; US 10457424; US2018/0320067 and military applications US7313909 describe devices for emitting and operating infrared radiation required for these applications, both of which suffer from the problem of the band range and radiance not meeting the mid-infrared specifications, the emitter operating with an emission surface temperature higher than 46 ℃ causing the risk of possible burns on the human skin; some of these prior art use conventional infrared emitters [ US 8975604; US9249492], has the disadvantages of large volume and weight, and does not meet the market demand of mid-infrared emission screen type energy-saving heating and mid-infrared physiotherapy.

The present invention addresses all these deficiencies in the industry in general, clarifies the scientific definition of launch and absorption, and proposes an optimal overall design scheme for wall-mounted or ceiling-mounted TIMEPs.

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SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Energy consumption of indoor heating is an important component of global total energy consumption, so that the defect of high energy consumption of the existing indoor heating is urgently overcome. The present invention has been reviewed in the background section with regard to the high energy consumption characteristic of convection heating, and in short, in this type of indoor heating, only part of the energy is used to provide warm comfort to the human body, and the rest of the energy is used to heat many objects completely unrelated to comfort and is wasted. Worse still, such indiscriminate heating can also result in significant drops in indoor humidity and even harmful levels. In addition, the traditional indoor heating relies on a heat source with high power density and working temperature, and is unsafe for human bodies. The utility model discloses a subversive innovation point lies in that its cooperativity combines following several non-formal concepts of the collection to go the design with produce, transmission and absorption mid infrared radiation and get rid of more than as the novel heater of core heating theory of operation the defect and the not enough of present indoor heating, especially the not energy-conserving convection heating of suppression, and mid infrared radiation's physiotherapy benefit further exploits the range of application of this novel heater and promotes its market value:

the utility model discloses creatively provide thermal insulation encapsulated intermediate Infrared emission screen (for short TIMEP, thermal-Insulated Mid-Insulated-Emitting Panel promptly) both can be used to the heating and have the physiotherapy effect.

The utility model discloses it should accord with the mid-infrared wave band that emission wavelength is 3 mu m-50 mu m and emissivity and transmissivity with the intermediate infrared detector quantization that the blackbody was proofreaded to provide the design and the preparation of TIMEP innovatively. The importance of the standard regulation lies in that human body and common clothes and bed cloth of human body can absorb middle infrared ray with high efficiency, and scientific evidence shows that human body has physiotherapy benefit when absorbing middle infrared ray, so quantifying middle infrared radiation parameters of TIMEP and middle infrared optical parameters of TIMEP users and their surrounding objects is beneficial to accurately presetting TIMEP paving and operating arrangement according to TIMEP user warm comfort and physiotherapy requirements, and achieves the effects of energy saving, comfort and health.

In a general sense, the heater should not be thermally insulated from the receiving heater. However, it seems against this common sense that the TIMEP of the present invention is a heat insulated packaged heater. TIMEP blocks the convection heating that is not energy-conserving through high-efficient thermal insulation encapsulation, and can exert high-efficient heating function is one of the core innovation point of the utility model.

The utility model discloses a TIMEP's thermal insulation encapsulation is the technique of innovation too. The thermal insulation packaging of TIMEP comprises two different thermal insulation packaging methods for packaging an electric conversion intermediate infrared emission film wrapped by an electric insulation film into TIMEP. First, the TIMEP employs a thermal insulation packaging technique having a three-layer air-sandwiched, thermally insulating mid-IR transparent plastic layer structure with air entrapment between layers to block the heat source in the TIMEP from transferring heat to the heating medium of all surrounding objects with the extremely low thermal conductivity of stagnant air. Different from the traditional three-layer glass window for houses in frigid regions to reduce the external leakage of heat energy in the houses, the window-shaped heat insulation structure of the TIMEP does not adopt a glass material for absorbing middle infrared radiation, but adopts plastic with middle infrared transmittance close to 100% and middle infrared emissivity close to 100% as the window-shaped heat insulation structure, and outputs electricity in the TIMEP to middle infrared radiation to the TIMEP users as much as possible. Suppose that the TIMEP adopts glass or other materials that absorb mid-infrared radiation to make window-like thermal insulation structure, the TIMEP top surface towards the TIMEP user just can heat up and dispel the heat with air convection because of absorbing the mid-infrared radiation in the TIMEP, and this effect has violated the utility model discloses the purpose of the convection heating that will restrain not energy-conservation. In addition, the utility model provides another innovation point of TIMEP's thermal insulation encapsulation is that TIMEP keeps away from TIMEP's bottom surface overburden's thermal insulation structure and function difference in towards user's top surface overburden's thermal insulation structure and function, bottom surface overburden's thermal insulation structure adopts including simple thermal insulation plastic layers such as foamed plastic, prevents because of the energy loss that the solid heat transfer produced, still join in marriage again and add the mid infrared emissivity be less than or equal to 10% like metal coating such as aluminium to prevent because of the energy loss that infrared radiation produced. One of the core innovations of the present invention is to prepare the TIMEP top and bottom cover layers in cooperation using these two different structures and functions of the thermal insulation packaging technology.

The utility model discloses a window form three-layer air-sandwiched adiabatic plastic layer structure of TIMEP is with the plastics preparation of near 100% of intermediate infrared transmissivity, can make the intermediate infrared radiation in the TIMEP can high-efficiently give the TIMEP user in the theory of the operating principle that the material preparation window that is low with infrared transmissivity reduces the solar infrared radiation and gets into the house through the window on the contrary.

The plastic of the TIMEP window-like structure of the present invention has near 100% mid-IR transmittance and near 100% mid-IR emissivity simultaneously, which is also innovative. The combination of high spectral transmittance and high spectral emissivity is unusual. In this non-conventional combination, the window-like three-layer air-sandwiched thermal insulation plastic layer structure not only transmits the mid-IR radiated by the electrically-to-mid IR-emitting film in the TIMEP to the TIMEP user, but also effectively releases its own heat energy through its own mid-IR emissivity of nearly 100%. The own mid-IR radiation from the window-like three air-insulated plastic layers further enhances the mid-IR radiation power density received by TIMEP users.

The utility model discloses still creatively design TIMEP and can make its user have warm sense and physiotherapy benefit simultaneously and have the aesthetic feeling enjoyment in addition. Laymen, even a person of ordinary skill in the room heater industry, may perceive that black objects do not glow, while colored objects (e.g., colored TIMEPs) may detract from the infrared emission function of the TIMEPs by being decorated with different colors. Contrary to this view, the present invention discloses its inventive phenomenon, namely that although the present invention's TIMEP uses leadless/chrome colors including black, white, red, yellow, blue, green, etc. and combinations thereof to present its decorative aesthetic effect, the leadless/chrome pigments can still have near 100% mid-infrared transmittance while the color TIMEP can still exert its high efficiency heating and physiotherapy effect as long as it complies with the method of the present invention.

To the unsafety of traditional indoor heating relying on the heat source that power density and operating temperature are all high to the human body, the utility model discloses a TIMEP's well infrared emission component is the electricity of a low power density and low operating temperature and changes infrared emission membrane in, especially TIMEP operating voltage does not exceed 36V, ensures that human contact TIMEP also does not have the electric leakage danger, and TIMEP working surface temperature is far less than 46 ℃, guarantees can not cause the burn to skin. Furthermore, the present invention discloses a method for producing a low cost (<US $700-<1 omega-cm) coal-based nanocarbon preparation of mid-infrared emission films with low sheet resistance of less than 50 omega/□ can meet the innovative safety requirements under practical cost-effective conditions and at approximately 500W/m²The low power density and total power of about 1000W TIMEP laying and indoor design are suitable for using furniture and ornaments which do not absorb or reflect middle infrared rays and can cope with 20m²The heating requirement of the indoor space provides an excellent effect of saving energy by half. In consideration of this design, the present invention determines the TIMEP to have an air gap of 1.2mm between three layers, as determined by the thermal conductivity of air (0.027W/m.K)A window-shaped three-layer air-sandwiched heat-insulating plastic layer structure, when TIMEP is 500W/m²The theoretical insulation temperature difference from the electrically switched mid-ir emitting film to the user facing top cover layer of the temep was 67 c when operated at power density of (1). Under these conditions, when the electrical mid-IR emitting film temperature is 90 deg.C, the temperature of the top surface of the TIMEP facing the TIMEP user is 23 deg.C, even if the plastic layer of the window-like thermal insulation structure of the TIMEP has only 90% mid-IR transmittance, which causes the mid-IR absorption to increase and the thermal insulation to decrease, the temperature of the top surface of the TIMEP facing the TIMEP user is in any case much lower than the upper safety limit of 46 deg.C. In other words, the TIMEP of the present invention is absolutely safe for TIMEP users even when the infrared emission film is electrically switched to 90 ℃. According to Planck's law [ 1]]And a mid-infrared power density of about 95mW/cm at 90 ℃ when the mid-infrared emission film having a mid-infrared emissivity of 99% is operated²The mid IR emissivity is not ideal for the mid IR transmission of a TIMEP window thermal insulation structure such that the TIMEP can only emit 95mW/cm²80% of the total energy consumption of the TIMEP, the TIMEP user still feels the TIMEP to heat at 70 ℃ due to the absorption of the middle infrared, and the temperature of the top surface and the bottom surface of the TIMEP is difficult to be confidently kept at about 23 ℃, so the innovation and the energy-saving effect of the utility model can be seen from the description of the TIMEP design. Furthermore, since in the mid-infrared physiotherapy industry, most known physiotherapy methods use only 10-20mW/cm²Thus, the utility model discloses a TIMEP provides a warm comfortable, but also provides high enough mid-infrared radiation intensity, provides its user with the well infrared physiotherapy benefit that has already scientifically corroborated. The TIMEP disclosed by the utility model can adopt [ PCT/CN2018/104910]]The low-cost preparation of the coal or the coke comprises graphene, carbon nano tubes, carbon nano fibers and other conductive nano carbon, and the method for preparing the TIMEP with low cost is implemented.

Compared to the published intellectual property rights, although the use of infrared transparent encapsulation has been reported in the literature [ US 6038065; US 9951446; US9989679, US10502879], but they do not specifically cover the mid-infrared band from 3 μm to 50 μm and the infrared transparent encapsulation is not related to the functions of thermal insulation and decoration, etc.

Furthermore, materials that do not transmit visible light but transmit or reflect infrared have been reported in the literature [ US 9951446; US 9989679; US10502879], the concepts and methods reported are unrelated to, or opposite to, those in the present invention. Briefly, US9951446 and references 21-22 disclose the incorporation of dyes into garments to facilitate the dissipation of heat from the human body and the reflection of ambient infrared light, preventing the reflection of infrared light back into the human body; therefore, they are a method of cooling the human body, which is contrary to the human body's warm and comfortable nature disclosed by the present invention. US9989679 discloses the incorporation of pigments in an infrared transparent material for the manufacture of infrared reflective films for the purpose of making identification devices. Thus, US9989679 is an infrared reflection method, the concept of which is contrary to the present invention. US10502879 discloses a system having a coloured infrared transparent layer, but the utility model relates to near infrared rather than mid infrared, wherein the coloured infrared transparent layer disclosed therein is used as an encapsulating material for near infrared cameras or other near infrared devices, independent of heating and mid infrared physiotherapy. Furthermore, US10502879 discloses a method of colouring in an infrared-transmissive substrate using plasma particles, but the plasma particles of this utility model are very costly and cannot be practically used as decorative heaters. Reference 30 discloses lead-and chromium-based pigments for beautifying low ir coatings, but the related use of lead and chromium has been banned and the disclosed method is counter-directed to the technical route conceived by the present invention. Reference 31 describes the preparation of colored, near infrared reflective, superhydrophobic polymer films to maintain cooling of buildings from solar heating. The concepts and methods are the reverse of the concepts and methods of the present invention.

In summary, the above disclosure of the present invention can be summarized as the present invention provides a thermal insulation packaging intermediate Infrared emission screen (referred to as "TIMEP," that is, thermal-Insulated Mid-Infrared-Emitting Panel) for heating and physiotherapy, the TIMEP includes a top surface covering layer, a first gas thermal insulation layer, a first intermediate Infrared plastic thermal insulation layer, a second gas thermal insulation layer, a second intermediate Infrared plastic thermal insulation layer, a third gas thermal insulation layer, a first electrical insulation layer, an electrical transfer intermediate Infrared emission film layer, a second electrical insulation layer, and a bottom surface covering layer, which are sequentially stacked; wherein the top cover layer faces an object to be heated, and the bottom cover layer is away from the object to be heated relative to the top cover layer; the middle infrared transmittance of the top surface covering layer, the first middle infrared transmitting plastic thermal insulation layer and the second middle infrared transmitting plastic thermal insulation layer is more than or equal to 90 percent, and the bottom surface covering layer is thermally insulated and has the middle infrared emissivity less than or equal to 10 percent; the material of the electric conversion intermediate infrared emission film layer comprises a low-cost coal-based nano carbon plastic compound; the mid-infrared emissivity of the electric transfer mid-infrared emission film layer is more than or equal to 90 percent.

Optionally, an aesthetic pattern is further disposed on the top cover layer.

Optionally, the thicknesses of the first gas thermal insulation layer, the second gas thermal insulation layer and the third gas thermal insulation layer are greater than or equal to 1mm, and the gas in the first gas thermal insulation layer, the second gas thermal insulation layer and the third gas thermal insulation layer includes air.

Optionally, the spectral wavelength range of the mid-infrared is 3 μm to 50 μm band.

Optionally, the sheet resistance of the electric conversion intermediate infrared emission film layer is less than or equal to 50 Ω/□, the film thickness is less than or equal to 200 μm, and the intermediate infrared emission rate is close to 100%.

Optionally, the composite comprises nano-carbon, and the nano-carbon comprises multi-morphology conductive nano-carbon obtained from coal or coke and comprising one or more of graphene, carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers.

Optionally, the nanocarbon production cost is ≦ 1000 dollars/ton.

Optionally, the plastic compound, the plastic comprising one or more of thermoplastic polyurethane, thermoplastic polystyrene, thermoplastic polyester, carbon-based rubber, silicon-based rubber, polypropylene, polyethylene, polyvinyl alcohol, poly-p-phenylene terephthalamide; the composite material has a mid-infrared emissivity of not less than 90%, preferably a mid-infrared emissivity of not less than 95%.

Optionally, the structural material of the top surface covering layer comprises one or more of polyethylene, polypropylene and flame-retardant polymer, the thickness of the top surface covering layer is less than or equal to 100 μm, and the medium infrared emissivity is greater than or equal to 90%.

Optionally, the structural material of the top cover layer further comprises an additive.

Optionally, the material of the first and second middle infrared transmitting plastic thermal insulation layers includes polyethylene, polypropylene, or a combination thereof, and the middle infrared transmittance of the first and second middle infrared transmitting plastic thermal insulation layers is greater than or equal to 95%.

Optionally, the top cover layer comprises polyethylene, polypropylene or a combination thereof with a mid-infrared transmittance of not less than 95%, and the top cover layer further comprises a pigment with a mid-infrared transmittance of not less than 90%.

Optionally, the pigment includes lead-free and chromium-free colors, including specifically aluminum particles, coated aluminum particles, titanium dioxide particles, coated titanium dioxide particles, nano-carbon black, perylene red, quinophthalo yellow, bismuth yellow, indigo, phthalocyanine blue, cobalt blue, copper phthalocyanine green, iron oxide orange, brown iron oxide, or lead-free yellow 83, and combinations thereof.

Optionally, the bottom surface covering layer comprises an aluminum coating layer with the mid-infrared emissivity being less than or equal to 10% and a plastic layer with the thermal insulation temperature difference being more than 50 ℃.

Optionally, the mid-infrared emission screen is used for indoor heating, mid-infrared physiotherapy or functional indoor design and combination thereof.

Optionally, the mid-infrared emission screen further comprises a thermal insulation frame, a temperature sensor and a power management device for controlling the mid-infrared emission screen.

In short, the utility model discloses a novel TIMEP has filled technical vacancy, has consulted the market demand of low-cost, high performance TIMEP to safe, effective and energy-conserving mode produces warm, comfortable and well infrared physiotherapy benefit, moreover the utility model discloses a novel colored TIMEP still presents pleasing to the eye aesthetic feeling under the prerequisite of guaranteeing these functionalities. Furthermore, the present invention follows a method of enforcing scientific clarity and evidence-based specifications in the process of designing novel TIMEPs.

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The features and advantages of the invention will be more clearly understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, which are schematic and should not be understood as imposing any limitation on the invention, in which:

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the distribution of infrared radiation energy density of a standard black body at different temperatures

FIG. 2 is a graph of IR energy density distribution of different materials

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of the thermal insulation packaging intermediate infrared emission screen (TIMEP) for heating and physiotherapy of the present invention

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of the thermal insulation packaging intermediate infrared emission screen (TIMEP) for heating and physiotherapy including temperature control and electric control of the present invention

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram and an effect data table of the first embodiment of the thermal insulation packaging intermediate infrared emission screen (TIMEP) for heating and physiotherapy of the present invention

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a physical object and a camera with infrared emission effect of the thermal insulation packaging middle infrared emission screen (TIMEP) for heating and physiotherapy according to the first embodiment of the present invention

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram and an effect data table of a second embodiment of a thermal insulation packaging intermediate infrared emission screen (TIMEP) for heating and physiotherapy of the present invention

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram and an effect data table of a third embodiment of a thermal insulation packaging intermediate infrared emission screen (TIMEP) for heating and physiotherapy of the present invention

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

To various problems and market demands among the prior art pointed out by the background chapter, the utility model discloses a novel TIMEP has filled technical vacancy, has referred to low-cost, high performance's TIMEP's market demand to produce warm, comfortable and mid-infrared physiotherapy benefit with safe, effective and energy-conserving mode. Furthermore, the present invention follows a method of enforcing scientific clarity and evidence-based specifications in the process of designing novel TIMEPs. The detailed implementation of the utility model is disclosed according to the innovation of the content chapter of the utility model.

First, fig. 3 shows that in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the basic structure of a thermal insulation packaging mid infrared emission screen (timer) for heating and physiotherapy of the present invention includes the following layers starting from the top surface of the timer facing the user, as shown in fig. 3:

(a) three intermediate infrared transparent layers 311, 312, and 313 are installed in the thermal insulation frame, and air is filled between interlayers between the adjacent two intermediate infrared transparent layers, that is, an interlayer between the intermediate infrared transparent layers 311 and 312 and an interlayer between the intermediate infrared transparent layers 312 and 313 are filled with air, respectively; in some specific embodiments, the interlayer between the mid-infrared transparent layer 313 and the electrical insulation layer 32 is also filled with air. A mid-infrared transparent lead/chromium-free visible color may be in and/or on the mid-infrared transparent layer 311;

(b) an electrically insulating layer 32;

(c) a high-conductivity electrothermal plastic composite electrotransformation mid-infrared emission film 33 which takes coal-based nano carbon as a filler and has a mid-infrared emissivity close to 100%;

(d) an electrically insulating layer 34;

(e) the ultrathin shiny metal layer 35 has a mid-infrared emissivity close to 0;

(f) a thermally insulating polymer foam layer 36.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the thermal insulation frame comprises a frame having both ends open like a picture frame, and the frame is used to mount and fix the mid-infrared transparent layers 311, 312, and 313. In a particular embodiment, the frame is also used to mount and secure an electrical insulation layer 32, an electrical mid-infrared emission film 33, an electrical insulation layer 34, an ultra-thin shiny metal layer 35, and a thermally insulating foam layer 36. In some particular embodiments, the frame also serves to hide, mount and fix the thermostat 37, the electric controller 38, the electrodes and the power supply lines.

In some embodiments of the present invention, each of the three mid-infrared transparent layers 311-313 in fig. 3 comprises polyethylene, polypropylene, or other mid-infrared transparent polymer, and combinations thereof. Wherein the mid-infrared transparent layer 311 faces the object to be heated and the thermally insulating foam layer 36 is remote from the object to be heated relative to the mid-infrared transparent layer 311.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the mid-infrared transparent layer 311 may serve as a top cover layer, and the mid-infrared transparent layer 311 may be made of polyethylene, polypropylene, or other mid-infrared transparent polymers. The mid-infrared transparent layer 311 may also include a mid-infrared transparent lead/chromium-free visible color on the surface facing the object to be heated, including lead-free and chromium-free colors, wherein the lead-free and chromium-free colors include aluminum particles, coated aluminum particles, titanium dioxide particles, coated titanium dioxide particles, nano-carbon black, perylene red, quinophthalo yellow, bismuth yellow, indigo, phthalocyanine blue, cobalt blue, copper phthalocyanine green, iron oxide orange, brown iron oxide, or lead-free yellow 83, and combinations thereof.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, electrically insulating layers 32 and 34 comprise thermoplastic polyurethane, thermoplastic polyester, carbon-based rubber, silicone-based rubber or polypropylene and combinations thereof.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, the polymer in the high conductivity polymer composite electrotransfer mid-infrared emission film 34 comprises thermoplastic polyurethane, thermoplastic polystyrene, thermoplastic polyester, carbon-based rubber, silicon-based rubber, polypropylene, polyvinyl alcohol, poly-p-phenylene terephthalamide, and combinations thereof. The square resistance of the electric transfer intermediate infrared emission film 34 is less than or equal to 50 omega/□, the film thickness is less than or equal to 200 mu m, and the intermediate infrared emissivity is close to 100 percent. In one particular embodiment, the mid IR emissivity of the electro-transfer mid IR emissive film 34 is 90% or greater, and preferably 95% or greater. The nano-carbon in the composite material comprises multi-morphology conductive nano-carbon which is obtained from coal or coke and comprises one or more of graphene, carbon nano-tubes and carbon nano-fibers. In a specific embodiment, the nanocarbon consists of coal-based nanocarbon with resistivity lower than 1 Ω · cm, and the production cost is at least 50 times lower than that of graphene; specifically, it is preferably produced at a cost of $ 1000/ton or less, and more preferably at a cost of $ 700/ton or less. The method disclosed in WO2020051755 is suitable for the production of coal-based nanocarbons in the present invention. In some embodiments, the carbon black is further graphitized to a resistivity of less than 1 Ω -cm and used to make a TIMEP in the present disclosure.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, the ultra-thin shiny metal layer 35 having a mid-ir emissivity near 0 comprises metal-rich oxy-carbo-nitrides of aluminum, aluminum alloys, copper alloys, chromium, zirconium alloys, and combinations thereof.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, the thermal insulation layer 36 comprises a foam sheet of thermoplastic polyurethane, thermoplastic polyester, carbon-based rubber, silicone-based rubber or polypropylene and combinations thereof.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a TIMEP for heating and physiotherapy in accordance with the present invention; the only difference between the schematic construction of the TIMEP of FIG. 3 and that of FIG. 4 is that the TIMEP also adds a temperature sensor 37 and a power management assembly 38 including control circuitry and power supply to make the TIMEP functional and operational, all encapsulated in a thermally insulating frame. The rest of the components are the same as those of the first embodiment, and are not described in detail herein.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a first embodiment of a TIMEP for heating and physiotherapy in accordance with the present invention; the only difference between FIG. 5 and FIG. 4 is that the thermally insulating and mid-IR transmissive 311, 312 and 313 layers of the TIMEP of FIG. 5 are actually made of polyethylene having an IR transmission of about 95%. Fig. 5 also lists the effect data table of the third embodiment.

Fig. 6 is the utility model discloses a infrared emission effect makes a video recording in object schematic diagram and the object of the first embodiment of a TIMEP for heating and physiotherapy.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a TIMEP for heating and physiotherapy according to a second embodiment of the present invention; fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram and an implementation effect data table of a third embodiment of a timer for heating and physiotherapy of the present invention. The overall structure of the second and third embodiments is the same as that of the first embodiment, and the only difference is that the materials of the three mid-infrared transparent layers 311 and 313 are different. Specifically, in the first embodiment, the materials of the three mid-infrared transparent layers 311 and 313 include polyethylene; in the second embodiment, the materials of the three mid-infrared transparent layers 311-313 include polypropylene; in the third embodiment, the material of the three mid-infrared transparent layers 311 and 313 comprises polyvinyl chloride.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the method for preparing a TIMEP of the present invention comprises:

(1) preparing an electric conversion intermediate infrared emission film layer by adopting a nano carbon plastic compound: dispersing the plastic in the compound in an organic solvent to form a first mixed solution, and then dispersing the nano-carbon in the compound in the first mixed solution to form a second mixed solution; preparing the electric conversion intermediate infrared emission film layer by adopting a standard slurry film forming process;

(2) respectively superposing a first electric insulating layer and a second electric insulating layer on the upper surface and the lower surface of the electric transfer intermediate infrared emission film layer to obtain a laminated structure which sequentially comprises the first electric insulating layer, the electric transfer intermediate infrared emission film layer and the second electric insulating layer, wherein the electric transfer intermediate infrared emission film layer is wrapped by the first electric insulating layer and the second electric insulating layer;

(3) and respectively adding laminates on the upper surface and the lower surface of the laminated structure sequentially consisting of the first electric insulating layer, the electric transfer intermediate infrared emission film layer and the second electric insulating layer to form a TIMEP laminated structure comprising a top surface covering layer, a first gas heat insulating layer, a first transparent intermediate infrared plastic heat insulating layer, a second gas heat insulating layer, a second transparent intermediate infrared plastic heat insulating layer, a third gas heat insulating layer, a first electric insulating layer, an electric transfer intermediate infrared emission film layer, a second electric insulating layer and a bottom surface covering layer.

A timer designed in accordance with the timer described above in some embodiments of the invention functions in some embodiments as follows:

the core element of TIMEP is an electrotransfer mid-infrared emission film comprising a low-cost nanocarbon plastic composite, which has a low sheet resistance of less than 50 Ω/□, is suitable for TIMEP to perform its excellent function, and ensures that human body is not exposed to TIMEP and has no electric leakage risk.

TIMEP operates under safe supply conditions of voltage below 36V at approximately 500W/m²Low power density and total power around 1000W TIMEP laying and indoor design suitable for use with furniture and upholstery that does not absorb or reflect mid-IR, a 20m²The indoor space is uniformly distributed indoors due to the fact that the medium infrared radiation is supplied by TIMEP and reflected by indoor objects, the indoor air temperature can be kept below 18 ℃, TIMEP users still can generate warm feeling due to the fact that medium infrared radiation is absorbed, comfortable warm feeling similar to 25 ℃ of indoor air temperature is obtained, and a plurality of indoor objects are kept at about 18 ℃ due to the fact that medium infrared radiation absorption rate is low. Comparing with the specification of a heater on a general city, every 20m²The heating of interior space is 2000W, the utility model discloses a TIMEP can provide energy-conservation and be about 50% outstanding effect. In this design consideration, the present invention estimates and actually measures TIMEP at 500W/m²Under the low power density working condition, the actual temperature of the electric transfer intermediate infrared emission film can be maintained above 90 ℃ when the indoor air temperature is 18 ℃, and in this state, the TIMEP electric controller can adjust the temperature to be lower than 90 ℃ according to the actual heating requirement of a TIMEP user. The thermal conductivity of air is 0.027W/m.K, and TIMEP is a window-shaped three-layer air-sandwiched heat-insulating plastic layer structure with three interlayer air gaps of 1.2mm, when TIMEP is 500W/m²Operating at a power density of from electrical to mid-infrared emission film to the surface of the window facing the user envelope, the theoretical insulation temperature difference is from the following formula (500W/m)²The temperature of 0.027W/mK ((3X 1.2mm) 1m/1000mm) was determined to be 67 ℃. Under these conditions, when the temperature of the electrically intermediate IR-emitting film is 90 ℃ and the temperature of the top surface of the TIMEP facing the TIMEP user is 23 ℃, there is a fear that the plastic layer of the window-like thermal insulation structure of the TIMEP has only 90% of mid-IR transmittance and causes the mid-IR absorption to rise and the thermal insulation effect to decline, and the temperature of the top surface of the TIMEP facing the TIMEP user is far lower than 46 ℃ in any caseThe upper safety limit of (2). In other words, the TIMEP of the present invention is absolutely safe for TIMEP users even when the infrared emission film is electrically switched to 90 ℃.

3. According to Planck's law [ 1]]And a mid-infrared power density of about 95mW/cm at 90 ℃ when the mid-infrared emission film having a mid-infrared emissivity of 99% is operated²The mid IR emissivity is not ideal for the mid IR transmission of a TIMEP window thermal insulation structure such that the TIMEP can only emit 95mW/cm²80% of (1), i.e. 76mW/cm²The reduced blackbody temperature is 70 ℃, so the TIMEP user still can feel the TIMEP to heat at 70 ℃ because of absorbing the middle infrared, and the temperature of the TIMEP top and bottom surface is singularly kept at 23 ℃, so the description of the TIMEP design shows the innovation and the energy-saving effect of the utility model.

4. Furthermore, since in the mid-infrared physiotherapy industry, most known physiotherapy methods use only 10-20mW/cm²Thus, the utility model discloses a TIMEP provides a warm comfortable, but also provides high enough mid-infrared radiation intensity, provides its user with the well infrared physiotherapy benefit that has already scientifically corroborated.

5. The utility model discloses a TIMEP can adopt the low cost that is prepared with coal or coke of [ PCT/CN2018/104910] and have graphite alkene, carbon nanotube, carbon nanofiber and other electrically conductive nanocarbon, estimates the cost and is less than US $700 + 1000/ton, and the resistivity is less than 1 omega-cm, and the coal base nanocarbon plastic composite mid infrared emission membrane who makes with this has the low square resistance that is less than 50 omega/□, is fit for being used for preparing the utility model discloses a TIMEP to implement under the actual cost benefit condition the utility model discloses an innovation.

In summary, the present invention relates to a thermally insulated mid-infrared emission screen (referred to as "TIMEP" for short) for heating and physiotherapy. The utility model relates to a TIMEP's innovative design and test/verification, it can be applied to and makes the user produce warm comfort to have convenient and safe mid-infrared physiotherapy effect. Secondly, because the human emission in this mid-infrared band is similar to the benchmark blackbody, consequently the utility model discloses an use the benchmark blackbody as the spectrum reference standard and use and cover whole mid-infrared band or at least 3 mu m-25 mu m's ordinary infrared spectrum appearance to test and verify the utility model discloses TIMEP's spectral characteristic. In this case, the measurement results of the 3 μm-25 μm band are very close to the measurement results of the entire mid-infrared band because the total radiation from a 3 μm-25 μm band black body has reached 85% of the entire mid-infrared band at typical operating temperatures of TIMEP in the range of ordinary room temperature to 90 ℃ at the upper limit of the TIMEP operating temperature. In order to test and verify TIMEP, the utility model discloses an use ordinary infrared spectrometer to measure the practical method of the mid-infrared wavelength dispersion intensity that TIMEP launched to and measure the practical method of the mid-infrared integral intensity that TIMEP launched with ordinary mid-infrared emission appearance, two kinds of methods all regard as the mid-infrared radiation reference with the benchmark black body.

Examples

Specific examples are set forth in detail below. It is to be understood that the following is only exemplary or illustrative of the application of the principles of the present invention. Many modifications may be made to adapt other compositions, methods, and systems to the teachings without departing from the essential scope thereof. Additional requirements include such modifications and arrangements. Thus, while the invention has been described above in detail, the following examples provide further details that are presently considered to be the most practical.

First embodiment

Preparation method and performance verification of window-shaped three-layer polyethylene structure TIMEP

In this preferred embodiment of the invention, a high performance TIMEP is produced. Firstly, coal-based nano carbon with high conductivity is used as printing ink, and a standard film casting process is adopted to prepare the nano carbon compound mid-infrared emission film. The sheet resistance of the obtained film was 26. + -. 2. omega./□ and the thickness was 80. + -. 2. mu.m, and a sheet resistance of 8. omega. and a size of 250cm were prepared²The electrothermal film of (1). The rated power of TIMEP is 150W and 0.60W/cm respectively under the external voltage of 35V². The window-shaped three-layer intermediate infrared transparent layer structure consists of three layers of polyethylene, and the air gap between the three layers and the attached layer of the electric transfer intermediate infrared emission film is 1.2 mm. The top layer facing the user is made of coloured polyethyleneThe medium infrared transmittance is close to 100%, and the medium infrared emissivity is close to 100%. The structure of TIMEP is shown in FIG. 5.

The TIMEP in this example had an electrotransfer mid IR emitting film temperature of 90 deg.C when actually operated at 135W, and the temperature of the heat facing surface of the TIMEP exposed to an indoor environment of 18 deg.C was 26 deg.C. As shown in the performance data table of FIG. 5, the temperature measured with the calibrated thermocouple at the mid IR transmitting film was 90 deg.C, the temperature measured with the calibrated thermocouple at the top cover surface was 26 deg.C, and the black body temperature equivalent for the IR intensity in TIMEP measured with the calibrated mid IR intensity detector at 50cm from the top cover directly opposite the TIMEP was 74 deg.C. The reason for the lower temperature equivalent (74 ℃) of the mid IR radiation received outside the TIMEP relative to the actual mid IR transmitting film temperature (90 ℃) is that the IR emissivity of the electrically insulated encapsulated mid IR transmitting film and the mid IR transmission of the three air insulated mid IR transmitting plastic layer structure are not 100%, and the actual mid IR transmission efficiency is estimated to be 83%. In this example, the top surface emissivity of the electrically insulating encapsulated electrically conductive mid IR emitting film in the TIMEP is about 99%, the mid IR transmission of the three layer air insulating mid IR transparent plastic layer structure is about 95%, and the mid IR transmission drops to about 93% after the top cover layer of the three layer structure is pigmented with polyethylene. In this example, the temperature measured at the bottom coating surface of the TIMEP with a calibrated thermocouple was 23 deg.C, and the IR emissivity of the TIMEP bottom coating was 10% with a calibrated mid IR radiation intensity detector facing the TIMEP at 50cm from the bottom coating.

FIG. 6 shows a TIMEP real object photograph and a mid-infrared camera in the embodiment, wherein the mid-infrared emission area of the real object is 250cm²(100 cm long, 25cm wide) and a mid-infrared camera powered at 130W showed an average black body temperature equivalent of 74 ℃. The performance data table of fig. 5 shows that the temperature measured with the calibrated thermocouple on the mid-ir emission film was 90 c, the temperature measured with the calibrated thermocouple on the top cover surface was 26 c, and the room temperature was 18 c. The results prove that the TIMEP in the embodiment can radiate the mid-infrared electromagnetic wave with sufficient radiation intensity under the effects of beauty and energy conservation, and the energy-saving TIMEP can be used for preventing the electromagnetic wave from being radiated by the infrared electromagnetic waveFor middle infrared heating and middle infrared physiotherapy.

Second embodiment

Preparation method and performance verification of window-shaped three-layer polypropylene layer structure TIMEP

In this preferred embodiment of the invention, a higher performance TIMEP is produced. Firstly, coal-based nano carbon with high conductivity is used as printing ink, and a standard film casting process is adopted to prepare the nano carbon compound mid-infrared emission film. The sheet resistance of the obtained film was 26. + -. 2. omega./□ and the thickness was 80. + -. 2. mu.m, and a sheet resistance of 8. omega. and a size of 250cm were prepared²The electrothermal film of (1). The rated power of TIMEP is 150W and 0.60W/cm respectively under the external voltage of 35V². The window-like three-layer mid-infrared transparent layer structure is composed of three layers of polypropylene, and the air gap between the layers and the attached layer of the electrotransfer mid-infrared emission film is 1.2 mm. The top layer facing the user consists of coloured polypropylene, the physical pattern is shown in fig. 6, and the structure of the TIMEP in this embodiment is shown in fig. 7.

FIG. 7 also shows a table of TIMEP implementation results for this example, operating at 150W: the temperature measured with a calibrated thermocouple at the mid-infrared emission film was 90 deg.C, the temperature measured with a calibrated thermocouple at the top cover surface was 29 deg.C, and the black body temperature equivalent of the IR intensity in TIMEP measured with a calibrated mid-IR intensity detector at 50cm from the top cover directly against TIMEP was 42 deg.C. The reason for the lower temperature equivalent (42 ℃) of the received mid IR radiation outside the TIMEP relative to the actual mid IR emitting film temperature (90 ℃) is that the IR emissivity of the electrically insulating encapsulated mid IR emitting film and the mid IR transmission of the three air-insulated polypropylene layer structure are not 100%, and the actual mid IR transmission efficiency is estimated to be 56%. In this example, the top surface emissivity of the electrically insulating encapsulated electrically conductive mid IR emitting film in the TIMEP is about 99%, the mid IR transmission of the three layer air insulating polypropylene layer structure is about 85%, and the mid IR transmission of the three layer structure after top cover layer polypropylene is pigmented is reduced to about 83%. In this example, the temperature measured at the bottom coating surface of the TIMEP with a calibrated thermocouple was 23 deg.C, and the IR emissivity of the TIMEP bottom coating was 10% with a calibrated mid IR radiation intensity detector facing the TIMEP at 50cm from the bottom coating.

The results prove that the TIMEP in the embodiment can radiate mid-infrared electromagnetic waves with sufficient radiation intensity under the effects of beauty and energy conservation, and provides mid-infrared heating and mid-infrared physiotherapy functions. Since polypropylene has a slightly lower mid-IR transmission than polyethylene, and polypropylene absorbs radiation from a portion of the mid-IR emitting film to increase its temperature during TIMEP operation, the thermal insulation of the three-layer air-insulating polypropylene layer structure is inferior to that of the first embodiment, the power consumption is increased from 135W to 150W of the first embodiment to maintain the operation of the mid-IR emitting film at 90 ℃ in an electric converter, and the actual transmission efficiency of mid-IR radiation is only 56%.

Third embodiment

Preparation method and performance verification of window-shaped three-layer polyvinyl chloride structure TIMEP

Firstly, coal-based nano carbon with high conductivity is used as printing ink, and a standard film casting process is adopted to prepare the nano carbon compound mid-infrared emission film. The sheet resistance of the obtained film was 26. + -. 2. omega./□ and the thickness was 80. + -. 2. mu.m, and a sheet resistance of 8. omega. and a size of 250cm were prepared²The electrothermal film of (1). The rated power of TIMEP is 150W and 0.60W/cm respectively under the external voltage of 35V². Since the most popular electric floor mat on the market is an electric heater covered with an electric insulation film, which is usually encapsulated with polyvinyl chloride and protected, the window-like three-layer mid-infrared transparent layer structure of the TIMEP in this embodiment is instead composed of three layers of polyvinyl chloride, in which the top layer facing the user is composed of colored polyvinyl chloride, the physical pattern is as shown in FIG. 6, and the structure of the TIMEP in this embodiment is as shown in FIG. 8.

FIG. 8 also shows a table of TIMEP implementation effectiveness data in this example when operating at 180W: the temperature measured with a calibrated thermocouple at the mid-infrared emission film was 90 deg.C, the temperature measured with a calibrated thermocouple at the top cover surface was 40 deg.C, and the black body temperature equivalent of the IR intensity in TIMEP measured with a calibrated mid-IR intensity detector at 50cm from the top cover directly against TIMEP was 35 deg.C. The reason that the temperature equivalent (35 ℃) of the mid-infrared radiation received outside the TIMEP is far lower than the temperature (90 ℃) of the actual heating film is that the three-layer air-insulated polyvinyl chloride layer structure is basically not transparent to the mid-infrared radiation, the polyvinyl chloride absorbs the radiation and then is heated, and the heat energy leaks out of the polyvinyl chloride layer through the self-infrared radiation and the air.

The results demonstrate that the total mid-IR emission efficiency of the TIMEP in this example is very low, mainly because the mid-IR transmittance of polyvinyl chloride is very low, which is not conducive to the radiation of the electrically-switched mid-IR emission film being transmitted to the outside of the TIMEP, and the thermal insulation of the three-layer air-sandwiched heat-insulating polyvinyl chloride layer structure blocks other heat transmission paths. Under the working state, the polyvinyl chloride on the TIMEP top covering surface is heated to 40 ℃ by absorbing the infrared radiation in the TIMEP layer, and then is mainly radiated by air convection, the equivalent of the black body radiation temperature of 35 ℃ shows that the polyvinyl chloride has the characteristic of low absorption mid-infrared and mid-infrared emissivity, and is consistent with the infrared absorption spectrum characteristic measured by experiments. In summary, the polyvinyl chloride encapsulated TIMEP of the present embodiment is both an inefficient mid IR transmitter and a high energy and low efficiency heater. It can be deduced from this that electric heaters such as electric heating ground mats packaged by polyvinyl chloride in the market are both low-efficiency mid-infrared emitters and high-energy-consumption and low-efficiency heaters.

Without further elaboration, it is believed that one skilled in the art can, using the description herein, utilize the present invention to its fullest extent. The embodiments described herein are to be construed as illustrative and not limitative of the remainder of the disclosure in any way whatsoever. While embodiments have been shown and described, many variations and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and teachings of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of protection is not limited by the description set out above, but is only limited by the claims, which include all equivalents of the subject matter of the claims. The disclosure of all patents, patent applications, and publications cited herein are hereby incorporated by reference, to the extent they provide procedures or other details consistent with and complementary to those set forth herein.

Claims (8)

1. A thermal insulation packaging intermediate infrared emission screen for heating and physiotherapy is characterized by comprising a top surface covering layer, a first gas thermal insulation layer, a first intermediate infrared transmitting plastic thermal insulation layer, a second gas thermal insulation layer, a second intermediate infrared transmitting plastic thermal insulation layer, a third gas thermal insulation layer, a first electric insulation layer, an electric intermediate infrared transmitting film layer, a second electric insulation layer and a bottom surface covering layer which are sequentially stacked; wherein the top cover layer faces an object to be heated, and the bottom cover layer is away from the object to be heated relative to the top cover layer;

the middle infrared transmittance of the top surface covering layer, the first middle infrared transmitting plastic thermal insulation layer and the second middle infrared transmitting plastic thermal insulation layer is more than or equal to 90 percent, and the bottom surface covering layer is thermally insulated and has the middle infrared emissivity less than or equal to 10 percent;

the material of the electric conversion intermediate infrared emission film layer comprises a low-cost coal-based nano carbon plastic compound; the mid-infrared emissivity of the electric transfer mid-infrared emission film layer is more than or equal to 90 percent.

2. The mid-infrared emission screen according to claim 1, wherein the spectral wavelength range of the mid-infrared is 3-50 μm band.

3. The mid-infrared emission screen of claim 1, wherein the thickness of the first, second and third thermal gas-insulating layers is greater than or equal to 1mm, and the gas in the first, second and third thermal gas-insulating layers comprises air.

4. The mid-infrared emission screen of claim 1, wherein the sheet resistance of the electrical conversion mid-infrared emission film layer is less than or equal to 50 Ω/□, the film layer thickness is less than or equal to 200 μm, and the mid-infrared emissivity is close to 100%.

5. The mid-IR emissive screen of claim 1, wherein the composite has a mid-IR emissivity of at least 95%.

6. A mid-IR emitting screen according to any of claims 1-4, wherein the bottom cover layer comprises an aluminium coating with a mid-IR emissivity of ≤ 10% and a plastic layer with a thermal insulation temperature difference >50 ℃.

7. The mid-IR emissive screen of any one of claims 1-4, wherein the mid-IR emissivity of the electro-transfer mid-IR emissive film layer is greater than or equal to 95%.

8. Mid-infrared emission screen according to any of claims 1-4, characterized in that it further comprises a thermally insulating frame, a temperature sensor and power management means for controlling the mid-infrared emission screen.

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