Patent ID: 8104294
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: B60H,F25B

Abstract:
1. A system for controlling a temperature of a passenger cabin, the system comprising: a tube for receiving a heat transfer fluid from an engine; a plurality of heating coils being thermally connected to said tube, the plurality of heating coils being positioned at a plurality of preselected points complementary to a geometry of a space to be heated in the passenger cabin; and a plurality of thermo-electric heat pumps being connected to said tube, the plurality of thermo-electric heat pumps being positioned at a plurality of reselected points complementary to the geometry of the space to be heated in the passenger cabin, wherein said heat transfer fluid is modulated for controlling the temperature of the passenger cabin at a plurality of different points of the passenger cabin; wherein the system comprises a heating cycle and a cooling cycle; wherein in said cooling cycle, heat is drawn from the passenger cabin to a second heat transfer fluid at a first point by applying electrical power to said plurality of thermo-electric heat pumps, and wherein said second heat transfer fluid expels said heat to ambient at a second point.