The SHiSH

Abstract

The SHiSH is the “Snow or Sand Hill in Screwing Habitat or Store” The SHiSH and all of its derivations were invented to be able to survive and perform useful work in areas of extreme temperature, either heat or cold, and in many cases to take advantage of the lower temperature in the depths of the substrate on the desert. The inventor of this and other related patents in process is also the author of an article focused on albedo (Ref 1) in describing ways to reduce the heat globally while we learn how to better reduce emissions and continue to invest in doing so. These inventions will enable us to better deal with global warming.

1 . A Snow or Sand Hill in Screwing Habitat or storage space (SHiSH) designed to facilitate insertion into a substrate such as sand and to take advantage of the lower temperatures below the surface in desert environments to thus enable better human and storage conditions. Examples are illustrated in Diagrams A, B and C. 
     
     
         2 . A Snow or Sand Hill in Screwing Habitat or storage space (SHiSH) designed to facilitate insertion into a substrate such as snow or mud to take advantage the cleaner environment then available and of the exclusion of contact with the dampness of the mud or cold of the snow. 
     
     
         3 . An AIR-SHISH with or without thread (Diagrams C, D E and F) which uses compressed air or any fluid to reduce the resistance to insertion of the habitat or storage device into any substrate. 
     
     
         4 . An AIR-SHISH to use air or fluid penetration only, without an exterior thread and with or without a conical shape. This could be a cylinder with air conveyed to the bottom edge of the cylinder (Diagram E). Then the clearing away of the sand inside the SHiSH will be necessary as it will not be displaced and will remain in the center area. This could be done with a man operated tool or shovel or Archimedes screw, manually operated or machine operated or the compressed air supply might be used to blow the sand up a tube or up the Archimedes screw and away from the SHiSH. 
     
     
         5 . A variation of the SHISH and anything associated with it designed with porous sides to allow the cooler air in lower portions of the sand to move into the SHiSH or associated objects. 
     
     
         6 . A construct using tubes through the walls of the SHiSH to allow better extraction of cool air from the outside of the SHiSH (Diagram H). The tubes may but not necessarily have multiple perforations in their sides to allow air intake or be porous on a fine scale or merely have an open end. 
     
     
         7 . Use of multiple SHiSH so that adequate cool air is gathered and fed to the occupied space. Ideally, they would be at a higher elevation and then the cool air would gravity feed to the lower SHiSH. 
     
     
         8 . Provision for air flow from an air pressure source through cavities in the structure of the SHiSH so that substrate is displaced and or friction reduced to thus allow easier penetration into the substrate by any suitable structure. 
     
     
         9 . SHISH driven into the sand will tap into cool sand which will cool the air in the SHISH. Then if enough SHiSH are positioned to provide air for a larger space such as but not limited to a Mega-SHiSH (See Diagram M), then multi-personnel cool spaces can be created. 
     
     
         10 . The Chill Coil or device as indicated in two configurations in Diagram M is a device designed to provide a cooling or refrigerating process by cooling its fluid contents in the desert night as the device radiates heat into space, which device may be a coil, and cools its contents thus enabling cooling of a Chill Bank area most likely but not necessarily under the substrate and probably part of the substrate which can thus directly or indirectly act as a heat sink to cool other spaces either above the ground or below the ground such as the SHiSH, and the Chill Bank could be a body of sand or substrate preferably but not necessarily isolated from moisture so as to maintain the potential to flow air through it. One configuration but not restricted to such could be a coil containing water or other substance, made of a material with reasonable heat radiation properties that radiated heat on the surface which is given off by the Chill Bank thus making the Chill Bank suitable as a heat sink, for use in cooling human animal or storage spaces at any time. 
     
     
         11 . Use of this Chill Coil concept in any substrates and more temperate climates so as to deal with high temperatures or heat waves on a carbon free basis as no fossil fuel is burned to produce this air conditioning and even wind power and solar power units have not necessarily been used although their employ could further boost the Chill Bank capacity. So even the use of wind and solar energy to further boost the capacity of the Chill Bank is claimed as it would be further beneficial in comparison to fossil fuel energy driven air conditioners. 
     
     
         12 . The Chill Bank portion of the Chill Coil could simply be the space in the substrate occupied by the lower portion of Chill Coil (Diagram M) as the rate of heat leakage into this area may be slow due to the insulating properties of the sand or substrate or it may be separated from the main body of substrate by a thin plastic to slow any air movement through into the Chill Bank but significant insulation of all boundaries of the Chill Bank volume would improve the efficiency of the Chill Bank. 
     
     
         13 . The Chill Bank portion with insulating walls around it constructed in any way and including construction walls similar to the Air-SHiSH walls proposed in  claim 3 ,  4  or  17  and perhaps but not necessarily flat. 
     
     
         14 . A simple configuration of the Chill coil to involve incorporation of the lower portion of the coil into the structure of the SHiSH in any form including but not limited to wrapping around it in the substrate, passing through the hollow thread on the exterior of the SHiSH, directly into the inside of the SHiSH. 
     
     
         15 . The MEGA CHILL COIL is an expansion of the Chill Coil in  claim 10  and would use larger quantities including vast volumes measured in cubic kilometers of sand under the desert to provide vast Chill Banks to use as heat sinks to cool large buildings in the desert for people or goods or processes. The volume of the Chill Banks may or may not be enclosed and or insulated to better improve its temperature or moisture separation from other portions of the substrate. In sufficient numbers and scope these could even be made adequate for air conditioning the million possible occupants of the mirror walled linear construct of a 75 mile long skyscraper envisaged for Saudi Arabia. (Ref 7). 
     
     
         16 . A diverse MEGA CHILL COIL like that in  claim 13  would use other substrates and even water bodies or wet substrate to provide a heat sink for use in buildings in deserts or other areas. 
     
     
         17 . The walls of the Chill Banks that provide insulation could be manufactured with air or fluid injection tubes so that they penetrate the sand in the same way as earlier indicated for simple Air-SHiSH units. 
     
     
         18 . Use of any form of the ShiSH to form the boundaries of the CHILL BANK or any other insulating structure above or below ground. 
     
     
         19 . As the land warms with global warming the application of the Chill Bank to air conditioning would expand in using other substrates especially in more temperate climates to deal with high temperatures on a carbon free basis as no fossil fuel is burned to produce this air conditioning. Use of wind and solar energy could further boost the capacity of the Chill Bank and would be a beneficial boosting method in comparison to fossil fuel energy driven air conditioners. 
     
     
         20 . The Chill Coil used for a low operating cost air conditioner wherever the surface temperature at night can be used to radiate heat from the Chill Bank underground in whatever substrate and the Chill Bank can use the built-up capacity of the heat sink to cool any target space. 
     
     
         21 . The Chill Coil to provide air conditioning where in addition to nighttime radiation a sufficient water source exists and by using evaporation of water over the surface coil or a separate special coil, cools the coil fluid which can go from there to the Chill Bank to increase its heat sink capacity. 
     
     
         22 . The surface section of the Chill Coil (Diagram M) could be handled or sometimes isolated so that the water in it does not heat during the day or at night when the soil is still hot and any or all of the following methods might be used (a) to pull in the surface coil and relocate it to the bottom of the SHiSH or cooled space (b) to temporarily remove the water from the surface portion of the coil into a storage tank (c) to cover the surface portion when temperatures are higher than desired. 
     
     
         23 . A device to keep the sand around the SHISH cooler consisting of a highly reflective, but not limited to mirror like material reflective or light colored, perhaps white cover material placed over the area surrounding that area under which or adjacent to where the SHISH and/or Chill Bank resided would reflect the short-wave sunrays, would thus stop the sand which surrounds the SHISH from heating as would otherwise occur during the day. This cover could have a reflective surface on the underneath (where is effect would be limited but still useful) for use by the army or on the upper surface if used for purposes not requiring disguise. 
     
     
         24 . The SHiSH as a storage device: In all three substrates, sand, snow or pliable soil, the SHiSH would serve as a storage volume to keep supplies such a food or water or fuel out of the heat or sand or snow or mud. For storage, units with porosity may not be desirable. The lack of human bodies sharing the space will enable it to remain cool. 
     
     
         25 . An Archimedes screw suitable for lifting the sand up and out of the open nose SHiSH, air driven, or air assisted with injection of the air into the screw in such a way as to move the sand up the curves of the Screw. 
     
     
         26 . A Mega-SHISH (Diagram J): A design allowing a large cylindrical or other shape, multifaceted multi person or multipurpose “Mega-SHiSH” would consist of many panels transported separately and interlocked for insertion or inserted individually with the subsequent panels interlocked sequentially and compressed air used to clear out the interlocking mechanism, so that they were eventually inserted into the substrate by the same amount. Sandbags could provide steps. Effectively the Mega-SHiSH would become an underground tent with weather resistance and potential to cool it using some, or all, of the accessories. Due to their shape the panels would be stackable to transport. When the result desired consisted of a fully closed unit (this is not always necessary) then an adaptable sized panel is needed for the final possibly highly variable closing. Two panels sliding over one another but interlocked at the base to thus exclude separation during insertion. The side interlocking mechanisms could be linked to the other panels on both sides. Small versions of this design as in Diagrams K1, K2 and N, would be suitable for single occupants. This Mega-SHiSH could be of any configuration to form a useful space. An important aspect of one configuration of this claim is the air assisted insertion of panels into the substrate which panels are interlocked to provide a restraining force on the sand or substrate. 
     
     
         27 . A device designed for habitat or storage creation below the normal surface of the suitable substrate to escape temperature extremes and storms and/or provide a measure of safety. 
     
     
         28 . Instrumentation on or near the SHiSH to measure temperature humidity in and on the substrate or in the SHiSH will assist in determining the need to utilize accessories if they are available. For example, the Chill Coil could be deployed if necessary and if surface temperatures warranted it. 
     
     
         29 . A dehumidifying device which is also a Water collection device (StillMOF) for use in hot humid situations as may occur in a SHISH in the desert or any confined space with high humidity and heat. Such MOF, Metal-Organic Frameworks (Reb 6) are being developed at a rapid rate and they capture a large amount of water for a small amount of MOF These give up their water at higher temperatures and collect at lower temperatures. A device designed to suit the desert environment could collect water in the SHiSH from bodily evaporation and input from the surrounding substrate and release it when exposed to the higher daytime temperatures to provide water for sustenance by the occupant. By separating the moisture collection so that sweating with its evaporative cooling can occur and then capturing the moisture nearby, the person's skin will be in a lower humidity area and feel even cooler. 
     
     
         30 . The supplying of any type of above ground constructions of any magnitude or type from underground SHISH cooler areas or devices that thereby improve the environment of that construct. 
     
     
         31 . The set up a series of COOL REST STOPS with already established SHiSH devices underground which can be accessed and the cool air or any water there-in used. 
     
     
         32 . Outer Space applications: Although moon caves or lava tubes, in some areas, offer respite from the widely fluctuating temperatures on the moon (Ref 5), the SHISH could provide a device for escape underground from temperature fluctuations in areas on the moon or on other planets that did not offer the caves or lava tubes and yet had sufficient dust or similar low shear substrate. Application might also be found on Mars and other planets. They would probably have to be manufactured (printed) on site from local materials to make them economical but if suitable substrate existed, would be quicker to use and cheaper than boring into rock. 
     
     
         33 . Use of nighttime radiation of heat at the surface to cool a material, possibly water but not necessarily so, which, when transferred in any manner to an underground volume of substrate whether isolated and insulated or partly or merely naturally insulated by other substrate or an above ground insulated volume creates a Heat Sink which can be used to cool other inhabitable or storage spaces. 
     
     
         34 . Further, use of a Heat Pump to transfer heat from the target space to a Chill Bank. 
     
     
         35 . Furthermore, a Heat Pump could be used to boost the capacity of the Chill Bank with the aid of its compressor. 
     
     
         36 . A House or Building, with a Chill Coil and Chill Bank, which has preferably, but not necessarily, installed prior to the construction of the house or building under the surface or above, used to pass cooled fluid into an area of the house or building to act as an air conditioner through various means, the Chill Bank having had its heat sink capacity boosted by radiation of heat into space at night or any other means. 
     
     
         37 . A Chill Bank for working or living quarters such as a house or building, which has preferably but not necessarily installed prior to the construction of the house under the surface or above, which can act as a heat sink with its capacity enhanced by any means, not necessarily the surface Chill Coil, so that the availability of energy for cooling can be selected to optimize benefits and costs such as but not limited to using wind power when available. 
     
     
         38 . Extension of the SHiSH underground from inside the SHiSH by use of a suitable material to support the sand above whether through lining a cavity with the appropriate compounds or by inserting another SHiSH or structure or even a pipe through the wall. An example would be a pipe large enough to allow a SHiSH and a pipe to provide space to lie horizontally on the bottom of the SHiSH or for many people to do the same or for other activities out to the sides of the SHiSH or to use that space for storage. (Diagram N) 
     
     
         39 . Special SHiSH designs for delivery by air such as drones or helicopters suitable for self-insertion following the drop into the soft or low shear substrate. 
     
     
         40 . SHiSH of various sizes, shape and function interconnected underground with pipes or other shapes of various profiles and sizes as in Diagram N to provide access to storage areas or other personnel SHiSH to provide a better supply of cool air and functioning of the group. 
     
     
         41 . For air delivery by plane, helicopter or drone a specialized SHiSH perhaps with but not necessarily with a weighted nose so that when dropped they stick into the substrate and a device may but not necessarily attached which will grip on the substrate outside and away from the Shish and screw in the Shish such that it is ready for later occupation and storage ahead of the troops or personnel arrival. 
     
     
         42 . As in  claim 40  but also with a ‘spear’ or threaded spear on the front of the cone to ensure it remains upright after landing and to change some of the kinetic energy of the fall into torque to begin to screw in the SHiSH. 
     
     
         43 . Construction of any SHiSH or underground structure in low shear substrates using fluidization of that substrate through the injection of air or any fluid via or near the structure. 
     
     
         44 . Use of a compressed air or gas source to drive the substrate material up the curves of an Archimedes screw or similar device to aid or supplement the need to rotate the screw or uplifting device by, but not necessarily so, use of passageways built into the structure of the substrate moving device. 
     
     
         45 . A specialized SHiSH set up to act as a septic system with, if possible, but not necessarily, capture of moisture such that it is not contaminated or can be decontaminated for use in some form, perhaps in the chiller coil or for other functions. 
     
     
         46 . To maintain a standard design with perhaps a perforated ShiSH, the water storage SHiSH could consist of an added bladder to hold the water in the cool of the sand. Otherwise a SHISH without porosity or holes would hold water or other liquids such as fuel but a bladder adds protection against accidental damage and leakage of the ShiSH without a bladder. 
     
     
         47 . On or near Salt Flats, Salt dome houses are possible above the ground with the insulation of salt walls and application of the Chill Coil and or Chill Bank described above could be used to cool the Salt dome interior or any other local above ground structure. 
     
     
         48 . Interconnections of various appropriate ShiSH underground so as to increase the supply of cool air in the desert or warmed air in very cold areas. 
     
     
         49 . Use of any of the above claims appropriately modified to facilitate the availability of warmer air where needed in very cold regions.