US 12,359,849 B2
Energy efficient and adaptive space cooling and heating system
Tian Li, West Lafayette, IN (US)
Assigned to Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US)
Filed by Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US)
Filed on Jun. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/743,052.
Application 18/743,052 is a division of application No. 17/561,230, filed on Dec. 23, 2021, granted, now 12,031,751.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/130,505, filed on Dec. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0328675 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. F24S 50/80 (2018.01); F24S 50/40 (2018.01); F24S 60/00 (2018.01)
CPC F24S 50/80 (2018.05) [F24S 50/40 (2018.05); F24S 60/00 (2018.05)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for heating and cooling, the system comprising:
an energy collector; and
an adaptive panel connected to the energy collector, the adaptive panel comprising:
a radiative cooling layer configured to dissipate heat from the energy collector, the radiative cooling layer comprising a thermo-responsive polymer configured to adjust transparency depending on temperature, and
a solar heating layer configured to absorb solar irradiation that passes through the radiative cooling layer and transfer heat to the energy collector; and
a first thermal energy storage and a second thermal energy storage,
wherein fluid circulates from the energy collector to the first thermal energy storage and not the second energy storage in response to the system being in a cooling mode, and
wherein fluid circulates form the energy collector to the second thermal energy storage and not the first thermal energy storage in response to the system being a heating mode.