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US 12,663,171 B1Granted
Dual-function water-vapor capture device
OwnerThomas Clineinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus that dehumidifies an enclosed airspace by compressing air into a first reactor, where the water-vapor component of the air accelerates liquefaction of calcium-chloride granules, and by also compressing air into a second reactor where a saturated solution of calcium chloride from the first reactor absorbs water vapor from the air through a sparging process, which enables a continuous absorption of water vapor by an increasingly diluted solution to a point of diminished marginal utility.
Claims8
An apparatus to dehumidify air within an enclosed space wherein the apparatus comprises:
- (a) a hygroscopic substance,
- (b) at least one liquefaction reactor which comprises a function to enable water vapor to react with the hygroscopic substance to yield an aqueous solution,
- (c) at least one dilution reactor which comprises a function to enable water vapor to react with the aqueous solution to yield a more diluted aqueous solution,
- (d) at least one source of compressed air,
- (e) a primary channeled air stream which comprises an upstream connection to the at least one source of compressed air and a downstream connection to the at least one liquefaction reactor,
- (f) a secondary channeled air stream which comprises an upstream connection to the at least one source of compressed air and a downstream connection to the at least one dilution reactor, and
- (g) a configuration which comprises the primary channeled air stream and the secondary channeled air stream both connecting to the at least one source of compressed air directly or by way of an intermediate duct, which intermediate duct comprises an upstream opening that is connected to the at least one source of compressed air and a downstream opening which is connected to the primary channeled air stream and to the secondary channeled air stream.
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