Patent Application
20130047644
The present invention provides an environmentally sustainable cooling and humidifying solutions by using vetiver root material in form of mat, carpet or rug. Vetiver is a type of grass that is grown mostly in Asia. The roots are known for their eco conservation applications such as water-run off prevention, land slide prevention, river bed stabilization.
The present invention uses the same vetiver roots material to make a mat/carpet/rug by binding them together. The invention may be used to build outdoor/indoor cooling centers, humidifiers, greenhouse filters. The application mostly addresses either all or one of air cooling, air humidifying, providing shades, purifying air and provide natural aroma.
Traditional method of cooling and humidifying involves electrically powered air-conditions, which consumes large amount of electricity, emit significant heat and may require coolant solution which consists of strong chemicals. These chemicals are harmful to environment during production as well as consumption. The filters made for air-conditions, humidifiers and greenhouses use non-environmentally friendly material such as papers, metals and plastics or the combination of. These filters may be recycled but are not eco-friendly. They cannot be easily discarded and have significant half-life.
The manufacturing cost of making these traditional cooling solutions, humidifiers and filters is the long-term environmental impact, high cost of research/development and other resources. Cost of ownership is also very high, since the filter has to be changed and then discarded; air conditioning and humidifiers have to be maintained or fixed every few years. They stay in landfill for very long time and release toxic into the environment.
In summary the present cooling solutions consume large amount of energy, environmentally unfriendly, and costly. There is lot of room for improvement in all three aspects of the solution.
The answer lies in nature. Natural Vetiver roots possess some of the characteristics required to address problem statement above. Our invention uses Vetiver roots to build solutions that resolve problem statements shown above.
Vetiver Solutions proposes to use Vetiver roots as a natural cooling solution. One of the natural characteristics of vetiver root is its ability to naturally cool air passing through it. Our idea is to use this characteristic to build forced cooling solutions. The forced cooling solution uses vetiver roots mat, electric fan and an enclosure which can be mounted in any surrounding. The solution also incorporates a way to supply water to enhance cooling effect.
Vetiver Solutions also proposes to use Vetiver roots mat as a natural cooling solutions. The invention is to deploy vetiver mats as a shade in an outdoor environment or on windows. If the setup allows, Vetiver mats may be supplied with water to enhance cooling. The natural air passing through the mat is cooled and provides significant relief.
Vetiver Solutions also proposes to use Vetiver roots mat as an air filter or humidifier filter. This filter can be used for example in green houses or humidifying devices. The claim is that when air passes through the Vetiver mat is provides natural humidification with cooling and cleans the air particles.
