Method and Apparatus for Heating and Cooling

Abstract

A method for installing heat transfer panels and a heat transfer panel assembly having angled louvers for greater and more uniform dissipation of a convected heat transfer medium, such as air. The heat transfer panel assembly providing a broader and more uniform heat transfer means to affected surfaces, and the method of installation providing a simpler and quicker means for installation.

1 . A room, wall, ceiling and/or under floor heat transfer panel connected to a heat transfer pipe that is mounted at a sufficient distance from a said wall, ceiling and/or floor so as to provide an air gap between the said heat transfer panel and the said wall, floor and/or ceiling, the improvement comprising having the heat transfer fins being angled away from the longitudinal center of the said heat transfer panel thereby causing the circulation of air to flow in a direction other than perpendicular to the said heat transfer panel.  
     
     
         2 . The improvement according to  claim 1 , wherein the said air is any other gas or liquid medium utilized for the transfer of heat.  
     
     
         3 . A means for attaching a heat transfer panel to a heat transfer conduit comprising the steps of: 
 a. pressing the conduit gripping part of the said heat transfer panel onto the said heat transfer conduit;    b. placing one or a plurality of flat retainer bars over the top of the said heat transfer panel with the said heat transfer conduit contained therein; and    c. bending the ends of the said flat retainer bars over the sides of the said heat transfer panel thereby securing the said heat transfer panel to the said heat transfer conduit.    
     
     
         4 . An apparatus for attaching and transferring heat from a heat transfer conduit to a room and/or a surface area comprising: 
 a. a heat transfer conduit, said heat transfer conduit having heated or cooled liquid running through the said conduit;    b. a heat transfer panel, said panel having a conduit gripping portion which is placed over the said heat transfer conduit thereby transferring heat to or from the said heat transfer conduit to the said heat transfer panel, said heat transfer panel then transferring heat to or from the said heat transfer panel to the air surrounding the said heat transfer panel, said air then transferring heat to or from the said surrounding air to the said room and/or said surface areas; and    c. retaining bars that are bent to clip over the sides of the said heat transfer panel and secure the said heat transfer conduit into the said heat transfer panel gripping portion.    
     
     
         5 . The apparatus according to  claim 4 , wherein the said heat transfer panel has heat transfer fins formed into the said heat transfer panel, said fins being formed at an angle greater than horizontal to the plane of the said heat transfer panel and less than perpendicular to the plane of the said heat transfer panel and angled away from the horizontal center line of the said heat transfer panel.  
     
     
         6 . The apparatus as recited in any one of claims  4  or  5 , wherein the said air is any other gas or liquid medium utilized for the transfer of heat.  
     
     
         7 . A means for transferring heated or cooled air to a room and/or a surface area that is larger than the surface area of the heat transfer panel, comprising the steps of: 
 a. forming a heat transfer panel with means for gripping a heat transfer conduit;    b. forming the said heat transfer panel with heat transfer fins angled at greater than zero degrees and less than ninety degrees from the plane of the said heat transfer panel;    c. attaching the said heat transfer panel by the said gripping means to the said heat transfer conduit;    d. securing the said heat transfer panel to the said heat transfer conduit by means of one or more retainer bars that are bent over the sides of the said heat transfer panel thereby trapping the said heat transfer conduit into the said gripping means of the said heat transfer panel; and    e. providing a means for flowing heated or cooled liquid through the said heat transfer conduit, said conduit transferring heat to or from the said heat transfer panel, said heat transfer panel transferring heat to or from the heat transfer fins, said heat transfer fins transferring heat to or from the said air surrounding the said heat transfer fins, said air transferring heat to or from the said air to the said room and/or said surface area.    
     
     
         8 . The means according to  claim 7 , wherein the said air is any other gas or liquid medium utilized for the transfer of heat.