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US2007406A
US2007406A US739954A US73995434A US2007406A US 2007406 A US2007406 A US 2007406A US 739954 A US739954 A US 739954A US 73995434 A US73995434 A US 73995434A US 2007406 A US2007406 A US 2007406A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F5/00—Air-conditioning systems or apparatus not covered by F24F1/00 or F24F3/00, e.g. using solar heat or combined with household units such as an oven or water heater
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F5/00—Air-conditioning systems or apparatus not covered by F24F1/00 or F24F3/00, e.g. using solar heat or combined with household units such as an oven or water heater
    • F24F5/0046—Air-conditioning systems or apparatus not covered by F24F1/00 or F24F3/00, e.g. using solar heat or combined with household units such as an oven or water heater using natural energy, e.g. solar energy, energy from the ground
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F5/00—Air-conditioning systems or apparatus not covered by F24F1/00 or F24F3/00, e.g. using solar heat or combined with household units such as an oven or water heater
    • F24F5/0046—Air-conditioning systems or apparatus not covered by F24F1/00 or F24F3/00, e.g. using solar heat or combined with household units such as an oven or water heater using natural energy, e.g. solar energy, energy from the ground
    • F24F2005/0057—Air-conditioning systems or apparatus not covered by F24F1/00 or F24F3/00, e.g. using solar heat or combined with household units such as an oven or water heater using natural energy, e.g. solar energy, energy from the ground receiving heat-exchange fluid from a closed circuit in the ground
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
    • Y02B10/00—Integration of renewable energy sources in buildings
    • Y02B10/40—Geothermal heat-pumps
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
    • Y02B30/00—Energy efficient heating, ventilation or air conditioning [HVAC]
    • Y02B30/54—Free-cooling systems

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  • My invention relates to new and useful improvements in the process of andy apparatus for cooling air preparatory to introducing it"into a building, andhas for its objects; to provide an 5 air cooling ⁇ system for the interior of buildings which is permanent, requires little attention, is extremely cheap and simple to operate, and in which the elements of the earth formation, including water which may be present therein, act as the heat transfer agent to absorb the heat from the air and to lessen its water content, prior to its passage into the interior of the building to be cooled.
  • Fig. 1 is a view in perspective o f a building the l interior of which is to b'e cooled, together with a view in perspective of my cooling apparatus connected with said building, a part of said apparatus being cut away to expose another part to view.
  • Fig. 2 vis a view in side elevation of my primary air cooling chamber, with ducts thereto and 30 therefrom and of a sump in which water 4may collect from said chamber, and also of my secondary air cooling chamber connected into said irst chamber.
  • Fig. 3 is a view in cross section of said air cooling chambers.
  • Fig. 4 is a view of the same in front elevation.
  • Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the same, with a part of the top broken away to expose to view a part of the interior of the primary air cooling chamber.
  • I represents the building tobe cooled by my air cooling system, and 2 the intake duct and 3 the discharge duct into and from my heat exchangers which are my air cooling chambers above mentioned.
  • l represents a fan to force air into duct 2
  • 5 represents a ian to draw air from duct 3 and discharge the air into said building.
  • FIG. 6 represents my primary air cooling chamber for cooling the air passed therethru and 1 represents my secondary air cooling chamber or coolerv in or otherwise present in said coolers, may collect and be removed therefrom thru duct I0 by a pump in well Il, with said pump operated by a pump head I2 located in the basement of the building.
  • a bleeder Il may also be provided in 5 duct 3 into well II to drain water from said duct. All of the above appears generally in Fig. 1 of the drawings. It is obvious that coolers 6 and I A may be buried in the ground at any des'ired'depth,
  • said coolers may be kept moist 10 by permittingwater to percolate thru the ground about them, and that water may be supplied for that purpose thru'water ducts above and about said4 coolers, and that the heat exchange would be hastened by so doing Vunder certain conditions 15 of the earth formation, and, that if water passed about said coolers as if an underground stream ,A of water lay in the strata in which said coolers are placed, said water would facilitate the heat exchange between the airpassing thru the coolers 2o and the earth formation.
  • said coolers are of very large air capacity and that the cavities in said air cooling chambers may be suiliciently large for a full bodied man to enter therein.V It is preferred to construct the coolers out of durable material such as zinc or non-corrosive material the nature of which would depend upon the chemical conditions of the earth in which said coolers were to be buried, and that the same be made out of light material and the same encased in a mass of water proof cement so that the cement casting itself will provide the cavities of the coolers in event the material originally constituting the shell of the coolers may have been eaten away.
  • durable material such as zinc or non-corrosive material the nature of which would depend upon the chemical conditions of the earth in which said coolers were to be buried, and that the same be made out of light material and the same encased in a mass of water proof cement so that the cement casting itself will provide the cavities of the coolers in event the material originally constituting the shell of the coolers may have been eaten away.
  • cooler 6 is preferably made with large wide and broad cavities I3 which are ar-v ranged to form a zigzag passageway.
  • the air to be cooled is caused to travel therethru in the direction indicated by the arrows.
  • the secondary cooler I which is shown in the drawings as being in the form of a large spiral cavity connected at its topwrwith the top of the cavity in the primary air cooling 45 chamber and proceeding downwardly to connect with duct 3. 'I'he air travels thru the secondary cooler in the direction indicated by the arrows.
  • a manhole I5 may be providedin cooler 6, iorl entering said cooler if occasion should ever arise therefor. ⁇

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R. V. MILLER APPARATUS FOR COOLING AIR Filed Aug. 15, 1934 l 2 sheets-shet 1 I 1./ Nfl/er INVENTOR ATTOR NEY- 4 July 9, 1935.
July 9, 1935 A R. v. MILLER A v2,007,406 APPARATUS FOR COOLING AIR Filed Aug. 15, 1954 2 sneet-sheet 2 ROYAL V. MlLLER,
INVENTOR.
" l l n BY/Ww/Iv ATTORNEYS.
Patented July 9, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE APPARATUS zioosoomc am I Royal v. Miner, Tulsa, om.
Application August 15 1934, semi No. 739,954 1 claim. (o1. 251-121) My invention relates to new and useful improvements in the process of andy apparatus for cooling air preparatory to introducing it"into a building, andhas for its objects; to provide an 5 air cooling `system for the interior of buildings which is permanent, requires little attention, is extremely cheap and simple to operate, and in which the elements of the earth formation, including water which may be present therein, act as the heat transfer agent to absorb the heat from the air and to lessen its water content, prior to its passage into the interior of the building to be cooled.
With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, my invention consists in the novel features hereinafter set forth in detail, illustrated in the! accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.
Referring to the drawings in which like nu' merals designate similar parts thruout the several views:
Fig. 1 is a view in perspective o f a building the l interior of which is to b'e cooled, together with a view in perspective of my cooling apparatus connected with said building, a part of said apparatus being cut away to expose another part to view.
Fig. 2 vis a view in side elevation of my primary air cooling chamber, with ducts thereto and 30 therefrom and of a sump in which water 4may collect from said chamber, and also of my secondary air cooling chamber connected into said irst chamber.
Fig. 3 is a view in cross section of said air cooling chambers.
Fig. 4 is a view of the same in front elevation.
Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the same, with a part of the top broken away to expose to view a part of the interior of the primary air cooling chamber. l
I represents the building tobe cooled by my air cooling system, and 2 the intake duct and 3 the discharge duct into and from my heat exchangers which are my air cooling chambers above mentioned. l represents a fan to force air into duct 2, and 5 represents a ian to draw air from duct 3 and discharge the air into said building.
6 represents my primary air cooling chamber for cooling the air passed therethru and 1 represents my secondary air cooling chamber or coolerv in or otherwise present in said coolers, may collect and be removed therefrom thru duct I0 by a pump in well Il, with said pump operated by a pump head I2 located in the basement of the building. A bleeder Il may also be provided in 5 duct 3 into well II to drain water from said duct. All of the above appears generally in Fig. 1 of the drawings. It is obvious that coolers 6 and I A may be buried in the ground at any des'ired'depth,
and that if desired said coolers may be kept moist 10 by permittingwater to percolate thru the ground about them, and that water may be supplied for that purpose thru'water ducts above and about said4 coolers, and that the heat exchange would be hastened by so doing Vunder certain conditions 15 of the earth formation, and, that if water passed about said coolers as if an underground stream ,A of water lay in the strata in which said coolers are placed, said water would facilitate the heat exchange between the airpassing thru the coolers 2o and the earth formation. It is also to be noted that said coolers are of very large air capacity and that the cavities in said air cooling chambers may be suiliciently large for a full bodied man to enter therein.V It is preferred to construct the coolers out of durable material such as zinc or non-corrosive material the nature of which would depend upon the chemical conditions of the earth in which said coolers were to be buried, and that the same be made out of light material and the same encased in a mass of water proof cement so that the cement casting itself will provide the cavities of the coolers in event the material originally constituting the shell of the coolers may have been eaten away.
Directing attention specifically to the remaining drawings, cooler 6 is preferably made with large wide and broad cavities I3 which are ar-v ranged to form a zigzag passageway. The air to be cooled is caused to travel therethru in the direction indicated by the arrows. About said cooler 6 is coiled the secondary cooler I which is shown in the drawings as being in the form of a large spiral cavity connected at its topwrwith the top of the cavity in the primary air cooling 45 chamber and proceeding downwardly to connect with duct 3. 'I'he air travels thru the secondary cooler in the direction indicated by the arrows.
A manhole I5 may be providedin cooler 6, iorl entering said cooler if occasion should ever arise therefor.`
In operation, with the coolers inuplace in the earth formation and with ducts connecting said coolers with said building as shown,- air may be caused to circulate thru the cooling system by operating either fan l or fan 5 or both of them, whereupon the air is taken from the building and conveyed into coolers in the earth Iormation, a heat exchange eiected between the hot air and the cooler earth formation, and the cooled conveyed into the building. When insumcient water is present in the earth formation to effectuate the heat exchange with the rapidity desired, the earth about the cavities may be moistened by water applied thereto and permitted to percolate therethru.
Having thus fully disclosed my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:
In an air cooling system for cooling theV inupper of said cavities and a sump connected with y the lower of said cavities.
ROYAL V. MILLER.
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US3194303A (en) * 1962-05-28 1965-07-13 John C Haried Heat pump system
US3339629A (en) * 1963-05-20 1967-09-05 Ind Institution International Ground storage means for structure heating and cooling systems
US3931851A (en) * 1973-08-15 1976-01-13 William D. Morse, Jr. Liquid aquifer energy storage method
US4234037A (en) * 1978-02-21 1980-11-18 Rogers Walter E Underground heating and cooling system
US4291751A (en) * 1979-08-16 1981-09-29 Wolf Bernard A Thermal inverter
US4566532A (en) * 1981-03-30 1986-01-28 Megatech Corporation Geothermal heat transfer
US20040194909A1 (en) * 2003-04-07 2004-10-07 Tai-Her Yang Natural thermo carrier fluid exchange system for heat reclaim
US20070266722A1 (en) * 2006-05-16 2007-11-22 Mccaughan Michael In-ground geothermal heat pump system
US20090277602A1 (en) * 2008-05-12 2009-11-12 Tai-Her Yang Temperature equalization air supply system of natural thermal energy with intermediate thermal storage
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US20100122802A1 (en) * 2008-11-17 2010-05-20 Tai-Her Yang Single flow circuit heat absorbing/release device for periodic positive and reverse directional pumping
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US3194303A (en) * 1962-05-28 1965-07-13 John C Haried Heat pump system
US3339629A (en) * 1963-05-20 1967-09-05 Ind Institution International Ground storage means for structure heating and cooling systems
US3931851A (en) * 1973-08-15 1976-01-13 William D. Morse, Jr. Liquid aquifer energy storage method
US4234037A (en) * 1978-02-21 1980-11-18 Rogers Walter E Underground heating and cooling system
US4291751A (en) * 1979-08-16 1981-09-29 Wolf Bernard A Thermal inverter
US4566532A (en) * 1981-03-30 1986-01-28 Megatech Corporation Geothermal heat transfer
US20040194909A1 (en) * 2003-04-07 2004-10-07 Tai-Her Yang Natural thermo carrier fluid exchange system for heat reclaim
US7004231B2 (en) * 2003-04-07 2006-02-28 Tai-Her Yang Natural thermo carrier fluid exchange system for heat reclaim
US20070266722A1 (en) * 2006-05-16 2007-11-22 Mccaughan Michael In-ground geothermal heat pump system
US7617697B2 (en) 2006-05-16 2009-11-17 Mccaughan Michael In-ground geothermal heat pump system
US20090277602A1 (en) * 2008-05-12 2009-11-12 Tai-Her Yang Temperature equalization air supply system of natural thermal energy with intermediate thermal storage
WO2010014910A1 (en) * 2008-07-31 2010-02-04 Walford Technologies, Inc Geothermal heating, ventilating and cooling system
US20100025008A1 (en) * 2008-07-31 2010-02-04 Walford Technologies, Inc. Geothermal Heating, Ventilating and Cooling System
US20100122802A1 (en) * 2008-11-17 2010-05-20 Tai-Her Yang Single flow circuit heat absorbing/release device for periodic positive and reverse directional pumping
US9115935B2 (en) * 2008-11-17 2015-08-25 Tai-Her Yang Single flow circuit heat absorbing/release device for periodic positive and reverse directional pumping
US20120195002A1 (en) * 2011-01-31 2012-08-02 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. Outdoor Display Apparatus
US8605436B2 (en) * 2011-01-31 2013-12-10 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd Outdoor display apparatus

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