COOLING SYSTEM CONVERTING AIR HEAT TO ELECTRICAL ENERGY

TECHNICAL FIELD

The invention is related to a cooling system that, unlike the cooling systems that operate by transferring the received heat to outdoors so as to reduce the indoor temperature and consuming a large amount of electricity to do so, converts the ambient heat to electrical energy, thus allowing the utilization of this heat, eliminating high electricity consumption and therefore ensuring energy savings.

STATE OF ART

Carbon emissions and the high energy need are among the biggest problems facing today's world. Regardless of how energy is generated (hydroelectric power plants, wind turbines, nuclear power plants, etc.), nature is damaged in one way or another and therefore all kinds of machines and systems in use must have high energy efficiency.

The main purpose of the cooling systems used today is to cool the desired environment and the heat must be removed from the environment to achieve this. The transfer of said ambient heat to an external environment to cool the environment causes high electricity consumption and wasted energy and also leads to an increase in carbon emissions.

Current cooling systems have evaporation and condensation cycles, the refrigerating liquid is evaporated with low pressure, the evaporating liquid receives heat from the outside, and thus cools the environment, the gas contained inside is taken out and condensed under pressure by a compressor, heat is transferred outside with this condensed gas and thus the cycle is completed. Each of the components used in this cycle, such as compressors, condensers, and evaporators, causes electricity waste and high electricity consumption. There are various studies on this subject, and a US Patent Application with publication no. US20160197534A1 mentions a study on "HVAC system with energy recovery mechanism". The system described herein is provided with a steam turbine arranged between the compressor and the condenser and it is attempted to generate electrical energy from this turbine. The problem with the said system is that the condensation process continues and a mechanism that will adversely affect the performance of the compressor and the condenser is described. In this method, the compressor and the condenser draw more energy than they should and this energy is tried to be recovered with the steam turbine.

In the cooling system described in a PCT application with publication no. W02018010708A1 , a turbine is arranged after the high-pressure compressor, and some of the energy is tried to be recovered with this turbine. The refrigerating gas used in this described system is taken to the transcritical level. The problem with the said system is that the refrigerating gas is elevated to a transcritical level and requires very high pressures and gas flow for a sufficient level of cooling, which eliminates the reliability of the system.

As a result, the need to eliminate the shortcomings and drawbacks of the embodiments and applications which are present in the current art and which are currently in use necessitated an improvement in the relevant technical field.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a cooling system converting the air heat to electrical energy which is designed to eliminate the aforementioned disadvantages and provide new advantages to the relevant technical field.

The invention is related to a cooling system that, unlike the cooling systems that operate by transferring the received heat to outdoors so as to reduce the indoor temperature and consuming a large amount of electricity to do so, converts the ambient heat to electrical energy, thus allowing the utilization of this heat, eliminating high electricity consumption and therefore ensuring energy savings.

The object of the invention is to provide the use of the heat transported to the external environment in the existing systems for cooling the environment in the generation of electrical energy by means of the system of the invention.

Another object of the invention is to provide the utilization of the heat taken from the environment in order to cool the environment by using it to generate electrical energy.

Another object of the invention is to eliminate the need for evaporation and condensation cycles in the existing systems, thus reducing energy consumption.

Another object of the invention is to eliminate the need for evaporation and condensation cycles in the existing systems, thus enabling the use of refrigerants with low atmospheric boiling points.

Another object of the invention is to provide an energy efficient cooling system by utilizing the heat taken from the environment to be cooled in electricity generation and eliminating the need for evaporation and condensation cycles.

The structural and characteristic features and all advantages of the invention will become apparent from the detailed description of the figures provided below and by reference to these figures, and therefore the evaluation should be made taking these figures and the detailed description into consideration.

Drawings

Embodiments of the present invention briefly summarized above and discussed in more detail below can be understood by reference to the exemplary embodiments described in the accompanying drawings. It should be noted, however, that the accompanying drawings only illustrate the typical embodiments of the present invention and therefore, they will are not intended to limit the scope of the invention, since it may allow other equally effective embodiments.

Identical reference numbers are used where possible to identify identical elements common in the figures to facilitate understanding. The figures are not drawn with a scale and can be simplified for clarity. It is contemplated that the elements and features of an embodiment may be usefully incorporated into other embodiments without further explanation. Description of the Details in the Drawings

Figure-1 : Schematic view of the system of the invention.

The equivalents of the reference numbers shown in the figures are provided below.

1. Compressor

2. Pressure tank pipe

3. Pressure tank

4. Steam turbine pipe

5. Pressure relief valve

6. Steam turbine

7. Heat transfer point pipe

8. Heat transfer point

9. Compressor pipe

10. AC-DC converter

1 1. DC-AC converter

12. Fan

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The preferred alternatives of the cooling system of the invention that converts air heat to electrical energy provided in the following detailed description are provided to ensure a better understanding and shall not create any restrictive effect. The invention is related to a cooling system that, unlike the cooling systems that operate by transferring the received heat to outdoors so as to reduce the indoor temperature and consuming a large amount of electricity to do so, converts the ambient heat to electrical energy, thus allowing the utilization of this heat, eliminating high electricity consumption and therefore ensuring energy savings.

The system of the invention typically contains: at least one compressor 1 to provide high pressure to the low-pressure gas heated to ambient temperature; at least one pressure tank 3 to prevent sudden increases in gas pressure and to retain gas at a certain capacity; at least one pressure tank pipe 2 to deliver the pressurized gas taken from the compressor 1 to the pressure tank 3; at least one steam turbine 6 to ensure that the energy and heat on the high pressured hot gas during the movement towards the low pressure and that it is converted to electrical energy; at least one steam turbine pipe 4 to convey the gas received from the pressure tank 3 to the steam turbine 6; at least one pressure relief valve 5 to control the pressure of the gas coming from the pressure tank 3; at least one heat transfer point 8 to perform the heat transfer by passing the hot air in the environment around the grids containing the cold and low- pressure gas coming from the steam turbine 6; at least one heat transfer point pipe 7 to transfer the cold and low-pressure gas coming from the steam turbine 6 to the heat transfer point 8; at least one compressor pipe 9 to deliver the low-pressure gas heated at the heat transfer point 8 to the compressor 1 ; at least one AC-DC converter 10 to convert the AC electricity coming from the steam turbine 6 to DC electricity; at least one DC-AC converter 1 1 to convert the DC electricity coming from the AC-DC converter 10 to 3-phase or single-phase AC 50 Hz electricity; at least one fan 12 to enable faster heat transfer at the heat transfer point 8.

A refrigerating gas which is condensed at very low temperatures (such as R1 16, Sulphur hexafluoride, R508A or R508B) is selected to be used as refrigerating gas in the system. Thus, each gram of gas passing through the system enables the heat transfer point to perform more cooling. Additionally, gases with a high molar heat capacity (J/mol.K) are used in order to enable the compressor to be used at lower capacities, thus enabling the compressors with a smaller displacement capacity to perform more cooling.