JP2011162931A - Cooling and warming garment with portable semiconductor heat exchanger - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique and a system supplying for a long time, a cooling and heating jacket, a cooling and heating bed pad, or a cooling and heating sheet for an electric car driver for obtaining always ideal sensible temperature regardless of the outside temperature or environmental temperature. <P>SOLUTION: A reactor module for a heat exchange liquid HP for a semiconductor which produces a high-temperature medium liquid or a low-temperature medium liquid, using high temperature and low temperature obtained by heat exchange of a semiconductor (Peltier element), and a multipurpose heating and cooling sheet using the high-temperature medium liquid or the low-temperature medium liquid produced from the module are each provided. A micro system for carrying all the system is also provided. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention is intended for work in an environment that assumes a high ambient temperature of 50 ° C. or higher when working outdoors in hot weather, working at high temperatures, or wearing heat-resistant fire-fighting clothing or fully-sealed protective clothing. Developed to combat heatstroke. Cooling clothing for fire fighters, crisis management personnel, high-temperature workers, occupational lorry drivers, technology to generate and circulate refrigerant gas or liquid for cooling nursing care and medical beds, and miniaturization and weight reduction A technical field that allows all systems to be worn around the body. The field of ecological technology development required for semiconductor heat exchange energy, which is not related to CO2 and greenhouse gases.

Cooling jackets for body temperature adjustment exist for workers who work in extreme heat. Cooling methods for such jackets can be stored in a pocket of clothing or affixed to important places. Then, the sensible temperature was adjusted (see, for example, Patent Document 1). However, these methods are difficult for business use because the latent heat capacity of the cold storage agent and the cold storage agent is so small that the cold storage time is short and the cold storage agent must be frequently replaced.
As for the way to sleep in a tropical night, not only elderly people who need to be ill or need nursing care, but ordinary people can not find anything other than air conditioners and fans. There is a water bed, but it does not seem to be popular.

In addition to the above-mentioned cooling agent and cold storage agent, there is a method of obtaining low temperature by the air volume sent from the compressor through the hose and the method using the air converter, but this is always connected to the air hose. The workability was poor and there were difficulties such as danger.
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  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and does not directly store a cold insulation material or a cold storage material in a pocket of a work clothes or the like, but a cold source generated by semiconductor heat exchange is used as the solid HP reactor. In the module, it is converted into liquid or gas cold energy, and the generated medium energy is sent out by a pump or blow to cool and warm LC & W garment or hollow air cell garment. This cold / warm clothing reduces the body temperature of the wearer, thus solving the conventional problems.

The present invention has a major feature in that a heat source is obtained for semiconductor heat exchange energy without relying on a conventional cold insulation material or the like to supply a refrigerant for obtaining an ideal temperature of experience according to the ambient environmental temperature. In semiconductor heat exchange, thermal energy can be obtained forever as long as electricity is obtained at low and high temperatures and electricity is supplied continuously. I think that the method of practical use of this thermal energy was not found and it was left to this day. Recently, the development of a semiconductor heat exchange device called a solid HP reactor module has made it possible to convert heat energy into fluid energy.
Solid HP reactor module
It is composed of a Peltier HP device, which is a heat source of the solid HP reactor module, and a heat exchange device that proves an HP step upper box. The HP step upper box is covered with a high performance heat insulating material having a thermal conductivity of 0.021 W / mk so that the internal temperature of the box is not affected by the outside air temperature. The upper box has special specifications to increase heat exchange efficiency. No. 1 is internally partitioned by reactor plates vertically at intervals of 5 mm, and the partition plates have small windows alternately above and below. The medium that has entered from one of the entrances must move toward the discharge port while meandering up and down by the partition plate. During this movement, heat is lost by nearly 75% of the initial heat in about 1 minute. It is a “Solid HP Reactor Module” with such HP Step Upper Box inside,
As described above, there are two types of the cool / warm clothing main body, that is, the hollow air cell garment specification and the LC & W garment specification depending on the type of refrigerant. When air is used as a refrigerant, it is a hollow air cell garment clothing. Hollow air cell garment clothing is made of a thin, light material with extremely low breathability. The outer fabric and the inner fabric are joined to each other at the edge by heat welding or the like to form a double structure having a hollow portion, and cold air is injected into the hollow portion. The outer cloth and the inner cloth are spot-bonded so that the hollow part does not bulge and become round, so the shape of the clothing itself does not deform, and when the cold air is full, it is automatically discharged from the cold air ejection valve provided below The object is achieved by a portable semiconductor cooling garment having the following features.
The other LC & W garment clothing is when the refrigerant is liquid. This is an LCG (Liquid Cooling Garment) used in Apollo Suits and covers the coolant circulation pipe on the surface.

One of the solutions of the present invention is that the above-mentioned solid HP reactor module, a small pump, a rechargeable battery and other necessary parts have been reduced in size and weight and can be carried around the wearer's (user's) body. The defect (problem) of the conventional cool jacket was solved.
For example, it has become possible to work at the tip of a steel tower with a height of several hundred meters, underground work of several tens of meters, and a small area of only 1 square meter, but the biggest merit is sealed confidential firefighting clothing and protective clothing It can be stored in the inside and can be used freely.

An important technique in the present invention is the solid HP reactor module. The conventional cooling method was a kind of a cold insulating material (cold storage material) or a blower air converter. As described above, there are many defects in these cold sources, such as a small latent heat capacity, a short cooling duration, and inability to use in special protective clothing. The development of the solid HP reactor module has made it possible to convert low-temperature or high-temperature generated from semiconductor heat exchange (Peltier element) into liquid thermal energy or gaseous thermal energy.
With the advent of the present invention, the entire system is not only made portable by reducing the size and weight, but also expected as an eco-technology completely free from global warming that does not generate Co2 or harmful substances.

One of the most effective “cooling and warming clothes with portable semiconductor heat exchanger” according to the present invention is a cold source. Most conventional cold sources are cold storage materials. It can be raised that this cold source has replaced the semiconductor heat exchange produced cold air. Compared to cold insulation materials with a small latent heat capacity, semiconductor cold sources are expected to have a significant effect because the overwhelming difference is verified even with the cold insulation power and the duration of the cold insulation.
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  The "cooling and warming clothes with portable semiconductor heat exchange device" according to the present invention are the main members of "solid HP reactor module", "flow-feeding mechanical unit" and "battery component unit", which are small in size up to mobile phone size. Successful. All unit boxes are portable and portable. It is possible to work in places that were previously impossible, that is, high places of several hundred meters, tips of steel towers, depths of several tens of meters, and one square meter. Furthermore, by further downsizing, it is expected to be effective in overcoming the heat of midsummer by wearing it under suits, Japanese clothes, and stage costumes.

  The “cooling and warming clothes with a portable semiconductor heat exchanger” according to the present invention is portable because the cold source is changed from the cold insulation material to the solid HP reactor module as described above. It was possible to continue for hours by wearing it in a completely confidential chemical protective suit that had never been possible before. Expectation of civilian, military, and government offices as a tool for combating heatstroke worn under fully confidential protective clothing and “heat-resistant fire-fighting clothing” at the sites of nuclear reactor fires and terrorist disasters.

  Cooling and warming clothing that is part of the present invention “Cooling and warming clothing with portable semiconductor heat exchanger” can be divided into two types depending on the type of media. When the refrigerant is a gas, it is a “hollow air cell garment” cool / warm garment configured with a “hollow air cell garment” specification. The other is when the medium is liquid, and this is “LC & W Garment Clothing” according to the LCG garment specification developed by NASA. These clothes can be used in many ways by changing the form, size and the like. It is expected to be effective in the market for air-conditioning beds, air-conditioning floors, sofas and pet cushions.

Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

The present invention provides an ideal sensory temperature according to the ambient environmental temperature, and produces a low-temperature and high-temperature medium that supplies low-temperature and high-temperature media to be supplied to two types of air-conditioning clothing, LC & W garment specification cooling / warming clothing and hollow air cell garment specification 3 units of “HP reactor module” and “battery component unit” which is a pump for power supply and power supply are reduced in size and weight so that they can be attached to the body of the wearer and portable. "Clothing".
Hereinafter, the preferred embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, although this invention is the cooling / heating clothes which can be used for both the object for air_conditioning | cooling and heating, the clothes for air_conditioning | cooling are mainly demonstrated for convenience of explanation.

Practical example 1

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an overall structure of the present invention and an overview of the front side front and back side front of “LC & W garment specification cooling clothing”. FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing an overall structure of the present invention and an overview of the front side and the back side of the “hollow air cell garment specification cooling clothing”.
This will be described with reference to the drawings. First, FIG. 1 shows a cooling garment used when the medium is a liquid. The cryogenic liquid produced in the solid HP reactor module (2) is sent to the LCG inner through the micro pump (3) and the heat insulation pipe to adjust the body temperature. As the back side drawing shows, the rechargeable battery (4) is a lithium polymer battery with a current of 3A. Because it can withstand continuous use for 4 hours, it is slightly heavy and the figure is large. In addition, the pipe for refrigerant liquid circulation is covered on the back side of this best type.

With reference to FIG. FIG. 2 shows cooling clothing when the medium is a gas. A person who works under high temperature (hereinafter referred to as a wearer) wears an air-conditioning clothing body on the underwear, a solid HP reactor module (2), a micro pump unit (3), and a portable battery in a dedicated pocket of the clothing body. (4) wears the body and makes it portable.
Next, as shown in the figure, a cooling garment having a portable rechargeable battery (DC12V, 3A) storage unit pocket near the center of the back of the garment for energization during work action. The battery is used during behavioral work. In the case of air conditioning clothing for drivers, it is not necessary because power is supplied from the vehicle power supply. Moreover, when using it at home, such as an air-conditioning bed pad and a sofa, it uses it, dropping power from 100V.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic view of pipe installation for circulating a low-temperature refrigerant liquid that covers the back surface of the LC & W garment specification cooling and warming. A temperature-adjustable cold liquid from 9 ° C. to 28 ° C. circulates from 100 CC to 150 CC per minute. The circulation pipes of each part (body) are connected with a simple connector to be one.

  FIG. 4 (upper drawing) is a view showing an overview of the basic model “HPR35” of the solid HP reactor module which can be said to be the most important section of “cooling / heating clothes with portable semiconductor heat exchange device” according to the present invention. The main body is a structure of about 100 mm in length and width and 35 mm in height, and the inside consists of three layers: thermo module division, HP step upper box and heat treatment heat pipe. Of these, Peltier HP devices and heat sinks are commercially available. However, HP Step Upper Box is a box developed by our development group. A “solid HP reactor module” combined with a Peltier HP device.

FIG. 5 is a side view (upper part) and an internal perspective view (lower part) of the “HP step upper box” which is a part of the “solid HP reactor module” according to the present invention.
The purpose of installing this device was developed to convert a heat source obtained by semiconductor heat exchange (Peltier device) into a fluid energy heat source and to improve the conversion efficiency.
As shown in the lower internal perspective view, partition plates are installed on the side at intervals of about 5 mm, and small windows are provided alternately on the top and bottom to allow media to pass. In addition, each cell room partitioned by a partition plate is sealed. Therefore, the flowing medium flows toward the exit through the small window of the partition plate. The heat exchange rate is improved by a minute process crafted on the surface of the partition plate.

  The “hollow air cell garment specification cooling and heating clothing” shown in FIG. 2 is a clothing in which a hollow portion is filled with cold air. In order to keep the distance between the outer surface and the lining material having a double structure from exceeding 5 mm at the maximum, spot welding of the outer material and the lining material is performed once every 3 square centimeters. It was also found that refrigerant gas was collected from the outlet at the end and returned to the solid HP reactor module to prevent energy loss. It was concluded that it was necessary to reuse the discharged refrigerant especially when the outside air temperature was high.

  FIG. 6 (upper view) is an enlarged view (lower view) of the metal plate installed in the partition plate “reactor plate” installed in the HP step upper box. There are two installation features of the “reactor plate” partition. One is that the reactor plate has alternating gaps (small windows) at the top and bottom, so that the refrigerant meanders up and down in the box and flows to the outlet. Another feature is that the heat exchange was promoted by creating minute irregularities on the surface of the reactor plate. As described above, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the practical examples, and various modifications and application methods can be made by those skilled in the art based on the technical idea of the present invention.

It is the schematic which shows the front side and the back surface which show the outline of "LC & W garment specification cooling / heating clothes" for liquid refrigerant concerning the present invention. It is the general-view figure showing the outline of the front side and the back surface of the "hollow air cell garment specification cooling / heating clothes" for gas refrigerants concerning the present invention. It is the schematic which showed the covering state of the tube for low-temperature liquid circulation which covered the low-temperature medium for human body cooling of the "LC & W garment specification cooling / heating clothes" shown in FIG. It is the general view which showed the positional relationship which consists of the general-view figure of the "solid HP reactor module" which is the most important matter concerning this invention, and three layers. FIG. 2 is an internal perspective schematic view of the HP step upper box, which is one part of the “solid HP reactor module” according to the present invention, as viewed from the side, and an internal perspective schematic view as viewed from the front (lower drawing). The above-mentioned “reactor plate (partition plate) installed inside the HP step upper box and the internal perspective schematic view showing the installation state. Also, the lower drawing is a medium distribution small window and temple (installed on the partition plate). An overview diagram showing a circular minute scratch considered for promoting heat exchange.

1. LC & W garment specification (hollow air cell garment specification) 2. Solid HP reactor module and storage pocket 3. Pump unit and storage pocket 4. Rechargeable DC12V portable battery 5. Insulated connection tube 6. Conduction wire Medium liquid circulation pipe8. HP step upper box9. Peltier HP device10. 10. Heat treatment heat pipe sink box Heat pipe 12. Medium circulation entrance 13. Hollow garment clothing medium discharge adjustment port 14. Thermal insulation 15. Partition plate (with reactor play)
16. Medium passage small window 17. Temple (heat exchange promoting circular irregularities)

Claims (8)

With a portable semiconductor heat exchange device comprising a portable semiconductor heat exchange device and a cold / warm clothing body in which a medium generated and delivered by the portable semiconductor heat exchange device is taken in via a connecting hose LC & W garment clothing or hollow air cell garment clothing,
The portable semiconductor heat exchange measure is an apparatus called a solid HP reactor module, and includes a Peltier heat exchange device as a heat source and a heat exchange promotion apparatus called an HP step upper box. A pump or a blower for sending the generated cold / warm medium to the cold / warm clothes;
The cold / warm clothing body differs depending on the liquid medium and the gas medium. In the case of liquid media, it is called LC & W garment specification clothing, and the body temperature of the wearer is adjusted by circulating the medium fluid through a resin tube sewn on the surface of the cold and warm clothing, which is a medium of low or high temperature liquid. Clothes to do.
In the case of the other gas medium, it is called a hollow air cell garment specification, and is composed of a light and thin material with extremely low air permeability. In order to prevent a bulge when the gas medium is injected into the hollow part, the outer cloth is joined to the outer cloth and the inner cloth by thermal welding or the like to provide a hollow structure, And the inner fabric are spot-bonded at a plurality of locations. It is possible to adjust the body temperature of the wearer by filling the hollow portion with cold air or warm air. As described above, the cool / warm clothing with a portable semiconductor heat exchanger is characterized in that the body temperature of the wearer can be adjusted by the LC & W garment specification clothing and the hollow air cell garment specification clothing connected to the portable semiconductor exchange device.   The solid HP reactor module according to claim 1 is a Peltier heat exchange device which is a heat source generator, and an HP step upper box developed for converting low temperature generated from the Peltier heat exchange device into low temperature gas energy or low temperature liquid energy. It has a built-in metal container. The HP step upper box is a metal container that is covered with a heat insulating material having a thermal conductivity of 0.021 W / mk to avoid the influence of outside air temperature, and one surface of the metal container is connected to the heat absorption panel of the Peltier HP device. The low-temperature generated from the Peltier HP device is more effectively transmitted into the HP step upper box by closely uniting. Cooling / warming clothes with a portable semiconductor heat exchanger, comprising a solid HP reactor module with a built-in Peltier HP device and HP step-up box. Regarding the HP step upper box described in the previous section,
The HP step-upper box is a metal container with special specifications developed to more effectively increase and promote the thermal energy obtained from the semiconductor HP device described in the previous section. The HP step upper box is partitioned by a metal plate called a reactor plate at the top and bottom at an interval of about 5 mm. Small windows for fluid passage are alternately formed above and below the partition plate, and the medium entering from one entrance reaches the discharge port while meandering up and down via the small windows provided above and below. During this period, that is, when the medium passes through the HP step upper box while alternately meandering up and down, significant heat exchange occurs due to the unevenness applied to the surface of the reactor plate. A cool / warm clothing with a portable semiconductor heat exchange device, comprising a solid HP reactor module incorporating the HP step upper box.   The LC & W garment specification cooling garment described in claim 1 is used when the refrigerant is liquid, and the most popular refrigerant is water. The water having an initial temperature of 33 ° C. is heat-exchanged in the HP step upper box which is a part of the solid HP reactor module according to claim 1, so that the water can be heated to low temperature water of 4 ° C. to 9 ° C. in just 2 minutes. Exchanged. This is due to having several reactor plates fixed inside the HP step upper box alternately above and below. As described above, a cooling and warming garment with a portable semiconductor heat exchange device, which has a built-in HP step upper box for further improving the heat exchange cooling effect. The double-structured hollow garment clothing described in the preceding paragraph is
It is made of a double-structured cloth having a hollow portion, and an object is to cool the wearer's body with the cold air accumulated in the hollow portion. Therefore, if clothing is made with the double structure hollow garment, it has a cooling / heating function as a cooling / heating jacket, and if a cap is made, it becomes a cooling / heating cap. In this way, a cool and warm clothing with a portable semiconductor heat exchanger is characterized in that daily commodities of any shape and size can be manufactured according to the purpose and the object.   The portable semiconductor heat exchange device according to claim 1 is a unit in which all necessary members such as a pump and a rechargeable battery for sending the medium generated from the solid HP reactor module to the clothing for cooling and heating as described above are provided. Cooling and warm clothing with a portable semiconductor heat exchanger, which allows the wearer to wear and carry it on his / her body and carry it anywhere.   The semiconductor element which is the heat source of the semiconductor HP device according to claim 3 changes the heat generation and the heat absorption only by changing the electrode to the anode and the cathode. A portable semiconductor heat exchange device that can be easily changed from cooling clothing to heating clothing by simply switching the electrode changeover switch at hand from the positive to the shade using this semiconductor characteristic and can be used year-round throughout the four seasons. Cold and warm clothing.   By providing several temperature sensors at the necessary places of the cooling clothing according to the LC & W garment and the hollow air cell garment specification according to claim 1, by interlocking with the temperature sensor and the electric circuit board in the flow feeding mechanism unit, Cooling and warming clothing with portable semiconductor heat exchanger, which prevents accidents such as burns and low-temperature burns by controlling the set temperature.

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