Personalized air conditioning/ displacement ventilation system

Abstract

A personalized air conditioning/displacement ventilation system is located above a floor having an air plenum below the floor but above the concrete slab. A displacement ventilation stand-alone air chamber is located above the floor and thereby delivers air above the air plenum. The air chamber has a frontal outlet and a lateral air outlet into the ambient atmosphere. Within the stand-alone chamber the air is being displaced in various amounts to various outlets. The stand-alone unit can be placed wherever it is needed or desired in many locations in a wide open work place as a retrofit.

1 . A personalized air conditioning/displacement ventilation system incorporated in a stand-alone unit, said system is installed on a floor having an air plenum below said floor but above a concrete slab, a supply of conditioned air is located in said plenum and is moving air into a flexible air duct, said stand-alone unit consists of an upstanding chamber being connected to said flexible air duct, said chamber having various controls therein to control a flow of air either to a front of said chamber or to a lateral side of said chamber into the ambient atmosphere surrounding said chamber.  
   
   
       2 . The personalized air conditioning/displacement ventilation system of  claim 1 , wherein one of said various controls is an air balance control mechanism.  
   
   
       3 . The personalized air conditioning/displacement ventilation system of  claim 2 , wherein said balance control mechanism consists of two adjacent metal plates each having openings therein, whereby, when one of the plates is moved relative to the other, said openings more or less open or close an air flow passing through said plates.  
   
   
       4 . The personalized air conditioning/displacement ventilation system of  claim 1 , wherein another of said various control mechanisms is a damper to adjust air volume within said chamber.  
   
   
       5 . The personalized air conditioning/displacement ventilation system of  claim 4 , wherein said volume damper consists of an upstanding blade which may control or inhibit a flow of air from said one balance control mechanism to a front of said chamber.  
   
   
       6 . The personalized air conditioning/displacement ventilation system of  claim 5 , wherein said upstanding plate is rotatable around a vertical axis.  
   
   
       7 . The personalized air conditioning/displacement ventilation system of  claim 1 , wherein said front of said chamber includes louvers to direct air emanating from said louvers into different directions.  
   
   
       8 . The personalized air conditioning/displacement ventilation system of  claim 1 , wherein said front of said chamber is located at a right angle relative to a plane of the basic chamber.  
   
   
       9 . The personalized air conditioning/displacement ventilation system of  claim 1 , wherein said front of said chamber is located at an angle relative to a plane of said basic chamber.  
   
   
       10 . The personalized air conditioning/displacement ventilation system of  claim 1 , wherein said system is adapted to be placed in the vicinity of any existing furniture to obtain a combined personal air conditioning and displacement ventilation.  
   
   
       11 . The personalized air conditioning/displacement ventilation system of  claim 1  including an ultraviolet UV light source placed within said stand-alone unit and within said supply and flow of conditioned air, said light source purifying the air passing through said system.