Building system for reducing energy consumption

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12460829-B2
Application number	US-202117486620-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 27, 2021
Priority date	Apr 23, 2021
Publication date	Nov 4, 2025
Grant date	Nov 4, 2025

Abstract

Disclosed is a building system for reducing energy consumption. The building system includes an exterior wall layer disposed on an exterior wall of building walls, a circulation pipe disposed inside the exterior wall layer and through which a heating medium for absorbing heat caused by solar radiant energy applied to the exterior wall layer flows, and a thermal energy storage connected to the circulation pipe and configured to store the heat transmitted by the heating medium.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A building system for reducing energy consumption, the building system comprising:
a building wall in which an exterior wall layer, a concrete layer, an insulator, and a heat radiation layer are sequentially arranged inward from an outer side of a building, wherein the exterior wall layer accommodates a phase change material (PCM), the PCM absorbs heat in a latent heat section while maintaining a state without a temperature change, and when the PCM absorbs heat, there is no change in temperature within the latent heat section, thereby performing an insulation function that blocks solar radiant heat from passing through the building wall into the building interior; a circulation pipe penetrating an interior of the exterior wall and through which a heating medium flows, wherein the heating medium circulates in the circulation pipe and exchanges heat with the PCM in the exterior wall layer, and the PCM provides the heat to the heating medium while maintaining the state without a temperature change due to heat being absorbed in the PCM using the heating medium that flows through the circulation pipe; a thermal energy storage, the thermal energy storage being a seasonal thermal energy storage connected to the circulation pipe and configured to store heat transmitted by the heating medium in a summer season, wherein the thermal energy storage stores solar heat absorbed during the summer season, and the stored heat is utilized by the energy demand unit during the winter season for heating purposes; a hot water pipe, one side of which is connected to the thermal energy storage and penetrates an interior of the heat radiation layer; an energy demand unit connected to the thermal energy storage through the hot water pipe and receiving thermal energy stored in the thermal energy storage during the summer season as a heated heating medium, and during the winter season, utilizing the heating medium for hot water and a heat source; a control valve configured to control a flow direction of the heating medium, wherein during the summer season, the control valve directs the heating medium to circulate through the circulation pipe to store solar heat absorbed by the exterior wall layer in the thermal energy storage while transferring heat from the PCM to the thermal energy storage, thereby maintaining the PCM in the state without a temperature change, and during the winter season, the control valve redirects the heating medium to circulate through the hot water pipe, thereby supplying the stored thermal energy to the energy demand unit and the heat radiation layer for heating purposes while preventing the heating medium from circulating though the circulation pipe, thereby preventing heat exchange with the PCM in the exterior wall; and a circulation pump connected to the thermal energy storage and forcing the heating medium to circulate.

2 . The building system of claim 1 , wherein the PCM is a PCM having a phase change temperature of 22° C. to 30° C.

3 . The building system of claim 1 , wherein the PCM is any one of coconut oil, paraffin, and n-octadecane.

4 . The building system of claim 1 ,
wherein the energy demand unit includes at least one of an indoor heating unit which heats a floor surface or air inside the building, an interior wall heating unit which heats an interior wall of the building, a ventilation heating unit which heats outdoor air introduced into the building and a hot water supply unit which heats water to supply the hot water, and the hot water pipe passes through the energy demand unit to provide the heat.

5 . The building system of claim 4 , wherein the interior wall heating unit is formed as a heat radiation layer that forms an interior wall of the building walls and has an interior through which the hot water pipe passes.

6 . The building system of claim 1 , wherein a heat pump configured to increase a temperature of water flowing through the hot water pipe is installed in the hot water pipe.

Assignees

• Korea Inst Sci & Tech

Inventors

• Karng Sarng Woo
• Shin You Hwan
• Chae Myeong Seon
• Kim Hyun Ji

Classifications

• F24F5/0046

  using natural energy, e.g. solar energy, energy from the ground · CPC title

• F24F2005/0064

  using solar energy · CPC title

• F24D2200/14

  Solar energy · CPC title

• F24D17/02

  using heat pumps · CPC title

• F24D17/0015

  using solar energy (F24D17/0036 takes precedence) · CPC title