Apparatus and Method for Treating Gas and Air-Conditioning Device

Abstract

Apparatus for treating gas having: a compressor with a compressor input and a compress output; a heat exchanger with a first heat exchanger input, a first heat exchanger output, a second heat exchanger input and a second heat exchanger output, wherein the heat exchanger is configured as gas-gas heat exchanger; a turbine with a turbine input and a turbine output, wherein the compressor output is connected to the second heat exchanger input and wherein the second heat exchanger output is connected to the turbine input; an input interface for coupling the compressor input and the first heat exchanger input to a gas supply; and an output interface for coupling the turbine output and the first heat exchanger output to a gas exhaust.

1 . An apparatus for treating gas, comprising:
 a compressor with a compressor input and a compress output;   a heat exchanger with a first heat exchanger input, a first heat exchanger output, a second heat exchanger input and a second heat exchanger output, wherein the heat exchanger is configured as gas-gas heat exchanger;   a turbine with a turbine input and a turbine output, wherein the compressor output is connected to the second heat exchanger input and wherein the second heat exchanger output is connected to the turbine input;   an input interface for coupling the compressor input and the first heat exchanger input to a gas supply, wherein the input interface comprises, on an input side as the gas supply, an outlet gas input and a fresh gas input, and comprises, on an output side, a first input interface output and a second input interface output, wherein the input interface is configured to couple the input interface to the output side of the input interface; and   an output interface for coupling the turbine output and the first heat exchanger output to a gas exhaust, wherein the output interface comprises, on an input side of the output interface, a first output interface input and a second output interface input, and on an output side of the output interface, as the gas exhaust, an inlet gas channel and an exhaust gas channel, wherein the output interface is configured to couple the input side of the output interface to the output side of the output interface.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , configured for cooling operation, wherein the input interface is configured to connect the compressor input to the fresh gas input of the gas supply and to connect the first heat exchanger input to an outlet gas input of the gas supply, and
 wherein an output interface is configured to connect the turbine output to the inlet gas channel of the gas exhaust, and to connect the first heat exchanger output to the exhaust gas channel of the gas exhaust.   
     
     
         3 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , configured for heating operation, wherein the input interface is configured to connect the compressor input to the outlet gas input of the gas supply and to connect the first heat exchanger input to the fresh gas input of the gas supply, and
 wherein the output interface is configured to connect the turbine output to the exhaust gas channel of the gas exhaust and to connect the first heat exchanger output to the inlet gas channel of the gas exhaust.   
     
     
         4 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the input interface or the output interface are controllable depending on a control signal, and wherein the apparatus comprises a control that is configured to acquire a control input and to provide the control signal in response to the control input, wherein the control is configured to acquire the control signal by manual input or sensor-controlled input.   
     
     
         5 . The apparatus according to  claim 4 , wherein the control is configured to set the input interface or the output interface by the control signal into a summer operation for cooling a gas for an inlet gas channel of the gas exhaust and to set the input interface or the output interface by the control signal into a winter operation for heating a gas for the inlet gas channel. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the input interface comprises a two-way switch comprising the outlet gas input and the fresh gas input for the gas supply and comprises the first input interface output connected to the first heat exchanger input and the second input interface output connected to the compressor input, wherein the two-way switch is configured to connect the outlet gas input either to the first input interface output or the second input interface output and to connect the fresh gas input either to the second input interface output or the first input interface output.   
     
     
         7 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the output interface comprises a two-way switch comprising the inlet gas channel and the exhaust gas channel for the gas exhaust, wherein the two-way switch is configured to connect the inlet gas channel to the turbine output and the exhaust gas channel to the first heat exchanger output or to connect the exhaust gas channel to the turbine output and the inlet gas channel to the first heat exchanger output.   
     
     
         8 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the input interface comprises a first switch or a second switch,
 wherein the first switch comprises an output connected to the first heat exchanger input and wherein the first switch comprises a first input connected to an outlet gas input of the gas supply and a second input connected to the fresh gas input of the gas supply, wherein the first switch is controllable by a control signal to either connect the first input or the second input to the output, or   wherein the second switch comprises an output connected to the compressor input, and wherein the first switch comprises a first input connected to the outlet gas input of the gas supply and a second input connected to the fresh gas input of the gas supply, wherein the first switch is controllable by a control signal to connect either the first input or the second input to the output.   
     
     
         9 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the output interface comprises a first switch or a second switch,
 wherein the first switch comprises an input connected to the turbine output, and wherein the first switch comprises a first output connected to the inlet gas channel of the gas exhaust and comprises a second output connected to the exhaust gas channel of the gas exhaust, wherein the first switch is controllable by a control signal to either connect the first output or the second output to the input, or   wherein the second switch comprises an input connected to the second heat exchanger output, and wherein the second switch comprises a first output connected to the inlet gas channel of the gas exhaust and comprises a second output connected to the exhaust gas channel of the gas exhaust, wherein the first switch is controllable by a control signal to either connect the first output or the second output to the input.   
     
     
         10 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the inlet gas is an inlet air, wherein the outlet gas is an outlet air, wherein the fresh gas is fresh air and wherein the exhaust gas is exhaust air, or   which is configured for cooling operation and a drop catching apparatus is arranged in an outlet flow of the turbine to remove and dissipate the condensation liquid drops from the outlet flow, or   which is configured for heating operation and a humidification apparatus is arranged at the first heat exchanger output, which brings liquid to be evaporated in touch with the gas flow at the first heat exchanger output, or   wherein a fan is arranged at the first heat exchanger input to press gas into the first exchanger input, or wherein a fan is arranged at the first heat exchanger output to suck gas out of the first heat exchanger output.   
     
     
         11 . The apparatus according to  claim 10 , configured to be coupled to an air-conditioning device, wherein the air-conditioning device comprises an outlet air terminal, an inlet air terminal, an exhaust air terminal and a fresh air terminal, wherein the apparatus for treating gas can be coupled to the air-conditioning device via the input interface or the output interface. 
     
     
         12 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the compressor is arranged above the turbine in operating direction. 
     
     
         13 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the compressor comprises a compressor wheel and the turbine comprises a turbine wheel, wherein the compressor wheel and the turbine wheel are arranged on a common axis, wherein a rotor of the drive motor is arranged on the common axis, which interacts with a stator of the drive motor, or
 wherein a compressor wheel has a greater diameter than a rotor of a drive motor or a greater diameter than a turbine wheel of the turbine.   
     
     
         14 . The apparatus according to  claim 13 , wherein the rotor is arranged between the compressor wheel and a turbine wheel, or
 wherein the compressor wheel, a first axis portion, a rotor, a second axis portion and the turbine wheel are configured integrally, or   wherein a first bearing portion is formed at the compressor wheel and a second bearing portion at the turbine wheel, or   wherein the rotor is formed of a non-ferromagnetic material, such as aluminium, and a ferromagnetic feedback element is arranged around the rotor and magnets are arranged on the feedback element.   
     
     
         15 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger comprises a volume shape comprising a central opening positioned in a central area forming a suction area, wherein a suction wall extends from a first end of the central opening to a second end, which is closed by a cover. 
     
     
         16 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger is rotationally symmetrical, wherein a symmetry axis of the heat exchanger essentially corresponds to an axis of the compressor or an axis of the turbine or an axis of the gas output or the gas input or with an axis of the suction area. 
     
     
         17 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger comprises a counter-flow heat exchanger. 
     
     
         18 . The apparatus according to  claim 17 , configured such that gas in the heat exchanger moves from the first heat exchanger input to the first heat exchanger output from the outside to the inside and gas moves from the second heat exchanger input to the second heat exchanger output from the inside to the outside. 
     
     
         19 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger comprises a volume comprising a counter-flow heat exchanger structure in an outer area and is connected to a suction area in an inner area, wherein the first heat exchanger input is arranged on the outside at the outer area, wherein the first heat exchanger output is arranged at the inner area to guide gas into the suction area, wherein the second heat exchanger input is also arranged at the inner area and the second heat exchanger output is also arranged at the outer area,
 wherein the first heat exchanger input and the second heat exchanger output are fluidically separated in the heat exchanger and the first heat exchanger output and the second heat exchanger input are fluidically separated in the heat exchanger.   
     
     
         20 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger comprises connected first gas channels from the first heat exchanger input to the first heat exchanger output and connected second gas channels between the second heat exchanger input and the second heat exchanger output,
 wherein the first gas channels and the second gas channels are arranged in thermal interaction, wherein the heat exchanger comprises, a the second heat exchanger input, a first collecting area connecting the second gas channels on one side and extending along the inner area and forming the second heat exchanger input, and a second collecting area connecting the second gas channels on a different side and extending along an edge area of the outer area and forming the second heat exchanger output, wherein a suction wall limits the first collecting area and separates the first collecting area from a suction area.   
     
     
         21 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein an electronic assembly for supplying a drive motor for the compressor with energy or for providing control data to an element of the apparatus or for detecting sensor data from an element of the apparatus is arranged in an area of the apparatus that is configured to cool the electronic assembly, or
 wherein an electronic assembly for the electrical supply of the apparatus with energy and/or control signals is arranged in an area between the turbine output and the gas output and a housing wall of the housing outside the gas output, or   wherein an electronic assembly for the electrical supply of the apparatus with energy and/or control signals is arranged in an area between a base of a compressor wheel of the compressor and a base of a turbine wheel of the turbine, or   wherein an electronic assembly for the electrical supply of the apparatus with energy and/or control signals is arranged at a limiting element of a turbine input of the turbine, wherein the electronic assembly is further arranged outside the turbine input of the turbine, or   wherein an electronic assembly for the electrical supply of the apparatus with energy and/or control signals comprises an opening in the center and is disc-shaped and extends around a stator of a drive motor for the compressor or is integrated with the stator and is arranged, for claim, in an area between a base of a compressor wheel of the compressor and the base of a turbine wheel of the turbine.   
     
     
         22 . An air-conditioning device, comprising:
 a room outlet air terminal;   a room inlet air terminal; and   an apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the room outlet air terminal is coupled to the gas supply and the room inlet air terminal is coupled to the gas exhaust.   
     
     
         23 . The air-conditioning device according to  claim 22 , comprising:
 a divider for dividing air from the room outlet air terminal into an outlet air flow for an outlet air channel and a feeding flow;   a treater for rendering the feeding flow; and   a combiner for combining an output of the treater with an inlet air flow from an inlet air channel to feed air into the room inlet air terminal,   wherein the gas supply of the apparatus is configured to receive the outlet air flow from the outlet air channel and wherein the gas exhaust is configured to provide the inlet air flow for the inlet air channel,   or   a divider for dividing air from the room outlet air terminal into an outlet air flow for an outlet air channel and a feeding flow;   a combiner for combining the feeding flow with an inlet air flow from an inlet air channel to acquire a combined air flow; and   a treater for rendering the combined air flow to acquire a rendered air flow that is fed into the room inlet air terminal; and   wherein the gas supply of the apparatus is configured to receive the outlet air flow from the outlet air channel, and wherein the gas exhaust is configured to provide the inlet air flow for the inlet air channel.   
     
     
         24 . The air-conditioning device according to  claim 23 ,
 wherein the treater is configured to treat the feeding flow as regards to oxygen, humidity or disinfection.   
     
     
         25 . The air-conditioning device according to  claim 23 ,
 wherein the divider or the combiner are controllable to adjust, in dependence on a temperature in the room or a target temperature in the room inlet air terminal, a ratio between an amount of air in the outlet air flow or an amount of air in the feeding flow or a ratio between an amount of air of the output of the treater and an amount of air of the inlet air flow.   
     
     
         26 . The air-conditioning device according to  claim 23 , wherein the combiner comprises a blower to suck the inlet air flow in the inlet air channel, or wherein the divider comprises a blower to pump the outlet air flow into the outlet air channel, or wherein the divider comprises flow control to move, due to an effect of the compressor of the apparatus, air via the room outlet air terminal from the room into the divider and into the compressor input. 
     
     
         27 . A method for operating an apparatus for treating gas comprising a compressor with a compressor input and a compressor output; a heat exchanger with a first heat exchanger input, a first heat exchanger output, a second heat exchanger input and a second heat exchanger output, wherein the heat exchanger is configured as gas-gas heat exchanger; a turbine with a turbine input and a turbine output, an input interface for coupling the compressor input and the first heat exchanger input to a gas supply, wherein the input interface comprises, on an input side as the gas supply, an outlet gas input and a fresh gas input, and comprises, on an output side, a first input interface output and a second input interface output, wherein the input interface is configured to couple the input interface to the output side of the input interface; and an output interface for coupling the turbine output and the first heat exchanger output to a gas exhaust, wherein the output interface comprises, on an input side of the output interface, a first output interface input and a second output interface input, and on an output side of the output interface, as the gas exhaust, an inlet gas channel and an exhaust gas channel, wherein the output interface is configured to couple the input side of the output interface to the output side of the output interface, comprising:
 feeding compressed gas from the compressor output into the second heat exchanger input; and   feeding gas from the second heat exchanger output into the turbine input and relaxing the gas in the turbine.   
     
     
         28 . A method for producing an apparatus for treating gas comprising a compressor with a compressor input and a compressor output; a heat exchanger with a first heat exchanger input, a first exchanger output, a second heat exchanger input and a second heat exchanger output wherein the heat exchanger is configured as gas-gas heat exchanger; and a turbine with a turbine input and a turbine output, comprising:
 connecting the compressor output to the second heat exchanger input; and   connecting the second heat exchanger output to the turbine input;   coupling the compressor input and the first heat exchanger input to a gas supply with an input interface, wherein the input interface comprises, on an input side as the gas supply, an outlet gas input and a fresh gas input and comprises, on an output side, a first input interface output and a second input interface output, wherein the input interface is configured to couple the input side of the input interface to the output side of the input interface;   coupling the turbine output and the first heat exchanger output to a gas exhaust with an output interface, wherein the output interface comprises, on an input side of the output interface, a first output interface input and a second output interface input and, on an output side of the output interface as the gas exhaust, an inlet gas channel and an exhaust gas channel, wherein the output interface is configured to couple the input side of the output interface to the output side of the output interface.