Carbon dioxide concentration control system and carbon dioxide concentration control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10232304-B2
Application number	US-201515326141-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 21, 2015
Priority date	Aug 20, 2014
Publication date	Mar 19, 2019
Grant date	Mar 19, 2019

Abstract

Consumed energy and cost relating to control of a carbon dioxide concentration is reduced. Each of CO2 concentration control systems (100 to 105) includes a measuring unit (20) that measures a CO2 concentration, a CO2 absorption unit (30) that has a CO2 absorption material (31) for absorbing CO2 at a rate depending on the temperature thereof, and a control unit (10) that controls the temperature of the CO2 absorption material (31) by using exhaust heat of a power system (40), so as to control a CO2 absorption rate of the CO2 absorption material (31).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A carbon dioxide concentration control system, comprising:
a detection unit that detects a carbon dioxide concentration in an air in a predetermined space;
an absorption unit that includes an absorption material for absorbing carbon dioxide contained in the air and is configured to enable control of a carbon dioxide absorption rate of the absorption material in accordance with a temperature of the absorption material; and
an absorption rate control unit that controls the temperature of the absorption material in accordance with the carbon dioxide concentration detected by the detection unit so as to control the carbon dioxide absorption rate of the absorption material,
wherein the absorption rate control unit controls the temperature of the absorption material by using exhaust heat generated in a power system which is at least one of an energy source and a power source used in at least one of the predetermined space and an object related to the predetermined space.

2. The carbon dioxide concentration control system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the predetermined space is interior of a transportation vehicle, and
the power system is a system that generates at least one of energy and power for driving the transportation vehicle.

3. The carbon dioxide concentration control system according to claim 2 , wherein the transportation is a motor vehicle.

4. The carbon dioxide concentration control system according to claim 1 , in which the power system discharges exhaust gas with exhaust heat, the system further comprising:
a heat exchanger that heats a thermal medium by using heat of the exhaust gas discharged by the power system, wherein the absorption rate control unit controls the temperature of the absorption material by using heat of the thermal medium heated by the heat exchanger.

5. A carbon dioxide concentration control device, comprising:
a detection unit that detects a carbon dioxide concentration in an air in a predetermined space;
an absorption unit that includes an absorption material for absorbing carbon dioxide contained in the air and is configured to enable control of a carbon dioxide absorption rate of the absorption material in accordance with a temperature of the absorption material; and
an absorption rate control unit that controls the temperature of the absorption material in accordance with the carbon dioxide concentration detected by the detection unit so as to control the carbon dioxide absorption rate of the absorption material,
wherein the absorption rate control unit controls the temperature of the absorption material by using exhaust heat generated in a power system.

Assignees

• Sharp Kk

Inventors

• Yamamoto Masaki
• Naka Takayuki
• Yamada Hirohisa
• Tajima Hideharu

Classifications

• B01D53/0438

  Cooling or heating systems · CPC title

• B01D53/30

  Controlling by gas-analysis apparatus (regulating non electrical variables in general G05D) · CPC title

• B01D2259/40098

  with other heating means · CPC title

• F24F2110/70

  Carbon dioxide · CPC title

• B01D2257/504

  Carbon dioxide · CPC title