Air treatment system
AssigneeGulf Organisation for Research and Development
InventorYousef Alhorr
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Abstract
An air treatment system is disclosed which comprises a dehumidification unit (10) comprising a liquid desiccant system comprising liquid desiccant for dehumidifying process air; an indirect evaporative cooling unit (100) for cooling process air from the dehumidification unit and for cooling the liquid desiccant; and a vapour compression unit (200) comprising a compressor (201), a condenser (202) and an evaporator (206) for further cooling process air from the indirect evaporative cooling unit. A preferred desiccant is potassium formate.
Claims28
An air treatment system which comprises a dehumidification unit comprising a liquid desiccant system comprising liquid desiccant for dehumidifying process air, an indirect evaporative cooling unit for cooling process air from the dehumidification unit, and for cooling the liquid desiccant, and a vapour compression unit comprising a refrigerant, a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator, for further cooling process air from the indirect evaporative cooling unit;
- wherein the indirect evaporative cooling unit is configured to cool the refrigerant in the condenser to reduce the load on the compressor;
- and wherein the air treatment system further comprises a heat exchanger for extracting heat from the vapour compression unit to provide heat for regeneration of the liquid desiccant.
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