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US 11,255,554 B2Granted
Dehumidifying and energy recapture system
AssigneeDesert Aire Corp.
InventorCraig Burg
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Abstract
A dehumidifying system includes an enclosure having at least one opening disposed at a first end and at least one opening disposed at a second end. A plurality of air paths that extend through the enclosure and are separated from one another by partitions along at least a portion of the enclosure. A dehumidifier evaporator is disposed within the enclosure and configured such that at least one of the air paths is disposed to flow through the dehumidifier evaporator. The dehumidifier evaporator includes a dehumidifying coil and a heat pipe assembly at least partially wrapping around the dehumidification coil.
Claims15
A dehumidifying system comprising:
- an enclosure having at least one opening disposed at a first end and at least one opening disposed at a second end;
- a plurality of air paths separated by partitions along at least a portion of the enclosure;
- a dehumidifier evaporator disposed within the enclosure, wherein at least one of the air paths is disposed to flow through the dehumidifier evaporator, the dehumidifier evaporator comprising:
- a dehumidifying coil;
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- a heat pipe assembly at least partially wrapping around the dehumidifying coil;
- a recovery evaporator disposed within the enclosure, wherein at least one of the air paths of the multiple air paths is disposed to flow through the recovery evaporator, and wherein the recovery evaporator removes energy from the air flowing through the recovery evaporator;
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- wherein the recovery evaporator transfers the energy from the air flowing through the recovery evaporator to at least one of a water source and an air flow separate from an air flow directed through the recovery evaporator.
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A dehumidifying system comprising:
- an enclosure that defines an air flow inlet at a first end of the enclosure and an air flow outlet at a second end of the enclosure;
- at least one partition formed along at least a portion of the enclosure and oriented to define more than one air path associated with an air flow along at least a portion of the enclosure;
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- a dehumidifier evaporator disposed within the enclosure and defined by a dehumidifying coil and a heat pipe assembly disposed about at least a portion of the dehumidifying coil, the dehumidifier evaporator being disposed within the enclosure and positioned relative to the at least one partition so that the air flow along at least a portion of the enclosure is directed through the dehumidifier evaporator;
- a recovery evaporator disposed within the enclosure, wherein at least one of the more than one air paths is disposed to flow through the recovery evaporator so that the recovery evaporator removes energy from air flowing through the recovery evaporator to at least one of a water source and an air flow separate from the air flow directed through the recovery evaporator insert;
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- a control arrangement configured to communicate compressor waste heat energy to the air flow during a heating mode operating condition and direct a portion of the air flow through the dehumidifier coil during a cooling mode operating condition.
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A method of forming a dehumidifier system, the method comprising:
- providing an enclosure that defines an air flow inlet and an air flow outlet;
- disposing a partition in the enclosure to define more than one air flow path between the air flow inlet and the air flow outlet;
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- disposing a dehumidifier evaporator that is defined by a dehumidifying coil and a heat pipe assembly that is disposed about at least a portion of the dehumidifying coil in at least one of the air flow paths, the dehumidifying coil and the heat pipe assembly being oriented such that an air flow directed toward the dehumidifying coil passes over the heat pipe assembly both prior to passing over the dehumidifying coil and after passing over the dehumidifying coil;
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- disposing a recovery evaporator within the enclosure in another of the at least one of the air flow paths between the air flow inlet and the air flow outlet such that the another of the at least one of the air flow paths passes through the recovery evaporator and removes energy from air flowing through the recovery evaporator;
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- providing a control arrangement configured to control operation of the dehumidifier system to communicate compressor waste heat energy directed through the recovery evaporator to another of the at least one of the air flow paths during a heating mode operating condition and directing a portion of the air flow through the dehumidifying evaporator during a cooling mode operating condition and communicate heat absorbed by the dehumidifying evaporator during the cooling mode operating condition to at least one of water of a natatorium associated with the indoor swimming pool environment and an outdoor condenser.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.