Air conditioning system with distilled water production from air
AssigneeCarrier Corporation
InventorZidu Ma
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Abstract
An air conditioning and water producing system includes a heat pumping unit and a membrane contactor in thermal communication with the heat pumping unit. The membrane contactor is configured such that a first brine flow is cooled by the heat pumping unit and diluted at the membrane contactor. A distiller is in thermal communication with the heat pumping unit and the membrane contactor such that a second brine flow is heated by the heat pumping unit and conveyed through the distiller. Thermal interaction between the second brine flow and the first brine flow flowing through the distiller extracts water from the second brine flow.
Claims18
An air conditioning and water producing system comprising:
- a heat pumping unit;
- a membrane contactor in thermal communication with the heat pumping unit configured such that a first brine flow is cooled by the heat pumping unit and diluted at the membrane contactor;
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- a distiller in thermal communication with the heat pumping unit and the membrane contactor such that a second brine flow is heated by the heat pumping unit and conveyed through the distiller, thermal interaction between the second brine flow and the first brine flow flowing through the distiller extracts water from the second brine flow.
A method of extraction of water from air comprising:
- cooling a first brine flow at a heat pumping unit;
- absorbing moisture into the first brine flow via a thermal energy exchange between the first brine flow and an airflow at a membrane contactor;
- heating a second brine flow at the heat pumping unit;
- flowing the first brine flow and the second brine flow into a distiller;
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- extracting water from the second brine flow at the distiller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.