Electric re-heat dehumidification
AssigneeCarrier Corporation
InventorsChris Puranen, Rajendra K. Shah
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Abstract
An electric re-heat dehumidification apparatus to dehumidify a conditioned space is provided and includes a conditioning unit to produce an output airstream including overcooled air to be provided to the conditioned space to overcool the conditioned space during the dehumidifying of the conditioned space, a resistive element disposed within an output airstream of the conditioning unit, which, when activated, heats the overcooled air of the output airstream and a controller, operably coupled to the resistive element, to activate the resistive element in accordance with information of the conditioning unit, the resistive element and a temperature of the conditioned space to limit the overcooling of the conditioned space.
Claims20
An electric re-heat dehumidification apparatus to dehumidify a conditioned space, comprising:
- a conditioning unit to produce an output airstream including overcooled air to be provided to the conditioned space to overcool the conditioned space during the dehumidifying of the conditioned space;
- a resistive element disposed within an output airstream of the conditioning unit, which, when activated, heats the overcooled air of the output airstream;
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- a controller, operably coupled to the resistive element, to activate the resistive element in accordance with information of the conditioning unit, the resistive element and a temperature of the conditioned space to limit the overcooling of the conditioned space.
An electric re-heat dehumidification apparatus to dehumidify a conditioned space, comprising:
- a conditioning unit to produce an output airstream including overcooled air to be provided to the conditioned space to overcool the conditioned space during the dehumidifying of the conditioned space;
- a user interface by which an occupant of the conditioned space inputs commands governing conditioning unit operation;
- a resistive element disposed within an output airstream of the conditioning unit, which, when activated, heats the overcooled air of the output airstream;
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- a controller, operably coupled to the resistive element, to activate the resistive element in accordance with the input commands, information of the conditioning unit and the resistive element and a temperature of the conditioned space to limit the overcooling of the conditioned space.
A method of performing electric re-heat dehumidification of a conditioned space, comprising:
- activating a resistive element disposed in an output airstream of a conditioning unit operated to overcool air to be provided to the conditioned space to overcool the conditioned space during a dehumidification process,
- the activating being conducted to limit the overcooling of the conditioned space in accordance with cooling and heating capacities of the conditioning unit and the resistive element, respectively, and a temperature of the conditioned space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.