Water vapor insulation system

Abstract

Systems and techniques are described herein for an insulation system that utilizes a treated gas, such as water vapor, to fill an at least partially transparent cavity that is part of a structure, to provide insulating properties and/or changes in exposure to the sun for a space, proximate to the structure. In some aspects, an insulation system may include a treated gas generation system, which includes at least one of a heating element, a cooling element, or a diffusing element for treating the gas. The system may also include a gas movement system in communication with the gas generation system. The system may further include a gas conduit system in communication with the gas movement system, where the gas movement system causes the treated to be injected into the gas conduit system to change insulation and/or sun exposure characteristics of a space in proximity to the gas conduit system.

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         21 . An insulation system, comprising:
 a gas generation system comprising a cooling element, and at least one of a heating element or a diffusing element, wherein the gas generation system conditions gas through at least one of heating, cooling, or diffusing a liquid in combination with the gas to produce conditioned gas; and   a gas conduit system in communication with the gas generation system, wherein upon the conditioned gas being injected into the gas conduit system or removed from the gas conduit system, at least one of an insulation characteristic or a ultraviolet exposure characteristic of a space in proximity to the gas conduit system is changed.   
     
     
         22 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the liquid comprises water. 
     
     
         23 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the gas conduit system forms at least part of a roof of a greenhouse structure. 
     
     
         24 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the gas conduit system forms at least part of at least on wall of a greenhouse structure. 
     
     
         25 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein at least a portion of the gas conduit system comprises an at least partially transparent material. 
     
     
         25 . The system of  claim 21 , further comprising at least one fan element, a vacuum element, or a valve element that causes the conditioned gas to be injected into the at least a portion of the gas conduit system. 
     
     
         26 . The system of  claim 21 , further comprising at least one fan element, a vacuum element, or a valve element that causes the conditioned gas to be at least partially removed from at least a portion of the gas conduit system. 
     
     
         27 . The system of  claim 26 , wherein at least one of the fan element, the vacuum element, or the valve element causes the conditioned gas to be removed from the gas conduit system by injecting at least one of dehumidified air or an inert gas into the gas conduit system. 
     
     
         28 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the gas conduit system comprises a plurality of chambers and at least one valve that controls flow of the conditioned gas into individual chambers of the plurality of chambers. 
     
     
         29 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the gas conduit system comprises at least one tubular chamber in communication with a cavity formed by two substantially planar transparent members. 
     
     
         30 . A method of conditioning an at least partially transparent structure, the method comprising:
 treating, by a gas generation system, a gas by cooling and at least one of heating or introducing an aqueous substance into the gas, to generate a treated gas;   providing the gas to an at least partially transparent conduit system to at least one of increase an insulation characteristic of the at least partially transparent structure or decrease ultraviolet radiation to the at least partially transparent structure, wherein the at least partially transparent conduit system forming part of a component of the at least partially transparent structure; and   evacuating the treated gas from the at least partially transparent conduit system to at least one of increase ultraviolet radiation through the at least partially transparent conduit system or decrease the insulation characteristic of the at least partially transparent structure.   
     
     
         31 . The method of  claim 30 , wherein treating the gas further comprises heating water proximate to the gas to generate water vapor, wherein the treated gas comprises the water vapor. 
     
     
         32 . The method of  claim 30 , further comprising evacuating the treated gas from the at least partially transparent conduit system by injecting at least one of a dehumidified gas or an inert gas into the at least partially transparent conduit system. 
     
     
         33 . A method of changing an insulation characteristic or an ultraviolet exposure characteristic of a structure, the method comprising:
 treating, by a gas generation system, a volume of gas by cooling the gas to generate a treated gas;   providing, by a gas movement system, the treated gas to a conduit system forming part of a component of the structure to change at least one of the insulation characteristic or the ultraviolet exposure characteristic of a space at least partially enclosed by the structure; and   evacuating the treated gas, by the gas movement system, from the conduit system to change at least one of the insulation characteristic or an ultraviolet exposure characteristic of the space at least partially enclosed by the structure.   
     
     
         34 . The method of  claim 33 , wherein treating the gas further comprises introducing an aqueous substance into the volume of gas to generate the treated gas. 
     
     
         35 . The method of  claim 33 , the method further comprising evacuating the treated gas from the at least partially transparent conduit system by injecting at least one of a dehumidified gas or an inert gas into the at least partially transparent conduit system.